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Last edited by gibsonsg91921; 12-14-2007 at 02:42.
The late Emperor Peter von Kastilien the Tyrant, Lamm der Wahrheit.
Maximilian was not worried by the reinforcements the Lithuanians had brought. Was he not the scourge of their country, conquerer of their lands and killer of their people? He was and he knew God would give him victory and he would bring the head of the Grand Duke back to Marienburg with him. This recklessness nearly cost him his life...
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deployment as usual, seems very few enemies but Max doesn't care even though there is a large army hidden in the trees behind him
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the cavalry were rushed forward to wipe out the fools who dared go out in such small numbers...
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it did not take long
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The second in command had spotted the hidden army and the rest of the Teutons turned to face them
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When Max returned he simply laughed at the Lithuanians' attempt at subtlety
"If this is all the men they have then I'm sure we'll be dining in Vilnius tonight lads!"
The fool had made another mistake, the garrison of Vilnius had rode out behind him, concealed by the lip of the hill
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Max ordered a full attack on the enemy leaving little men behind to guard the archers and his elite foot knights
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as the Grand Duke and his men arrived there was chaos in the valley below him
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the elite foot knights, best of the Teutons, were being helplessly slaughtered by arrows, they could not escape
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the order spearmen were quickly turned around and sent at the Duke and advanced with arrows killing them from all sides
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max and his bodyguard had been stopping more reinforcements from reaching the enemy when...
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he spotted the Duke
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slowly but steadily the Teutons numbers were whittled down by spears and arrow fire until just a few elite soldiers remained along with the ordensmarschall
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Maximilian was dragged from his horse by one of his guards and forced to ride away or else lose his life along with the rest of his men
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