An Unlikely Kingdom 2
Today im feeling Greek, but its not going to be of those that reside in Athens, nor Rhodes, nor even Sparta. There are many others that shared the Culture; Cities around the Black Sea, North African coast, eastern Sicily. My target was a little more out of the way. Objective: Massalia. I wanted to explore the "what if" scenario of a Celto-Hellenic rise to power.
Campaign: very hard
Battles: medium
My first objectives would take place with a two pronged assault;
1.) Move the non upkeep bodyguard with all other non family units onto Massalia.
2.) Move all Spartan bodyguards against Segesta in a do or die scenario. Either I will come away with a city, or I will come away with 3 less family members to pay upkeep on. Win / win situation. As expected the city sallied forth..
The 373 Spartans
I responded by rushing my Spartans up to the gate to encircle their units as they tried to exit. So long as the Gaesatae didnt come early, I might get a chance. Like clockwork the general exited out another gate, and I rebuffed his charge by pulling the Spartan units he intended to charge off their fight to face their cavalry charge. So the scenario was me encircling their gate entrance with 3 Spartan units, with one of those units sandwiched between their general BG and the units flooding out of the gate. I managed to put good casualties on their general, but just before i got the sought after momentum shift with the kill, their general pulled off with himself and 1 other man left in their unit. My Spartans held firm and continued to to add casualties, but these guys did not intended to re-enact Thermopylae..
There were survivors, including all three of the family members. I had a change of heart with Segesta and the Spartan survivors. Segesta would be spared to allow a buffer between myself and that aggresive ant mound called Rome. As for those expensive Spartan survivors, I decided I would keep them and my other family members as my only standing army. I disbanded all other units save a unit of Hoplites, and a single reduced strength (and upkeep) ship. I am an infantry preferred commander, and to have infantry as bodyguards is a gift from the gods. Those few, valorous Greeks have carved the foundation of a new empire..
Hard battles only add to their experience and abilities. Such men are refined into combat killing machines..
My Celto-Greek kingdom enjoys an unusually successful peace with the Arverni. No battles have erupted over the course of a decade, and we even enjoy military access between our two peoples. Rome however has become aggresive, no longer content with Segesta. They continually send stacks against my capital, but few ever get to see her glorious walls as they fall to ambushes in my forests east of Massalia. Now I have an economy and the recruiting has begun. Soon it will be my turn. Soon those proud men that sit high on their seven hills will know what fear is..
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