The Ligurian History
The Battle For Genova.
The war with Tarsessos, war that saw great victories, ended with the worst defeat.
The Ligurian Warriors opposed a proud and heroic resistance, difended all cities and all fields of Liguria from the Tarsessian Armies, but in spite of Ligurian resistance the Tarsessian conquered the biggest cities, until they arrived to the great capital, the wonderful and holy city of Genova.
Here a cruel and long battle took place: at the first the Tarsessos’ troops collected themselves on the coast, at the east and the west of the city, placing two base camps for the militar operations.
Into the city arrived warriors from the sorrounding terriories, because the Priest-King ask to all Ligurian warrior to defend the holy city.
They were around religious center, they were into the numerous hills around the city, the ships were all positionated to defend the port, but the biggest part of the warriors were around the royal place-curch, where the best troops, the “Sons of Belanu”, the royal guards, they were going to give their life to save the Priest-King.
The first battle started into the oriental zone of the city: the opponent’s infantries attacked the easternmost gate, but yhe attack was repulsed.
But this was only the start. The Tarsessian cavalry begun to take gates after gates, while the infantry repulsed the Ligurian assault from outside.
The city defenders opposed a reckessy but organized resistance, animated by the love to their own city and by the religious fanaticism: they were sure of Belanu were helping them.
So the first Tarsessos’ attack were repulsed, and the battle became an siege.
Appeared that the Ligurians were succesful to repulse the assault, taking advantage by the well-knowed city conformation, while supplies were coming from the sea and from the hills, that were pratically untakeable.
But something happened: an Ligurian general, that was commanding some ships of the defensive fleet, was corrupted by the money-god, supplyed by a Tarsessain general, and he followed the Tarsessian fleet.
So the defence of the port disappeared, and the enemies ovwerflowed into the city from the port.
The ligurian warriors retired themself under the push of the more organizated Tarsessian troops, but when the royal church were reached, the Priest-King’s palace, an “miracolous” aura seemed envelope the warriors, and the “Son of Belanu” attacked the Tarsessian itsefl, and for a little time the hope filled the heart or the defenders.
But it was only an illusion: the Tarsessian returned to win the little battles inside the city, and the “Sons of Belenu” started to dedicate themself only to the defense of the Priest-King Genu the Third, The Exiled.
Then the King took an difficult decision: abandon the city.
He decided to take the last troops an escape into the hills, the after go into the far territories, to reorganize the renmants of the kingdom.
But also on the hills the Ligurian warriors took numerous defeat, and the Tarsessian troops were going to close the path for the escape.
Then a miracle, an divine intervent, happened: the Tarsessian troops were blocked by a magic force fo the time that allowed to the Priest-King Genu the Third to refuge into the mountains, to rebuilt the kingdom and plan the next revege.
Sorry for my very bad english...i'm sure i made a lot of mistakes with the time of the verbs