Jonathan had been studying General Akimo’s war tactics for days now. He had gone through almost every battle the general had fought in and nearly memorized the general’s entire playbook. Jonathan was confident that in a battle against Akimo, he would win well – and fast.
Little did he know that was far from the truth. General Akimo was known far and wide to be a master military strategist, better than even Napoleon. He, too, was confident that he would win the forthcoming battle.
The two sides clashed on what seemed like simple terrain. To many, it just looked like a bowl-shaped depression along a ridge. Straightforward, right? But Jonathan and General Akimo knew more about the terrain. The western half of the depression was covered in tall grass, while thorn bushes made the eastern side impassable. Beyond the thorn bushes, however, was a small stream that meandered all the way to the ocean.
General Akimo decided to position most of his forces between the stream and the thorn bushes. Jonathan set up camp just opposite. As both sides were roughly equal in number, this would all come down to the commanders that were leading their men.
General Akimo started by sneakily crossing the bowl-shaped depression toward the rear of Jonathan’s forces. They advanced farther and farther south until they were on the right of Jonathan’s troops, who were unaware of the danger so close to them. Just as they were about to turn around and attack, a whistling sound came from the tall grass. The sky turned a shade of red never before seen by man. Flaming arrows of all speeds, sizes and intensities were raining upon Akimo’s army. Akimo’s second-in-command, also a brilliant general, was unfazed by this and instead ordered a retreat…but forward. Jonathan had anticipated that, too. Once there, he detached the back portion of his army to surround Akimo’s attack group.
With almost a quarter of his army dead and minimal casualties sustained by Jonathan’s group, Akimo knew he had to step up the pace and step up the tactics. Jonathan countered a thrust by spearmen from across the stream with a volley of arrows, followed by a stampede of calvary charging the flank of the spearmen. Usually, Jonathan knew, the spearmen would hide behind their turtle shields and then extend their spears. Doing so would negate arrow damage and destroy the calvary assault.
But for some reason, Jonathan let them assume their turtle shell formation. General Akimo began his next move, slowly retreating backwards toward the support of fellow archers. But the entire force stopped short of the cover – a river was separating the now-miniscule army of General Akimo and the detachments he had sent to destroy Jonathan. The rest of the day was a turkey shoot.
Little did he know that was far from the truth. General Akimo was known far and wide to be a master military strategist, better than even Napoleon. He, too, was confident that he would win the forthcoming battle.
The two sides clashed on what seemed like simple terrain. To many, it just looked like a bowl-shaped depression along a ridge. Straightforward, right? But Jonathan and General Akimo knew more about the terrain. The western half of the depression was covered in tall grass, while thorn bushes made the eastern side impassable. Beyond the thorn bushes, however, was a small stream that meandered all the way to the ocean.
General Akimo decided to position most of his forces between the stream and the thorn bushes. Jonathan set up camp just opposite. As both sides were roughly equal in number, this would all come down to the commanders that were leading their men.
General Akimo started by sneakily crossing the bowl-shaped depression toward the rear of Jonathan’s forces. They advanced farther and farther south until they were on the right of Jonathan’s troops, who were unaware of the danger so close to them. Just as they were about to turn around and attack, a whistling sound came from the tall grass. The sky turned a shade of red never before seen by man. Flaming arrows of all speeds, sizes and intensities were raining upon Akimo’s army. Akimo’s second-in-command, also a brilliant general, was unfazed by this and instead ordered a retreat…but forward. Jonathan had anticipated that, too. Once there, he detached the back portion of his army to surround Akimo’s attack group.
With almost a quarter of his army dead and minimal casualties sustained by Jonathan’s group, Akimo knew he had to step up the pace and step up the tactics. Jonathan countered a thrust by spearmen from across the stream with a volley of arrows, followed by a stampede of calvary charging the flank of the spearmen. Usually, Jonathan knew, the spearmen would hide behind their turtle shields and then extend their spears. Doing so would negate arrow damage and destroy the calvary assault.
But for some reason, Jonathan let them assume their turtle shell formation. General Akimo began his next move, slowly retreating backwards toward the support of fellow archers. But the entire force stopped short of the cover – a river was separating the now-miniscule army of General Akimo and the detachments he had sent to destroy Jonathan. The rest of the day was a turkey shoot.