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Deus Vult! - Nile Conflict of 1185

Turn 017

Some initial raiding and piracy by the Scots is abandoned due to a snag in acquiring the rutters of the Lower Nile.

Turn 018

The Kingdom of England arranges a marriage with Scotland, joining in the greater war. For the cycle, Scotland stays quiet, but Baron Luc of England sails with thirty ships to the Nile. He first raids the region of Faiyum, where his navy manages to outwit the defenders. There is little to strip from the region, however. The Baron strikes at Egypt next, but the Fatimid Caliph reacts into the region with his thirty-seven hundred troops. Seven of Luc's ships are destroyed or captured. Mansura is the next target, which hosts many more Fatimid field forts than Egypt, plus another leader on reaction. The Caliph travels back to defend yet again, this time costing the English thirteen ships. Baron Luc quits the region, sailing back to London.

T019

No military actions this cycle, though Makuria officially joins the alliance against Egypt.

T020

The Fatimid Caliph is quick to raise another round of troops. Five-thousand infantry and five-hundred cavalry are brought to service and put under his personal command. Scotland and England are both distracted by the war in Germany. Makuria is invested, and raises fifteen-hundred new infantry. Lords Agao, Moridan and Mareb gather in Adulis with fifteen-hundred infantry and almost eight-thousand cavalry. They press north into Suakin and conquer the region without a response from the Fatimids.

It is when they press into Aswan that the Caliphate moves into action. The Caliph has been waiting in Thebes with the Feudal Lords of Ad'Diffah and Sinai. The Caliph commands nine-thousand infantry, twenty-three hundred cavalry and five companies of engineers. The Makurians host a better array of leaders, with a higher training level of elite troopers. The Fatimids, meanwhile, enjoy troop numbers and a better supply line from the city of Asaibah. All told, the Makurians have the tiniest of overall advantages. Lord Agao runs a conservative campaign, hoping to leverage that. The Caliph, however, has been chomping at the bit to engage enemy forces. After years of fighting the Italians on the Emirate of Tunisia's behalf, the Caliph now has enemies on home soil. He goes after the invaders with abandon, and is wildly successful in the first few battles and Moridan is slain. Lord Mareb comes close to being cut off from the main force and panics, pushing his men into flight in an effort to avoid Moridan's fate. This in turn causes a rout among Agao's main force, and the Makurians retreat wholesale. Agao is unable to control the fleeing men, and many are cut down by the Fatimid pursuers. The Shi'a report sixteen-hundred of their own dead. Only three hundred Christians return to Aswan, where the Makurian Ally of Adulis waits with eight-hundred men on defense.

T021

Both sides regroup.

T022

Crown Prince Aurelios of Makuria is charged with bringing a settlement to the war. He arranges appeasement gifts of gold, agro, the region of Suakin, the city of Dunquhla and four-hundred infantry. In addition, a Good Relations marriage is arranged between Princess Kashena and the Fatimid Prince, Al-Hakim. Most of the court is appeased, but a few holdouts within the nobility urge the Caliph not to revoke the war against Makuria quite yet.

T023

The English fall out of the war with the dissolution of their Joint Conflict marriage to Scotland.

T024

No actions.