Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150125010554/@comment-17114085-20150125224057

Pacman the great wrote: (I suppose if I set up a siege and quickly take Sungard it could probably eliminate that threat before Whiterun musters its forces, though. I have a cunning plan, however. More cunning than a fox who's been appointed professor of cunning at Oxford University.)

Upon hearing of the defensive pact between Whiterun and Sungard, Luciun ordered his army to halt. He set up an ambush here. On the west of the road, they'd have the eighty dismounted knights form a defensive line in front of five hundred archers. In front of the nobles they'd drive stakes into the ground. They had two hundred heavy infantry and two hundred archers on the east. The thirty engineers would set up four ballistae behind the felled log at the south, and have ditches and stakes in front of that. They'd have various leaves and twigs scattered around to disguise it. The fifty archers and two hundred heavy infantry not part of the ambush would go and beseige the city. They'd be commanded by ten knights and Sigmund who would function as scouts. If they saw Whiteruns armies advancing, they'd retreat to the ambush point. The archers on the west (right flank of enemy, so no shield) would fire, and when the enemy forces attacked them, the other archers would fire and the infantry on the east would attack. It was a good plan. They just needed to get the enemy there.

After two months, the detachment of two hundred and sixty men under Sigmund marched to Fort Sungard.

"Surrender!" he shouted to the town. "Or else consign your people to misery and destruction!"

(It is now the 6th month of the year 5E 129.)

Because of their advantageous position up atop the mountains of the Reach Sungard could see miles from either side. They had seen Falkreath's army coming a days before they even reached their doorstep. They had sent ravens to Whiterun, whom had gathered their 1200 strong army and were marching to Sungard. Sungard readied their defenses in that week. Taking their citizens to safety and putting up barricades all around the town, where their 700 strong army was garrisoned. 500 of the soldiers were in the town, most of them were warriors, with the other 200 were in the castle, most of them were archers.

Due to the open landscape of Whiterun and the speed at which the men were marching a march that would've take a week or two had only taken a bit more than a few days. Their army was currently nearing Sungard, and would reach there like at the end of the day, if not sooner.

"Sir, there appears to be soldiers ahead." A scout reported to the Jarl.

"Falkreath's army no doubt." The Jarl said. "They must be planning to take us on before we can aid Sungard."

"Should we stop?" One of the officers asked.

"No, our allies could be in danger. We continue on ahead. Have the archers open fire on Falkreath's forces when we are close enough." The Jarl ordered.

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The Thane of Sungard looked down at the town, Falkreath's army was just outside it. They were yelling for him to surrender. He laughed. He counted roughly 200 soldiers, they had almost 4 times as many as them.

"Let them fool themselves." The Thane said, "If they try anything we will crush them. And if they get reinforcements...well then Whiterun would aid us."