The Ezanian slaugther

The Ezanian slaugther eh? Well that battle may possibly be the shortest and most one sided battle in history, hence the name. But it shouldn't be called the Ezanian slaugther. That name can lead to confusion since it wasn't the Ezanians who won, it was Envoqutians family who slaugthered the Ezanians. Can you believe it? While the Envoqutians had an army of fourty thousands, The Ezani Empire sent a hundred thousand men, A hundred thousand! And still, The Envoqutians won, killing over eigthy-nine thousands soldiers from the Ezanian army! Just imagine going with a hundred thousand menn to battle against fourty thousands and coming home with just eleven thousand. And the worst of it, the Ezanians lost only four thousand men. They had an amry of forty thousand soldiers and went against an army of one hundred thousand soldier and only lost four thousand soldiers. The Envoqutians. If i was a general and found out they were my opponent i would just run away. I mean it, there is no shame retreating against them. They are truly unstopable.

— Ortuan's uncle

The Conflict

Prelude

In response to The March on Brutan, The Holy Ezani Empire sent 100 000 soldiers down to retake Brutan and capture the Envoquti family.
The Envoqutian army's reputation and status lead to commanders refuse to attack out of respect or fear. Not able to find someone to lead the national army the emperor Marcus Julius Brutus decided to lead the army himself.
Originally the fact that all the commanders refused to join the coming battle downed he morale of the soldiers, but this changed when the emperor himself chose to lead the army. Doubt was still in some soldiers minds some even planned to run when the battle starts but overall the army felt pretty confident thinking that the envoqutian army could not possibly win over an army double its size.
Knowing that the empire most certainly was going to try to retake Brutan and that the city is a trading hub connected to the rest of the word so a siege wouldn't work, the Envoqutian army expected the Ezani empire to send an army with a greater number than they had.

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Deployment

Marcus Brutus anticipated that the envoqutian army would try to flank them from behind so divided the national army into two groups, one to hold their position outside the city and prevent a flank and one to take over the city.
They decided to fill the plains with oil and separate and prepare a company of 15 000 soldiers to hide in the forest west of the city while the res of the army would prepare to attack from the city. Their tactic would be to create chaos on the battlefield and attack the national army from both the front and the back in the chaos. This was a style which the Envoqutian army never had used before so they also expected that the national army wouldn't expect something like this.

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Battlefield

The battle was fought right outside of the city walls of Brutan on the plains. Although being called plains there isn't any grass growing there. Generally is dried out dirt and could almost be called a desert, but during the battle the earth was filled with oil with some areas looking like mud because of the oil.

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Conditions

In the evening when the national army arrived the sky was clear. White the fire burned trough the night the sky looked cloudy and a fog from the smoke was hanging over the battlefield. The morning the next day it rained.

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The Engagement

When the national army arrived and started to charge, the envoqutian army shot burning arrows at the national army which ignited the battlefield. The fire and the soldiers running away created chaos on the ezanian side. In the chaos the Envoqutian army started their attack from both the front and the back of the national army. Even though the national army had prepared the flank , the chaos left the groups disorganized and where unable to stop the flank.

Outcome

The Ezanian army was left in a weakened state

Aftermath

The weakened ezanian army

Included under Conflict

The Ezani-Envoqutian conflict

Conflict Type

Battle

Battlefield Type

Land

Start Date

3 July 428 A.C

Ending Date

4 July 428 A.C

Conflict Result

The Envoqutian army was victorious

Belligerents

The Ezanian National army

• The Holy Ezani Empire

Led by

• Marcus Julius Brutus

Strength

30 000 spearmen
50 000 archers
5 000 cavalrymen

Casualties

23 000 spearmen
14 500 archers
3 000 horsemen

Objectives

Take back brutan and capture Ason Envoquti

The defending main Envoqutian force

• Envoqutian army

Led by

• Ason Envoquti

Strength

16 000 spear/swordsmen
1 000 cavalrymen
4 000 archers

Casualties

ca. 2 000 spearmen
ca. 200 cavalrymen

Objectives

Create chaos on the battlefield, support the secondary flanking force and defend Brutan's walls against the Ezanian forces

The secondary flanking Envoqutian force

• Envoqutian army

Led by

• Lord Ortuan Recorder of time

Strength

10 000 spear/swordsmen
3 000 archers
3 000 cavalrymen

Casualties

ca. 3 500 spearmen
ca. 600 cavalrymen

Objectives

Flank the Ezanian forces to take out archers, fleeing soldiers and desoriant the Ezanian forces

The Brutus army

Led by

• Marcus Julius Brutus

Strength

20 000 spearmen
8 000 archers
1 000 cavalrymen

Casualties

12 000 spearmen
7 800 archers
300 cavalrymen

Objectives

Suport the Ezanian National army by guarding the archers and force the gates