The cavalry engagement that developed east of the depression was unlike the cavalry actions earlier in the campaign.
Earlier engagements between Haguk's wargs and the Threian horse had been characterized by the particular dynamic of warg predator psychology against trained cavalry instinct, the wargs' superior aggression and the horses' natural fear of predatory animals producing outcomes that favored the wargs in confined terrain and at short range.
The Threian cavalry had adapted across the campaign, their riders learning to maintain tighter formation to limit individual horse exposure to the wargs' close-range aggression and to use their greater numbers to compensate for the individual disadvantage.
The adaptation was correct. It was also built on the assumption that the Warg Cavalry would continue to operate as it had been operating, using speed and predatory intimidation as its primary instruments.
Haguk had received his new instructions.
