Orders and reports thread

[gibsonsg91921]

OOC: Whoa, chief, that's not my fault. If Ramses moves me to fight, that's what he does. If he keeps me out, I can't stop that. I thought the idea of following you was so I would fight in battles with you too.

[Ramses II CP]

OOC: Okay, I've been operating under the assumption that the Kaiser would be reluctant to fight a battle under Duke Steffen's command, and since Gibson is unable to fight I'm keeping him away from the front while reinforcing his army. If a player is unavailable I keep them out of action as much as possible.

[Ramses II CP]

The offensive season is closed. I'm pushing forward with the situation as it is, and may God have mercy on the men of Prague and Madgeburg.

Fritz von Kastilien

OOC: I will stop at the attack on Prague, assuming there is an assault there, until there's some kind of definite answer about how the next season and the story will proceed.

[Ramses II CP]

1376 Recruitment and Construction Report (End of Season Report)

Once again it was a season primarily of consolidation, as many cities of the Reich came under siege. In Swabia Count Ruppel attacked Lancelot de Nevers from behind and drove him away from the walls of Anger all the way back to Rennes. The Count followed him there and captured that city in the name of the Reich, thus freeing Welf von Luxemburg to ride south at best speed to recapture Dijon with men from Staufen and the surrounding area. Hugo de Cervole remained at Anger to equip his guards with superior weapons, while behind the front line Ludwig von Bohmen brought a large army, though mainly militia, to besiege the French garrison at Bruges. He will be reinforced significantly next season to permit him to carry forward the assault.

In Austria Duke Arnold crushed another Hungarian army, while Jan and Max Zirn bled some Hungarians across the river north of Vienna, but were unable to prevent them crossing and had to fall back into the forest west of that city. Prague remains under siege, and Breslau belongs again to Poland.

In Bavaria the Sicilians are utterly disorganized, so Hermann Steffen and his father patiently determined to wait for a better opportunity to strike. In Outremer the Byzantines seem to be preparing for a strike against Adana, where Matthias the Mighty has once again taken up residence, after constructing a fort to guard the eastern pass. Count von Salzgitter rode on to Caesarea with his army, constructing a fort near the ford west of that citadel to guard the northern approach. Any Byzantine advance must now deal with the Count first or risk being take from both sides and utterly wiped out.



To the east of Outremer our spy made contact with four armies from this fresh Mongol threat, and began to assess their strength. There was quite a quantity of elephants with these Timurids. So far as I know there are no men serving the Reich who have experienced battling elephants, so they may pose a problem in the field.



Franconia was quiet, as I discovered Arhus to be virtually impregnable, Prinz Dieter arrived in Hamburg ahead of the Russians, and Duke Dieter was once again besieged at Madgeburg.

On the diplomatic front a long term goal for Outremer was met, as the English accepted the city of Rennes, promises to attack the rebels and Sicilians, and a small quantity of florins over five seasons in exchange for mutual military access between our nations. Relations went to perfect on the completion of the exceptionally generous offer.



Construction was limited to repairs and spending the funds earned by Count Ruppel primarily as he directed. Only at Metz was I forced to reconsider the necessity of constructing a facility to improve the armor of the men in a city which can only train town militia. I spent that money instead at Anger, to wit:

Paris: Conducted extensive repairs and constructed an Armourer
Staufen: Drill Square
Caen: Jousting Lists
Anger: Jousting Lists
Antwerp: Blacksmith
Bern: Alchemist's Lab
Rheims: Blacksmith

Additionally the citadel at Caesarea was repaired.

There were some disbandments of small or ineffecient companies across the Reich, specifically the smallest mercenary companies at Caen and Anger, the Town Militia at Staufen as requested, and a portion of the army of Duke Dieter (To entice the Poles to attack, otherwise they're just going to sit there and trap you). Recruitment was extensive, as usual:

Swabia
Bern: trained 2 Forlorn Hope, retrained 1 Forlorn Hope
Staufen: trained 1 Feudal Knights, 1 Dismounted Feudal Knights, retrained 1 Teutonic Knights
Rheims: trained 1 Halberd militia, retrained 1 Crossbow militia, 1 Spear militia
Metz is fully garrisoned and saw no training.
Antwerp: trained 3 Handgunners to act as heavy infantry for Count von Bohmen at Bruges
Paris: trained 1 Spear militia, retrained 1 Spear militia, 1 Crossbow militia
Caen: trained 2 Dismounted Feudal Knights, 1 Armoured Sergeants
Anger: trained 1 Reiters, 1 Feudal Knights, retrained Sir de Cervole's guardsmen

Franconia
Frankfurt: trained 1 Spear militia, 2 Crossbow militia
Hamburg: trained 1 Forlorn Hope
Arhus: retrained 1 Crossbow militia, 1 Arquebusiers, 1 Pike militia
Madgeburg saw no training due to siege

Austria
Vienna: trained 1 Teutonic Knights, 1 Serpentine, 1 Bombard
Zagreb: trained 1 Spear militia, 1 Town militia
Ragusa: trained 1 Armoured Sergeants, 1 Feudal Knights, retrained 1 Zweihanders
Prague saw no training due to siege
Venice is fully garrisoned and saw no training

Bavaria
Palermo: trained 3 Armoured Sergeants
Naples: trained 3 Crossbow militia
Rome: retrained 1 Crossbow militia, 2 Merchant Cavalry militia
Florence saw no training
Bologna: trained 1 Spear militia
Milan: retrained 1 Crossbow militia
Genoa: trained 1 Spear militia, 1 Crossbow militia
Marsellies is fully garrisoned and saw no training
Innsbruck: trained 2 Feudal Knights, retrained 1 Teutonic Knights
Nurmeburg: trained 1 Teutonic Knights, 1 Spear militia, 1 Town militia

Outremer
Caesarea: retrained 1 Feudal Knights, 1 Armoured Sergeants, 1 Pavise Crossbowmen
Adana: trained 3 Armoured Sergeants
Antioch: trained merchant, priest, diplomat
Nicosia saw no training
Acre: trained 1 Teutonic Knights, 1 Armoured Sergeants, priest

The first defensive engagement of the season is at Prague, where Lord Becker stands under siege with substantial reinforcements outside the city to aid him.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1374-6.zip

Fritz von Kastilien