Ye Olde Hegemony

[Nero]

Actually no Spanish forces withdrew, I actually sent an additional 2400 jinetes and 1600 knights of Santiago.

[Nexaduro]

Kievan Invasion of Mongolian Poland

 

The Kievan army had been waiting and watching the Mongolian citadel, for the chance to do battle with the pillagers from the east. Three years of waiting finally came to an end when the Mongolian relief force finally arrived. It was much smaller than most predicted: only around twenty thousand strong. By comparison, the Kievan force numbered close to a hundred thousand. It had exceeded that number for a time, until the Spanish force had to head west and fight the war with France.

 

The battle began with the Mongolian force riding in a cantabrian circle, pummeling the twenty thousand pikemen that the Kievans had left for bait. Soon enough, the Kievans emerged from hiding and began firing at the Mongolian force. Ten thousand Kievan crossbowmen took a heavy toll on the Mongolian forces. However, the Mongolian commander saw that the rest of the Kievan forces were too far away to help if the Mongolians feinted an attack before striking hard against the crossbowmen.

 

What the Mongolians did not know was that the Kievan general had planned such a trap to engage the Mongols at close quarters. The Mongols made the feint and soon enough, fifteen thousand horse archers and five thousand lancers barreled towards the crossbowmen, which were arranged in two rows. The first row was protected by two thousand men at arms, who managed to hold the Mongols off. Then the second row of crossbowmen fired at the Mongols astride their horses, which made them taller than the Kievans on foot. Then, ten thousand horse crossbowmen swung around the side and shot at the Mongols from behind. Sure enough, the Mongol force suffered heavy casualties, which the small force of five hundred nobles quickly mopped up.

 

Upon entering the citadel, Kievan forces discovered that Subutai had already fled with five thousand of his best warriors back to Mongolia. His second in command surrendered the Mongolian lands in Europe to Kiev. Unfortunately, due to the nomadic nature of the Mongolians and the wartorn state of Europe, the land suffered and remains a shadow of its former glory. (+6 million to IEG)

 

Casualties:

20,000 Assorted Mongols

6000 Kievan Crossbows

4000 PAA

1000 Horse Crossbows

 

Scottish Invasion of England

 

It was almost like the last invasion, but instead of facing squabbling barons, the Scots faced a united kingdom. Over the years, Scottish threats caused the barons of the northern regions to construct a medieval version of Hadrian's wall. The Scottish army moved into the battlefield: a grassy plain with a gentle ridge where the English stood. Despite the fact that the English were outnumbered, they had the experience of many victories and plunders.

 

The Scottish general ordered a general charge across the plain, led by the Scottish knights. The skirmisher bows would form the flanks and fire at the English positions. As the Scots advanced, they took heavy fire from the English longbowmen, while the skirmisher bows could not retaliate with such power. Finally as the Scottish army got closer, the Skirmisher bows began firing, but the longbowmen began firing directly into the Scottish position, penetrating the heavy armor of the knights.

 

Finally the Scottish knights climbed over the wall, the wild axemen in tow. They were repulsed several times by the English billmen, before finally breaking through and making a foothold over the wall. As the remaining Scots crossed the wall, two thousand English knights on huge warhorses ambled into the fray, smashing through the Scottish forces. Despite fierce fighting by the Scots, the entire army was either killed or captured by the end of the day.

 

Casualties:

Entire Scottish Army

 

6000 English Billmen

500 English Knights

So you left out the 4,000 Hlaupari I had on shore after the fleet had been destroyed?

[Retech]

The Spanish army that was being sent to Kiev is withdrawn (except for the 3200 Spanish Jenites and 1600 Knights of Santiago, who will try and link up with the Kievian forces near the Polish citadel; if the battles already being fought then they'll charge in and do as much damage to the Mongols as possible, and if it already has been fought then they'll withdraw back to Spain).

 

 

Okay, here are the new casualties:

1600 Blood Knights - France

3400 Hlaupari - Iceland

400 Knights - Bulgaria

300 Queen's Guardsmen - Bulgaria

 

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I never received any info about four thousand additional. I can only work with what I have, and the latest PM was yesterday.

[Nero]

The Spanish army that was being sent to Kiev is withdrawn (except for the 3200 Spanish Jenites and 1600 Knights of Santiago, who will try and link up with the Kievian forces near the Polish citadel; if the battles already being fought then they'll charge in and do as much damage to the Mongols as possible, and if it already has been fought then they'll withdraw back to Spain).

Oh those. I thought you meant the 48,000 or so I had sent to Kiev way back.

 

Dungeonal, you good for dealing with the Mongols now? If so I'll bring back my Spaniards, which gives me another 48,000 troops to fight against France, bringing to total to around 106,000 or so.

 

Is not. When he opens up America we would logically get first dibs, plus our settlers would be much better prepared.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azores

[Nexaduro]

Carriers sent to England's aid with 4000 Hlaupari from Iceland. England is warned of a Scottish attack. If the Scots try to leave by sea, the ships are firebombed. Otherwise they are ambushed on the march, their siege weapons burned and a single volley of firebombs and crossbow bolts is sent into the main Scottish force before a retreat back into safe territory. Once the Scots reach the main English battle line, they are ambushed with similar procedures to the Bruges conflict.

[Nero]

You'd have to conquer that. Sardinia is a part of Italy, correct? But Italy doesn't have it. Besides, that archipelago is even with Greenland anyway as far as I can tell.

Conquer? Why would I need to conquer one of my own colonies? And what's Sardinia have to do with anything?

[Retech]

Well you had around ten thousand Hlaupari in Bruges already, so more reinforcements wouldn't make a difference. The commander was smart in not putting all his eggs in one basket. :thumbup:

[Nexaduro]

THOSE WERE REINFORCEMENTS TO ENGLAND.

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Didn't England win the engagement....

[Nero]

You'd have to conquer that. Sardinia is a part of Italy, correct? But Italy doesn't have it. Besides, that archipelago is even with Greenland anyway as far as I can tell.

Conquer? Why would I need to conquer one of my own colonies? And what's Sardinia have to do with anything?

Well, Sardinia was an Italian island, right? But Italy didn't get it.

 

Nevermind, I thought you meant that you just got the Azores because you had Spain.

Oh no, lol. I sent colonists a while back to the Azores, Canary Islands, and Madeira islands.

 

Anyways, this is the current map (I think):

 

[Retech]

ENGLAND WON ANYWAYS! ALSO, THE SITUATION WASN'T NEARLY A GOOD ONE FOR HLAUPARI. (PITCHED DEFENSIVE BATTLE WITH MANY REINFORCEMENTS)

 

 

Please stop typing in all caps please. :)

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Can the updated map feature the extended Silk Route, Byzantia, Via Crete, Via Castheo?

[Nero]

I assume you have Microsoft paint?

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Sorry, thought you were keeper of the maps or something....What with the artistic flourishes you added.... :thumbsup:

[Nero]

Oi! Straight lines are hard. Wait, what? You can just press shift?

 

GAH

[Seraphi]

Hey Dusty, can you throw me that Citidel symbol again?

 

Need to add it to the map.

[Nero]

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Does not include changes made since the front page map.

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[Nero]

Why is Tunis suddenly under the control of Crete?

[Wisp]

Also, I control Corsica.

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Ask Retech/Send Spies...Whatever...I am not doing your work for you Dusty.

 

@Doom, just copied and pasted the front page map.

[Nero]

Ask Retech/Send Spies...Whatever...I am not doing your work for you Dusty.

 

@Doom, just copied and pasted the front page map.

Um. Go [bleep] yourself and announce game changing events in the thread like everyone else?

 

Here is the new map. In case anyone is interested as to how I've conquered half of Europe without you knowing about it, please refer any questions to Dusty667.

 

 

Since apparently realism has gone out the window and now we have invisible armies and stealth wars.

[Wisp]

There's my version.

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Ok.

Talked to Retech, made a plan, Retech executed the plan, I gained nominal control of Tunis/Tunisia.

 

Stop acting like a child when someone else is underhanded.

[Nero]

Ok.

Talked to Retech, made a plan, Retech executed the plan, I gained nominal control of Tunis/Tunisia.

 

Stop acting like a child when someone else is underhanded.

I'm fine with people being underhanded, what I don't like is people getting away with sneaking around armies and invading countries and having everyone else suddenly get a visit from the men in black so they don't remember anything.

 

It's the same reason I found the idea of 200,000 troops somehow sneaking around in Berlin to be ridiculous.