OOC: Great Chapter Franc!
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OOC: Great Chapter Franc!
So when will the deadline be?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsW3i9rY58k
At this!
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The Sequani also mobilize their army and invade the Suebi territory with about 20,000 warriors. A small force of some thousand Suebi tries to slow their advance but is soon defeated. The Suebi mobilize their reserves as soon as possible and are finally able to field an army of 15,000 just in time to stop the Sequani from capturing their capitol. In a furious battle the Suebi manage to repel the Sequani army, which returns home, burning every farm and field on their way back home.
The Bren
It is autumn on the island. Harvest is brought in and the period for military campaigns begins.
So, Bren, the chief of the Catuvellauni, throws down the gauntlet and calls his warriors to arms against the Trivobantes, his neighbors in the east.
Although there does not seems to be any other reason for this but the ambition of the young chief and his war lust, most of his men follow the call and so he gathers an armed force of 26,000 men. Among them are 1,000 chariots with the elite of the tribe.
As soon as his army is ready, the Bren gave the order to decamp and the trek moves slowly eastwards. A big baggage accompanies the 27,000 warriors to carry along supply and to transport the expected prey.
Following the rules of a Celtic nobleman the Bren already sent messengers to announce his campaign against the Trivobantes and now he leads his army eastwards, straight to Camulodunum, the capitol of the enemy.
Soon he is told that the enemy is close, good news for the chief who is eager to fight.
Two nights later he stands on top of a hill. In front of him 26,000 warriors of the Catuvellauni as well a 4,000 warriors from other clans which decided to follow his call, too. Behind him, at the rear of the hill, there is his elite troop, 1,000 chariots, under the command of Glen, his cousin. Glen was glad about this chance to earn honor, but the Bren knows pretty well that Glen is also his most dangerous rival and he would not hesitate one moment to betray him should the battle fortune let him down.
31,000 warriors, a mighty army in deed. In the east, a tiny glow announced the new day, the new day that will see the shifting of the balance of power on the island. It will see Bren’s victory, which will give him the dominance over the Celtic tribes on the island, and make the Bren one of the most powerful chiefs of the Celts. And who knows, maybe one day the Bren will unite the Celtic nation and lead it to a better place, a place were the sun is shining every day.
The glowing in the east is getting lighter. Still the hill is enveloped by fog, but the morning wind is raising and suddenly there is a gap in the foggy clouds and the Bren sees the hill on the other side of the valley. And he sees the warriors there, more than 8,000 for sure. His men begin to shout, angry, furious, shouting curses and offences. But the Bren knows that the time for combat hasn’t come. Between the two hills there is a valley, maybe one kilometer wide. Although it is still covered with fog, the Bren knows that a small beck is curling down there. No trees, just some copse. The hill on the other side is not very high, with smooth flanks. On the right side it is covered with wood.
The fog in the valley finally dissolves. Soft rain begins to fall. The posts from the flanks are already returning. Time to begin the butchery.
Then two things happen, that make the Bren hesitate for a moment. From the opposed hill there are coming three men with the signs of negotiators. From the left flank, there comes the message that a band of warriors approaches, 10,000 men with the war paint of the Cantae.
The Bren decides quickly. He sends Glen together with the chariots and another 10.000 men against the Cantae. Then he orders the 4.000 allies from other tribes to the right side, from where they are supposed to approach the enemy through the woody hillside.
As soon as the redeployment is done, the Bren takes his sword and raises it into the air. His warriors stop shouting. Then the Bren lowers his sword and pints to the enemy on the other side of the valley. Immediately, wild roaring begins while his battle force is running down the hill. Nothing is going to stop them. They reach the valley and cross the beck.
Further and further they run, no upwards. The Trivobantes are throwing rocks, but this does not slow down the Catuvallauni. The Trivobantes panic, they turn around and run uphill as fast as they can to escape the furious Catuvallauni warriors. The Bren shouts and waves to drive his men, but he could as well tried to drive the falling rain. The first Catuvallauni are only few steps behind the running Trivobantes. The Bren sees that his battle force is stretched a bit and that his right wing is still hanging in the wood.
Then all hell breaks loose. At the moment they reach the top of the hill, the Trivobantes turn around and jump against their chasers. A second battle, hidden on the backside of the hill, now assaults too. The advance of the Catuvallauni is brutally stopped. Step by step they are pushed back and the first ones begin to turn and run away. The Bren tries to stop them and to build a solid line of defense. His right flank is still somewhere in the wood, many warriors are still climbing up the hill while the first are already running down, again. Then the Bren sees chariots at his left flank. For a moment he thinks that it is Glen, who finished the Cantae, but then he hears cries of wounded and dying warriors and he realizes that the Trivobantes’ cavalry is about to attack his flank and his rear. Attacked from two sides, panic catches the Catuvallauni. The Bren tries to make his men retreat to the right side, to the wood. This is the only free side, now. Men are falling on his left and on his right, but the Bren manages to reach the edge of the forest and gathers his men there. Here, the allied warriors join the main force again.
As the Catuvallauni realize, that they have at least even numbers now, they face the enemy and stop the assault of the Trivobantes. All over the sudden, the Trivobantes seem to loose the interest and retreat. The Bren and his men follow them with caution, peppered by the chariots of the Trivobantes, which cover the retreat of their infantry. When the Bren reaches the top of the hill again, the army of the Trivobantes is already out of reach. From here he sees, what caused the retreat of his enemies: Glen returns with the chariots of the Catuvallauni. His cousin quickly reports, that the Cantae stopped their advance as soon as they were attacked by Glen. They retreated into a forest, where the chariots could not follow them. Glen ordered the men to dismount and to attack together with the infantry. It began a close combat in a very confusing battle field, but it seemed as if the Catuvallauni gained upper hand. Glen decided to leave the battle, as his chariots were not effective there and to return to the main army.
The Bren decides to look how the battle against the Cantae is going. When he and his men arrive there, the fighting is already over. The Cantae left the battle ground.
The Bren decides to camp, so that his men find rest and care for the wounded. After all the casualties are not so severe, 1.000 warriors and 20 chariots. However, the moral of his men has decreased.
Next morning the Cantae and the Trivobantes send messangers, which offer to negotiate. The Bren accepts a meeting, but the Cantae and Trivobantes are not willing to accept his demands. So the Bren calls his men to get ready for battle again.
His enemies, now united in one battle force, retreat and move toward the capitol of the Trivobantes. The Bren hurries his men to reach the enemy as soon as possible. In the afternoon, the chariots with Glen reach a group of about 1,000 enemies at a river crossing. Glen orders to cross the river and attack immediately. The frightened enemies run to the near forest as fast as they can, but the Catuvallauni cavalry is faster. Then, all over sudden, the war cry of the Trivobantes comes from the woods and thousands of warriors storm against the Catuvallauni. Glen orders to turn around immediately and to get back across the river again, but the Trivobantes are already close and an awful combat begins. The outcome is certain, too strong is the force of the enemy and the Catuvallauni try desperately to gain the other bank. Glen himself and a couple of followers try to strike against the centre of the enemy to gain some space for the rest of the chariots. Is it fortune or the help of a god, suddenly Glens chariots runs straight against a warrior in full bronze armor - the chief of the Trivobantes. He is thrown through the air and lands right among his warriors. Immediately, the shouting stops. The warlord does not get up again. Confused the Trivobantes retreat in the woods.
When the Bren arrives, he orders to follow the enemy as fast as possible. Again and again the army meets small groups of enemies, which are rapidly overwhelmed.
Next morning, the Bren receives news, that the Cantae returned home and that the Trivobantes are begging for peace.
The omens are good! ^^
The gods smile upon us!
Of course, you beating up on weaker oppnoets! :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Arjos
A) Food stock (in t of grain)
B) Total Population
C) Infantry
D) Cavalry
Remi...........A) 15,8....B) 70.000...C) 30.000...D) 500
Nervii..........A) 9,0......B) 40.000...C) 15.000...D) 200
Aedui..........A) 31,0....B) 120.000..C) 45.000...D) 5.000
Arverni........A) 31,0....B) 120.000..C) 45.000...D) 5.000
Sequani.......A) 11,3....B) 50.000....C) 17.000...D) 900
Venetes.......A) 16,3....B) 50.000....C) 20.000...D) 0
Sotiates.......A) 15,0....B) 40.000....C) 15.000...D) 0
Suebes........A) 9,3......B) 90.000....C) 33.000...D) 500
Allobroges....A) 8,1.. ..B) 25.000....C) 8.000.....D) 2.000
Catuvellau....A) 15,8....B) 70.000....C) 27.000...D) 800 (chars)
Eburones .....A) 15,8....B) 70.000....C) 30.000..D) 0
Suessiones....A) 22,5...B) 100.000...C)39.000...D) 1.000
Atrebates Bel.A) 5,6....B) 25.000.....C) 9.500....D) 500
Viromandui....A) 3,4....B) 15.000.....C) 5.000....D) 0
Menapii..........A) 3,4...B) 15.000.....C) 5.000....D)0
Aulerci...........A) 5,0.. .B) 22.000.....C) 10.000...D) 0
Carnutes........A) 9,0 ...B) 40.000.....C) 13.000... D) 2.000
Namnetes.......A) 5,4...B) 22.000.....C) 10.000...D) 0
Parisii.............A) 9,0 . .B) 40.000.....C) 15.000....D) 0
Treveri............A) 14,8..B) 70.000.....C) 24.000...D) 2.800
Veragri/Seduni..A) 15,8.B) 70.000.....C) 30.000...D) 0
Cantae.............A)4,5.....B) 20.000.....C) 9.000....D) 0
Trivobantes.......A) 11,4.B) 35.000.....C)10.000...D) 800 (chars)
Mandubii...........A) 3,1...B) 12.000.....C) 5.000....D) 0
Segusiavi ..........A)3,1....B) 12.000.....C) 4.000...D) 1.000
Senones............A) 3,1...B) 12.000.....C) 5.000...D) 0
I lost 200 chariots? 20 in the first battle and 180 in that river crossing? Tough life XD
Welcome to Interactive Histories :laugh:!Quote:
Originally Posted by Arjos
I lost half my cavarly as well! :dizzy2::inquisitive::stare::stare:
And rescued your own life! (maybe I was just a bit too generous!)Quote:
Originally Posted by ELITEKWARMAN8GINGYBREADMENMILK
Always a good strategy :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by ELITEKWARMAN8GINGYBREADMENMILK
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Originally Posted by Franconicus
Indeed on the second point.
And quite happy on the first point!! Although my orders wasn't extacly follow but there is always next turn!!
Are we in the next turn now? :)
Yes Gentlemen. It is up to you to exchange your diplomatic notes and then send me your orders for the winter season.
One order package per player is sufficient, does not have to be 15 pms!
God help me then!
Greetings and Salutations,
Rumour has it that the Ebunoes and Romans shall be making an alliance.
Statement from Artv. of the Suebi soon!
Hey Franc,
Is there any way to have all the tribes on a map? Is there a link to such a map with sufficient zoom detail? I'm vaguely familier of where I am geographically, but have no idea who my neighbours are and can't really follow the military movements...
I'm sure there is a link you are using somewhere?
Cheers
SM
ALL: Apologies for delay lately, internet connection is playing up and work is getting in the way. Will rectify soon
I made this map, colours are silly due to paint, but gets the job done :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Arjos
Thanks, Arjos! That works.
I'm mostly interested in what lies in the white areas of the map.
Other tribes not in this game :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
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Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
What Ducky really means by this is....
"How easy can they die by my hordes of Duckie Tribesmen?"
:laugh:
:bow:
White areas in this game are regions with few pop. Yu cannot invade it, but you can cross it, if you want to.
By the way, there is a statement from the druids of the Carnutes:
The Gods will not forgive the behavior of the chief of the Eburones. He will be punished. No one shall folow him any longer!
From the Suebi Chief and his people;
OOC: A brief song showing the bravery of our forces, please use your imagination here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsW3i9rY58k
(1:15 on)
The burden lies upon us
Surrender is not an option
We are the army and if we break, the Suebi captioal crumbles we could lose the war
(5:15 on)
We'll know what we're made of
The burden lies with us
When up against all odds we hold our line against the Sequani and the Aedui!
We can't fail
For the cause that we so love
We must hold at all costs
We'll know what we're made of
With courage in our hearts
When our tribe the Suebi needs us, We'll stay the course
We won't fail
For the Suebi we so love
We must hold at all cost!!
http://www.ancient-battles.com/catw/...ebi_ridanz.png
Fran, you should double check with everyone to see who is still with us in the game. :yes:
"The Belgai turmoil"
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...YCc_0OxI0A&t=1
While celebrating the new year, news came from the continent to Kassiwalaunos: the Treueroi were betrayed and found themselves surrounded by treacherous tribes...
The Bren was wondering if the words of great korionoi, would turn into actions:
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Originally Posted by Galba of the Suessionai
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Originally Posted by Druids of the Karnutai
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Originally Posted by Arjos
The Suebi Chief Warlord has heard the words of the druid person and the tribe Susessinoes. The Suebi Chief is not distubered by such words. Invade us,kill our people and we will seek to it that your tribe is destroyed by our pwoerful Germanic armies thought the Chief. Leave us along and be in peace.
The warriors of the Suebes listen cluelessly to the singing king. When they hear the line We must hold at all cost!! the first leave the place to get to their families and pack their bags.Quote:
Originally Posted by ELITEKWARMAN8GINGYBREADMENMILK
An old aristocrat with much influnce is talking to another: "The defeat must have been bitter to our king. I fear, it shook his mind. Maybe he should have some rest. Maybe t is better, if someone else leads our people in such troubled times.
The Suebi chief calls out to his soliders not to rush him. "Men, that song was men to insipire you, to show that we DO HOLD THE LINE, not to mean we should rush back to our families now. Do I need rest as the good adviosr saids... yes I do! But we ALL need rest right now. Let us rest good men, and tomorrow we be ready to fight the enemy, protect our families and return to peace like it was before the Treverni,Sequani and Aedui started to make threats aganist us!