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    This battle takes place a couple days after this story.


    Antioch 1134

    Makedonios wakes up with a start from his nightmare again. Instinctively his left hand shoots out and feels nothing. He looks over where she lay just 24 hours before. Leaning over, he can smell her on his pillow. Glancing over her side of the bed, he sees one of her hairpins. It must have fallen out when she undid her hair. He could still see her perfectly. Sitting on top of him and smiling as she let her hair drape over her beautiful shoulders.

    A loud bang at the door snapped him out of it.

    "What is it?!?"

    "Sorry sir but the last reinforcements have arrived. You said you wanted to be notified."

    "Alright, I'll be down."

    He took a minute to tie a string around the hairpin and hang it around his neck. He tucked it down under his shirt over his heart.

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    The great hall of the chapter-house had been turned into a command center. Maps and reports were laid out on tables. People ran in and out to give and receive orders. Makedonios strolled in. Someone handed him a cup of mint tea. "Alright, get me up to speed."

    Ioannis, his veteran warrior, looked up from the map table and gave his report. "Alright, you, Brother Bart, and 2 units of spear militia are in the city. Brother Nathanail sailed north and has just arrived outside the wall. He has been joined by Marshall Armatos. The Marshall brought both units of horse archers from the Order's army. The peasant archer on the way to the army was turned around and has made it back. The Marshall took the money you gave him and hired 2 units of Turcopoles. Kalameteros took the money you gave him and hired 2 units of Armenian Cavalry and a unit of Alan Cavalry. He sent them towards us and they have arrived not long ago. We have a total of 808 men. Everyone is ready."

    Makedonios asked, "What are we facing?"

    Ioannis consulted a report. "The Templar army is led by one Manfred Karolinger. They have 7 sergeant spearmen units, 4 peasant units, 3 pilgrim units, 1 peasant archer unit, 2 horse archers, and 2 mounted sergeants. They number 1921."

    Makedonios sipped his tea and thought. "Alright, our spears will go out the gate up the middle and sit out of their range. Bart and I will go off on the right. Signal the merc cav to come in on our left. And signal Brother Armatos and get him to bring his men behind the enemy. Draw their skirmishers out and take care of them. Kill their general. Then, unload our arrows on their infantry. When we're out of arrows, we surround them and charge."

    He looks around at his men and saw they were eager for battle. "Good luck and God be with you. Dismissed!"

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    The battle went as planned. The spears went up the middle and sat. Mak and Bart went off to the right. Merc cav ran in and sat off the near left. Armatos and the rest came in on the far left and ran up across the hill to get behind the Templar army. One mounted sergeant came after Mak and Bart and got destroyed. The rest of the enemy cavalry went after Armatos. 4 units of horse archers laid into the enemy cav and kept up a skirmisher line. Armatos and Nathanail went in and took out who the arrows missed. Karolinger fell off his horse and was captured. The battle was over but the rest of the enemy army did not know it yet.

    The infantry just sat there at the bottom of the hill facing the city. The peasant archers and 4 horse archers laid volley after volley into the infantry. When their arrows were finally exhausted, half of the enemy were dead. All of the Order's cavalry took up positions all around the enemy army. At once, they all charged. Hitting the army from all directions, there was a mass rout. Surrounded, most of the enemy fought to the end. Still, 888 were captured.

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    Makedonios got off his horse and walked over to the prisoners. He turned to Ioannis. "What is the tally?"

    "We lost 48 men. Killed 985. We have 888 prisoners including one Manfred Karolinger. And I sent all the mercenaries home on your orders."

    The Megas walked up to the Templar general. The man was nursing a nasty leg wound but it looked like he would live. "Sir Karolinger, I hope my men have made you comfortable."

    Manfred stared at Mak before relenting. "They have binded my wounds. I thank you." He looks around for a moment. "What will happen to my men?"

    Mak shrugged. "They are free to go. Same with yourself. We'll give you a cart and some horses so you can travel."

    It is clear that Manfred is surprised. "That is... very good of you. I must say I did not expect this treatment."

    Another shrug. "We're all men of God Sir Karolinger. You just worship him a little differently than we do. Plus, I have terms I'd like you to send to your Grandmaster. Tell him I expect the Order of the Knight's Templar to immediately disband. We had been neighbors for decades in peace. Now, in light of your unwarranted aggression, we demand Tortosa."

    Manfred chuckled lightly. "I doubt my Grandmaster will take that well. I'll tell him. The Holy Father encouraged us to expand so we could better protect German Jerusalem. We saw an opening and decided to take it. The Levant will be a Catholic Levant."

    Makedonios shook his head no. "Not if I can help it..."

    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
    Makedonios gained the "quite merciful" trait for releasing the prisoners.
    Last edited by Privateerkev; 09-11-2008 at 05:54.


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