Ancient Imperial Calendar Year 1806
A year had passed since the Battle of the Plains of Çubuk, and the small and large conflicts on the borders had given way to large-scale battles. II Herlman Rodwel had won the first major victory for the Kislavein Dynasty, and as a reward he had taken the lands of the minor dynasties that had been massacred by the Ashbrum border lords. On the other hand, the Lord of the House IV Orsman had appointed II Herlman as the second commander of the larger armies. On the 14th of May 1806, 150,000 soldiers under the command of Talonis Kislavein laid siege to the Lazeric castle, known as the Ashbrum's jugular vein. On the 11th day of the siege, 200,000 soldiers under the command of Marco Ashbrum had come to rescue Lazeric. Seeing the enemy armies, Talonis did not panic, but calmly but quickly lifted the siege, withdrew his armies a few kilometers away from the city and took up a battle position.
"Okay, come on, Ashbrum bastard"
Talonis's calmness had made Marco, the commander of the enemy armies, nervous
"What's with the calmness we caught them in such a position?"
Marco waited instead of attacking in case it was a trap. The next day, at dawn on May 26, Talonis's second-in-command Herlman Rodwel's fastest kislavein cavalry tried to provoke the enemy with hit-and-run attacks, but Marco ordered his own fastest cavalry to attack
"Cavalry, attack but do not approach their camp"
Upon this order, the Ashbrum cavalry attacked and began fighting the Kislavein cavalry. Herlman and his soldiers were cutting the Ashbrums like they were cutting apples. Herlman was enjoying himself and was laughing.
"Hahaha die Ashbrum bastards hahahaha"
However, Herlman was so caught up in the battle that he did not realize that he was surrounded. The Ashbrums had surrounded the Kislavein cavalry and were starting to slaughter the Kislavein. Herlman reacted quickly, broke through the Ashbrum lines with a breakthrough and retreated to the Kislavein camp. He was out of breath.
"Haa haa, this was close"
At that moment, Talonis came to Herlman and punched him hard. Herlman lost his balance and fell off his horse. Talonis looked at his commander Talonis in a furious rage. Talonis looked down on Herlman in a condescending tone.
"Didn't I tell you to just provoke him and not get carried away? Herlman, we lost hundreds of our elite cavalry because of you. You will pay the price for this, rest assured."
Herlman was angry but held himself back. Although there was a rivalry between him and Talonis, this time Talonis was right, so he admitted his mistake.
"You are right, commander. I will not disobey your orders again and I will accept my punishment."
These words satisfied Talonis, but Talonis wanted to flatter his pride even more
"Just because you are aware of your mistake doesn't mean you won't be punished Herlman, I will report this mistake to our lord, but for old times' sake I will give you another chance, this time attack with a large force, they won't attack"
Herlman was aware of Talonis's intention
"You bastard, you will take advantage of this opportunity and have the enemy kill me" he sighed, but when Herlman ran away from the battle he stood up and turned to his soldiers
"Our commander gave us the order to launch a suicide attack, follow me"
Talonis was shocked. Before he could even react to my "suicide attack", ten battalions attacked after Herlman. Seeing this, Marco Ashbrum sent 15 battalions of soldiers. The two armies began to fight in the field. While the battle seemed to be in the kislavein's favor, the Ashbrums began to gradually retreat. Herlman tried to follow the enemy and kill whoever he could, as he did in the Plains of the Stick, but he was not aware that he had entered the range of the Ashbrum wizards. Ashbrum mages were throwing fireballs and lightning at the Kislavein, earth mages were bending the earth to split the Kislavein soldiers in half, water mages were drowning the soldiers. Herlman wrapped his body with his aura to reverse the situation, gathered his mana to his feet, increased his speed and charged at the mage battalions at full speed while ordering his soldiers to retreat. Herlman cut all the Ashbrum warriors he encountered into pieces with his giant axe, ignoring the arrows fired by the archers because they could not penetrate his thick aura armor, and finally attacked the mage battalion that was his target.
""Of course it's easy to cast a spell and attack from a distance, NOW LET'S SEE YOU DO THE SAME FROM CLOSE UP YOU BASTARDS"
Herlman slaughtered several battalions of wizards in minutes, Marco, who could no longer ignore the situation, shaped a powerful and magnificent sword with his golden aura and then attacked Herlman
"I will not let you slaughter any more of my soldiers Herlman, you killed my cousin on the plains of Çubuk, today I will take my revenge"
Herlman looks at the young but talented warrior in front of him as if he is going to eat him, he is looking at his opponent, his insides are trembling, he feels like he is about to enter a duel to the death
"My axe has not touched the sword of a powerful person for a long time, fight me, Ashbrum's child"
Marco attacked Herlman with his aura sword. Marco was surprised that Herlman could keep up with him despite his huge weapon.
"How can he keep up with me despite using such a big axe?"
Herlman enjoyed Marco's surprised face. Herlman always enjoyed surprising his opponents.
"Did you find it so strange, Ashbrum boy. I have fought with weapons bigger than my height since I learned to walk. You will die here."
After these words, Marco pulled himself together, he couldn't die here, his lover, whom he promised to marry, was waiting for him, he transferred his meaning to his arms, feet, legs and increased his speed, transferred meaning to his eyes and brain, increased his vision and reaction time. Herlman started to struggle against Marco, who suddenly accelerated and his senses sharpened, he felt the breath of death on his neck, Marco transferred even more aura to his aura sword, such an intense aura gathered in the sword that as a result of Marco's sword swinging at full speed, his chest was split with Herlman's axe, his blood suddenly started to gush out from his body, painting the grass red, Herlman thought he had to say his last words
"You fought well, Marco Ashbrum, you fought well"
Marco felt that he respected his opponent and increased his strength and shouldered Herlman, wanting to bury him in accordance with Kislavein traditions, he ordered his squire to take Herlman's broken axe. On the Kislavein side, anger had grown like an avalanche, they were shouting vengeance with the soldiers. Talonis was relieved to be free of his opponent, but he had lost control of his army. At that moment, he understood that he had almost no influence on the army, but he could not lose this war, if he brought defeat to the house, he would be executed, he could not look into the faces of his ancestors' spirits, he immediately started to give orders to fix the situation.
"Warriors, sorcerers, we cannot leave the blood of sub-commander Herlman on the ground. Prepare for battle. From the first to the fifth legion, everyone follow me. From the sixth to the tenth legion, everyone attack the right wing. From the eleventh to the fifteenth legion, everyone attack the left wing. Follow the orders of the superior officers to the letter. This victory will be ours. The spirits of our ancestors are with us. "
The soldiers obeyed the orders to the letter. The Ashbrums held their positions and waited for the enemy to come to them, but this time, before they could enter the range of the Ashbrum wizards, the Kislavein wizards rained death on the Ashbrum army from a slightly further distance. They killed hundreds of battalions of Ashbrum soldiers in a little over ten minutes. Seeing this, Marco thought that defending the positions was pointless and gave the order for an all-out attack. While attacking, the Ashbrum wizards attacked the Kislavein with their magic. When the wizards' battle was over, it was the warriors' turn. When the two armies engaged in hand-to-hand combat, blood ran cold. The commanders of the two armies maintained order, preventing their soldiers from falling into a battle frenzy and getting out of control, while using tactics to win the battle. Hours had passed, both sides were suffering heavy losses but were not making any progress, neither side had any intention of retreating. When Marco realized that this war had reached a dead end, he ordered his aide to kill the commander of the Kislavein army in order to force the other side to retreat. His aide, Brian Ashbrum, sent three shadow spirits to find the commander of the Kislavein, Talonis. Brian watched the battlefield from the eyes of the spirits using his spirit vision from a safe area. Finally, he found Talonis. He climbed to a high place. He shaped his aura into an arrow with the meaning of a bow. Then, he transferred meaning to his eyes. He concentrated. He waited patiently. He released his arrow. The arrow of meaning that flew from the bow pierced Talonis' chest. Then, Brian strengthened his voice with his meaning.
"TALONIS IS DEAD TALONIS IS DEAD "
Hearing these shouts, the Kislavein warriors believed that it was a deception, but when Brian used his earth magic to raise Talonis' body to a height where everyone could see it, the Kislavein warriors, instead of running away in fear, became even more angry and intensified their attacks uncontrollably. While Marco did not know what to do, he noticed the gaps, gaps and breaks in the Kislavein ranks and ordered his cavalry to advance towards these gaps. The cavalry entered the scattered ranks of the Kislavein soldiers and disrupted their formation even more, although the Kislavein cavalry could not intervene in time since they were in the side lines. The Ashbrum archers also forced the Kislavein cavalry to retreat. The Kislavein archers were useless due to their unfavorable position. As the hours passed, it became clear that the Ashbrum would be victorious. Marco realized that it was time to make the finishing move and gave the order to his warriors.
"The Valiant warriors of Ashbrum ATTACK "
When the order for an all-out attack came, the Ashbrums began to repel the Kislavein warriors. Although the Kislavein Warriors did not want to shame the Spirits of their Ancestors, their resistance was pointless and they all began to flee. In this battle, the Ashbrums lost 55,000 soldiers and the Kislavein lost 123,000. The battle ended with an Ashbrum victory. The year 1806 witnessed many major battles such as Lazeric, but the decisive battle would end with the Battle of Magusa Harbor on the northern borders of the Central Lands.