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Knight Richard's adventure
Chap. 6 Massive stone, long siege.
May 15, 1005
After 2 days of marching we got to the massive walls of the capital of the enemy.Something unespected happened, when we got there the enemy had a army waiting. So we prepared for the battle. Hawk knight when to try to flank them with his cavarly and dragons while my men and tks's formed a wall of shields, and a deadly fire line of archers on the back. The anemy made the first move, I don't know what the enemy general was thinking but he did somehting stupid. He sended his infantry forward, with no protection, In other words easy targets for my archers.
"wait, let them get closer!" I said to my men.
Then there was complete silence, And all you could hear was the foots of the upcomming men.
"Chargeee!!!"A loud shout was heard, as the enemy began to charge across the field.
"FIRE!!!" I ordered as the 100's of arrows where let loose into the sky.
Then all that was left was the crying of agony of those that were let wounded in the field.
Infantry, prepare to charge" I shouted
"Forward men!" I said as me and the infantry charde toward the enemy.
" CHARGE!!"
The 2 armys collided as hawk knight came with the cavarly/dragons and flanked, the enemy moral quikly fell and many surrender. Then a few retrited into the walls of the castle. Though it was a easy victory, A massive battle is comming next, for this massive walls wont fall on their own. Hawk knight gave the order to make camp and make siege weapons caveble of briging this walls. Also sened some scouts to the sorrounding villages asking for men willing to join us and for provisions. I only hope this siege won't take long, for many brave men will die and that is something we can't spare.
Bravo! Bravo! Great story!-sighs happily-I wish to 'hear' more!
Adventures of Xuca
23rd may
l was sleeping when some whispers woke me up. First l tought it was nothing, but l heard it again. l grabed my sword and hide it. A man sneaked in holding a knife in his hands. When he was just to strike l pulled my sword and stabed him. He yelled something l didn't understand and died. Next the whole camp woke up. l turned the light on and seen the horror: it was one of my men! And he wasn't alone! l'm not safe here, l must immediately speak with Travaller to figure out what to do!
Traveller
27-04-2005, 13:27
Traveler's Log - May 23rd
The Beast Awakes
What I suspected, has already happened! But, luckily, it failed. Lord Xuca came to me in a big hurry and told me an assassin tried to kill him. But he noticed him and killed the murderer. For a big surprise, it was one of his own men. So, the enemy has recruited men among us, even in our own camp. Lord Xuca thinks the dead wasn't alone and I agree with him. We must find out who the puppeteer is! I suggested first to search the body of the assassin for some clues. And the thing that he yelled, before he died, could also help us, but first Lord Xuca must think of what it was. We should also check all the men in the camp, see when and from where they came to us, look for something suspicious. And maybe somebody has seen the second man. In all the cases we must be on guard! Atleast now I know my vengeance is near, just as near as this Beast is...
Angryminer
27-04-2005, 14:06
Angryminer's Tale
Chapter 9
"Sakim will soon arive". Always "Sakim will soon arive"...
I keep my men busy by commanding them to train their fighting skills but they also see no further sense in this. We're sitting around doing nothing while we are supposed to fight an enemy!
And who's this Sakim anyway... I don't trust this...
By now our camp is fully fortified and the local nobility is quite unhappy with such a big military presence in it's area. We should make haste now. We were already late when we came here and now the situation is even worse.
We also didn't recieve any news from the other armies. We don't even know wether they are alive or have all been defeated and the big byzantine army is now only going for us. Then we would surely be lost...
Angryminer
Out of Story:
Snippets from Guns n' Roses - Civil War
Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before
Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before
...
Look at the shoes your filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the lies we've swallowed
And I don't want to hear no more
My hands are tied
For all I've seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of God or human rights
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars
You guys write so well! It seems I was there! Oh, by the way, May 23 is my birthday!
Journal of Sakim - 14th of May
We left out for the coast at dawn, I left a Caliph behind to await any other men and they are to follow behind us to the coast just in case it is not my comrade Dobber and we wind up in a battle!
After a full days journey, we are nearing the coast. It is midnight, so I order the men to set camp, and I send several riders to scout the shores and bring back reports of their findings!
It was not long when the scouts reported back, there are ships off the coast. But there was no way of discerning their origin. At dawn we will ride to the shore, the Caliph will have arrived with the rest of the men by then.
May 15 -- Dobber's log
I was awakened in the early morning hours by the lookout stationed in the crow's nest. He had spotted several spots of brightness beyond the dunes as though there were fires of a large force of men. Sakim, let it be you! Maybe then Commander Angryminer will quit his grumblings! At dawn we will see!
Ooh, this is interesting...
Why don't you join us Odyssey? Maybe you could write the account of a maiden being held in Constantinople waiting to be rescued!
Oh really!? You'd let me?! Ok!
Sure, we need more good bards :wink:
Drinks for everyone!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Fine! But I must do it tomorrow. I've got homework! See ya'll tomorow!
I can see it now, all the bard's quickly bringing to an end the battles in their home countries and storming the double-walled city of Constantinople to rescue the fair maiden! And Dobber is going to beat them there!
Angryminer
28-04-2005, 11:06
She should choose her role by herself. Whatever she likes... Perhaps she wants to be the Empress of the Byzantine Empire. We never had a bard as an enemy :wink: .
But well, let my quench my thirst :cheers: . There are stories to be told...
Angryminer's Tale
Chapter 10
In the late day yesterday the lookout spotted troops near the shore. Sire Dobber is at extreme unrest like the rest of us. We don't know wether the troops are friendly or not. Is it Sakim who comes to our aid? Is it the local nobility that wants to drive us from their territory? Is it the byzantine army, just waiting for reinforcments from the sea to arrive to attack us from two sides?
In the darkness of the night there is no way to tell, so we have to wait until dawn. The soldiers are at unrest and have to stay on guard, because when those troops are enemies they could set alight our ships every moment.
I don't understand how Sire Dobber can trust this so much, but I have to follow his decisions.
What a horrible tension...
May god bless our way.
And may Sire Dobber be right...
Angryminer
Adventures of Xuca
23rd may
We searched the assassin's body and we found a letter in Hungarian! None of my men speak Hungarian, so l don't know what the lettre says, but WHY WOULD AN ASSASSIN HAVE A LETTER IN HIS POCKET WHEN HE IS ON AN ASSASSINATION MISSION?! l think the letter was mented for us to read it if the assassin fails and is a bait to provoke us to attack the Hungarians.
And l still can't remember what the assassin yelled when he died. Maybe it was in Greek, or Hungarian, l dont know. We should interrogate all the soldiers in camp, to see has enyone seen other man(or men?) and have they understood what he shouted. lt could last till tomorrow, or even longer so we must start now. l shall leave this to Travaller and examine around the camp to see has anybody entered or exit it during the night. l better take armed escort with me, l am not safe alone...
Odyssey's Adventure
May 22nd
It's one day until my birthday, and I'm stuck in this blasted Byzantine Empire prison. How was I supposed to know that spitting on a royal guard was an offense. I've been in here for two straight weeks! No sun, barely edible food, and rats. Ugh! How nasty it is. How I wish somebody would save me...
Traveller
29-04-2005, 12:40
Traveller's Log - May 23rd
Schemes of War and Defense
This job is getting even more complicated! When we searched the assassin, we found a letter, which, according to Lord Xuca, is on Hungarian. We both believe this is more likely to be a false clue. But why is it on Hungarian then and not on Serbian or Bulgarian? We know this men was one of our own. We'll have to find someone who speaks Hungarian to translate it. And the real message might be deciphered. If so, I'll have a lot of work and it still might be a false clue. Anyway, I've got other things to do right now. Lord Xuca ordered the camp to be closed, noone can leave or come. He placed trustworthy guards to watch and eventually shoot down all who try to run away. I also told him to announce to the men that we're looking for people, who speak Hungarian. This way we'll both translate the letter and see if the real assassin would fall in our trap. We'll gather the men tomorrow for the translation. In the meantime I inspected the new bodyguards of Lord Xuca to see if they're trustworthy. The enemy could try to strike again, before we get too close to him. I hope fear will make him overhasty and not so cautious, so that he would fall in the trap himself.
During the night a messenger from the King of Bulgaria has arived. He has decided to fulfill my Lord Nike's wish and to send help to his friends. He has comanded an army from the men, ready for battle, to march to the Serbo-Hungarian border in help of our ally. He has also sent scouts north and south to gather information about the two armies in Mithdrill and North Africa. But it will be a long time, before they could reach their targets, colect the information and get back. And in this time Tzar Samuil has called the men from whole the land under his banners. For the next three months atleast, he'll prepare for war. Blacksmiths will have a lot of work in making all the armour and weapons for the men, because around 100 000 men or even more are expected to enlist the army. Until this time they'll pass battle training, so that we'll have a fully efficient army against the Romean Emperor Basil II. Last years harvest was very bountiful, so I believe we'll have no trouble in maintaining such an army. The Tzar has also ordered the current standing army to split in three groups. One to defend Bulgaria agains eventual attacks from Constantinopol (although the Byzantines are too weakened, IMO), one to help our Serbian allies, and one to march south in the Greek peninsula and capture the light defended Byzantine cities there. This is very important, because this way we won't have to worry about our backs and we'll get some nice and rich cities, like Solun (Thessaloniki) f.e. Thus, we'll also cut the enemy from valuable resources and only the Romean part of Thrace and Asia Minor would remain under Greek control. I hope we'll deal with the Hungarians and the assassin until then and that I'll be able to join this glorious campaign!
Odyssey's Adventure
May 23
Hah! How lucky I am! I busted out and now I'm on my way to Rome to meet up with my brother. As I left, the fighting grew more intense. As a matter of fact, I had to kill three people with this tiny dagger my brother had given me. I hope I can it there soon! I wish somebody would come along and give me a ride. Oh it seems a horse and rider approaches, let me be off.
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