Update 3: The Counter Attacks
Contents Of Update:
Battle Of The Sea Of Galilee
A Tragic Death
Siege & Assault Of Sardis
After a year in the mountains, our King Antiochus I moves towards the south and camp on the Sea of Galilee, trying to push the egyptians to a field battle.
Battle Of The Sea Of Galilee
The fool egyptians took the bait and advanced with a big army to the Sea Of Galilee.
Our armies had almost the same size.
Antiochus was decided to crush the Egyptians, in what could be he's last battle, he was an old man.
So he positioned our men this way:
The Egyptians immediately advanced towards our army.
Antiochus advances with the cavalry to the enemy left.
Then he orders the elphants forward.
They finish some of the enemy left flank...
But soon die
Well, Antiochus had a plan B, and he charged the enemy skirmishers in the behind!
After crushing the skirmishers, he charged the enemy phalanx on the back!
And the enemy army rout!
His plan B proved to be decisive for the Egyptians... and for he too, unfortunately
He was killed by a spear in the rear-charge in the phalanx...
But this did not changed the result! The furious greek cavalry charged the remnants of the enemy army!
And then spot the enemy commander, and charged uphill yelling: '' For Antiochus The Great and For Seleucia!!Charge!!''
And crushed the enemy leader!
The battle ended...
A clear, decisive victory over the Egyptian scum(if there's a Egyptian reading this, I've nothing against the egyptian people)! The last one of Antiochus I Soter The Great.
Strategos Antiphon, the former captain that was promoted by Antiochus heard about his death, and decided to punish some Attalids.
After six months of siege, he ordered the assault!
His army was half-made of mercenaries, and the Attalid army under Captain Onasimos was made of remnants of the Battle Of Ipsus( see update2).
Antiphon was decided to win another victory over the Attalids. He thought this: '' If I crush the Attalids, maybe I can become Archon(ruler) Of Seleucid Anatolia.''
He deployed his army this way:
And ordered the rams forward
The skirmishers advanced and started to fire their arrows and spears.
An enemy hoplite division was decimated by their fire!
Soon the gate was crushed!
And our hoplites advanced against the enemy hoplites.
An enemy phalanx unit attacks our hoplites. Wasting no time, our galatian swordsmen charged on the left of the enemy phalanx!
And are soon followed by our merc.hoplites!
The enemy phalanx is surrounded and crushed.
Antiphon ordered the army to push to the city square.
And charge the enemy peltasts...
& the remnants of the enemy hoplites.
The brave galatians celebrate...
Because we clearly won the battle.
And reoccupied Sardis!
Next Update:
New Attacks Over Egypt
The Fall Of The Attalids
The Coronation Of A New King
End Of Update 3
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