Practice and execution of successful total encirclement
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Middle ages period battle. Attacking forces are Huns, with Frankish forces as opposition defending the town. Hun force-composition include large segments of cavalry, mostly at vanguard and separated from the main attacking force, large segments of archers, and smaller detachment of heavy skirmishing sword and pike infantry. Frankish forces garrison the town, and consist of a mix of heavy-armored skirmish units, and heavy cavalry and archer.
Setup a great-arc/semi-circle position relative to the town's right, on an adjacent farmer's field, which provides numerous obstacles, and shrubberies, to halt charges and conceal forces.
Opposition initially sends probing forces of cavalry and skirmishing infantry to test lines. Defended Hun archer, and other ranged infantry positions, with heavy infantry positioned within the obstacle-ridden field in disjointed shield wall formations.
On the Hun's right flank, a cavalry unit is quickly dispatched to counter opposition cavalry from charging 4 units of heavy sword infantry which are slowly rolling the opposition's left flank and will form the right great-arc of the final encirclement formation.
Opposition makes tactical error by emptying their entire garrison to break Hun formations in mass infantry/cavalry charges against the defending position. Momentum of charge is diminished by field obstacles, and the great mass of the Frankish infantry are quickly mired within the vineyard field, increasingly vulnerable to mass ranged attacks via flamed arrows.
The large detached vanguard force of cavalry enter the town opposite of the main battle, and dispatch with a detachment of opposition catapults. Vanguard cavalry reaches the main battle and charges opposition location at it's rear, completing the total encirclement of force. From this point on, all units continue coordination by maintaining a "tightening nose" maneuver to prevent escape.
The above maneuver combined with repeated flaming arrow barrages, which creates vineyard fires, causes mass routes within the Frankish forces, and loss of opposition unit cohesion. Final result, approximately 4/5 of the opposition destroyed, at the cost of approximately 1/5 of the initial Hun force.
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