[M2TW AAR] Scotland vs the World - COMPLETED!

[samsmithnz]

I haven't done a total war one before, but I thought I'd give it a go.
Playing Scotland, version 1.2, with a mod to make building faster and more recruits available.

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Reuniting the Clans: 1080 - 1095
Before Malcolm can take on the might of England, he must unite Ireland and Scotland together. A diplomat was sent north and with a large bribe, Inverness was annexed as part of Scotland. This was expensive, but an important part of Malcolm's plan. A siege on Inverness's castle would have taken many years and cost more men than he could afford. Inverness is also an important source of Calvary, which will be very important when they have to fight England's knights!

Prince Edward traveled south with Malcolm and easily crushed the resistance at York. Meanwhile, Prince Edward traveled to Ireland, conquering the brave Irish into submission. Meanwhile the infrastructure of Scotland was also improved, with new roads through the highlands... Next to face the might of new Scotland were the Welsh. They too had a mighty castle, but with the North of Scotland secure, they were no match for the organized Scots. It had taken 14 years, but finally Scotland was bringing the British isles together... next... The English. Malcolm planned for a couple years, consolidating his forces, but come next spring, the armies would be ready...

First English War: 1095 - 1104
The first action was some reconnaissance. A spy was sent to Nottingham. Amazingly, it was discovered that even though the town was defended by a large castle, it was terribly undermanned, with Prince Rufus, some Light Cavalry, and town militia guarding the city. Malcolm sent his army immediately south... the English saw us coming, and before we could arrive and take the city, it was reinforced. There were more reinforcements on the way, and Malcolm had word that they were mostly green units with not much experience. He immediately switched targets and setup an ambush. It was still close to Nottingham - and reinforcements would likely come, but fighting on the open field suiting Malcolm better anyway.

The Battle of Nottingham Forest

The Army of Scotland was vast, and the main English force was all peasants. With the reinforcements coming from the rear, Malcolm ordered the Calvary to charge the peasants and rearranged the army to face the real enemy coming from behind. The peasants were crushed, but what's this? Spearmen in the trees! One of the Calvary units was unexpected cut down by the spearmen, but the attack was more than worth it. The main force was in tatters.



Spearmen were still waiting in the forest, so the Calvary were withdrawn and brought around to the flank of the Rufus's force. Rufus panicked a little decided to try and link up with the (formerly) main force.


Noting the mistake, Malcolm brought both forces together, pinning Rufus. The Calvary charged from behind, and as Rufus turned to meet the Calvary, he made another mistake and the Scottish spearmen and highlanders were able to attack from behind again. The English were cut to shreds and Rufus fell almost immediately.


Disheartened, the English fled into Nottingham. Not wanting to face them again in a couple days or weeks, Malcolm ordered the slaughter of them all as they ran from the field.


Not wanting to lose momentum, or allow the English any opportunity to rebuild, Malcolm turned to Nottingham and started a siege.

Disaster in the north, as Prince Edmund, the 2nd in line to the throne, was cut down in the highlands fighting a rebel uprising. All of Scotland mourns... his widow was only 20 years old... Another set back as word from the Pope comes, asking us to cease the siege on Nottingham or be Excommunicated! Reluctantly, Malcolm agrees to withdraw, he will have to come back and fight the battle again in a year or two. He withdraws his forces to just south of York, and the First English war concludes.

[Zadith]

pretty good man! Keep it up!!

[Laconian]

nice work. can't wait til the next update.

[samsmithnz]

2nd English War: 1114 -1120
Malcolm again led the Scottish armies South. Finding Nottingham well garrisoned, he decided to use the same strategy as the last campaign, and attempt to lure the enemy out of Nottingham. Finding a small band of 17 men, wandering in the forest, he attacked, and as hoped, Prince Henry came out to battle King Malcolm.


The 2nd battle of Nottingham Forest
This was the hardest battle the Scottish had fought to date - they had a lot to lose. 2 units of Light Cavalry were sent North to dispatch of the small band of 17 - who didn't have a chance. The rest of the army was turned to face the Southwest, where the reinforcements were expected. The armies lined up and initially small moves were made by each side to testing their foe. Staring across the plains, the English finally started to advance, bringing up a a loan unit of peasant archers. The light cavalry were ordered to charge down the archers.


The archers routed immediately and the cavalry again withdrew, Malcolm waited to see what the English would do now.


He was fortunate they had now drawn themselves close enough his archers could fire on the English, and with the English archers routed, they had nothing to fire back. Malcolm then noticed a critical English mistake, they were waiting halfway down a small hill and the left side of the English was a little weaker. On the right the English had lined up spearmen and heavy cavalry, but on the left there were Town Militia and Light Cavalry... with the height advantage and the weakness identified, the Scots slowly advanced on the English...


After a small advance, Malcolm decided they were close enough and ordered the Border Horses to charge into the Town Militia on the left flank.


The charge was costly to the border horses, but the militia routed, opening up the left side a little bit. Henry has no choice but to move men over to the left, spreading his line out, and ulitmately started to move the whole army forward. Now was the chance. While the English were moving and not digged in, Malcolm ordered the army to charge down the hill!


It was a bold move, but successful, Henry called the retreat. Henry was able to just escape to the safety of Nottingham, but not without losing over half of his force.


Again the pope threatened the Scots with Excommunication, and to back up his words, he showed he was not afraid to follow through, Excommunicating Hungry.

While withdrawing the armies north again, word arrived that Scotland had still been Excommunicated. The princes armies had not heard the news to withdraw, and laid siege on the far side of Notingham... Some reinforcements to the East abandoned the Scottish cause. Malcolm was dismayed, but believing in his faith and that he was doing the right thing, attacked Nottingham with nothing to lose. He would have to deal with the rebels later. Heavily outnumbered, Nottingham was surely going to fall today.


The English Cleanup
The siege engines were sent to the walls with little trouble, and the battle was trivial.


Being defended by a small wooden wall and mostly peasents, William the Conqueror had no chance to defend London and was killed as London fell 2 years after Notingham. The British Isles were finally under complete control by the Scottish!

Malcolm was very pleased with himself and immediately started building ships... with plans to continue to expand across the channel.

[samsmithnz]

Across the Channel 1120-1140
In 1124, the first Scottish forces crossed the channel, landing outside the rebel town of Antwerp. To the South, Burges was also a rebel town, and were the two most obvious initial targets. The Pope had finally allowed the Scottish back into the church, but was still not impressed. The kingdom of Scotland is also a little unsettled though that Edward has no sons (although he has 4 daughters). For now, Prince Alexander, Edwards younger brother, is the next in line for the throne.



King Malcolm died peacefully in his sleep and King Edward is crowned. King Edward vows to continue his fathers work and personally leads the attack on the rebel town of Antwerp. Bruges is taken next with little drama.


Edward now realizes that to really take on Europe, he must manipulate the other nations. An alliance with France enters intense negotiations, but cannot be agreed upon. Instead an alliance with Milan is formed in 1140. Milan has become quite a power and is currently sandwiched between the Holy Roman Empire and France and is at war with both countries. With Milan blocking access to the HRE, it's clear that the next target must be France. Two main forces are immediately sent South. One led by Edward towards Paris where the King of France, Phillip, is rumored to currently staying, and the other led by Prince Alexander to Rheims. A spy is also sent ahead to Paris.


The First French War 1140-1146
As King Edward lined his troops up and began the siege on Paris, the spy sent word that the gates would be open. Edward was elated, he could charge right into the city... but he could also see the reinforcements were very close, he'd have to act fast to secure the city.


Edward lined up the army and surveyed the city, realizing again, that an open battle would suit the large number of cavalry he had in this army. He wheeled the forces around and charged at the reinforcement archers France had put ahead of their force.

France charged too and chaos reigned, the most carefully laid plans were out the window. Edward charged the cavalry at the light infantry, trying to avoid the spearmen, and the reinforcements scattered. It was then that he realized the French weren't charging, they were running to Paris! Most were trying to move around the Scots, so he let them through gaps and then wheeled the Calvary around and attacked them from behind.


Most of the French didn't make it into the city, but with the gates open, the horsemen poured through Paris's front gates, slaughtering the cowardly French as they ran.


The Scots charged into the town center, where they met the French King. His well trained knights were no match for over 100 heavy cavalry... The battle raged for several minutes as some French forces took their time getting to the town square. As each new unit arrived they were charged and beaten.


It was a bloody day in Paris... but finally the Scots prevailed. The King of France was dead, but not before taking down several brave Scottish warriors. 750 French warriors were killed on this glorious day, and nearly another 700 were captured.


As predicted, the pope asked for the Scottish to stop their wars against France. Remembering the damage to the Scottish empire the last time the Scottish were Excommunicated, he obeyed. The Pope also suggested to gain more favor with the church, that the Scots cancel their alliance with Milan. It was said the Pope may have been hinting at going to war with Milan, but Scotland was not ready for another enemy front right now.

[samsmithnz]

12 years then passed with relative peace. The French weren't happy losing Paris, but made no move to take it back. Scotland was now a significant power in Europe, and everyone wanted to talk, so King Edward was busy with visiting ambassadors.

Defense of Paris: 1158
In 1158, a letter arrived from the Pope, expecting that the Heir of Scotland would contribute to the newly announced crusades... Prince Alexander agreed to leave, but as he was getting ready to leave, Milan brought an army right up to the doors of Paris, surrounded the city, and started a siege. Edward had been enjoying his time in Paris, and was furious.

Alexander vowed to not leave until Paris was safe. He traveled immediately to Paris and Milan retreated against the overwelming odds. Edward rode out from Paris with a sizable army, intent on teaching Milan a lesson. The battle was short and sweet, with the entire Milan army destroyed with minimal damage to the Scottish Army.


The city safe, King Edward gifted his best heavy cavalry unit to Prince Alexander, who then joined the crusade.

The Battle of Metz: 1170
While Alexander was traveling to the far east, King Edward led a force of men towards Dijon, with plans to teach Milan the lesson they deserved.


The city was taken without significant loss and was an unremarkable battle. The Milan forces were fairly green and would rout easily with a quick calvary charge. Receiving some new units from England, Edward reinforced the army with fresh units and continued to the Milan city of Metz in 1170, attacking it immediately.


Metz was defended by a fortress, atop a large hill. Edward first ordered the Ballista to attack the gates.



The gates feel in a few short minutes, and Milan knights came streaming out of the gates, as the Ballista continued to fire on them.

Edward ordered up the Dismounted Feudal Knights to prevent them from charging down the hill. It was risky, with their height advantage they had a slight advantage, but Edward had more men and the cavalry was defeated. The Milanese seemed confused, without proper leadership. Several times they brought cavalry outside of the gates and stood firm as the crossbow men and ballista fired on them, even the generals bodyguard stood for a while.


The general predicably fell, and the gates were ours.


A few units charged into the Scots but were quickly routed, and instead of running, would turn and charge straight into our organized men, all being captured or killed.


There was little resistance as the Scots charged through the city to the town square, capturing the city convincingly.

[masterbaker]

The Milanese seemed confused, without proper leadership.

It was probably just the retarded seige AI.

[samsmithnz]

The First Crusade: 1158 - 1172
Alexander traveled South through the Alps, to the west of Italy where he purchased some boats to take him around Greece, and west to the 1st Crusade target, Antioch. In 1170, 12 years after he left Western France, the same year that Metz was taken was taken by Edmund, Alexander arrived off the coast of Antioch, setup camp outside the city, and prepared to assault it for the church. He decided to build some siege towers to take the city, but when they approached the gates a spy opened them for the Scottish... the battle was over quick. With so many cavalry, the Scottish armies were able to quickly charge through the streets destroying all enemies with ease... Scotland now had a foothold in the middle East!!

Portugal Visits the British Isles (Briefly): 1174.
In 1174, Portugal dropped two units on the east coast of Caernarvon. David, the youngest son of age, was managing England and had never seen action. He marched out immediately - this is the first time that a battle had been fought on the British isles for nearly 55 years. There would be no mercy. The Prince Pero, faction heir of Portugal was crushed and killed on the first charge and the rest of the forces were killed quickly.

Milan Strikes Back: 1178
Milan launched a massive attack on Dijon in 1178 and King Edward was forced to move forces South to meet them.


The battle was fought on a steep hill...


It was a bloody battle and many Scottish died, early in the battle Edmund was unfortunately killed.



It left the Scottish Empire a little thin in the Family. The 3rd generation had only 2 grandchildren of age, and there were both unmarried woman. King Alexander had to be careful... but he was in the Middle East and would not know he was king for several months...


On the same day Edmund was killed, Scotland received word from Alexander that he was riding out to attack the nearby rebel Outpost Aleppo...


Expansion in the Middle East
The rebels in Aleppo were subdued easily, and as Alexander celebrated, he learnt of his fathers passing. He was KING! Knowing that a journey home would take many years, he decided to stay in the Easten outpost, and let the Heir manage the Home (European) Empire. Alexander had big plans in the Middle East, and expanded to the West by quickly taking the city of Adana from the Turkish. The Turkish were busy in the East fighting a new enemy, the "Mongols", and had left the castle well undermanned.

Financial Trouble: 1226
20 more years passed without much incident. Scotland went through a recession, with cities unable to keep up with their production schedules, and regularly having riots. The Expansion was put on hold while the cities were restructured and brought under control. There were now 3 cities in the colonies, and the Scottish Empire stretches from the North of Scotland to the Southern coast of France. Scotland had many powerful Allies, France to the West, Denmark to the North, and Poland to the East. Hungry had successfully taken Jerusalem in a Crusade, and over the years England and Portugal now both ceased to exist.

A request from a Councilor Zilio in Venice has been received. He asked us to Kill Doge Benasuto, the King of Venetians in Florence, and offered to reward Scotland greatly. Scotland was recovering, but this cash flow was exactly what the economy needed. Mac Bethad Canmore army set out along the coast from Genoa to attack Florence.


Florence: 1228
Mac Bethad Canmore was eager to prove that he was a good general, and setup the catapults outside the city. The walls came tumbling down and Florence fell shortly afterwards.

[samsmithnz]

Mongol Invasion: 1230
In 1230, word was received that Antioch had gone into a full revolt, and the Rebels had killed King Alexander. Several Scottish armies were forced to flee from the mess. A new king was been throned in Florence, King Farquar. In the Middle East, it is decided to leave Antioch in it's current state of revolt, as Mongol hordes have been spotted traveled west just over the Babylon river. Edmund Cwnyngame is the last general in the area, and he led a force to try and stop them at the bridge over the Babylon river. He is vastly outnumbered 6 - 1, but it is hoped that he can defend the narrow area.


The Mongols went North over the river at a ford and appeared a days ride north of Aleppo with ~5000 men. Edmund could only muster 2500 men, but rode out the city and attacked the Mongol Leader. Spies indicated that he was a new and inexperienced leader - compared to his generals, so Edmund hoped that a fast rush would scatter the Mongols.


The battle started and the Mongols had two main forces. One directly north and one to the East, flanking Edmunds force.


Edmund immediately redeployed to a small hill in the Southwest, where both Mongol armies would be in front of him.


The Mongol forces joined and the Scottish reinforcements entered the battle from behind the Mongols...


The 50 Mongol horse archers was brought within range of the army, and Edmund sent 200 light horsemen units to charge them.


They routed immediately. 100 light Mongol horsemen ran to charge the Scottish horsemen and Edmund ordered a full charge.


The Mongols started to charge and then wheeled and ran... right into the Scottish reinforcements.


The Mongol Leader was killed, but the huge numbers of Mongol reinforcements, (all of them with more experienced generals), is too much and the Scottish armies are destroyed. Edmund Cwnyngame is killed, along with 750 Scottish, and hundreds more were taken prisoner.



Nearly 1500 Mongols are killed, but it was a clear and costly defeat. With no real leadership in the middle east, the colonies are at serious risk. The next year the Mongols continue on their rampage, but spare the fortress of Aleppo, choosing instead to start a siege on the rebel city of Antioch. While the new faction leader Khan Ordhun kept Antioch under siege the rest of the Mongol army doubled back to Aleppo.


Taking the opportunity to pick off the new Mongol Kahn, Captain Aodh rode 545 men knights to run him down.


With 200 infantry he was no match for the Scottish knights and the entire army was killed.


Following the success at Antioch, the Mongols fled South to easier Egyptian targets. Aodh, now a Scottish General pursued with a special army of 500 Knights. Aodh succeeded in killing a Mongol general, but the new Mongol leader was a very experienced general, and arrived with vast reinforcements, cut through the Scottish knights, killing nearly all the forces. A decision was made after another costly defeat to hang back and defend the territories, and to not purse the Mongols for a while.

[samsmithnz]

War on France (And Denmark): 1250
Even thought France was considered an ally, it had not gone unnoticed that most of their resources were deployed in the South against the Spainish, in fact most of the French border cities with Scotland had little or no fortifications defending them... so it was decided to expand into France. With a large strike force, Scotland was able to quickly annex Caen, Angers and Rheims, with no significant French forces in sight.

The Danish were allied with the French, but did not like this act of aggression on one of their allies and broke the Scotlish/Danish alliance attacking the Scottish at Metz and Antwerp. Luckily, both cities were heavily fortified.

Regardless, more reinforcements were brought down from England and the Danish were beaten off from Metz, only for the Scottish forces to lose a small battle and be forced to wait for more reinforcements to come.

The Campaign proceeded well over the next few years. Rennes fell, and the other French cities were all in the deep south east. It was decided to reinforce the borders at this point and see what the French do.

Meanwhile on the West, the Scottish armies pushed towards Hamburg, with a series of skimishs between Antwerp and Hamberg.


The Decisive battle was fought in 1264. Matad Besat led a force of several knights against a desperate Danish army who were not led by a general, and contained mostly light infantry, with some Calvary and heavy infantry, and a catapult.


The battle was short and bloody, but Scotland was victorious again.


The Pope quickly called for an end to bloodshed on both sides of the war, and ceasefires were signed all around, but Scotlands position was much stronger than 20 years before.

[Ambiorix_thijs]

Thats nice work mate, i can see it all before me. This game rocks even more when you put it all in a story in your head. I always do that, just like you do it only you take the time and effort to give us a nice typed (and image) story.
Well done.

[Aleksios]

Marvellous work, You have obviously exceed the limited capability of Scotland and gone far enough to build a new Empire of your people.

[Laconian]

this AAR keeps getting better and better.

[HolyCrusade]

Great AAR, but your graphics make me weep.

[samsmithnz]

The French again. 1272
In 1272 a French army of mostly peasants laid siege to Dijon. Stuart the Broiss, a young, but confident commander who was watching the western front, traveled South from Metz with an army to fight off the French.


Stuart brought spearmen to the front of the lines, and had many crossbowmen to pelt the French. He then brought 100 cavalry to the top of a small hill on the right, ready to charge the right side of the French. The French wasted no time and charged forward. With the foot soldiers fighting hand to hand, the Flank was open and the cavalry charged down the hill cutting down all the peasant archers and catapult crew.


With no real leadership, morale was broken and the entire army ran from the field.


Stuart would later look at this battle as the nail in the coffin against French. With Dijon free again, Stuart continued South. The French were weakened and there were reports of rebels in the hills, to the Southwest. It seemed as good a time as ever to mount a serious campaign against the French in the South.


Meanwhile King Farquar rode North from Florence planning to take the Venice city of Bologna. A Venice pope was just elected, so this will have to be a fast attack. Many catapults were hauled north to the battle and Bologna and Venice both fell to the Scottish the same year.

Stuart arrived at Toulouse to discover the fortress had a minimal garrison. It seemed that the French economy had completely collapsed and they were unable to even recruit more soldiers. Toulouse was taken from the French in 1276 with little drama.

The Danes 1278
In 1278 the Popes declared ceasefire between Denmark and Scotland ended, and a huge battle was fought on the bridge between Antwerp and Hamburg. Denmark sent a fairly strong army, but had no General. Scotland had a strong army and an experienced general, Matad the Scarred, and things looked to be in Scotlands favor...


...but it turned into a terrible loss for Scotland. Matad lost over 500 men and the Danes continued their march to Antwerp.

In 1280, Rigi Selvo, a Venice General attacked Bologna. Reinforcements were on their way, but were a couple days ride away... Scotland was outnumbered 2 to 1...


There was little hope of a successful defense. Mac attempted to charge into the battle field to take out the Ballista's with what little cavalry he had, but Scotland was badly outmatched and lost the city.


Mac was killed in the melee... and it was a clear defeat for Scotland, the 2nd in a year.

[samsmithnz]

The Reign of King Roy: 1282 - 1302
In 1282 King Farquar died in his sleep, leaving the Scottish empire in turmoil. King Roy was crowned, but although he 45, had little battle experience, and had never left the British Isles. The Scottish Empire contained 16 cities, including 4 in the Middle East.


In the Northwest the Danes were beating back the Scottish, and with Antwerp and Metz now under siege the Danes were looking very dangerous.


The campaign against the French was proceeding very very well due to Frances collapsed economy, but was still another front to fight and was draining the Scottish treasury.


In Northern Italy, Scotland was at war with Milan and Venice. In the Middle East colonies, Antioch was under attack (again) by the Mongols, and the Turks were also an enemy.


Scotland was allied with the Holy Roman Empire - even though they were at war with the Danes, it did not seem to be going well for them. Scotland was also allied with Sicily and the Byzantine Empire, but they were both fighting wars in far away lands that didn't concern Scotland in the short term.

Roy traveled from his home in York to London, making London the new capital of Scotland and quickly realigned Scotlands goals and a new strategy. [editor: can you tell I'm a consultant haha ]
1. Stop the Danish invasion.
Matad the Scarred had to forget about his previous defeat and fight back the Danes at Antwerp. Gille Petair of Caithness was stationed in Metz and was given the orders to throw out the Danes from there.
2. Put down the French quickly.
It was hoped this could be achieved in a few short years. The French were not an immediate danger, but the campaign was well underway, and securing Southern France would bring much money into the treasury. Stuart the Broiss was to continue South into Spain to Pamplona, to take the Southern most French city. Meanwhile Dauid Canmore was traveling South on a boat from London to meet a sizable army that had Bordeaux under siege. When he arrived he was ordered to take the fortress
3. Stabilize the Northern Italy situation.
Scotland had a 3 cities that were not connected well. Scotland needed to call a cease fire against either Venice or Milan, and then work on connecting the cities with the rest of the empire. Gawain of Clair was given the task to get diplomats into the region and to take back Bologna from Venice.
4. Hold back the Mongols in the Middle East Colonies, and expand into Turkey.
Prince Ruadri, the new faction heir was close, and was given the task of managing Scotland's interests here. Ruadri immediately constructed a large army and traveled to Antioch, in an attempt to break the siege.

The Battle of Antwerp
Matad led a force of 500 men towards Captain Leofric, who also had about 500. There were another 500 Scottish reinforcements available from Antwerp who would join the battle after it started.


The battle started with the cowardly Danes hiding in the forest. The reinforcements arrived and both forces started advancing on the hidden Danes. The Danes brought some archers out of the forest and started firing on some cavalry. With no units around to defend it, Matad ordered some cavalry to charge them down [Editor note: why does the AI always do this? it seems so silly].


The Danes came rushing out of the forest and into range of the Scottish archers. The Danes charged into the Scottish spearmen, while two units of Knights flanked around the side, charging into the last lone Dane archer units. After some fierce fighting the Danish general routed and retreated.


Some of the Dane heavy infantry managed to escape through the forest, and the battle is won.


The Battle of Metz
Gille's battle to free Metz was a much more one sided affair. Knud Telling led a small force of only 200 men, against Scotland's 700.


Lining up outside the walls, Gilles sent Calvary around the Danes, and brought up an archer to rain arrows on them.


After the arrows were exhausted and the Danes surrounded, Gilles ordered a charge.


The Danes routed immediately and the battle was instantly, decisively, and easily won.


The Battle of Antioch
In the Middle East Prince Ruadri rode up the Mongol forces and lined up. This was not going to be an even battle. 1500 Scottish troops, vs 1200 Mongols, but the Mongols reinforcements were all experienced crack troops.


Ruadri did have the advantage of having a force composed mostly of Knights, and started high on a hill. With the road in front, one Mongol force waited on the right, and the other Mongol force on the left.


The Scottish reinforcements advanced from the right. Ruadri charged down the hill and the Mongols came to meet him.


The battle was biggest and bloodiest to date, but was initially going Scotland's way. Then a major breakthrough, within minutes of each other and at opposite ends of the battle field, both enemy generals were killed, destroying what was left of the Mongols morale


Only 100 Mongols escaped, and 800 Scottish soldiers were left standing.


A glorious victory in the middle east... but with so many Mongol hordes, would it be enough to make the Mongols think twice about attacking Antioch again?


As it was hoped, the Mongols retreated back into the hills South of Antioch.


Other Battles
Bologna was again Scotland's, with many Venice generals dead in the short battle.

Dauid Canmore arrived at Bordeaux and took the French defenses apart with little difficulty. Only Pamplona was left, and it thought that the French people were so disillusioned with their king, that only his personal bodyguard were awaiting the mighty Scottish forces... It seemed that in 4 short years Scotland was again in control of their destiny and King Roy was hailed as a wise and righteous ruler. Finally in 1288 Stuart and Dauid met at Pamplona and killed the French King Enguerran, taking the city. The French were finally conquered!


In 1290 the Spanish came to meet Dauid at Pamplona. Scotland had very little to do with Spain, and they immediately ambushed the Scottish.


Luckily they attacked an experienced army with mostly peasants, but even with experience the Spanish numbers were much greater, and many Scottish died. Meanwhile, the King of Spain Diego, brought another army to repel the Scottish from their lands.


Dauid repelled them again, Heroically destroying the Spanish armies and killing King Diego.




Genoa was also lost to Venice, who in turn lost it to Milan the very next year.

in 1300AD Gawain of Clair led 1300 men to start a siege on the city of Milan.


Milan was only 3 cities and it was about time they were thrown out of Italy. The battle was fought on a hill with Milan rushing up. With the height advantage and 1000 spearmen and pikemen, Gawain only had to wait for Milan to start walking up the hill and charge down it.


It was a costly move but very effective and Milan became part of the Scottish empire.


Disaster in Antwerp in 1302AD, where visiting King Roy was killed in Rioting!


Prince Kyle was crowned the new King of Scotland.


Roy's plans, although incomplete, were proceeding along nicely. The French were conquered, the Danes had retreated, North Italy was more stable and the Mongols were now (very) strong allies.

[samsmithnz]

Those Pesky Mongols again 1292-1304
In 1292 Antioch was lost AGAIN. A Mongol horde appeared out of the Northern hills and took the city.


Prince Ruadri was tragically killed in battle.


With the Mongols taking their first city (Antioch had been rioting for 30-40% of the last 100 years anyway), a diplomat was sent to negotiate peace and amazingly, an alliance was forged! It was hoped that with an alliance the Middle East cities could rebuild again.



In 1304, Berkei the Wrathful, a Mongol General called on their Scottish allies to attack an Egyptian Army.


Captain Gille would be leading it from Damascus. Gille's strategy was to let the Mongols charge with their horsemen and to follow and flank the enemy. The Egyptains were a little surprised and were forced to split into two forces - a fast moving calvary group that charged towards the Mongols, and 4 catapults that Scotland decided to run down.


The Teamwork was well coordinated and the Egyptain force was easily dispatched.



It was too good to be true though. As word was sent North about how well the alliance was working, the mongols betrayed Scotland again and attacked Aleppo.


At least Caesarea was captured from the Turkish.

Over the next few years there were a couple minor skimishes, as the Scotish battled to keep the Mongol forces seperated and picked off small armies. In 1310 the 2nd crusade was called against Antioch. The Pope insisted that King Kyle was to be part of the crusades. So he joined, purchased some boats off the coast of italy and started the 2nd Scottish crusade.

[samsmithnz]

[removed comment about ending this AAR]

[Bandito]

Great AAR, I'm Playing Scotland in my current campaign also.... AND, I'm picking up Kigdoms today also.... AND I'm guess from your username that you're a Kiwi aswell!

Dude... we could be related

[Laconian]

If this is your last post on this AAR, I wouild just like to say that this AAR is brilliant and one of the top 3 I have read.