the nomadic armies used the tactic of feigned retreat very often in the ancient and medieval times, and the hungarians were masters of it, using it in many battles of the period of their invasions of europe (899-970). liutprand mentions that the horses of the hungarians were very tired, but they had the strength to cross the river before the italians arrived, so brenta separated the two armies from each other. the heavily armored italians could not pass the river so easily, so they remained on the other side, and both armies assembled their battle lines on the both sides of the river.