Battle of Lal 2444BC

The Senario

UR was pursuing the Larsa Army until they received reinforcements and turned.  

Ensi Mesanne then decided to heroically also turn and run back to UR.

The Larsa Army managed to catch the UR forces at a canal called Lal.

The Ur Army has two crossing points and so must escape and control the hill 

at the top of the table at the end of Turn 13.

UR

Has A Chariot Squadron, a Spear Regiment and a company of light Bow 

under Mesannepadu using the main crossing.   

And 2 Regiments of Spear and a company of Bow using the secondary crossing under Captain Elulu.

Larsa

Has a Chariot, 2 Spear and a Light Bow under Ensi Balulu (Rated as a 2) about to enter on the left 

and Chariot and 3 Spear under Captain Isbi on the right. 

The UR force hasn't quite finished its crossing when Larsa arrives and

 the chariots manage to inflict some casualties with javelins. 

Larsa decides the smartest move is to continue to shoot the UR Spear with the Chariots 

then push across the bridge with a fresh Spear Regiment.

Meanwhile further west it has been a bloody affair. With 3 Regiments at half strength 

and everyone else battered or at least disordered.

There was suddenly a significant turn in the east. The UR light bow managed to convince the Larsa Bow to run from the field. The Larsa Spear assaulting the bridge also had a sudden loss of Moral and fled plus the new UR Chariots proved much better shots than their Larsa counter parts.

The next Larsa Spear decide to follow their friends in rout leaving the normally 

victorious Balulu with only a battered Chariot Squadron. 

Meanwhile over east the Larsa division is pouring over the crossing.

The UR Light Bow have retreated to a ploughed field. 

And the lead Larsa Spear have caught a much-depleted UR regiment.

The victorious Western Light Bow have managed to 

redeploy and shoot at the UR Chariots.

Who quickly lose heart, become shaken, and rout from the table.

The lead Larsa Spear in the East have won and now the hill looks open.

The two more damaged Larsa Spear decide to attack the easy light Bow companies in the ploughed field. The idea is to cover the flanks for the leading Spear and the Chariots to race ahead to the Hill. The terrain is very challenging for heavy foot though and one wins and the other continued to pass the most amazing moral tests until it was wiped out. I believe it threw a 1 for 4 moral checks in 4 turns. 😃

The crucial moment arrives with UR, first wining the initiative and then 

the Larsa Chariots failing to turn to face the flank charge in time. 

The Chariots routed and it was a final straw for a much-depleted Larsa Army.

This battle was enough to bring both sides to the peace table.

So, Larsa still has cash, but UR is broke.