The following is a historical account of the Osag Offensive, a decisive series of battles that occurred during the War of the Divide (6E 2011 - 6E 2019).
Background
Gorrug Osag was a renowned Cadal military leader and strategist. He had enlisted in the Orde chapter of the Cada Provincial Guard at the age of 17, forging documents verifying his age in order to enlist before he was of age. In the years leading up to the War of the Great Divide, Osag had demonstrated his strategic aptitude through war games conducted to test Cada's potential response to a Sokkan invasion. His ability and dedication to the nation of Cada helped bolster his reputation, and he soon found himself quickly moving up the ranks.
Thomas Wilford, the man who would become Osag's rival in the War of the Great Divide, was the son of a well-known imperial senator. While many assumed he would come to take his mother's place on the senate, he instead enrolled at the D'Nalsi Royal Academy with intentions of joining the D'Nalsi Royal Military. When the inklings of war began to spread throughout Cada, Wilford chose to enlist in the Sokkan Guard instead, believing it better to defend his home than allow it to be overrun.
When war broke out between the neighboring countries, it was Cada who would make the first move. Osag, who was a sergeant at the time, watched as the Cadal military leaders made one mistake after another, allowing the Sokkan military to repel the invaders and push as far into Cada as the city of Charton. Not wanting to see his home destroyed by its neighbor in a war his country started, he pleaded with the acting government within Cada to allow him to take over. The government was hesitant, and to test him, gave him temporary control over a military force near Charton.
The Offensive
The Siege of Charton
When Osag arrived at Charton, the city had been under siege for months. The Sokkan military had been using the nearby city of Mirqah as a staging ground, allowing them to sustain an embargo on Charton, draining it of supplies. He made it his first goal to break the siege on the city to allow the civilians time to evacuate. To do so, he led a small detachment of soldiers out of the city in the dead of night, so that when the Sokkan commanders woke in the morning, they would discover their army surrounded. His plan worked, and the Sokkan leaders quickly surrendered. In a matter of hours, Osag broke a siege that lasted weeks.
The Siege of Mirqah
Osag quickly turned his attention to liberating the city of Mirqah. The city was surrounded by vast acres of farmland, something that Osag would use to his advantage. He ordered most of his military to crawl through the fields, in the hopes of tricking the Sokkan commander occupying the city into leaving the city walls to fight him directly. The commander, however, chose to further entrench his forces, and Osag was forced to do the same. For the next month, Osag waited for an opening to strike. His opening would never arrive, as the commander was eventually forced to surrender due to dwindling supply.
The Battle of Brut
Osag, now officially designated as a General, pushed further towards the border, eventually coming to blows with a group of Sokkan soldiers near the town of Brut. He quickly realized the soldiers were leaderless, as their actions were erratic and disorganized. Rather than prolonging the conflict, he ordered a ceasefire and allowed them to regroup nearby. The group's commander, one Sergeant Thomas Wilford, would return to his soldiers days later to find a large Cadal force nearby. He ordered his troops to regroup within the town, and await for their opponents to move first.
With Wilford's return, Osag was now willing to engage the Sokkan forces. The battle tore through the town of Brut, though neither commander was able to get an advantage over the other. A week into the fighting, Osag was able to repel Wilford's forces from the town, and push them back across the border.
The First Battle of Stallrun
General Osag would encounter Sergeant Wilford again, this time at the city of Stallrun. Osag, coming into the fight at a disadvantage, decided to split his forces in half. One half of his army would assault the city directly, while the other half would follow him to the south and attack from the side. This tactic surprised the other commanders, but Wilford held firm and managed to repel the attack.
The Second Battle of Stallrun
After resupplying his forces, Osag would launch a second attack. Rather than dividing his forces in half, he would attempt to split his forces in quarters, attacking the city from four sides at once. This plan saw significantly more success than their previous attempt, though Wilford was able to lure Osag into a trap that decimated much of the Cadal army. Osag was once again forced to retreat, and the city remained within Sokkan control.
The Third Battle of Stallrun
Determined to take the city, Osag launched an all-out offensive. Using warcasters to bombard the city at range, he targeted civilian assets in an attempt to demoralize the Sokkan forces. Sergeant Wilford, unwilling to allow the massacre to continue, surrendered and pulled his forces out of the city.
The Battle of the Great Empty
The Great Empty, a large grassland surrounded by forest, would be the site of the final conflict of the Osag Offensive. General Osag, now having demonstrated his willingness to massacre civilians to achieve victory, had become the top priority for the Sokkan leadership. To combat his push into Sok, the entire Sokkan military regrouped in the Great Empty to meet him head-on. Thomas Wilford, now a general himself, led the charge against Osag's forces. The battle would last for over eight days, and would only end once Osag himself was killed. It's unknown who landed the fatal blow on Osag, though once their general was dead, the rest of the army crumbled.
