First Equal Klito the Conqueror assaults Sidon.
The Egyptians deployed down at the end of the wall, near the gate. Good for me.
I meet little resistance as my troops enter the city.
Klito chases the routing Egyptians back to the edge of the square, then sees fresh Eggies approaching. Instead of becoming embroiled in a melee with infantry, she continues down the street.
This leaves the new Eggies to the Drakones coming up behind her.
But the Egyptians had those damnable Chariot Archers defending the square. I did not want to charge with Klito because General vs. Chariot always = Dead General.
So Klito and her bodyguard settled down into an archery duel with the Chariots while the rest of the army came up the street.
Finally I was able to get my infantry into the square.
That is when I noticed that these Agema Archers defending my breach had decided to advance past the spear women defending them and go into melee combat with two units of Nile Spearmen. WTF?
I pull the archers back and send my Drakones and Companions in to crush the Nile guys.
Now my troops were streaming across the square.
I leave part of the army deal with that Egyptian spear unit in the square, and send the rest to the opposite entrance to block the rest of the Egyptian army from entering.
I get there just in time to deploy and meet the Eggies.
Their Captain was chopped down in the shade.
As always, I continue to the battle to kill every last one of them.
Now there were just a few stragglers left to clean up, like these Pharaoh's Guards.
100 men dead in a matter of seconds. I love Agema Archers.
The rest did not fare any better against my Drakones and Companions.
Victory. I am not sure where that last one Egyptian is.
As usual, I Enslave.
Even after removing half the population as slaves, Sidon still has 17,000 people in it! Here is why, a 5th tier temple to Isus. The women of Eg are most fecund indeed...
Hmmm, now what is this Roman up to?
In Armenia, Marpesia assaults Artaxarta.
A very ugly archery duel ensues at the walls, which I lose a lot of women to. I did not notice that they had so many Amazon Archers when I glanced over the units they had in the odds scroll...
I knock two holes in the walls and enter.
Their Captain was quickly cut down in the street.
The Amazonians quickly counter-attacked my breach.
But they cannot stand against my women.
They come down from the walls to meet me.
In the square there were only Peasants to oppose me.
Victory, but with heavy losses.
I Occupy.
Victory! Once again the victory movie does not play. *grrrr* None of the videos I make will work.
The Tale of the Tape. 60 territories.
Now some Lists. I am way out ahead in Overall rankings.
Same with Military Ranking.
My Production has been all over the place. I have never fully understood what this one means.
No one is close to me in Territories.
I am also filthy rich. I am not sure how the Sarmatians got so much money. As far as I can tell they never sacked any cities.
My policy of Enslavement has put my population through the roof.
Now some maps with FOW off. Northern Gaul is all Briton, and western Germania a battleground between them, the Rebels and myself.
Southern Gaul is Briton as well, except for Narbo Martius, which they are trying to take from the Iberians.
All of Iberia is Iberian.
Carthage has been reduced to an island empire, existing only on the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, ...
...and lastly Sicily.
North Africa is all Gorgon, with Tecape being the western end of Egyptian expansion.
The rest of Africa is Egyptian, except for the Sarmatians hanging on to Menelaus Point.
The Levant is contested by Egypt and myself.
Amazonia, Parthia, and Armenia are all penned in the eastern mountains.
Well that is it. Stick a fork in me, I am done. *phew* These AARs really get wearing by the end.
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