Tahirids vs Rajputs c. 850 modern day Afghanistan
Jun 14, 2020 16:24:57 GMT
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Post by diades on Jun 14, 2020 16:24:57 GMT
I am Tahir ibn Abdallah, Emir of Khurasan, Governor of Baghdad and ruler of the Tahirid people. Fresh from success in he South and East of his Kingdom, he has turned North-West, the mighty King Mihira Bhoja of the Gurjara-Pratihara has crossed the Sutlej river. His Hindu army is carrying all Arabs and Muslims before him and must be stopped.
I have set my spearmen in a wall between a steep hill to my left and rocky ground to my right. My archers are deployed on their right on the edge of the rocks. My slingers hold the left of the line in the slopes, whilst my Dailami and mutatawwi'a volunteers provide the spearmen's second rank. All of my noble cavalry and Khurasanian hors archers are held in reserve. In the distance the hated enemy sits in a tower amidst huge elephants in the centre of his line. To his left, swordsmen and javelinmen; to his right, camp followers and archers, with camels at the extreme in front of scrub. To his rear left, a line of cavalry.
I extend my line of archers right into the rocks, whilst the enemy swords and javelins race wide to cover them and his main battle line marches forward. I send my mutatawwi'a right behind my lines to support the archers as the enemy swords men advance, whilst my opponent and his main line continue to advance.
My slingers advance to threaten the mighty pachyderms and my Dailami move left to fill the hillside they have vacated. The elephants are unsettled and withdraw, sending archers in against my slingers, causing my troops to back pedal too. Meanwhile enemy cavalry moves to join his left flank, so I send half of my own noble cavalry around the back of the rocky terrain on my right to counter them. As they move, my archers firing from the rocks destroy enemy javelins by continually pushing them into their oncoming cavalry support.
I sense an opportunity and my spearmen advance against archers and camp followers, whilst their flank is protected from more archers by the Dailami. On the right my archers break up the enemy swordsmen, so I order the Mutatawwi'a to attack the foremost. Success on all fronts, the enemy has lost four units including the horde of camp followers. His remaining swordsmen surge forwards to tackle my archers in the rocks, but my brave mutatawwi'a volunteers help them survive.
Finally Mihira Bhoja casts the die and he and his cavalry charge in against my line of spears and archers. Whilst he ploughs through my Spears on one flank, his cavalry are repulsed and lose a unit in the process, at last he sues for peace.
A resounding Khurasanian victory. Mihira Bhoja had appalling luck with the cube of destiny!
I have set my spearmen in a wall between a steep hill to my left and rocky ground to my right. My archers are deployed on their right on the edge of the rocks. My slingers hold the left of the line in the slopes, whilst my Dailami and mutatawwi'a volunteers provide the spearmen's second rank. All of my noble cavalry and Khurasanian hors archers are held in reserve. In the distance the hated enemy sits in a tower amidst huge elephants in the centre of his line. To his left, swordsmen and javelinmen; to his right, camp followers and archers, with camels at the extreme in front of scrub. To his rear left, a line of cavalry.
I extend my line of archers right into the rocks, whilst the enemy swords and javelins race wide to cover them and his main battle line marches forward. I send my mutatawwi'a right behind my lines to support the archers as the enemy swords men advance, whilst my opponent and his main line continue to advance.
My slingers advance to threaten the mighty pachyderms and my Dailami move left to fill the hillside they have vacated. The elephants are unsettled and withdraw, sending archers in against my slingers, causing my troops to back pedal too. Meanwhile enemy cavalry moves to join his left flank, so I send half of my own noble cavalry around the back of the rocky terrain on my right to counter them. As they move, my archers firing from the rocks destroy enemy javelins by continually pushing them into their oncoming cavalry support.
I sense an opportunity and my spearmen advance against archers and camp followers, whilst their flank is protected from more archers by the Dailami. On the right my archers break up the enemy swordsmen, so I order the Mutatawwi'a to attack the foremost. Success on all fronts, the enemy has lost four units including the horde of camp followers. His remaining swordsmen surge forwards to tackle my archers in the rocks, but my brave mutatawwi'a volunteers help them survive.
Finally Mihira Bhoja casts the die and he and his cavalry charge in against my line of spears and archers. Whilst he ploughs through my Spears on one flank, his cavalry are repulsed and lose a unit in the process, at last he sues for peace.
A resounding Khurasanian victory. Mihira Bhoja had appalling luck with the cube of destiny!
