XGM AAR: Egypt's Rise
I know this isn't exactly good, or very interesting, especially this first post, since so far, i have only played 4 years of my campaign in which I mainly tweaked my econimical situation. The 3 battles are fairly Small and I don't do very well in them. The reason for posting this is so that I can receive feedback from the experienced XGM community on how to play! Don't hold back, thats if anyone is reading this, ofcourse, :hmmm:.
The campaign is on Hard/Hard. It is the latest version of the XGM mod and my first time playing it, or Egypt, for that matter.
For some odd reason somehow without intending to, I added a little RP =|.
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280-79 BC (S,W,S,W) - Major Economical improvements are made. Egypt's treasury is increasing every season. Spare cash is being implented in Frontier armies on the far West of Egypt's border, and at several points on the Egyptian-Seleucid Border. Egypt is preparing to expand her borders.
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278 BC (Summer) - A 2 Year expansion campaign is initiated after the declaration of war between Egypt and the Seleucid's. 1000 Egyptians move east from Side and begin the seige of Tarsus. A further 800 Egyptian's led by General Peithias march south from Hierosolyma and seige the rebel city of Petra. In the far west of Egypt 600 Nubian troops move south in hope of taking the scarcely defended settlement of Ammonium held by the Libyan's.
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278 BC (Winter) - Seleucid responds by blockading the ports of Salamis and Sidon. Egypt counters by sending her navy directly north and Admiral Peloros of the Egyptians defeats Admiral Antipatros in a decisive battle. A further fleet is being built in Hierosolyma to move North and clear the west coast of Seleucids by the end of Egypt's small campaign. Admiral Peloros moves his fleet North-West in hopes of blockading the Seleucid's Western Supply Line at the port of Ephusus.
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Egypt's 2 year campaign takes its first step into its 2-year campaign as the Seige of Tarsus begins.
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(1-1)
The Nubian Spearmen form at the wall whilst the skirmishers inflict medium casualties on the Cicilian Pirates eagerly waiting on the other side of the wall.
(1-2)
The Nubian's breach the wall and the skirmishers halt fire. The Nubains suffer 70 casualties but break the lines of the pirates and watch them run home with barely 10 men.
(1-3)
The Nubian Spearmen march up the city center while the Skirmishers quickly position themselves to flank the Seleucid lines.
(1-4)
The flanking skirmishers get charged by the Seleucid reserves before they can get into position, but happily fire their projectiles at point blank range.
(1-5)
Having re-routed the Cicilian pirates back to the Skirmisher's onslaught at the city center, the Nubian spearmen are caught in a slightly advantaged stalemate. Any second now the Egyptian Skirmishers will be in line to flank and crush the seleucid army.
(1-6)
With control of the city centre, the Skirmishers are finally in position and flank the seleucid remnants and their amy is crushed.
(1-7)
The Seleucid defenders of Tarsus are crushed and the 2 year campaign of Egyptian Expansion is proving, so far, sucessfull.
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Meanwhile in the South and South-West of Egypt the two small egytian armies, one of which led by General Peithias seige the rebel towns of Petra and Ammonium. With a endless supply of fresh water being taken to the Seige Camp daily the armies decide to postone the assault until summer when the defender's water supply is exhausted and the humidity of the summer heat dehydrates the defenders.
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277 BC (Summer) - With the lack of Generals to command the numerous armies on the Egyptian-Seleucid front Heir to the Kingdom of Egypt, Charikles, heads to the ports of Alexandria awaiting the correct weather to set sail for Sidon with his small army of Proffesional Phalangites and Nubian Cavalry to join forces with the Nubian's, Skirmishers and many Eastern Spearmen garrisoned in Sidon.
Meanwhile, South-West of Alexandria the egyptian army prepares to begin the seige of Ammonium where it is estimated, 600 Numidian Skirmishers dwell.
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(2-1)
The combined forces of Skirmisher's and Nubian Spearmen approach the wall-less rebel settlement.
(2-2)
The approaching Numidian Skirmishers are charged before they can get a volley off on the Nubian Spearmen.
(2-3)
A further group of Numidian Skirmishers hiding behind the first group fire many volleys into the fight below, hitting both their own, and Egyptian soldiers.
(2-4)
The first group of Numidian Skirmishers soon routed, utterly destroyed. Now only 2 groups of Numidian Skirmishers remain, one without any spears left to throw. But the battle looks grim for the Egyptians having suffered many casualties early in the battle with the hardest part yet to come.
(2-5)
The battle is neck-and-neck with all the skirmishers on both sides having run out of ammunition this was a battle of swords from here on.
(2-6)
Having had both of the groups of Nubians, including the Captain and General of the Egyptian army retreat only 120 honorable Egyptians remain on the field, ready to fight to the death. With only 100 Numidian skirmishers being lured out of their morale boosting town center the battle is slightly in the Egyptian's hands.
(2-7)
A very, very close battle was won by the Egyptians here today. Word was sent from Alexandria to spread across Aegyptus reading;
A Close Victory was won in the Seige of Ammonium today, the heroic Nubian Spearmen and Skirmishers finished the battle after the cowardly, Captain Isetnophres ran from the battle. A reward of 500 Denarii's will be handed for the return of this man's head to be set on a spike outside the gates of Alexandria!
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However, in the far East of the egyptian borders the General Peithias leads a more, "morale boosting" battle at the Seige of Petra.
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(3-1)
A Combined force of Bowmen and Nubian Spearmen approach the walls led by General Peithias!
(3-2)
The defending Camel Archers suffer 80+ Casualties and a group of archers are ambushed by the beseiging Nubian Spearmen.
(3-3)
The last Cohort of defenders receive archer fire in their rear and Nubian spears in their faces. The battle is now surely in the Egyptian's hands.
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An easy victory was handed to General Peithias, though poorly commanded, he receives much glory from the plebs of Aegyptus. Due to the sudden popularity of Peithias the Pharaoh has no choice but to reward him with more power and land. He is given 4000 Denarii's to spend on troops to take Bostra which will he will be set to govern and control the land of
under the Jurisdiction of the Pharaoh.
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277 BC (Winter) - The 2 Year campaign of expansion in Egypt has almost come to an end, in the following 6 months the campaign is finalized when several tasks are compeleted. The Egyptian's Main Navy reaches the port of Ehpusus and thus, blocks the Seleucid's western trade route. The Faction Heir, Charikles boards a boat to Sidon and is expected to reach here within the next 6 months. Finally, the newly built Egyptian navy heads North along the west coast of the Egyptian kingdom, clearing many ports from blockades by the Seleucids.
Egypt now sits on a 30,000 Denarii treasury with a large increase of naval and military resources.
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And to finish off my first post in this AAR, my current campaign map, and the situation at the Seleucid-Eygptian border.
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(4-1)
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I'm really interested to see how you'll deal with the elite seleucid army that has medians, war elephant, argiraspids and regular phalangites. It must be somwhere near you i guess 
Originally Posted by rogergargantua
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