The great crisis
the great crisis was a war between the united Tsardoms, frank and the verianberg empire fighting against The twin sultanates of Castilian and Abria
Great crisis
The Conflict
Prelude
verianberg empire-verianbergs emperor Charles 4th was unpopular and needed to gain popularity. he had signed a treaty with the empire traditional enemy of Frank. the magicians know as seers told him his empire would crumble if he didn't do something about it. in 72YBCW charles signed the treaty of telta with king noah of frank and the tsar. the treaty stipulated that the three realsm would mantine armies of around 250000 men. the larger two would supply funds to help the frank mentiane such a force. they also a greed to shared the latest technology and weapons with one another with The grysner arms company becoming the primary arms manufactuer in the kingdom of frank effectly tying there arms industry to the verainberg empire. United tsardoms-at the time the tsardoms was in a relative term of peace. the tsar had signed the treaty of telta. the bransov brother's with the help of the grysner arms company set up the brasov& illyanovich rifle companyon tsaratvo. they where quickly made the tsars personal arms manufactior and the tsar began gathering a large army. over the past decades the tsars had been leveling up naval funding in the white sea. this had led to an incident with the sultans goverment, threatned by the tsars naval step up. this had forced the tsar to build several ships in sercret further in land. however they upped the size of there white sea fleet with 5 of there ships being the brandnew ironclad warships. frank- after winning the 4th in the series of the the frankish civil wars and House of de moromaine ruled and noah 1st was king. however the de moromaine were considered to be foreign rulers as while they came from frank there exile had been spent in a germinc principality (however that principality know became part of hallsbergs personal dominion. the new kings didn't even speak Frankish when in court. the Frankish army however was not willing to follow this foreign king into battle and so charles 4th would have to wait for his new pawn to help him fully. twin sultanates-the man ruling The twin sultanates of Castilian and Abria was young Mohammad 14th. he was an inexperienced young man with little love for making war. however he had powerful allies. the prince of Castilian was a battle hardened war veteran and so was ivan 2nd the prince of the principality of setercha as he had single handed removed his regents and had fought on the frontier since he was young. at the time the imperial army was in made up of just professional units and was smaller that it had been in a long time. the imperial navy had been steadily reforming and was still the largest in the know world and it ships dominated. however the empire was in deep trouble. mohammond 14th father abdulhamid 1st had rolled bakc funding for the army and navy, leaving many garrsions weakened and fortifaction. there where also racial division's. the well established dissidents Briganaies had luacnhed a rebellion in 71YBCW and where well supplied by the tsar. abdulhamids econmic policy had also allianted the herigz. in order to fund his decadent court, and to fund three failed expodidtions to the khanate of Penarsa he had extracted funds from the herigz inculding there nobility who had been some of the strongest supporters of the sultan.
Deployment
the verianberg army had 4 mine axis of advance. one army would invade under jan petronvic-hallsberg 1st. he would march int Castilian cutting them off from the rest of the empire. another army could march down the catlan mountain mountain range and invade the sultanate of Castilian through frankish territory. a third army under the command of Charles great uncle would invade down the valley of the sultan and attack belgrodna while the raven princes would invade as they had for hundreds of years. a 4th and final army would invade down the recanik highway and push on to the strait ports. however there was an under lining problem with the offensive. none of the armys could support one another as they were to far apart. these armies where reflective of the multi ethnic nature of the empire. it is also belived that more than half the noble call took to the field inculding mane vampirici and elvish lords.
the army's loyal to Mohammad 14th were spread out. Ion pasha 5th corp was in setercha in the valley of the sultan. in the northern part of the abiran sultan 4th army was around 90000 strong. the seterchan army under ivan 2nd was 50000 men with seterchan frontier corp was battle hardened. the Castilian army was spread thin in garrison duty across Castilian.
The Engagement
Early fighting and 70YBCW- the verianberg first army advanced down the valley of the sultanate into setercha pushing, assisted the in this by frontier forces in several small engagements, as the raven prince advnaced on the major frontier fotress of Kersia . the frontier villages at the valleys mouth were set on fire and the garrison hung from trees. what was left of these forces gathered themselves and marched south and the forward units alerted the regional commander. the impieral garrsion unit in setercha was ion pasha's 5th army corp. Ion's corp recrutred from seterchans as well as men from the rest of the empire responded to the invasion countered it at the mouth of the valley. he was going to give battle but when his scouts told him the size of the invasion force he retreated and using his magic corp he was able to cause avalanches to block part of the valley and then retreated.
the first invasion had be halted. Ion pasha then sent word prince ivan 2nd and he sent to Mohammabad of the invasion. when the young sultan found out what was happening he viewed the situation with Icey calm and immediately enacted the taking conscripting young men and forcing prisoners into the scimitari. he gathered a war council and placed the entire county under the control of him and the army. the musir (field marshal) huseyin abdula callan pasha was removed from his post and his role repicled by the younger abdul camil pasha. a new army was ordered raised in hjez and the interior of the empire. the two corp currently around the capital would be shiped across the straits by the navy and join the main armies on the conteinet.
Ivan meanwhile prepared for war in his own way. he gathered his troops and was away to march north to help ion but when the frontier and imperial army crossed the boarder in force he was forced to deal with that threat. the northern most city which had stopped every invasion before fell after 3 weeks of fighting. this forced ivan to march his army to prevent the invasion. the verainberg forces invading the principality were made up of men mostly of the army of the crown
invasion of Castilian-on the boarder with Castilian goblin wolf rider scout crossed the border and disorganized the Castilian force. on the tail of the gobilns followed the 3rd verainberg imperial army under the command jan petronvic-hallsberg 1st. this army included men of Szlski cavalry the sultanate line the lone defensive work on the Boarder was broken in half and twenty thousand Castilian soldiers were captured after the battle on the line. at Mesor 14000 Castilian troops had to fight out of a disaster when they were enveloped in three sides by general gorgons 40000 troops. they were forced to march along the road while under attack to escape being surrounded by imperial verainberg forces. in Mohammabad the general staff scrambled to stop the invasion. the seterchan army was facing a two way invasion. ivan despite his brilliance in command he was forced to run, after ion corp retreated to safety. the abrian force had to scramble quickly in order to plug the gap. the lostian army was also called in and moved to help the prince of setercha. and the first lostian troops arrived just as ivans army retreated into the southern seterchan heartlands.
invasion from magara- the invasion through magara came at the same time as the invasion of Castilian around 2 weeks after the invasion through the valley of the sultans. genreal Krassenstine's army march through recanik territory and into the recanik pashaliks. the 14th magaran lancers lead the army under prince karlos of House of Jagiellonian. his unit cut there way through the pashaliks slaughtering the recanik population. they however where able to cobble an army of some 13000 recanik horse men. the imperial troops in the area had already retreated to the last fortress town in the area they numbered some 12000 men. this fortress was two of the things stopping the two invasions linking up.
69YBCW-the situation got worst the following year when the united tsardom army crossed the border and dealt a series of crushing defeats. the 1st imperial army was diverted to stop the invasion. there was however one thing the twin sultanates could draw strength from. the twin sultanates navy was in charge of the sea defeating the tsars navy and blockading the white sea. this cut supply from reaching the southern ports and prevented trade entering the tsardoms through the sea. in order to keep order near the tsardom boarder The Pashalik of brigrannea was placed under military occupation and administration and this began a rebellion and many rebels walked to the front to join the tsardoms .a steady stream of invading armies crossed the boarder into the twin sultanates. Unable to stem the tide the sultans armies made a gradual retreat trying to hit there enemy in rearguard battles. this left behind stragglers and garrisons many of which were later captured. the Castilian army was defeated at the battle of Koch and was forced to retreated to Becelo to defend there capital. in setercha the 1st verainberg army pushed into there territory however the seterchan army lead by there prince ivan 2nd was able to stop them at the battle of chekovic. 20000 seterchan troops were able to surround the village where the elite 9th corp was station and forced there surrender. there victory prevented the link up of verainberg forces advancing from magara from those invading the principality. the verianberg army's used war beasts and war trolls to help smash apart the sultans armys. after another series of setback the twin sultanates army was able to establish a defence line. they dug trench lines with proper support with rear trenches and communication trenches. they brought up every artillery piece they could to support the trenches. the verainberg commanders were able to crack the first few line in attacks pushing deeper into territory. general Bela of House of Jagiellonian (Karlos cousin) forces commanding a force of 23000 troops mostly of The Royal Magaran army pushed deep into territory pushing out of the recanik pashaliks into abrain territoy. his campaign as one of the most successful of the verainberg empire. over a 7 day campaign in mid spring he defeated an army twice his side and forced the remaining troops into defences. they were also the first to be eventually stopped when they reached a position with a city of a pr-existing fortification they were stopped. they had expected the the twin sultanate imperial army to have competently broken but this prove that they were still ready to fight for there homes. not knowing what else to do the verainberg army dug in. when Charles herd this he was outraged and ordered his army to keep fighting but his staff pursued him not to. soon the war slowed into trench warfare. The sultan bought chemical weapons from the Scrats to use against there enemy.
68YBCW-Becelo was placed under siege. the verainberg army however was suffering guerrilla attacks from Al shahasy riders. as the city passed into its 5th month of siege it began to starve. the Castilian colonial army however had landed in the southern of the country under the princes great uncle. The Castilian colonial army was able to lift the siege . this counter attack gained enough steam to drive the invaders north. however when they chased the verainberg army from there capital they found that a frank army was waiting for them marching down the koch-becelo road . The colonial army was the only force which had any strength left in Castilian . They dug in and waited for the Frankish attacks. The Frankish army made there attacks force back parts of the line and seizing several small villages . The colonials were however able to hold the line but they were soon forced back more. There rear line was reinforced by the tattered Castilian army and that stop the franks and verainberg forces. several battles were fought between the retreating Castilian and the advancing franks. one battle which was fought was the battle of Kal'koor which was fought between the The Royal Frankish Army and the Al shahasy.
67YBCW-in the Abrian part of the empire however the verainbeg army had after a series of terrible offensives were forced into trench warfare. the sultans general staff were about to make an offensive when a letter arrived from Becelo. prince fredando said that his army couldn't continue the fight and urged the government to sign peace. the sultan and his government pondered. if they could bleed there enemy they could force them out and possible take land. if they carried the war on the possibility the Castilian part of the empire could be lost and this would be disastrous for the sultan.
so 67YBCW the twin sultanates signed a peace treaty gifting land to all there enemy powers.
Outcome
defeat for the twin sultanates. the twin sultanates has to ceded land to the verainberg empire ,fank and the united tsardoms. the small amount of the land which was lost during the reigns of Ivan 6th and Karl 1st was also given back with those people waving with joy as they re-joined there mother lands. as well as gaining the territory the cities of Muzzergrad and Catrench where given to the tsar as well as the entire highway south. half of the Mejdi was given to the tsar. in total close to 1 million citizens where lost to the tsar. Catrench a mainly Briganaies city was made the new capital of the [the principlaty of ravabsk.
large amounts of land inhabited by recaniks was given to the regency of magara.
large amounts of land were given to the kingdom of frank including the smalls cities koch and mesor the sight of two imperial victory. these cities where the last holdings of sultanate power in frank since the loss of Duchy of farasna.
for the sultanates the siltation was bad. most of its northern and western infrastructure had been destroyed. its army had been disgraced with what they thought was a shameful surrender. the loss of so much land as well was a big shock to the government and nobles.
Aftermath
with the destruction of so much infrastructure the twin sultanates would have to rebuild but there economy lay in ruin due to the amount of money that had been put into the army. this defeat would lead to civil war 67 year later
it would would lead to the last of thethe red king wars
Included Conflicts
Conflict Type
War
Battlefield Type
Land
Start Date
70YBCW
Ending Date
67YBCW
Conflict Result
the treaty of mohammabad was signed
Belligerents
kingdom of frank
Led by
Strength
quarter of a million
Casualties
twenty five thousand- dead wounded or missing
Objectives
gain prestige
the United tsardom
- duchy of Estel
- Grand Duchy of Lathnaia
- the principlaty of ravabsk (the red kingdom)
- The united tsardoms
Led by
Strength
quarter of a million men of the united tsardom army
most of the men came from the tsardom Borovosk
60000 men came from [the principlaty of ravabsk
Casualties
unknown
Objectives
gain land
Strength
one million men in total the majority army the twin sultanate imperial army And the castilan army
50000 men of The seterchan army
34000 men of Losotian marine corp
Casualties
unknown
Objectives
Strength
around 2 million men of The verianberg imperial army
most of the troops from the army of the crown
the next largest army was that of the regency of magara
after that the duchy of Szlski, the lorddom of mortjzia and The frontier kingdom
verianberg imperial navy
Casualties
around 500000 dead, wounded and missing
7 Slzki barons
3 memebrs of house Petroniciv-hallsberg-
Objectives
take land on the boarders of The frontier kingdom and the Recanik dominated areas of the sultanate of Abria
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