The Saka Kingdom Of Jerusalem (A Completely Wrong Migration Campaign AAR)

**J.R.M** · 01-07-2010, 07:08

Well, well, arent you the creaziest dude i have seen?. Great! i´ll follow this too.

**Hotseat_User** · 01-07-2010, 09:51

I'm eagerly awaiting the next post. that goku-picachu made me laugh

btw. how much time you've prepared the .EDU?

**Rahwana** · 01-07-2010, 11:25

How could you reskin the Iudaioi Taxeis? It was different from the usual Iudaioi taxeis skins......

Nice see the Saka fought alongside the Jews, did they fight with Saby'n and Palestinians too?

I hope you didn't made a Palestine bashing AAR this time, or face my wrath

**Cute Wolf** · 01-07-2010, 11:47

Originally Posted by Gaius Septimus Severus

maybe you've been watching too much of my Spartan Posts
THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Whoa,

I'll be following this

Roman Salute

~Sev

You can expect my army there burning Barbaropolis again in some point

Allthough I want to kick Ptolies' ass first, and doing something wrong with my campaign....

Originally Posted by Hotseat_User

I'm eagerly awaiting the next post. that goku-picachu made me laugh

btw. how much time you've prepared the .EDU?

I only add "pontus" - internal name of Saka, ownership to some units in my SP EDU, and modify some points in EDB, so they are trainable in nomadic settlements, and unlock the Spatahaura hadabara (and another cavalry in Elite Herds.

Originally Posted by Sonic

How could you reskin the Iudaioi Taxeis? It was different from the usual Iudaioi taxeis skins......

Nice see the Saka fought alongside the Jews, did they fight with Saby'n and Palestinians too?

I hope you didn't made a Palestine bashing AAR this time, or face my wrath

This was slave (mercenary) texture of Iudaioi Taxeis....
Well, I did mention Arab-Israel conflicts, in some joke then, but I didn't specifically doing something with them... This AAR is a neutral toward today's issue, and you can expect more like medieval crusade happened too early.....

**G. Septimus** · 01-07-2010, 13:57

You can expect my army there burning Barbaropolis again in some point Allthough I want to kick Ptolies' ass first, and doing something wrong with my campaign....

well, Sparta will be much harder to conquer , due to their sperb-warroirs, and home of the heroes of Thermopylae, and also, the sons of Heracels...

**Jormungand** · 01-08-2010, 02:04

Saka are really awesome...

Gonna take me a long time to get to Jerusalem... still in the steppes dammit!

**Cute Wolf** · 01-08-2010, 13:13

Proloque : Jerusalem Point of View

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

The Rebellion of Jerusalem

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me. Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

After reading the verses of the Lamentation, Hobuzan Mahallel see the army under his command, stand at large in front of him, laid siege upon their now humbled and desecrated holy city of Jerusalem. Some decades ago, the army of Alexandros of Makedonia going rampage and run amok, take the Levant area on his conquest, and place them under the tyrant infidel rule of the Greeks. He then remember, how after Alexandros laid death, and his empire divided, the Ptolemaid dynasty, as well as Seleukid dynasty fought each other, they use the righteous people as mere meatshields in battle. Taking loses to cover their Greek overlord's life. They didn't give enough attention to their subject's wellness of life, and instead of getting some peace treaty and become a good neighbour, the Ptolemaic and Seleukid dynasty are almost constantly at war... Made their subject's life is as miserable as if this place is Hell on Earth.

But, they are certain now, that one little push, and they will gain their precious little freedom again, as they have gathered a huge jewish rebel army, and the Ptolemaids are neglecting their defense, having their bulk of army sent to conquer Antiocheia. Certainly, this opportunity is a gift from God, and it must be used with uttermost care. They had besiege Jerusalem for one year, forcing the Greek colonists who are hostile at them starve to death. Just this morning, Hobuzan give an ultimatum for the Greeks inside their last stronghold in Jerusalem, they should be surrender and let the Jewish rebel take this town peacefully, and their life will be spared, but, certain Jewish collaborationist forces that also trapped inside the city, still hope that their Ptolemaic overlords will sent a reinforcements to relieve them...

So, the Ptolemaic Garrison of Jerusalem start to sally for their life....

Our force had total numerical advantage, about 15000 young men, stand ready to fight, and lay down their life for the glory of the Judean people! While the Ptolemaic garrison only had less than 6000 starving soldiers, mostly poor quality soldiers, but a some elite Thessalian Hippies also present at the scene... we must careful with them! I shout at them as I start to give briefing to Jerusalem's righteous troops.

Our troops comprised of 220 armoured Bodyguard cavalry, My Cavalry, 500 Iudaioi Prodromoi, 1000 Persian cavalry, 2000 Iudaioi Peltastai, 3200 Half Jewish Half Greeks who support our cause, and fought in a manner of Hoplitai, 2000 young man armed with a sword, and fought as Xippherai, 2000 battle hardened veterans armed in a manner of proper Iudaioi Taxeis, and the rest are emergency militia and volunteers, coming from all the Judea who fought in a manner of Persian archer-spearmen.

So The battle is started, that was I think...

The Battle itself are quite simple, yet bloody for the Ptolemaic garrisons, as they sent poorly equipped levies and Jewish collaborationist to take the brunt of arrows, hoping to break our men's morale in a futile effort, thinking that they won't kill their own kind... they are wrong... we have hardened our heart, and know while we took the lives of our blood brothers, God knows, and will surely forgive us, why we've done this, because of they had collaborated themself with those infidel sister

-er.

And at least, the Ptolemaic levies found themself at the wrong edge of the line... as they meet with our Half-Jew Half-Greek who didn't have better regards of their life (mostly because they are half Greek), and start yelling, threating to kill them without remorse if they come any closer. It won't be a surprise if the Pantodapoi and Collaborationist Xippherai got insta-rout, even before touching our battle line,

Pissed off with their comrade's cowardness, the Kretikoi mercenary charge head on toward our veteran army, it was certainly a suicide... at first...

But then it turns out that they are sacrificing their own lives to let the Thessalians charge our veterans... It was a bloody loss on the side of us, hundreds of battle hardened veterans fall against that charge, and we must resort to use our Peltastai to charge with their axe, avenging the loss of our troops by killing those Thessalians on the site. The Peltastai then press forward, and chase the routers into the opened gate.

And in the city, they finally kill the coward, that was the Head of Ptolemaic garrison on Jerusalem...

It was a short battle, but we finally get Jerusalem back to our hand... but we've lost 980 veterans, and our troopers are allready exhausted, and most of them, after knowing that was no Immediate threat, disbanded themself to bring their family from exile back to our righteous land.... Leaving us only with small forces of young militia, to take care about our city...

But about a week after we take Jerusalem back, at the first Sabbath at Jerusalem, I pray to the God, for our protection and security... I hope that He will help us in these days, because our spies revealed that Ptolemy had raised a huge army made of Pissed off Galatians, that are more than eager to kill us and exterminate Jerusalem again....

As I finish my prayer, all men outside the temple start to point upward to the Sky... as a globe of bright purplish colour glows in the sky... and some of them shout with a great dread on their voice.....

THE WORMHOLE ARE COMINNNN!!!! THE WORMHOLE ARE COMINNNNN!!!!!! LOOORRRDDD!!! PLEASE PROTECT US!!!!!!!!

But then... I see three men riding from the desert, One dressed in a Greek outfit, and one wearing wigs and dressed in Phoenician outfit and one wearing Chainmail facemask, and has a steppe armour donned.... and they are coming, shouting a message...

"Please don't run away from us.... God sent us to help you kick out the Saracens!!! And we carry the entire Saka nomads to help us!!!"
"RIIICCHHHAAARRRDDDD!!! WHEEERREE AARRREE YOOOOUUUUUU?????"

And the one with Chainmail facemask then dismount from his horse and ask me... "Did you see Richard the Lionheart? King of England? The mighty leader of the Crussader army?"

And I was going to be surprised, confused, and start to think.... what is "Crussader"? And Who is "Richard"?

--- To be continued ---

*.NOTE : Allready updated w pics