Story of a Seige

[rez]

My lord after returning from our expedition into the indus valley I have been awaiting your summons so that I may explain the events which occured out in the barbarian lands.

Here follows the account of Datis, loyal soldier to the great king and commander of the contingent based in the indus valley.

I had been ordered to bring the rebel and follower of the lie, Ajashatru to justice by the great king Darius. So I marched the army east in search of the rebel king and we soon found him holed up in a small border town.

I ordered the men to fire on the city until our men could bring up the ladders.

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Soon enough our men were at the walls, The Anusyia were sent to establish an opening on the enemy walls.

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The Anusyia fought with all the courage a persian is expected to show... But my lord they were outnumbered and the unit suffered heavy losses.

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I sent in an experienced unit of our Achaemenid swordsman to relieve the Anusyia but it was too late, the brave persians had fought to the last man without a glint of fear in their eyes.

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There was only one option left, My swordsman had arrived too late and were in turn cut down by the barbarians on the walls. Therefore i ordered a unit of Takabara to dig beneath the walls and bring them down

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I ordered the army into standard assault positions, the swordsman ready to cut a path into the enemy, just as the walls came down. I was confident the Indians would not fight so proudly without their tall walls to hide behind!

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We charged into the city, I too fought, as expected, alongside my men for victory. A gritty and dusty melee ensued with the first men we met behind the walls

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We pushed them back quickly and at first it seemed victory was ours for the taking....(sighs)....But it was not to be my King, Ahriman was strong with the enemy and in a land so far away, the light of Ahuramazda was dim on our hearts...
Yes great king I understand Persians should not make excuses. We fought like lions but then... the beasts... appeared from the smoke and our hearts were shaken.

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We held our ground for as long as we could, but the monstrosities broke our lines and caused havoc among our men.

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It was then that the light of the wise lord fell upon the head of Mardonius, Yes great king the son of Gobyras and loyal companion of your son Xerxes. With a lions strength and the ferocity of a bull, Mardonius struck a fatal blow to one of the immense creatures the Maghda people bring to war. A great cheer went up from the persians and a hero was born in that moment.

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But after our minor victory Ajashatru pushed hard for a counter attack and his army pushed right through our lines, spearheaded by those terrible beasts we could not hold them back.

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The army was pushed right out of the city and our foothold was lost, I was saved by the already heroic Mardonius, who pulled me away from the charge when I attempted to die for my king's glory

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In the confusion of the charge I ordered the Armtaka, my most faithful bodyguard, to cover the retreat of the rest of the army. But the worst was yet to befall us. The Armtaka had become seperated from the rest of the army and surrounded

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Desperately I ordered the army to turn back from escape and charge to the rescue of our most valued Armtaka. The persians instantly obeyed, ready to charge back into hell for their brothers. But Ajashatru sent his vile monsters to stall us and our men were devastated again, not by casualties but by the frustration of not being able to save their brothers from slaughter

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At this point I took my regiment of Anusyia and lured the foul creatures away from our Takabara. Our men moved like the wind despite their fatigue, but it was too late again for our brave soldiers. The last Armtaka had died fighting under the shelter of those giants carcasses

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Our men knew that there was no hope but they were so enraged at their loss they thre themselves into hopeless combat. They died for you Great king and for the memory of our brother Armtaka

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Yes great king, I did not join our soldiers in their glorious charge, I still had one regiment of Anusyia and Mardonius to deliver back to you. Not to mention the report i have given you. I have come for your justice sire and I am ready to face whatever punishment I must to atone for my failure.

"You have dissapointed only in results Datis, I cannot think of a Persian alive who yet knows how to defeat those monsters the Maghda breed. You fought as a Persian and did not flee in panic but retreated for the good of the empire, besides I have need of you in Greece. You have escaped judgment this time Datis but failure in the Persian army is rare and will go punished if it is repeated"

"Bring me Mardonius, I will instruct him the arts of strategy and command, He will accompany me on my visit to Ajashatru's burning court..."

[Rutilius Rufus]

Quite good. That is the first time I have seen one laid out like that.

[Marcus Scaurus]

Quite good. That is the first time I have seen one laid out like that.

Quite good? Superb screens! I like the story, you should copy and paste it into a Word document, it's a bit annoying all those links.

[rez]

Thanks thats probably a better idea and thanks for the praise. Ill set it out better in the next one i do

[Valerius Maximus]

nice, well written , good screenshots as well

[{nF}remix]

awesome story, through eyes of persians too. really unique.

[bestantreas]

Very good pics! What parthian skins are you using?

[Faeghi]

The units he is using are from the ROP mod

[stix]

Nice story and great pics. The beasts certainly got stuck into you. As yet i havent struck them in battle and now i see i should be thankfull for that.

[Maximus Lazero]

ROP mod?

[A Spartan Soldier]

ROP mod?

Rise of Persia. Nice story and great pics.