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The army soon marches up into the foothils of the himalaya and into the valley of their enemy tribe, finding the first village defended by a motley group of tribesmen armed to the teeth with assorted rifles and knives. Wallace follows the lead troops as they make their way up the steep hillside to the village while Gladstone readies the cavalry (19 of them, 4 lancers, 12 mounted tribesmen and himself) to make the approach up the very open road which has multiple swithcbacks before the village would be reached. |
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The tiny army soon marches up into the foothils of the himalaya and into the valley of their enemy tribe, finding the first village defended by a motley group of tribesmen armed to the teeth with assorted rifles and knives. Wallace, knowing Lady macbeth is watching, follows the lead troops as they make their way up the steep hillside to the village while Gladstone readies the cavalry (19 of them, 4 lancers, 12 mounted tribesmen and himself) to make the approach up the very open road which has multiple swithcbacks before the village would be reached. |
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Wallace fights bravely with the tribesmen, and soon finds half a dozen or so sticking with him.. which is fortunate when he notices a well manned barricade across the end of the village main street, which some of the other tribesmen are studiously ignoring while they loot the closer huts. He takes his men and approaches the barricade from the side just as Gladstone leads the cavalry charge against it.. leaping the barricade as his horse is shot from under him, in a magnificent display of horsemanship. With only a few lancers and Wallaces' half dozen men across the barricades the fight is going against the party as they are outnumbered by locals. However the rather surprising arrival of lady mac beth AND her ladies maid on, blasting left and right with shotguns distracts and set's back the villagers, while inspiring Wallace and his men enough to carry the day. The villagers rout and the first of the three villages in the valley is won. |
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Wallace fights with 'conspicuous' bravely with the first wave of the attack, and soon finds half a dozen or so sticking with him... which is fortunate when he notices a well manned barricade across the end of the village main street, which some of the other tribesmen are studiously ignoring while they loot the closer huts. He takes his men and approaches the barricade from the side just as Gladstone leads the cavalry charge against it.. leaping the barricade as his horse is shot from under him, in a magnificent display of horsemanship. With only a few lancers and Wallaces' half dozen men across the barricades the fight is going against the party as they are outnumbered by locals. However the rather surprising arrival of both Elsbeth AND her ladies maid,with Elsbeth blasting left and right with shotguns, distracts and set's back the villagers. The arrival of the 'ladies' inspires a wounded Wallace to throw himself at the villagers before they can unhorse Ms Macbeth. He rages against the villagers, and his men follow enough to carry the day as Hamilton arives and orders his looting troops back into the fray. The villagers rout and the first of the three villages in the valley is won. |
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