You will have heard many a tale on battles gone by, have you heard of the battle of Eastern Spartan Shore, I am only a traveller and my story may not be up to the brilliant standards that you fine warriors have & will inevitably tell to all but if you have not then here is a tale that will keep you going until some battle hardened warlord tells again....
(actual battle) Greek shore - 2 units of spartans (yes, gold chevrons etc.), 20 units eastern infantry, 5 units cataphracts, 10 units nubian calvary, 5 units nile calvary, 15 nile pikemen, 2 units hevy chariots (the list goes on basically full armies for factions of Gaul, Egypt, Parthia, Armenia, Scythia, SPQR & Britannia
"They send mere fools to take on the best of Sparta" - Captain elite spartan guard
"Were surronded sir" - youngest member of Spartan phalanx group IX
"More to kill then"
Parthian leader of royal cataphracts corps - "Your men shall lay down your weapons & surrender to the east & west alliance, you will not live if you decline"
"Never you Parthian Scum"
"So be it"
War horns sounded throughout the fields as floods of enemys closed in around the spartans, at least 5000 enemy's to 81 spartans - close call
"Form phalanx"
"Chaaaaa (etc.) rge"...
Screams went through the air, cries of enemy wounded, warcrys of spartan warriors
The first persian militiamen was thrown over a spartans shield (equiv : Srgt Aleondias) and sword swept up into the mans gut, tearing down his body. Others were pierced on the spears of the spartans, some spears weighed down with 2 or 3 persians. when it came to close fighting, swords were used. One spartans shield was dented "youll pay for that" His sword swept down onto the mans head, no time to scream, his head & neck waned as he sank to the floor blood coated the grass. The persians showed signs of routing, this was spotted by one spartan, "make them run!", everyone charged in one mass, hacking & slashing & thrusting, close quarter fighting was grim but the spartans were used to it. A persian screamed at the stump of his hand, his shield dropped and spear lost. A greek crouched to the side of him & slashed his neck....
The field was littered with bodies, guts & blood turned the grass red & liquidised the very earth, so far 2 spartans dead (only after taking at least 15 men each with them) 1 wounded.
"Like war then" Aleondias said to the youngster
"I was trained for this, & im not going to die uselessly"
The captain strongly smiled at this, all spartans were once like him, then they became the best warriors in the greek world.
Nile calvary charged down the small hill at the spartans the few with sassirae instantly braced, the horses sensibly stopped in their tracks, there riders flew forward, some straight into the ranks of spartans, they were butchered at sword point, limbs hacked off (etc.). one nile captain tryed to beg mercy as he landed at the foot of the spartans as he reached for his axe. It was met with coldness, a sassirae pierced his leg & a sword pierced into his stomach & twisted the sword tearing through vital organs, he screamed then went silent.....
Then the romans charged down the hill. A few javelins arcing & piercing the air came from the spartans, using the spears of the dead, every one made its mark, a man groaned & pitched forward here, a javelin went straight through the light shield of a roman auxilia infantryman, causing him to throw it down. When the last couple got their mark with sheer luck the roman militia commander was hit full in the chest, it pierced through the leather breastplate & he gave a shrieking cry as he fell foward but as he hit the floor the javelin protruding from him went straight through his back. the first romans to charge were hit back by the shields of the spartans, the men who staggered back encountered the thrusts of the spartan swords, blood was spilled, they toppled back into the soldiers behind, these men were only light infantry, a combination of allied infantry, militia troops & hastati. the militia broke, "why do they always break so fast" a spartan said, another spartan laughed "we are the best, if you want a good fight, why not fight the immortals....""though we better not fight eachother for a really good fight" he said this after he delivered a downward strike on a roman, severing his arm. His next strike bit into the romans soldier as he crumpled. "run you fools" said a spartan as he bounded forward and his word went straight into the mans lower back. He then stood over the man as he flipped onto his side & reached for his dagger "too late fool" the spartan lowered his sword into the mans lower neck. the sound of flesh sounded as he withdrew his sword.
The other armies started to withdraw their forces from the field when one spartan snatched up a bow & an arrow from a persians back. "wheres that persian" (meaning the captain of the cataphract corps". luckily he was only 150 metres away trying to rally his forces. "you wont do it" said Aleondias. the spartan tried he pulled the bow to maximum strength and let fly, the arrow flew true & hit the mans weak joint armour, it pierced his side armour, "it is probably only a light wound but he will remember it"
The spartans took part in more battles, some died, some lived, the dead took enemies with them. the rest lived until the final fall of sparta.
(please don't point out the many mistakes made in this story)
In the end (my own battle the spartans won with moderate casualties)
[This message has been edited by Alpha211 (edited 01-25-2011 @ 01:03 PM).]