Battle of Varna

The confederate 4th army deployed in hastily made defensive trenches, not particularly deep due to the frozen ground. Most of their infantry in the center with cavalry on the wings in a typical fashion. The commander of the 4th army had actually left the fort believing that Lord Mahler would take longer to arrive, this left an inexperienced officer to place his headquarters very close to the front line.
The forces of Norport deployed in a similar fashion with mainly infantry in the centre, however knowing that they lacked the advantage in range weaponry formed into two columns to punch through the enemies lines.

The conditions play a major role in the victory for Norport, Konrad decided to attack in the middle of winter knowing that his troops would have the advantage over the southern troops. Although they were much more unprepared that he thought, they were lacking in the most basic of cold weather gear and many of their bows and crossbows did not function in the cold weather. During the day of the battle a large blizzard started as the armies were forming up, this blizzard was so strong that it blinded both sides and made most archers useless.

With the blizzard arrival Konrad decided to still push the attack,he gave the order to wait until the wind changed to be against the confederate trench line then fire 2 volleys and to charge in 2 columns. From a confederate perspective the battle would have likely been put off and most of the officers thought the same and were preparing for the night. Then the blizzard blinds them and arrows start raining down, although mostly ineffective they did help to scare the confederate troops, then the columns of screaming men appeared out of the blizzard like evil spirits. The light infantry held their own against the charge for a short period of time before routing. As the rest of the line could not see what was happening the rout quickly spread to the rest of the defence although many never fought or saw an enemy. This Was compounded by a lack of orders as the command tent was quickly overrun because it was very close to the lines and from then could not direct the battle or instruct the troops to hold steady.

  The cavalry and ranged advantage of the confederation were mainly nullified by the blizzard, allowing the strength of the much more experienced Norport troops to win. During the flight many of the confederate troops were cut down, however Norport troops could not fully destroy the army because of the weather and the fatigue from the forced march in the last 2 days