Two Sotahuuto battles

This year's Sotahuuto has some really good strategists. This is one example where the outcome particularly surprised me. See the video here:

https://youtu.be/T1I22U5nEbY?t=3032

There are two sides in this battle, but each side is split in two starting points. The side I was on has (among many others) Imperiumii Etelan in black and purple as well as Gobliniit in off-green. The other side most notable has Mahekainen in blue and white with a red blazon.

The field is roughly rectangular and has a small dense forest off-center, and the half of our army I was in started in the corner farthest from the forest, while the other half was behind the forest, with the opposing armies in the other two corners. At the start of the video, you see the opposing forces that were on our right when looking into the middle.

Our strategy was (roughly) to move as fast as at all possible across to the forest, presumably (I wasn't there for the strategizing) to meet the other half. The opponents charged more or less straight towards our starting points. It got pretty intense running under attack as we neared the forest, especially with javelins and arrows coming in on our non-shielded side. Our other half moved around quickly and was able to join up and form a new line

We lost quite a few people in that first run, but gained a better position. We left a large amount of the enemy forces inoperative (as can be seen at about 50:57) while we were able to regroup and kill off some of the force that had started on our left. Eventually we were able to fold around on the right and secure victory It seemed to me at the time that Gobliniit were moving around and mopping up everywhere, but I can't really see it in the video.

The previous battle was a lot more decisive. It had the two sides simply facing each other on the larger part of the field:

https://youtu.be/T1I22U5nEbY?t=2893

The basic strategy there, which worked beautifully, was to make a kill pocket on the left (you can see it forming at 48:48) and then push them in from three sides. The enemy then didn't have much room to maneuver, with the forest on their right and the edge of the field on their left. It was a total rout, and I think the only battle I actually survived till the end.

I look forward to next years fights!

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