Mongols vs Russians.

Last night we had a 100%  turnout for this fascinating game,pitting a fine Russian army against the might of the Mongol Empire.

Top photo is the scenario,bottom shows the initial attack by the Russian vanguard against the Camp.
Brian was in charge of the Koreans,Paul and I shared command of the Mongols and Dave commanded the main Russian army,and Graham commanded the Vanguard troops.

To the right of the camp,Graham is attacking Brian's Koreans-neither side getting any real advantage early on!!

On move number 2, the Russians arrived,and on move number 3 the Mongols arrived-this shot shows both sides trying to deploy rapidly-the Mongols won the race and hit the Russian infantry as they were still in marching column!!-this was a good tactical ploy by Dave and in keeping with the Russian tactics of the day.

In these two shots you can see the Mongols sweeping forward to pin the Russian centre,whilst attempting to gain the flanks,using masses of fire-power and hit and run tactics-marvelous 

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The fight for the camp intensifies!!-The Koreans are weakening and the Russian infantry  are closing in-this could be "touch and go".

The Mongols are making a right old mess of the Russian infantry,but the Russian cavalry are massing,ready to counter attack!!

Graham has managed to beat the Koreans outside the camp,and is now assaulting the camp defences-come on Brian!!!

Oh dear!!-the camp is taken,after an heroic struggle!!

In the centre,the fight is going the Russians way,but we are slowly gaining the flanks-a draw could be on the cards!!

One final shot,showing the Mongols in a spot of disarray!!,but the Russians can not take advantage because of their insecure flanks,so a draw was declared!

This was a good game,and the offer of a loan of books and videos still stands "boys" before the next one!!

We won't be playing next Sunday,as we are putting on a demo game at Border Reiver on Saturday.