The Battle's Aftermath

With numbers too small to affect the outcome, even though Sa Lange and his Guard Cavalry had cast aside all concern for their own lives, their sacrifice had become meaningless to the battle as a whole.

For Sa Lange, the final charge had undoubtedly been tragic, even carrying the weight of a self-redemptive act.

As a commander, he had underestimated the enemy's strength and discipline, misjudged the battle, and pinned his hopes on breaking through the enemy formation with successive charges by the Shield Formation Cavalry. In the end, coordinated infantry had punched through his flank in a single wave. From that perspective, Sa Lange bore full responsibility for the defeat.

So, in the final moments, once he understood everything, Sa Lange chose to lead the Guard Cavalry in one last countercharge. He hoped it would give the remaining Vanguard Army infantry a little room to retreat, and had his scribe report the course of the battle to Jarvan IV.

It was the last thing he could do.

The valiant Colonel Sa Lange fell while charging.

But, regrettably, his and his Guard Cavalry's desperate charge had failed even to buy the main infantry force a little time to retreat. Once the enemy's main force had clearly collapsed, carts in great numbers burst from the forest behind the Plains Walkers' line, pulled by Enyuk.

Although the Plains Walkers' warriors were only infantry, and the spells cast on them by the Third Sequence Spellblade could not last long, pursuing the enemy in carts was still an effective approach when the enemy's organization had collapsed and its troops were in full retreat.

With all three cavalry squads and the Guard Cavalry wiped out, the supply troops and packhorses scattered, and their overall organization utterly destroyed, the Imperial Capital Army soldiers' excellent individual abilities