Second battle for Skadar

[Pinkie Pie]

One year ago the Greco-Romans marched north led by the co-emperor John II Comnenus. In the disaster that was the battke of Skadar the bulk of the roman army was either destroyed or captured while the emperors son hbimself was slain. Vowing retrubition Alexius I Comnenus himself now leads his newly built army back to Illyria to free the Illyrians from Serbian rule. As he closes in on the half destroyed city of Skadar he meets up with the Illyrian rebels.

Allied forces:
Agirrus
1500 Pirate Illyrians (Professional Medium Infantry)
2500 Illyrian Strongmen (Veteran Heavy Infantry)
1000 Illyrio Javlinmen (Professional Light Infantry)

Emperor's Guard (Location - Marching from Constantinople to Central Illyria/Skadar)
Emperor Alexius Comnenus
2,000 Palatinae Infantry (Elite Heavy Infantry)
1,000 Palatinae Cavalry (Elite Heavy Cavalry)

Legio IV Constantinople
4,000 Comitatensis Infantry (Soldier Heavy Infantry)
2,000 Comitatensis Spearmen (Soldier Spearmen)
1,000 Comitantensis Siphōnoroi (Soldier Medium Infantry)
1,000 Comitatensis Archers (Soldier Archer-Infantry Hybrid)
2,000 Greek Cavalry (Soldier Light Cavalry)
2,000 Eastern Horse Archers (Soldier Horse Archers)
1,000 Eastern Cataphracts (Soldier Heavy Cavalry)
40 Scorpions (Elite Light Artillery)
20 Trebuchet (Elite Heavy Artillery)

Legio V Constantinople
4,000 Comitatensis Infantry (Soldier Heavy Infantry)
2,000 Comitatensis Spearmen (Soldier Spearmen)
1,000 Comitantensis Siphōnoroi (Soldier Medium Infantry)
1,000 Comitatensis Archers (Soldier Archer-Infantry Hybrid)
2,000 Greek Cavalry (Soldier Light Cavalry)
2,000 Eastern Horse Archers (Soldier Horse Archers)
1,000 Eastern Cataphracts (Soldier Heavy Cavalry)
40 Scorpions (Elite Light Artillery)
20 Trebuchet (Elite Heavy Artillery)

Legio VI Constantinople
4,000 Comitatensis Infantry (Soldier Heavy Infantry)
2,000 Comitatensis Spearmen (Soldier Spearmen)
1,000 Comitantensis Siphōnoroi (Soldier Medium Infantry)
1,000 Comitatensis Archers (Soldier Archer-Infantry Hybrid)
2,000 Greek Cavalry (Soldier Light Cavalry)
2,000 Eastern Horse Archers (Soldier Horse Archers)
1,000 Eastern Cataphracts (Soldier Heavy Cavalry)
40 Scorpions (Elite Light Artillery)
20 Trebuchet (Elite Heavy Artillery)

Legio VII Constantinople
4,000 Comitatensis Infantry (Soldier Heavy Infantry)
2,000 Comitatensis Spearmen (Soldier Spearmen)
1,000 Comitantensis Siphōnoroi (Soldier Medium Infantry)
1,000 Comitatensis Archers (Soldier Archer-Infantry Hybrid)
2,000 Greek Cavalry (Soldier Light Cavalry)
2,000 Eastern Horse Archers (Soldier Horse Archers)
1,000 Eastern Cataphracts (Soldier Heavy Cavalry)
40 Scorpions (Elite Light Artillery)
20 Trebuchet (Elite Heavy Artillery)

Legio VIII Constantinople
4,000 Comitatensis Infantry (Soldier Heavy Infantry)
2,000 Comitatensis Spearmen (Soldier Spearmen)
1,000 Comitantensis Siphōnoroi (Soldier Medium Infantry)
1,000 Comitatensis Archers (Soldier Archer-Infantry Hybrid)
2,000 Greek Cavalry (Soldier Light Cavalry)
2,000 Eastern Horse Archers (Soldier Horse Archers)
1,000 Eastern Cataphracts (Soldier Heavy Cavalry)
40 Scorpions (Elite Light Artillery)
20 Trebuchet (Elite Heavy Artillery)

Legio XI Constantinople
4,000 Comitatensis Infantry (Soldier Heavy Infantry)
2,000 Comitatensis Spearmen (Soldier Spearmen)
1,000 Comitantensis Siphōnoroi (Soldier Medium Infantry)
1,000 Comitatensis Archers (Soldier Archer-Infantry Hybrid)
2,000 Greek Cavalry (Soldier Light Cavalry)
2,000 Eastern Horse Archers (Soldier Horse Archers)
1,000 Eastern Cataphracts (Soldier Heavy Cavalry)
40 Scorpions (Elite Light Artillery)
20 Trebuchet (Elite Heavy Artillery)

The Goldan Company (Location = Central Illyria/Skadar)
Homeless Harry
100 Golden Beasts (Professional Armoured Elephants)
500 Golden Knights (Professional Heavy Cavalry)
1,500 Golden Cavalry (Professional Light Cavalry)
1,000 Golden Raiders (Professional Cavalry archers)
1,000 Golden Archers (Professional Archers)
3,000 Golden Defenders (Professional Heavy Infantry)
2,000 Golden Warriors (Professional Medium Infantry)
2,000 Golden Skirmishers (Professional Light Infantry)
2,000 Golden Spearmen (Professional Spearmen)
20 Golden Ships (Reinforced Veteran Medium Warships)

I am not sure what the Serbian forces are. As soon as a mod is chosen I will send the battle plans.

[Pinkie Pie]

The Serbians have obviously left the game so can we get someone in here to say what men the NPC Serrbia will be using?

[Pinkie Pie]

How long will it take for the Serbians to starve to death?

[Agamemnon]

All of them, AFAIK. Post deployments around a city, I'll post mine and then we'll fight.

[Pinkie Pie]

The Golden Company has arrived, its ships are helping to resupply the Roman army while its land forces march on the city from the west (my own men have spread out with 2 legions in the north, east and south.) Woe behold those who face the mightiest mercenaries in the world.

Legio IV and V are in the north.
Legio VI and VII are in the East.
Legio VIII and Legio IX are in the south.
Alesius is with Legio VII

[Agamemnon]

Okay, the serbs are all over the castle. There's four walls and one gate. Post your orders.

[Pinkie Pie]

The Legions will begin with a good old Artillery barrage using trebuchets and scorpions. Archers and scorpionswill target anyone showing on the walls while the trebuchet launch flaming pots of oil iinto the city and the infantry bring forth battering rams and ladders.
Legio IV, VI and VIII are in command of the ladders.
Legio VII is commanding the rams while Legio V and IX are standing in reserve.

[Agamemnon]

Light infantry:
*Serbian infantry (Professional) :40.000 - 800.000 $
*German Mercenaries (Professional):10.000 - 200.000 $

Heavy Infantry:
*Varangian Guard (Elite):7.000-756.000 $
*Serbian Swordsmen (Veteran)5000-360.000 $

Spearmen:
*Balkan Spearman (Soldier):20.000-280.000$

Archers:
*Balkan Archers (Veteran):20.000-960.000$

Horse Archers:
*Magyar mercenaries(Soldier)2.000-252.000 $

Heavy cavalry:
*General's Bodyguard (Elite)100-50.400$
*Serbian Nobles-Knights (Veteran)3000-1.080.000$

Artillery:
*Trebuchets (Elite) 100 -135.000$


Serb army. They sit in their castle, and a few trebbies fire.

GRE: -500 Comitatenses Inf, -1,000 Comitatenses Spearmen
Serbs: -500 Serb Infantry

[Pinkie Pie]

The Scorpions and archers are to stop firing on the wall. the Trebuchets will start targeting the loacions of enemy trebuchets.
The Infantry will move their ladders against the walls and egange the defenders while the Rams move to take down the gate.

[Agamemnon]

The enemy trebuchets are just too far to hit over the walls, and while much of the city is destroyed by the artillery barrage and morale takes a huge hit, not many men die. However, the Serbian barrage kills many legionaries.

GRE: -1,500 comitatenses inf
Serbs: -500 Infantry, huge morale hit

[kingsid]

Agirrus marches 2500 Illyrian Strongmen (Veteran Heavy Infantry) into battle (will be ordered by GRE) and the rest will harass but never properly engage in battle.

[Pinkie Pie]

The Illyrians are ordered to move up read to assault the gaps in the wall (the ones that the Serbians made if they are not there. and no I did not forget them, I am waiting for the right time)

[The Spartan Warlord]

Pikemen filled the gaps and prepared for Illyrians,

[Pinkie Pie]

No, they do not. You get about as much say in this battle as Zarax does. Next time do not bugger off and ignore it only to come back halfway through.

[The Spartan Warlord]

Well, that is the way I would do anyway, it's logical, if there are any gaps, every man would fill those o.O

[Pinkie Pie]

They would but you do not get to pick what units go where.
P.S You're about to lose your capital

[The Spartan Warlord]

What do you mean?

[Pinkie Pie]

That is the curse of not keeping an eye on everything. I sent one of my auxiliary legions north a few days ago to take your capital.

[The Spartan Warlord]

Well my men will simply wipe out your one legion

[Pinkie Pie]

You mean your 0 men?