[DLV AAR]The Horse and His Boy - The Polish AAR

[Polski_orzel]

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Polish AAR

From the get go, the Poles start as a weak nation near central Europe. Although there are many nearby rebel settlements to be captured, the Poles find themselves with some strong competition from their neighbors; the Holy Order of the Cross to the north, the marauding Danes to the north-west, the Deutsch to the west, the Hungarians to the south, the Kiev Ukrainians to the east, and the Lithuanians to the north-east.

For Poland to succeed, they must first establish themselves through trade routes, alliances and taking the nearest rebel provinces. It might also be wise to try and get some port cities to increase income, and speed up travel.


Chapter One: Resurgence of a Kingdom
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The introductions ends with the start of the campaign. Poland coming off a few wars, has been slightly weakened, and must now look to reestablish themselves as a strong nation. With so many strong neighbors, they look to establish trade routes with everyone they can... and so they do. In just a few years, King Kazimierz the Chivalrous has been able to establish trade routes with: the Germans, the Teutons, Lithuanians, Kozaks, French, Hungarians. Not only that, but he has been able to create an alliance with all of those nations, and has married off his heir, Prince Leszek, to the Princess of Hungary.

Around Poland, may nations have started to take their local rebel provinces. The Irish seem to be doing well for themselves, have taken two provinces in Ireland, and are besieging two more; one in Ireland, and one in Wales.

The Poles however, have been taking their time, trying to control the world financially. Building mines and markets has seen a big increase in their economy. Starting off as the 23rd poorest nation, have moved up to the 15th richest in just a few years.

But as always, Poland can't see peace forever. A strong rebel force has established itself outside of Krakow, and the King just can't let that be...



As the Polish Army faces their first test in years, they get themselves set up on a hill...


Far to the north the Hetman's reinforcements arrive, and in due time will be set up with the initial force


In the south of the field are the rebels


Since the main hunk of the reinforcements were missile cavalry, they were able to arrive quickly, and start harassing the flanks for the armies. As they turned to set fire at the cavalry, Hetman Herman charged his main infantry force. Those are some mighty fine peasants.


In the mean time, the sneaky Polish Hetman had snuck his Nobles to flank the rebel general. They quickly charged and made short work of him.




With the enemy general fallen, the Hetman had made short work of the remaining force, only losing a few more men in the process.


“What a glorious day, Sire!”


After a glorious victory, the rebels wouldn't hope of attacking again. With that in mind, would the Polish king sit idly on his throne, or with his new momentum, would he strike at a nearby settlement, and go on the offensive? Maybe the council of Nobles will have something to say about the city of Halych...

[gornison]

Nice work man! What mod are you using? It's not vanilla right?

[Polski_orzel]

It's the Dues Lo Vult (sp?) Mod. You might have heard people call it DLV. I also use some custom skins you can DL at the DLV forums.

Btw, incase some of you are wondering, there are 2 updates in the making, one will be posted today for sure, and the other either tonight or sometime tomorrow.

[lord o kelly]

"The Horse and His Boy"- Did you perhaps read The Blood Red Horse that kept coming up in it so I was just curious. Any way very good AAR

[Polski_orzel]

No, I only read the ,,Chronicals of Narnia" book ,, Horse and His Boy".

[Polski_orzel]

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After their first great victory, Poland is finally starting to get in into it's shape. The battle itself wasn't very significant; however it will prove to be the vital part of a great mold.

Europe is slowly starting to take form. The nations that will be the super-powers have already began to flourish. One of Poland's closest neighbors, allies and rivals, the Germans, have taken over most of Central Europe. The Hungarians are proving to be quite an asset, as they have begun conquest on the Moldavian tribes, south of Poland. With that in mind, and the Knights of the Cross to the North, Poland really only had one option at the time, and that is to take Halych.

As wheels were being spun, a sudden urge of faith began to flourish in the lands... A CRUSADE! The pope calls for all of Christian dome to come and fight in Cairo. To reclaim (or in this case, just claim) what every god supposedly told an old Italian crook to claim.



However, Poland still being fresh on the map, have little finances, nor troops to spare. Their only army would not leave the sanctity of Poland, for it would leave her exposed. Not only that, but the Young Prince was already besiege the castle of Halych...


After a few months spent besieging Halych, and building siege equipment, Poland's noble allies, the Kozaks, come to help out with the siege. The Ukrainians are obviously too good for siege equipment, so they decide to just jump in, and help out from outside. Good stuff!



The Prince has set up his troops the the south of the castle, just in front of the gates...

While the Kievans sit idly to the north... uselessly.



As the battle commences, the Prince sends his ladder men to the walls. It is the quickest way to exterminate a lot of spear men, without losing much cavalry.


The Knights Templar of Poland climb the pagan walls...


And the battle commences.. the order pushing card to take the gate.


On the opposite side, Polish spear militia of the Kingdom fight Polish spear militia of the rebels.


“Sire, our men are in control of the walls!”


As the walls open, the Prince sends in his troops. The Polish Spear men fight bravely to allow the missile troops to come in and fire freely.


The line breaks and the rebels storm back to the town square.. victory can be smelled.


The polish spear militia charge to the square, knowing that there is only cavalry and broken peasants awaiting them.


In the mean time, the Ukrainians have been searching the country side.. for mines? Maybe finding mushrooms for the post-battle feast... Yes, that's it!


The few remnants of the rebel army brave enough to stand up to the Poles are quickly shot down by Strzelcy.


However, there is still a fight going on. There are some men left at the walls; however with 1 minute left, they can't hope to accomplish anything.


A clear victory for the young prince. His first battle, his first siege, and he had executed it beautifully. What will happen to him next? A prince with such skills in combat should not be left idle... but with no nearby rebel settlements left, what shall he conquer? Whom shall he fight? His father has allied with all neighboring factions, except...