Duchy of Franconia

[gibsonsg91921]

Haha! Dear brother, I would not grudge you the first strike, but you cannot think I am too important to avoid battle! I must ride to save my friends and for glory! A death in battle is a death well earned, and I shall not sit around in the halls of Frankfurt waiting for a long, bitter end.

[Ramses II CP]

OOC: Okay, I'll bring ten companies down from Hamburg and recruit 2 Merc spearmen and 2 Pavise Crossbowmen if you can send me your 3 militia crossbowmen, your merc spearmen, and 2 companies of Teutonics. The bombard will make them attack, the three spearmen will cap the bridge while our massive barrages of bolts make them fight in the shade and then the ribault and a Forlorn Hope charge will break them. Teutons and my Albanians to chase the remnants. If I have a whole company die out, and those cannons may make it happen, I'll retreat Dieter and Tancred but use their non-general cavalry to help clean up and knock out those cannons. I'll send in my orders and recruitment request.

IC: My Prinz, your place at the head of the Reich simply means that you must have a little more care with your life. It isn't that you must avoid battle, but with these cursed cannons on the field and experienced crews to man them... Well, the Danes would not be above seeking to behead the Reich and the Lutherans at a single stroke. If I can at least cripple them, if not drive them from the field, then you shall certainly have your day. If not this day, then there remain many enemies to face! Those Poles to the east will not sit in the woods forever, and my own forces will, no doubt, be mauled even in victory.

Fritz von Kastilien

[gibsonsg91921]

OOC: I'll send you the non-Teuton troops, but those Teutons are Peter's personal elites. Like the Teutonic Crusade, they've given in to savagery and are serving me, a non-pious superstitious mauler.

IC: Alas, Fritz, I am no precious cargo. Were I to die, some other would become Prinz, perhaps one more acceptable or more authoritative. I wish for no death except for one in battle in my time. My time is not nigh.

[Ramses II CP]

OOC: Gotcha, no Teutons. Can I have the mailed knights? I'll bring a company of militia spearmen or my merchant cavalry or something instead.

[gibsonsg91921]

umm, i already pm'ed my new orders to TC. if u don't have cavalry i'll be glad to supply u with my mailed knights or merchant cavalry

[Ramses II CP]

OOC: Yeah, I sent him that I was bringing down 11 companies, recruiting 4 more, and (potentially) getting your militia crossbowmen, merc spearmen, and mailed knights. I'm trying to avoid using the merchant cavalry, their morale is so bad I'd hate for them to get hit by one cannon shot and rout through my army.

Thanks mate.

[Ferret]

OOC: feel free to use any of my units, so long as Dieter survives I'm not too bothered.

[Ramses II CP]

OOC: The trouble would be if I didn't bring a whole, 20 company army down that you would personally enter the field right as the Danes are marching onto it as well. You probably won't be too close to them, but making sure Dieter and Tancred are safe from cannon fire before they can retreat is my #1 priority. They're triple gold cannons too. Never fought anything like them.