The Battle of Ashford
Battlefield: the ruins of an abandoned city · 8 Oct 2026 · Ranked
Mongol Horde
600 Mongol horse archers with composite bows and spare horses, using feigned retreats and constant movement, backed by 100 lancers in lamellar armour for the final charge.
Samurai Retinue
200 samurai in lacquered armour with katanas and yumi bows, 300 ashigaru with long yari spears, and 40 ashigaru with matchlock rifles, led by a veteran daimyo.
ROUND 1 OF 3
Mongol Horde wheel across the ruins of an abandoned city at a gallop, arrows already in the air. Across the ruins of an abandoned city, Samurai Retinue loose a volley of yumi arrows across the ruins of an abandoned city.
ROUND 2 OF 3
Mongol Horde shower Samurai Retinue with arrows from every side, never letting them close. Samurai Retinue see samurai fall in the thick of the melee.
ROUND 3 OF 3
Mongol Horde turn a feigned retreat into a trap and the lancers smash home. Samurai Retinue are overrun, the last samurai fighting to the end.
» One last volley darkens the sky and Samurai Retinue breaks.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
A genuinely close fight. Mongol Horde brings constant horse archery, while Samurai Retinue answers with elite samurai. Terrain and nerve on the ruins of an abandoned city could swing it either way.
- Constant horse archery
- Few firearms
- The battlefield: the ruins of an abandoned city
MVP: The Mongol commander
Mongol Horde holds the ruins of an abandoned city, bloodied but victorious. Samurai Retinue is finished as a fighting force.