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Post by Baro luonercus on Jan 18, 2008 6:11:38 GMT -5
A messenger approached Baro and said, " My Lord we have heard news that the Italics king is fleeing Corfinio with 200 men."
"Send my army to the outskirts of Corfinio, ready to attack. Now send a messenger to Kai telling him what's just happened."
((OOC:Mod = Posts should be at least five lines long))
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Post by Baro luonercus on Jan 18, 2008 8:48:16 GMT -5
Baro arrived at the gates of Corfinio with 50,000 Heavy infantry, 20,000 Archers,
10,000 Light cavalry, and 20,000 Heavy cavalry. Amoungst the infantry was a battering ram and amoung the archers were several catapults. Baro saw Kai's army over the horizon and ordered a messenger to tell Kai to set up on the eastern edge of the woods ready to attack.
Baro looked at the large wooden gates saying arrogantly, "I could sneeze and they would fall down. General Felix ordered the archers to rap their arrows in oil soaked cloth and light them." General Felix obeyed instantly and soon the archers arrows were lit. "Fire on the walls!" Baro ordered. The archers obeyed and thousands of arrows swarmed towards the wooden walls. "Bring fourth the ram!" He yelled.
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Post by Kai on Jan 18, 2008 8:57:25 GMT -5
"King Baro says set up on the Eastern woods and attack" Said the Messenger form Baro.
"Excellent, tell him my men will make an attempt to knock down the east wall," Kai looked at his men (50,000 veteran heavy infantry. Wielding a Short spear and round shield, with a sword as a side arm. 20,000 Archers, 10,000 Heavy cavalry veterans of many battles. Trained in the use of swords and shield. 20,000 Light cavalry raiders armed and trained with swords and bows and a battering ram, 3 catapults and ladders) He smiled and said "Launch the assault."
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Post by Feustus italicus on Jan 18, 2008 15:36:59 GMT -5
Inside the city there were 100,000 men with all the archers on the walls.One of the gate towers is caught alight as as the men tried desperately to put out the fires a constant volley of fire arrows were coming in so the Sargent decided it was too dangerous so they backed out. the gate tower was burnt beyond use. The archers in the other tower opened fire on the battering ram. on the other side the archers were firing volley after volley of arrows into the enemy midst. Behind the gate all the remaining troops were waiting fearfully for there turn. by the end of this little battle 100 archers lay dead.
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Post by Kai on Jan 18, 2008 15:45:52 GMT -5
After taking 50 casualties ,from the desperate arrow fire, the heavy infantry finally got the ram and ladders to the wall, there they set up their ram and ladders and started to batter and climb. The archers were putting up a lot of covering fire onto the wall. The men were starting to climb the ladders and the wall was starting to shake from the vibrations of the ram on the side gate.
Kai watched from the woods preparing his heavy cavalry, he would use them to punch through the crowded streets to get to the top of the hill and the palace.
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Post by Baro luonercus on Jan 18, 2008 15:54:15 GMT -5
Baro ordered "Cease the archers, Get some more men on that battering ram quick." They obeyed immiediatly and the battering ram was rushing towards the Gates. There were 20,000 heavy calvarly ready to enter when the gate had been destroyed. "How many people got injured or died!" Shouted Baro at General Felix.
"We have about 25 injured and 30 dead!" Screamed Felix
"Fire the catapults into the city." When the battering ram gets through cease the catapults and send in the heavy cavalry."
"yes my Lord" The Heavy infantry had started to move forwards ready to rush in and form the phalanx formation in the streets of Corfonio.
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Post by Feustus italicus on Jan 23, 2008 8:46:36 GMT -5
On the eastern wall the archers hurriedly pushed down the ladders and carried on firing at the advancing on the never ending stream of troops. "Were running low on arrows" screamed the Seargent in charge, a small boy aged about 14 ran to go and get some more. Behind the gate all the men were waiting nervously, at every crash of the battering ram the men shuddered. The boy returned to the seargent with a look of horror on his face he then whispered "there are no more arrows."
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Post by Kai on Jan 23, 2008 11:21:11 GMT -5
The arrows were taking their toll, with over a 100 dead the men were crouching behind their sheilds, then the ladders came down none by one, Kia saw this and shrugged, "just feed the beast until it is not hungry anymore" he muttered the men around him looked at him with horror on their faces. After realizing the steady decline of arrows the men at the ram pushed harder. And they put the ladders up again though this time the archers would be directing their fire just above the ladders and not letting up until the men were within jumping distance of the wall.
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Post by Kai on Feb 1, 2008 13:52:53 GMT -5
((OOC. What happens now? neither of them have been active in ages....))
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Post by Lucius Valerius Silvio on Feb 6, 2008 21:53:18 GMT -5
(OOC: Victory is yours Kai.)
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