Tactics of the Horde

An army is divided into units for 1000 men across a line and when the order is given every other unit rides out to the enemy, firing arrows at them until they get within 100ft before turning back, turning in the saddle to keep firing behind them. When they turn the rest of the army rides out, firing arrows over their comrades to keep up a constant barrage. Great skill is needed for this to make sure the 2 armies don’t ram into each other, but the men of the horde are skilled, and this never happens. Men commonly flee due to the seemingly endless waves, and when they do route, they are cased down. If the attack is counter charges the Vasadlans perform a feigned retreat, allowing them to be lead back to a larger army and have them slaughtered.
Feigned retreats common to take forts, with garrisons commonly chasing after leaving the city defenseless. If the retreat isn’t chased Vasaldans will commonly just leave and raid the local lands to lower moral as refugees run to the army with tales of the raids. 
Raids are common and are performed using traditional hunting methods, forming a large circle around the target before closing in, making sure no survivors leave unless allowed to. Commonly used to combat smaller armies. One gap might be left in the circle, funnelling refugees and armed men out along a path chosen by the attacker, and once the people leave a secondary force will close in on the de-moralised and weak force and make short work of them. These methods are commonly used in sieges too, but to mixed success.
Another tactic involved dividing an army into 2, with a smaller and lighter force going ahead, mainly made up of light horse archers and the secondary one having both heavy (armed with bows+ lances/spears) and light archers. Second force hides away as best it can. The lighter force meets the enemy, skirmishes a bit, shoot them up a bit when your close then pretend to retreat back to where the second force is waiting with the enemy chasing them where upon the waiting army rushes down and kills the enemy, heavy riders going in after the attackers are softened up a bit by arrow fire. Heavy riders tend to squash whatever is in front of them and the light riders move to encircle them and chase after any men who may try escape.
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