the great war of succession
a war between three claimants to the The two crowns fought 670YBCW-664YBCW. the the claimants were supporters by different powers.
The Conflict
Prelude
the death of the sultan- sultan caboos 2nd born 712YBCW died in the last days of winter 670YBCW at the age of 42. he left behind no male heir but left a daughter . the 23 year old princess Esmeray. she was born 693YBCW and was know as the princes of the dark moon as she took the moon of her birth as her sigil as tourney. and instead of giving a favor to a warrior gave her a reset of her personal sigil which she kissed and gave to a warrior of her choosing. she became antiquated with the handsome Constantine azroves. he was 3 years younger than her but made her laugh. however he was a third son and his brother was 7 year older than him. however she yearned for him and Constantine became prince Konstantin when she was 20 and he was 17. however another claimant was her bastard brother Aslan who was a commander of the forces protecting the great cannal. he was 6 year older than his half sister being born when the sultan was 13 being born 699YBCW. he was a great soldier and renown for his fighting ability. he had fought on the frontier and with the recaniks. his personal sigil was a lion with the sun in its jaws. the final claimant was caboos's 40 year old brother prince murad who had just been wed to his 27 year old wife princess ivanka Mentanavic. she was sister to the 30 year old Ivan 1st who was married to ivanka's twin and his sister Aleksandra. when murad also had a son Mehmed who was 18 and he was married to fernada the 17 year old daughter of prince ferdinado 1st. when murad found out his brother died he wrote to the abrian lords of the northern continent. however Esmeray had already gained the allegiance of the southern lords and the lord of Hjez the duke of losita who was know her brother in law and the viceroy of the vicroyet of montrgha and she was made sultan empires esmeray 1st with her husband as lord high admiral and lord of the sea. to make sure she held power. prince konstantin had his ships go down river to seize Mohammabad. this act sparked into a war.
Deployment
This war would the first where the mighty gunpowder stores of the empire would be unleashed. Many of these where under the control of the impieral fleet and that was under the control of Konstantin azroves.
The Engagement
670YBCW-the first act of war was against those loyal to murad. small houses on the coast who held ships founded there ports attacked and there ships burned by the empress's fleet. her forces on land however were met with only problems. the northern abrians were slow to react and murad marched quickly with his brother in law and a host of 15000 men and declaring himself murad 1st. quickly after finding out that his uncle and half sister had claimed the two crowns declared himself sultan aslan 1st and his followers gathered around him. he conscripted mercenary into his army and he marched north. the empress's ordered her trusted ally the lord of hjez to march south. but this left her without a army and so she gathered all the young men of mohammobad into an army offering the youngest a median if they didn't already have one if they joined. after 4 weeks she had an army of 13000 men. this army was given to fevzi pasha ( the 40 year old commander of the city Garrison nicknamed morningstar for his favored weapon.) and with the help of the consort's ships ferried the army to the northern continent. they arrived in the strait ports to find the garrison mobilized but not declaring a side. fevzi pasha gathered them to the side of the empress and raised the empress banner above the ports and he continued the march to link up with the viceroy and his army who was fighting a campaign in his lands against count of likij's forces. Ivan 1st murad's right hand had just one a battle with a host of 7000 of the empresses men. so fevzi decided to attack him.
the battle of the shivering rivers- the two armys met on opposite of a river bank. many small streams ran through the filed and helped feed the river. fevzi's forces were 15000 men and they were fighting Ivan's host of 13000. he organised his archers and crossbowmen in front of his main forces to harasses Fevzi's host. fevzi's archers took a heavy price as well. then a light rain began to fall and knowing his advantage would be ruined if he didn't act ivan dawned the dragon Armour of the mentanvic's and readied his cavalry wedge. however the rain had already turned the ground to mud and his cavalry couldn't charge properly. alot of the cavalry fell to the earth and the knights fought on foot against the empresses men. the main body of the army's then engaged with fevzi's light cavalry harassing the flanks. prince ivan was almost killed when fevzi knocked The princlings sword from his hand but was saved when a spear man charged to save him allowing him to pick up a mace and continue the duel. fevzi's second his son asmeer pasha ordered forward the scimitari and forced the seterchans back. however they were able to retreat in good ordered to the safety of a walled fortress.
the azroves campaign- as ivan and fevzi warred on land the azroves fought at sea. the lostian fleet was massive with hundreds of gallys and other ships thanks to there ports. konstatins brother duke Freideríkos azroves took part of his fleet and landed a force in madinat 'anastazia in the southern continent. he then ordered his ships to attacked the Castilian coastline. the first major naval battle was fought just after the shivering river. a Castilian fleet left its port lead by prince ferdinado's brother John. most of his ships were mercenary's and very skilled but the lostians were said to be born on the sea. the naval battle which occurred off the northern coast of the vineyard isle. the resulting blood bath forced the Castilian to flee and gave the empress and her forces total control of the sea. on land however the azroves and there lords were fairing less well the self proclaimed murad 1st had began a marched south with a host of 10000 men loyal to him. he had swept aside much resistance and so the dukes twin brothers George and anderos went across the boarder and conscripted mercenary from bron, the lorddom of mortjzia and old race mercenary. they were able to gather a fresh army of 7000 to add to there own lostian one and they were able hold the enemy back in select castles as winter set in.
669YBCW and the birth of two heirs- in Mohammabad the empress gave birth to a daughter. the march 13th night was a full moon. the empress named her after her mother princess Azzal was born. the next week murad son mehmed wife gave birth to his own heir and mustafa was born. this secured the legacy of both branches of the family. mean while as winter turned to spring those loyal to sultan empress Esmeray began to plan its victory. with control of the sea they planed on cutting naval trade to the continent. the opened negotiations with there mortal enemy the verianberg empire. mean while murad 1st and his allies began to worry. with ivans depleted forces murad needed new troops. he first sent letters to the republic of san antonia asking for mercenary in the form of there famous crossbow men. but he needed troops fast so he traveld first to the pashaliks of the recaniks. he was able to get 7 of the tribes on his side and then marched south to The Pashalik of brigrannea. house markov gave there troops willingly but the rest of the nobles were weary about siding with murad fearing the reprisals of the empress. Ivans lord were also weary of giving there prince more men due to the fact that they may have to fight for themselves. the only hope for help in murad cause was in his son mehmed who was marching with his father in law prince ferdinado 1st with a Castilian host of 24000 men. but this army was to far away to help as winter turned to spring. in mohammbad Konstantin azroves planed his own war path. with his fleet anchored in the caboos river outside the city he would gathered his host of 4000 men and set sail. he would capture mejel naval base before it lords could take up arms against his wife. he would then set sail put river into the heart of The Pashalik of brigrannea and take the fight to his daughters great uncle. within a week his ships were ready.
Esmeray-how may a live without my guardian Constantine- what i do i do for you empress and out daughter. Esmeray-do not be to long Constantine-i shalt may empress and when i returned your uncles head will be on the prow of my ship.Constantine set sail in April and took mejel fortnight later. he then able to got up river on one of the vassal rivers of the blood lake. the host and fleet he had assembled was much larger than he had thought. he was able to gathered 7000 men and the ships to carry twice that number. he stooped when his ships came in view of a caravan. he ordered his men to quickly disembark and ready for a march in the morning. Konstantin then set about raiding the positions of murad and his army destroying there stores and laying wait to those who didn't declare for the empress. this was a massive error. this showed to many that the empress was willing to kill even neutral houses and men so the seterchan lords rallied to ivan and the Briganaies rallied to murad. but the empress husband was a cunning warrior and used his ships to move his army quicker than horses could protecting them with a screen of horse archers. aslans campaign- while in the northern continent aslan seemed to be a far off thought and not an issues to the empress and there allies this pretender was a powerful threat. as the holder of the great cannal he held the gaits to the southern continent and all the resources within. in the first year of the war the lord of hjez and three of his 4 sons had died fighting him and his army. the empress was forced to gather more men but where from. she turned to the commander of the navy on the island of mohammad the great. he gave her an army of 6000 men. the magic order as well split by the war sent her 400 magic soldiers and the empress was able to buy 600 mercenary. she placed them on the coast road as if alsan wanted to march north he needed the lands of hjez as they still posed a threat to him. his own army was made up of battle hardened men. they had fought in duel administrated territorys for years and some were even tribes men who had fought since birth. 400 men were even from omonga who had declared for aslan. he entered hjez as konstatin began to reeve the The Pashalik of brigrannea. he forced aside the small boarder host and camal riders of the hjezi frontier and spilled into the heart land. however the 13 year old lord of hjez fizal was no weakling he amassed and army of 4000 men and declared he would fight for the empress and would not surrender even when dying. but the young lord was inexperienced and wasn't even a seasoned tourney champion having only one his first a week before the beginning of the war. Aslan a far more experienced soldier marched straight up the coast road cutting fizal from his ports but he used the heartlands to harass the would be sultan emperor who was then forced to try and pushed his enemy into submission. the battle of vandar- as spring turned to summer murad forces in The Pashalik of brigrannea had grown tired of being harassed and were wanting to pushed the infestation out. but Konstantin azroves know as the sea serpent had his own plan. he wanted to take vandar in order to cut murad off from his ally and force him to catrench placing him at a back wall as if he went any more east he would be in the lands of the tsar and the tsar would see this as war. konstatin ordered his forces into marching order and he with help from his personal sorcerer who helped conceal the army movement marched to the outskirts of vandar. the towns garrison lay down it army but not before a messenger was able to escape to murads lines. murad turned his force west. his plan was not to destroy the enemy but to pin them down allowing for his brother in law and his army to destroy the viceroy and sea serpents brothers. when murad host of 15000 reached the walls of vandar he found the city lightly guarded. after a short battle the city fell. victory was his. and then konstaitn sprung his trap. he had put poison the cities wells and began a mobile siege as he didn't have the men to encircle and hold the line. his troops began night raid a week into the siege know murad forces would be running low in water. murad had his men erect cart wall in half the town and told his men to retreat behind them. this enticed konstoain to pushed and his army rushed into the town. however when they came to murad new defenses they fell in droves so the hunkered down to wait. time was on the side of the defenders and konstantin knew it so he planed on storming the defenses of the city. he had catapulted thrown fire balls into the city and by night fall the city was on fire. he then ordered his reevers to storm murads position. lead by the lord admiral ran over the barricades. murad more organised troops held well but soon he was forced back. but they held for 3 more days. having lost almost half of his men konstatin retreated. the Autumn and winter campaign 669YBCW- as summer turned to autumn both sided began to hunker down. only aslan continued to fight in Hjez. the lord admirals brothers had halted the seterchan advance but the Castilian were marching on there boarders quickly. in the vicroyet of montrgha the viceroy had retreated to the iron fort with his sons with his army preventing prince ivan from marching along the coast. the empress decided to wait out the autumn and winter of that year and turn her forces south to her half brother. she lead the host of 4000 men south to meat up with her other host she had sent and her force swelled to 10000 men. Aslan had been worn down by the lord of hjez had retreated to the coastal castles. the empress found her half brother three months later and lay siege to the would be sultan. aslans forces were starved into fighting and in a battle which lasted only an hour alsan and his army were destroyed and one claimant was killed. aslan had never married and had no heir and so his lands fell to the empress. 668YBCW- the empresses plan was know to launch a full on invasion of the northern Continent. she gathered a war council. one unexpected member was a 13 year old boy who shared her dark hair and pale skin but had bright eyes. the boys father was present to the empress as kaherys turbat alnabii. then the empress relied that the young boy was her nature son she had had when she was 12 years old. the boy had not been given an abrian name to hid his identity and mother at the behest of the empress father and so was given the name from one of the southern kingdoms. other members of the council included the consort, his twin brother, viceroy ante and lord fizal of hjez. they gathered all there ships and planned naval invasions. the first fleet lead by konstantin would land in his native lostia and take his host of 7000 and join his brother's army. they would first destroy the seterchans facing them then turn west to deal with the Castilian. a second force lead by fevzi pasha would land with the viceroy and drive north and trap murad allies against the coast. a third fleet under the command of fizal would drive up river into The Pashalik of brigrannea and retake vandar. before the ships left kaherys visited his mother. he was in his squires Armour the boys father (a minor hergiz lord) had already joined one of the fleets and had left him. kaherys knew little of his mother and was in aw of the women before him. but what he wished was to see his baby sister. the 25 year old empress allowed him to visits his sister. kaherys then asked for his mothers favor as he had no girl he loved to ask so he wanted his mothers. the empress did and kaherys wore her red ribbon on his army from then. he left with the consort as part of the main invasion force. the invasion- the main force under konstantin landed in attelo to be welcomed by his duke brother. his battle hardened army of reevers mixed with knights and abiran regulars. they joined the dwindling lostian army. the count of likij had been pushing against the duke and his brothers. but with 7000 more troops they pushed the count back and in a stunning victory defeated and crushed his host all in one week. in the battle kaherys won his spurs. the count of likij was killed and his second son imprisoned. konstatin know had a clear way straight to setercha. if he could march north he could force ivan out and home and then could defeat him in his own homeland. his brother androus out right scorned his brother for such a proposal. but konstaitn had the support of his other brothers. androus was given 2000 men to defend the east while konstantin march north with 11000 men. in the vicroyet of montrgha fevzi and the viceroy landed an army of 6000 men and marched on the iron fort and linked up with 3000 men. as April dawned they were drawn into battle with ivan and fevzi duel again in which ivan almost killed the pasha who was saved when the prince took a bolt to the shoulder. ivans host retreated and ivan rested. fizal's invasion was the least effective. murad had fortified the rivers and his fleet was trapped. fizal however was able to save his army. fizal decided to march for mejd to get the resources there and have the protection of its walls. the invasion of setercha and the sacking of belgrodna- Konstantin azroves marched his army due north and entered setercha 4 months later. the little force princess Aleksandra mentanavic could put together wasn't able to stop them. in the north as well the army of the frontier invaded annexing large parts of the frontier including the lands of the count of likij. konstantin then marched on belgronda. princess aleksandra and ivanka took there family and all the people they could and left the city. a week later konstantin and his army of reevers sacked belgrodna and put the city to crouch. Prince ivan still recovering from his defeat gathered and army from the governance and added his own remaining strength and attempted to march on his home land. but murad argued against it saying that was what the lord admiral wanted. but the lord admirals gamble had a silver lining mehmed army with his father in law had arrived and androus was left to defend against this invasion with only 2000 men. androus fell back allowing mehmed to take attelo. androus and his troops countered east. this forces konstantin to move out of attelo and go west to face mehmed and his Castilian army. the sea serpents great victory- after completing his march on attelo to take it backcxdd from mehmed. mehmed army was some 35000 strong and was defending attelos walls. marching south was an army of 9000 men lead by konstatin. his plan was to prance around the fortress and tempt the young mehemd out of the walls of the city and in a bend in a river so to hold them. the resulting battle saw the total destruction of the Castilian army in a battle know as the bloody bend due to the fact that vast amount of lives lost. mehmed was almost captured but was able to escape with a third of his army. this was a crushing loss for murad and his allies. but his son mehemd was able to take what was left and turned west. the city was retaken by the empress forces but mehmeds retreat was a faint and he turned his forces north to retake belgrodna just as winter set in. 667YBCW Disaster- as mehemd re took belgdrona the empress considered her options. many lords wanted peace and said that they should offer terms to her uncle. even her husband and her brother in law wanted peace. konstatin's army was tired and he needed time to get more troops and repair the ships of the imperial navy. mean while murad and his supporters met up in belgrdona in the princes palace. there aim was to take the empress's stain from the northern continent removing her influence from the land. there plan was to march there forces due south east through the lands of The governance and on to the undefended strait ports. they gathered a great host some 34000 men made up of what was left of the castilan army, Ivan 1st brought his troops and the frontier troops who were retreating from the verainberg emperors advance and murad army who had finished fighting with fizal and had completed a monstrous march through the winter. on the way each army had gathered supporters and money from the republic of san antonia had given them the ability to buy mercenary which including old races. the republic itself was sending an army of 2000 men who would be joined by Al shahasy riders and more troops under Gael pasha. however spies had given the word to the empress of this as murad army marched and loyalist to the empress prepared to march. Konstantin and his fleet arrived in the cpaital of the vicroyet and took 1000 more troops to the strait ports while his brothers took there own ships to take troops loyal to the empress from the southern continent to the strait ports. the viceroy and fizal would march towards the ports and all other lords were either ordered to join the main force or join fezvi pasha holding force on the main road at the city of mendara. when murad forces reach mendara they ordered fevzi to lay down there arms and leave the walls of the city. but the pasha confident he could defeat his enemy refused and hunkered down for a siege. this hope however was unreal. he was heavily out numbered and the city was taken after a month of siege. this gave the empress troops time to march on the strait ports. the last to arrive was fizal a day before konstatin had estimated. his total force came to 36000 men with artillery. the preparation included building massive amount of anti cavalry trenches and turning the out laying towns int mini forts. areas of the ground were haloed out and had explosives placed under them. when murads forces arrived in late summer they came to find a read enemy waiting for them. the resulting battle had both armys face off against one another. the empress army formed up with light infantry including the scimitari, lostian irregulars and mountain skirmishers from the vicroyet of montrgha. in the center most of the infantry formed up made up of the abrian and lostian sword and spear men and konstatins reevers. archers were on the flanks. the heavy cavalry under the command of fizal were in the center where the infantry would split to allow them to charge. on the flanks light cavalry were arranged to defend the main body of the army. the over confident muard loyalists arranged with the cavalry wedge under the command of prince Ivan. most of the cavalry was from setercha with a core of knights from Castilian and the sultanate of Abria under the command and prince ferdinado 1st. the main body of the army consisted of sword and spearmen were a mix of seterchan, Castilian and abrian men. they infantry also consisted of old races. on the armys flanks the recanik and Al shahasy riders. the armys archers were in the front and were protected by skirmishers. the battle began at lunch time with Trebuchet and catapult barrage from konstatins forces. Murad ordered his army to forward in order to stop the barrage from being effective. however this forced the archers from there protective stakes. this was when Konstatin ordered his arches to fire killing hundreds of men. but the themselves engaged with murad archers. ivan decided to take matters into his own hands and readied his cavalry and sent word to the flanks to make there attack and harass the empress troops. however this was against Murads wishes. he wanted to over whelm his enemy with his entire army and Ivan braking away was not part of the plan. as ivan charged konstatins archers and crossbow men shot him and many of his other men from there horses. Ivan stood up only for a crossbow bolt to streak him in the chest. with his cavalry commander dead murad decided that know was the time to strike. his flanking recanik and al shahasy riders began skirmishing Murad rode at the front with his son and prince ferdinado. the resulting blood bath was unlike anything ever seen. with the full wight of his army depolyed murad's army quickly smashed through the center of konstatins line. however his flanking cavalry who had not been deployed swung round the flanks while the heavy cavalry and reever held what was left of the center. konstatin was a the center of the fighting and with a strike of his long sword bloodreever took the sultans head off. mehmed saw his father died and from horse back ordered what was left of the army to run. he commanded a cavalry force which retrieved prince Ivans body and his fathers and smashed there way out. out of there force a total of 15600 men escaped with mehemd who made the long march back to his power base in belgrdona. konstatins army however was to tired to pursue the cost- with murad dead and ivan dead the two powerful players were out of the game. Ivan left his principality to his 12 year old son prince Alexander who became Alexander 1st. with his father dead mehemd declared he was know sultan and he was crowned with a silver circlet in the princes palace by princess Aleksandra mentanavic who became his mistress. his step mother as well who had seen him often aslo engaged in a relationship. his own wife however wasn't unhappy and infact was said to have little love for her husband preferring the company of women to men and spent little time with her husband after giving birth to mustafa. mehmeds army was however shattered. his army had suffered 18400 calculates dead wounded and missing. however his allies had not lost faith. mehemd was everything his father was and more. he was witty and kind, strong and brave, smart and cunning. konstatins forces had also taken a massive beating. out of his force of 36000, 12000 were dead wounded or missing. this left both sides tired and they settled into a long winter. 666YBCW-with the beginning of the new year the empress called a council in the capital. many of her lords wanted peace and were willing to offer exile to all those who had rebelled including mehemd. but she said that exile was to good for them and wanted them all dead as to imimanate the threat from her cousin. when androus, konstatins brother spoke up against the empress he was almost thrown in jail. Androus left enraged for attelo. she ordered her husband to gather more ships to plan a naval attack on Castilian. however the magic order weather readers argued against an attack. with a large amount of troops on the continent she decided to make a counter attack. she ordered all her forces to drive on setercha and to wipe the lands loyal to mehemd clean. however with androus commander of lositan land forces he refused to send his troops into battle. she wanted to kill him but killing him could isolate her lostian allies. as well her armys were beginning to get restless as they were not payed properly. she enacted the taking to raise more troops and took 10000 prisoners and made them the scimitari. under the command of fevzi pasha 15000 men marched due north west toward belgrodna. fizal marched an army back toward vandra to secure the city. konstatin march his army along the western coast road to take back the vicroyet of montrgha and onto attelo and from there stop gael pasha and his army. he himself took 500 of his hardest men and sailed to the coast capturing a castle held by 60 men loyal to mehmed. mean while mehmeds army was on the mend and waiting for help from gael pasha and his mixed force of Castilian and San antinona's. Mehmed had to rally his remaining forces to him. he branched out to the recanik tribes and houses including those in magara. they gave him 4000 new troops he also secretly branched out to men who were in the empresses employ one would prove to be lethal. that year the war slowed as both sides consolidated there forces. Gael pashas forces which included San antionan Crossbowmen attacked a force of lostian troops guarding the boarder and then turned north to link up with mehmed. in an attempt to prevent this linkup, konstatin orngised a force of 3000 men made up of a core of reavers and quickly marched them north. however they were to late and were forced back when winter arrived 665YBCW regicide and defeat-as winter passes all of the azroves brothers met in attelo for the turn of the new year. while haveing a feast androus suddenly left and then the room was barred. then from at the top of the room from the balcony archers and crossbowmen shot the men loyal to his brothers. Konstantin azroves and his men were able to escape by the other two brothers were killed including androus twin who he killed with his bear hands. androus had been made a secret ally of of mehmed for mehemd had agreed to make him duke if he delivered lostia to mehemds hands inculcating its army. Konstatin and his forces left with great haste in order to prevent getting trapped. this drastic change saw the most powerful of the empress allies pulled from under her. whore new however was on the way. the republic of san antonia had sent a massive fleet and had lay anchor in Castilian. konstatin gathered his forces in the vicroyet of montrgha his fleet lay anchor in the main port city and his cobbled toghter army had a core of 2000 of kosntatins reavers, some 3000 abrain levies and 2000 montrghan troops. Kaherys suggested calling the abrian lords loyal to the empress to gather there strength once again at the straight ports. but konstatin knew that if he conducted a land campaign he would sacrifice the war at sea to the mercy of the republic of san antonia. so he called on his ships and wrote a letter to the commander of the fleets in Mejd, mejel and the mohammad the great naval bases. he delegated command of the army to kaherys (who was know married to a 17 year old minor noble who was pregnet) who decided to gather the strength he could and wrote to all the lords to once again gather there forces. however by know many lords were disheartened and had began to turn there cloaks as mehmed 1st marched south. battle off the vineyard isle- while konstatin gathered his ships and kaherys gathered force to defend his mother's empire. androus took the lostian navy and joined the san antonian navy and the ships of Castilian. his ships were placed under the command of Julius Giovanni a man famed for fighting of pirates. he planned on forcing the so called Sea serpent out of its nest but by the time he finalized his plan the serpent had already slithered out of its nest. konstatin had gathered a large navy including his much feared fleet made up of reavers. konstatin attacked the vineyard isle sacking every town they could and slaughtering the garrison. they seized as much supplies as they could and loaded them onto the ships. Giovanni arrived two weeks later. konstatin was waiting for him and the two fleet engaged in a savage battle however part of Giovanni's fleet had went north of the isle and turned to out flank kosntatin after another week as konstatin was about to brake Giovanni's fleet. Kostaint's flagship was bordered and he was taken prisoner. when the empress found out she broke down saying 'it is all over'. Giovanni's fleet however was destroyed and had to rest and it would take months to repair all his ships. kaherys campaign- with designated command in kaherys hands he decided to gather all the troops loyal to his mother on the main road defending the straight ports. his force had 14000 men after he final gathered his final force. the young boy however was ill by the time he got his force in position waiting for mehmed. his wife gave birth in won of the straight ports and the boy was named Constantine after the boys mentor. mehmed marched south with an army of 27000 men which included men from Castlian, setercha, san antiona, The Pashalik of brigrannea, the governance, abrians loyal to mehemd and old races including 7 war beast from The under empire. kaherys when he found out decided to brake up his force and attack his enemy in hit and run battles. he was able to divide part of mehmed but the bulk of the army stayed together. Kaherys knew his force could survive and despite being a good soldier he wasn't a natural tactician.his army was know down to 9000 men. Kaherys decided to back up and try and escape south. His army was made up of abrain levies loyal to the empress, mercenary kaherys had been able to recruit and levies from the vicroyet of montrgha. when he retreated the viceroy defected taking his 3000 troops. he then marched northern destroying those troops who had been left behind to defend and keep mehmeds forces divided. kaherys remaining army haggered there way to the ports to find only a few vessels there and what vessel there where were being used to ferry scared civilians to the other side. kaherys wasn't willing to put his men before civilians and this angered many of his commanders. this prompted some of his more restless men started looking,raping, murdering and stealing aboard ships. kaherys placed what troops he had on the walls. he wrote letters to the commander of mejd. the govoner prince Mohammad ali pasha had lost most of his ships and troops were gone and he had only 1300 men to defend the port town. knowing that if those ports fell then his mother and the capital would be in danger he ordered as commander of the empress army's for all ports to hold and not to retreat part on his behest. mehmed 1st arrived 3 weeks later as the high of summer hit. by this time the port that kaherys occupied was in flames due to civil unrest. Mehmed force as well had swelled to 30000 men while kaherys forces were shrinking. mejd had be placed under siege 2 days earlier. Kaherys (know 16) who was know deathly ill sent his wife and son away on a ship taking refugees away. the siege went on for a month then a recovering kaherys was sent word that a rescue fleet was arriving under the command of fizal (who had been able to retreat with most of his army across the straits) this gave him hope and ordered his troops to hold out. but by know he was forced to mobilized children aged 14 not to much younger than himself and old men aged 60. his total force was down to 4300 men. after another month of hard siege, the know 17 year old fizal had arrived with ships with orders from the empress to evacuate the garrison and all the people they could. Kaherys demanded this order in writing. he knew if the port fell there was nothing stopping the enemy, crossing the straits and then march on Mohammabad. when the letter came it was in his mothers own hand.
My dearest Kaherys You have done well, and fought bravely for me. your son and wife are safe in my care. I have lost so much for my greed and i will not let my greed condemn you. that is way i ask you to return. yours always Motherafter reading kaherys ordered the departure of the garrison. when he realized what was happening, mehmed tried to attack the walls but the garrison pushed them off. after 2 days the garrison was out along with all the supplies they could carry. 4000 civilians fled with them. fall of mejd- as kaherys was withdrawing his Garrison mohammad ali was holding out against a force of mainly Briganaies and slavs under the command of count felix von fallostine (a mercenary general from the verianberg empire) by this time Mohammad had withdrawn his forces into the walls around the port. as fallostine started to bombard his walls with catapults he finally surrendered with 600 of his remaining troops. end of the year- as summer turned to autumn both side looked at there options. sultan empress Esmeray 1st began building a new army from what little forces she could scratch toghter. from her remaining holdings, the troops who had fled the northern continent a second enacting of the taking and mercenaries she was able to assemble an army of 17000-20000 men. Mehmeds army had amassed a total strength of 70000. however most of the forces had to complete massive marches and they didn't have ships to ferry them over. 664YBCW end of the empress- as winter ended mehmed 1st prepared to land in the the middle-lands. Giovanni's and Androus fleets were ready to ferry his army across. as mehmed's army was making the short voyage over they were attacked by Fizal and the twin sultanates navy attacked them. they were seen off but 10000 men were killed and many ships were sunk. however mehemed and the bulk of his army landed. the empress placed her army in the way on the main road. her experienced army was swiped aside and forced into retreat. mehemd however wanted to antagonize the empress so he sent his blood thrusty troops from the frontier and Al shahasy riders to attack the fortress held by the Sultans order of magic. kaherys had been made commander of the fortress. the magic order had few troops and kaherys had only 600 men. he ordered a retreat to the capital and left the orders old fortress to mehemd. the capitals defenses were down to only 5000 men and kaherys had arrived with 791 men from the magic order. siege of Mohammobad- mehemd arrived outside the capital a week later with 30000 men while Andorus lead his troops south to take Hjez. the capital shut it gates and the empress planed the defense. the siege went on for 3 months in which the empress died and her son kaherys died fighting on the walls. the garrison which had retreated to the inner city then surrendered the princess along with those still loyal to the princess including all of The sultans seven sword
Outcome
when the capital fell the empress remaining supporters soon surrendered. fizal who's wife was with child killed himself rather than surrender. Konstantin azroves was allowed to have a funeral ceremony for his wife but he wasn't allowed to see his daughter. androus was made lord high admiral and lord of the sea
Aftermath
in order to make sure there was no more civil war mehmed 1st wed his son mustafa to azzel in order to join both sides of the family.
the territory taken by the verainberg empire would see the reclamation wars which saw mehemd die in his first year of reign and then his son mustafa take up the mantle and retake all the lost territory and win more land.
Historical Significance
Legacy
This was the last war for the sultanate where the medical way of war would be seen. While the new pike and shot warfare had been introduced it was still blended . millatry generals knew that this new form of war was the way forward.
Conflict Type
War
Battlefield Type
Land
Start Date
670YBCW
Ending Date
664YBCW
Conflict Result
all three original claimants are killed mehemd takes the throne and his son and princess azzel are married
Belligerents
Strength
The seterchan army
the castilan army
unknown abrian levies
unknown number of troops
unknown of lostian levies under duke androus
Casualties
thousands of troops
thousands of civilians
most of the original fleet of ships
murad is killed
Ivan 1st is killed
Objectives
take the throne from sultan empress Esmeray 1st and make murad sultan
supporters of Esmeray 1st
Led by
Strength
unknown abrian levies
unknown number of lostian levies
around 7000 troops under the command of Konstantin azroves.
massive amount of ships
unknown number of troops from the vicroyet of montrgha
unknown number of Hjez troops
Casualties
the empress is killed
Konstantin azroves is captured
most of the empress court and supporters are killed.
unknown number of troops killed
the fleet is destroyed.
Objectives
keep sultan empress Esmeray 1st on the throne.
eliminate the threat of claimant
Strength
unknown number of troops
only a small number of ships
Casualties
almost total
alsan is killed
Objectives
take the throne from sultan empress Esmeray 1st and then kill murad and mehemd and his supporters
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