And you all though I quit...
July 13th, 300
A forest near the Volga
In two minutes, the Aorsi and Sarmatians had hurried to the top of the hill and were in formation. The Hün horse-archers were probably close enough to shoot them. But the Aorsi and Sarmatians still could not see the Hün.
They were surprised to see that the Hün had hidden in a ditch that they had not even spotted before. And so now, the Aorsi and Sarmatians were on high ground, while the Hün had excellent cover. Where were the ordinary sword-wielding horsemen, though?
As it turned out, they attacked from the opposite side--but they were unpleasantly surprised to see the Aorsi and Sarmatians in their advantageous position, and in a circular formation so there was no flank to attack. A rain of arrows on the horsemen and most of them died--on the other side of the formation, Aorsi and Sarmatians tried to aim and mostly failed, and every ten seconds or so, an arrow would pierce an Aorsi or Sarmatian in the head.
They still heard marching.
July 13th, 300
A forest near the Volga
The Aorsi and Sarmatians could no longer say they were in an advantageous position. They were all huddled up on a hill, and only the horse archers could contribute to the battle--but they were being killed one by one, by Hün hiding in a mere ditch. The spearmen merely stood there, and no Hün horseman was dumb enough to charge up a hill with hundreds of spears facing outward from it.
And they still heard marching.
By about 15 minutes had passed, and the amount of Aorsi and Sarmatian horse archers was halved in number, and many spearmen were struck as well fatally with arrows. Most of the bodies in the huddle on the hill were dead.
And they still heard marching.
Suddenly, a rain of arrows fell from the sky, seemingly from all directions. It continued until the Aorsi and Sarmatians were a single digit in number.
A massive Hün contingent approached them and executed them.
The Hün had won. But would they be so successful in the future?