Retreating

17th July 1574 early afternoon

It was only a matter of time before Ostros forces would overcome the advantage of my weapons and reach the barbed wire. Yet as I watched them pressing forward while using any means possible to shield themselves from the onslaught of my rifles, not even stopping themselves from using the bodies of their fallen comrades in the form of shields!

Yet while this small ploy of theirs managed to buy them a few more steps towards the wired line, they quickly had to move on to looking for another trick. Maybe it was caused by the fact how relatively well-trained this first army of mine was, or maybe thanks to them overcoming their blood baptism earlier, while the enemies were still closing towards the first line of defence, the rate of their progress slowed down considerably.

But it lasted only for so long. After nearly a quarter of an hour of the continuous fighting, the first group of Ostros soldiers reached the bared wire.