ironfang
Nov 08, 2001, 08:01 AM
In the year of our lord 1445 AD, after the capture of the Persian cities of Sorsa, Circa, Peshwar, and Isfahan the American First Army under the command of General Benedict Arnold met the Persian Imperial Immortal Corps on the fields of Persopolis under the command of Imperial Vizer Bagoas.
Unknown to the American commanders, the Persians had made peace with the Zulus and Atecs in secret in 1440, thus allowing the Persians to gather its remaining forces to its capital city. The American First Army, having defeated two previous persian armies at the battles of the Mount Fortess and Lake Sora, were able to capture much Persian territory, but the price was high in wounded and in garrisoned soldiers. Military advisors to King Christopher the IV had assured the fact that the defending forces of the Persian Capital would be unable to resist for very long. It was advice that would almost lead to the collapse of the American military dominance.
The First Army marched across the fields of Persopolis encountering none of the normal resistance that it had encountered in the previous years. The ease in movement left an uneasy feeling in the heart of General Arnold, so instead of ordering a rapid march to the capital as he had been ordered, he ordered his soldiers to pick up a half pace and slowly make their way to the capital, and dispatch Calvary scouts to observe the enemy.
His cautious leadership returned news of massive troop movements around the city or Persopolis. His hunch was correct, the reports from the Royal Military Council were wrong. Quickly he ordered his forces to prepare for combat. His calvary waited along Euphrates river, he positioned his cannons in nearby hills, and dug in his musketeers to defend the lower plains. Sending a military feint and retreat he drew the dreaded Persian Imperial Immortal Corp into the grounds of the Americans choosing.
The battle ensued November 8, 1445. The Persian Immortal Corps consisting of 8,000 Calvary (8 Calvary Units), 25,000 Immortals (25 Immortals), 10,000 Infantry (10 Swordmen), and 3,000 Musketmen (3 Musketmen) took the field against the American First Army comprised of 8,000 Vet. Calvary (8 Vet Calvary), 3,000 Elite Calvary (8 Elite Calvary), 5,000 Musketmen (5 Musketmen) and the American 1st Artillery Corp armed with 800 Cannons (8 Cannon Units).
Heavily outnumbering the unexpecting Americans, the Persian Imperial Immortal Corps marched proudly onto the field of battle, and into the deadly black cloud of the 1st Artillery fire, followed by a brutal flanking motion by the American Calvary units.
When the day was done the fields of Persopolis ran red with the blood of 40,000 Persian soldiers and only 3,000 Americans. Vizer Bagoas was captured and sent by armed escort back to Washington DC to stand trial for crimes against the American crown.
Thus begins the seige of Persopolis.
-- Col. Burnside,
2nd Elite Calvary Brigade
Commanding
Unknown to the American commanders, the Persians had made peace with the Zulus and Atecs in secret in 1440, thus allowing the Persians to gather its remaining forces to its capital city. The American First Army, having defeated two previous persian armies at the battles of the Mount Fortess and Lake Sora, were able to capture much Persian territory, but the price was high in wounded and in garrisoned soldiers. Military advisors to King Christopher the IV had assured the fact that the defending forces of the Persian Capital would be unable to resist for very long. It was advice that would almost lead to the collapse of the American military dominance.
The First Army marched across the fields of Persopolis encountering none of the normal resistance that it had encountered in the previous years. The ease in movement left an uneasy feeling in the heart of General Arnold, so instead of ordering a rapid march to the capital as he had been ordered, he ordered his soldiers to pick up a half pace and slowly make their way to the capital, and dispatch Calvary scouts to observe the enemy.
His cautious leadership returned news of massive troop movements around the city or Persopolis. His hunch was correct, the reports from the Royal Military Council were wrong. Quickly he ordered his forces to prepare for combat. His calvary waited along Euphrates river, he positioned his cannons in nearby hills, and dug in his musketeers to defend the lower plains. Sending a military feint and retreat he drew the dreaded Persian Imperial Immortal Corp into the grounds of the Americans choosing.
The battle ensued November 8, 1445. The Persian Immortal Corps consisting of 8,000 Calvary (8 Calvary Units), 25,000 Immortals (25 Immortals), 10,000 Infantry (10 Swordmen), and 3,000 Musketmen (3 Musketmen) took the field against the American First Army comprised of 8,000 Vet. Calvary (8 Vet Calvary), 3,000 Elite Calvary (8 Elite Calvary), 5,000 Musketmen (5 Musketmen) and the American 1st Artillery Corp armed with 800 Cannons (8 Cannon Units).
Heavily outnumbering the unexpecting Americans, the Persian Imperial Immortal Corps marched proudly onto the field of battle, and into the deadly black cloud of the 1st Artillery fire, followed by a brutal flanking motion by the American Calvary units.
When the day was done the fields of Persopolis ran red with the blood of 40,000 Persian soldiers and only 3,000 Americans. Vizer Bagoas was captured and sent by armed escort back to Washington DC to stand trial for crimes against the American crown.
Thus begins the seige of Persopolis.
-- Col. Burnside,
2nd Elite Calvary Brigade
Commanding