The history of Baktria: an AAR

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 12-03-2007, 02:59

Hey, good to see this one is back!

**Hooahguy** · 12-09-2007, 17:05

Chapter 8- practice

Theodotos Baktrios had a major problem. Since Baktria was at first a peaceful country, very few of her soldiers knew what to do when they would assault Kophen, and even fewer had battle experience.
Therefore, Theodotos decided to stage a practice run of the assault of Kophen. Fist, he constructed an exact model of Kophen- a large town with wooden walls, or at least excuses for walls.
He constructed two battering rams, and gathered the army he planned to assault Kophen with 8 units of Thureophoroi,

which would be the primary unit Theodotos would use in his sieges, 4 units of Pezhetairoi,

a unit of slingers, two units of archers, and two units of Baktrian Medium Cavalry, along with whatever mercenaries he would pick up along the way, if he deemed to recruit them in the first place.

The assault would proceed as follows:

The Thureophoroi would push the two rams into positions on both sides of the main gate,

and would start to batter the walls down.

Once the walls were mostly battered down, the other units of Thureophoroi would move into position.

Once the area in front of the main gate was secured, and all enemy forces have withdrawn to the town square, the Pezhetairoi would enter the town and take position of the flanks, to secure them from any flanking action by the enemy.

left flank:

right flank:

While the other Thureophoroi entered the town and got into positions, the slingers and archers would rain upon the enemy death in arrow and stone form. When all was ready, they would cease fire, and four units of Thureophoroi would charge down the main street to capture the main square, while the four other units would advance down both side streets, two per side, and will flank the enemy.

But just in case, there would be two units of Baktrian Medium Cavalry that would be held in reserve, in the unlikely event that the enemy had the upper hand. After all, the cavalry does come to the rescue…….

All in all, the practice went smoothly, and Theodotos Baktrios considered his army somewhat ready and in the summer of 263, he moved out……

[ya, i know, kinda lame, but i did this to keep my fans happy....]

**keravnos** · 12-11-2007, 09:29

This is the first AAR in which an army is actually drilling a siege. That's great.
Kudos.

**Hooahguy** · 12-11-2007, 15:13

actually, it helped me a lot to drill the seige, since i found major flaws with my original plan- the actual assault which i played out was much longer and was filled with complicated menuvers.

**IndianPrince** · 12-24-2007, 00:23

Hey buddy,
Very interesting AAR. So u think u can take on the Indians eh ... i say bring it on u lousy bactrians !!!

Our elephants will take care of u !!!

**Hooahguy** · 12-24-2007, 00:52

lol...... those elephants will be "a peice of elephant pie" after im done with them!
you have yet to find out how im going to deal with them.......

**IndianPrince** · 12-24-2007, 02:11

Archers, Slingers & Skirmishers are my best friends against elephants !!!

Very handy if the archers torch their arrows :)

Hope ur technique is more "unique" ... anyways im sure Takshashila will not fall to Mlechas (in Hinduism any kind of "outsider" is called a mlecha) in this case a petty Yavana (greek) :P

Prince

Prince