The Purge of Petra (Massive Battles)

Hey, what's up guys, it's Oakley and we are gonna be having a awesome awesome siege Massive siege myself and any pride defending against three armies so three verses to you guys know how these usually go and this is gonna be on the Settlement of Petra deep in the desert. It's a really cool settlement and we are gonna be Assaulted basically in our main citadel. So before we get in on the action too far. Let's go ahead and address the City settlement defenses. So the main citadel is up here. You have a lot of these walls these This is one of the coolest cities for defending. I've ever seen huge avenues to defend you can put archers up through here It's got courtyards to fight and you can actually fight within this courtyard. We'll be doing that later Romans pushing up on this flank again another massive open area Then the rest of the city kind of stretches on the capture point is all the way back here in this long stretch of territory, but it seems like the Athenians the Carthaginians and the Romans have decided to assault our main Stronghold here, which is good for us. They're gonna hit us where we're strongest. So that's perfect So let's get some nice pans of the approaching armies. They've all converged on us So I'm be playing as the Egyptians Indies gonna be playing as the Salukids I believe so we have done something to piss off the various factions of the Mediterranean So they're closing in on us Man look how cool the settlement is Unassailable on this front besides just one gate the rest defended by these cliff sides really cool So here comes just a group of auxiliary units pushing up on the other side of this gate We have a whole bunch of defenses set up. We have spike traps Flaming balls as always more troops over here Chariots getting ready scorpions getting in position and on this front you can actually watch Some of these Armored tortoise units start moving up and I actually recently got a book from Osprey publishing that talks about siege equipment of the ancient world And there was a whole section about the actual construction of this particular siege engine and many other siege engines with it So I may actually be doing some sort of history video on that in the future. We'll recover You know, how were these siege engines actually built? What were their sizes? Because when I first saw this I was like, there's no way this is real But yeah, people were crazy So the main assault is coming on here Pushing forward towards our gates. These siege towers have kind of fanned out for Carthage. They're gonna be pushing on our wall So the attack is gonna be coming from multiple fronts Our scorpion unit over here is unleashing on the Romans We're gonna go ahead and take a look at as it cuts swaths through the testudo, you know testudo is a fine piece of Roman tactical deployment but in the face of Scorpion units and we'll watch a couple more shots as they tear through here. It's just gonna mean a juicier target So we are shredding these I believe avocado units. So yeah, perfect for us Sorry, the defenders are kicking ass Attackers are moving up And this is a really really cool view. Look at these siege towers rolling up against the walls over there The gates are gonna be going down. So the Romans are now at the walls Siege towers are gonna be going around this side. I don't think you can mount on these walls They were hoping to do just that the Romans actually pushing forward Although they could position themselves with the scorpion here to rain fire on our guys So this is gonna be an ominous view for our troops Let's actually watch from this position as you just see siege towers rumbling on by getting ready to flank you So that is the main assault on that front Over here. The Carthaginians are unloading up on the top For the time being I'm allowing them to capture some of these areas. I don't want to lose too many men And so I have some range Units that I sent up against the wall and what their task is going to be is to move into this position and start firing into some of those troops up on the wall over there and They're gonna do an about-face as they try and pull out of this position now that we're kind of surrounded But they are gonna get a couple shots off into these units So we're forcing them to chase after us. So up on these walls is gonna be dangerous See if they're able to catch my men It's like a couple guys double-taking who and they're gonna be able to get out of there just in time So we're baiting them in away from capturing the tower. So I believe yep the tower I don't know the tower is captured so I didn't bait them well enough But where we are gonna be baiting them is into the field of fire of some of my mercenary Cretan archers So as our archers run away on the wall We can fire at them and they're gonna know that this was a trap So now they're exposed on the walls and we're gonna start picking apart their units. So that's going pretty well for us Archers have done their job. The main assault on these gates is going pretty well Actually, if we look down at the gates is now getting smashed. So it's going down back here We've attacked some of the mercenary noble fighters So they've pushed through and on this front over here. Actually, they've broken through with these huge tortoise ramps and Militia hoplites are gonna be pushing through here. We have a couple units thrown in the mix. Nothing much Mostly just fought our units to hold them at bay some units Had tried to contest this gatehouse by you know, sending troops up the wall. So this siege tower is burning So they're gonna be trying to capture this siege tower However, we have all of our archers in that position who can quickly shower them So we're trying to reposition most of the shots going down into the area here So you can see where we're holding out the rules for this game were basically just one pike max per force So don't tell me that's not an epic view So we got pikes holding out here arrows raining down from both sides siege towers and siege equipment in the background That is some epic stuff. So this is gonna be a great position for us to hold out However, the enemy is raining in a lot of fire on us. So this could prove devastating But man, you guys have to try the siege out. It is super cool. So that's this front We have some swordsmen in the back trying to hold out But now they're having to deal with troops coming down from the siege ladder and now they've neutralized this tower in the distance Our guys are trying to hold out desperately against the militia So there's so many of those guys Militia hot plates we have again the high ground So all of our arrows are getting sunk into these cheap units just good for our opponents It means that they're more sturdy units holding out in the back Are not taking any fire they even have more units waiting in those siege towers just lined up and This is even scarier because take a look at this These siege towers are just plopped up here. The scorpions on top are gonna be taking potshots at our units So some of our guys up on the walls are actually starting to take considerable amounts of fire From this is just a huge firing position and this is a good example of what they would have done In real life siege towers were not just meant for putting men on the walls immediately. They were towers to get better Arcs of fire and clear the defenders from the wall. So that's exactly what they're doing here So that's that front on this front. The Romans have charged through we did get a couple of the flaming balls off but it was not enough the Romans just continued to pour through and They have avocado units against our guys. So they should be doing pretty well And the gate house has actually been lost. So those towers are now gonna be firing against our units We did get a good flanking position. Look at all those dead men. That was a javelin volley in the rear So we're trying to reposition getting ready for the sides chariots to move up over here Roman tree re are up on the wall, but they don't really have much backup support So I've been firing at them kind of slowly and steadily with my Cretans Watch those shots land. I'm not gonna fire too much into these units just because they are heavily armed in The meantime this noble calf tried to push through the gate house that we lost over in that front. So we did lose this Gatehouse the Carthaginians are gonna be pouring in Indy deployed is Indian armored elephants But because the enemy has siege that has seized the towers the elephants are gonna be running amok actually So we lost control of them. They're gonna be running amok at the staircase leading up to our Citadel So definitely this is a good place for them to rampage through and hit units But overall it's not gonna be good for us because they're caught rampaging in the line of sight of some archers Towers and these Cretans are running up and immediately shooting our guys in the back So our heavily armored troops are gonna be going down and the problem with this is we have a lot of guys lost Kind of in this area now as the Romans punched through they're threatening our rear a couple of our guys got outside of the you know the protective Embrace of our units and they got isolated So one unit is backed against the wall cornered nowhere to go. The Romans are now seizing this position fully flooding in Chariots still circling around waiting for the correct time on this front. The pressure has been Overwhelming Carthaginians pouring down from the wall are now gonna be getting our units in the back. Our archers are mostly pulling out We still have a couple units trying to fire into the enemy lines, but incoming enemy fire is gonna be forcing us back So the suppressive towers have just destroyed us. And so now we're forced to yield a really good position So here we go pulling back But like I said, this is problematic because we're pushed back on that front The Romans are on this front they charged through with their equities chasing our guys away So here comes the chariots. They're gonna try and do something against these units But they have Balearic slingers positioned nicely up on top of those walls Looks like he's actually gonna pull out of that. I think he was trying to bait out some of those jabs So that's probably a good move. The Balearics up here was just perfect They're gonna be in overwatch to protect the gatehouse as the Romans move forward methodically We do have scorpion units over there Gonna be firing into these Romans, but now they're gonna be executing their push forward What we've decided to do is pull away into this courtyard So the chariots are gonna try and counter assault buy us time to move back those units there are overwhelmed Our units here don't really have a shot of retreating. So it's a cool Plaza, which is two ways in right over there and through here So we're gonna be pulling back some archers and some infantry. We're gonna try and hold out against the Roman legions Hoping that they don't see us You can see the chariots on the outside trying to rampage through these units But with the towers and Balearics and support these chariots really not doing what they need to despite having an open Area to fight from legions are gonna be moving forward seizing this position So we're getting absolutely shellacked and wrecked side chariots with 44 kills definitely not paying for themselves Here come the Athenians on this front the Romans are pushing forward I do have a fair amount of troops held in reserve the units up on the wall I've been isolating them captured the tower and I had archer so I've destroyed anything on the walls in This front triari were trying to push forward held them at bay with my pikemen and now that they're kind of caught not able to move I'm firing arrows into them. I'm shooting them with scorpions point-blank So this is a easy target So I'm gonna try and not waste all my ammo mostly because I know there's better targets coming up So I think I'm gonna be yeah Whittling away these triari. I'm gonna put some moves on them soon But for the most part it is a full-on evacuation out of the keep some of our archers trying to do that However, that sacred band is gonna come and block us. We've lost that front entirely. Let's go ahead and Watch the evacuation into this courtyard. This is gonna be her laugh last safe stronghold I love how you can only get in here from two ways. So this is quite the ambush Led some Romans in here. I'm gonna wait till they're drawn in and then we're gonna just javelin them right in the side So I'm gonna let Indy pride attack those guys The Romans are trying to push through here archers trying to shoot at them with some low arc of fire And now I'm gonna try and pin them. So this is desperate We're holding them at both passes with archers and support Fighting in the colonnade right there is so cool. This is why this siege is awesome I've never really played a battle like this. I'm sure it's getting super close to the action, but this is so cool. Look at this It's almost like we're we're fighting indoors I'm throwing and destroying these native Egyptian troops. So this is not good more Romans have been Summoned to take out this area Trying to get their shots in here a couple of them actually peppering our guys from the flank So we are getting absolutely shredded. Holy crap. Look at all that Balearic slinger fire and look at the position They're firing from over there Look how much damage that's doing it is raining. It's coming right at the camera. That is absurd and that is because they have Yeah, a couple full units firing into our guys. So now we're gonna charge into this breach They had more tree already trying to push in through there We're starting to lose men. The last hope of our guys is to perhaps turn around these archers So they're gonna fire their last couple bolts Right to the flank of the Romans The rest of our troops perhaps trying to make way but the tree re over there as guards are gonna cut them off and counter Charge us. So this is an absolute slaughter a couple of my guys still holding strong, but I don't think they're gonna make it Yeah, our guys right there charging into the retreating into the waiting arms of the tree re and our archers They are done for So we watch a little bit of the the action as it happens here But essentially it is a slaughter. So that is it. We've lost this position and look at the chaos more Of the Athenians pushing forward. We've tried to extradite some of Indy's Archers and whatnot, but they have been Slaughtered in the pools of water Legionnaires being victorious claiming the top here. But again, this is not the final area that they have to capture So now they're gonna be streaming forward combined forces running over the dead. They're gonna be pushing up Over here. I've been able to destroy everything on my side, but admittedly most of the troops were you know? Sent to storm the the Citadel over here even more of the Athenians still present in the back lines veteran hoplites Therios thorax swordsman a lot of units and the hoplite thorax hoplite general in the back So now they're gonna concentrate forces. They're being careful to seize all the towers and they're gonna push up I've gone ahead and pulled up some of my archers so we can cover our troops over here The Romans have their shields up and they're gonna be trying to draw our fire So I believe I'm gonna tell my guys to hold fire and wait for better targets The rest of my troops are gonna be forced to pull back Mostly because the enemy tower has been retaken by our opponents. I had come in here and tried to contest it I sent some troops over here to to recapture it in order to get a lot of free fire on all these units that are moving up, but it was It was retaken by our opponents So this point this is the last of Indian Indies units just a couple 28 Syrian archers left that is the last of the Indies force So they're gonna be trying to to save themselves. My guys are gonna be pulling out of this fight I kept my Cretan archers in the back So they would draw fire from the enemy tower as opposed to my infantry because I know they're more important And we're gonna be hustling to get out of here And our opponents still have a bunch of these militia hoplites Which could be troublesome? There's a lot of them, but they are weak and they're pretty easy to crack Look at the way the men are holding themselves, especially those heavy infantry. Yeah, they're exhausted So you could you could tell easily so this is the forefront of this assault They're pushing forward not quite sure what to deal with they see a bunch of corpses and retreating men So they're pushing forward the rest of the units are now gonna be moving up into position But this is a an early vanguard force. They're pretty tired pushing up and what do they see? They see my guys all the way down there pulling back reforming and that's kind of what I want to give the impression of We do however have archers on their flank. So now they've slowed and kind of somewhat reformed because we have archers on the flank So this is gonna start to be the beginning of our killing fields So I told my archers to hold fire. They're gonna be an overwatch and this is pretty ominous Let's watch this from this position All you see is a couple guys staring down at you. So they're gonna be pushing up And now some of our guys with javelins are gonna be raining down on these troops. So They're already not sure what's going on with missile fire coming in at them. They're gonna be somewhat confused shields up heads down They're gonna be trying to get cover and then out of the corner pop some of my guys Absolutely thrashes these units get some from the flank when they weren't expecting it with the supporting fire of our guys This is gonna be able to have a lightning strike on the opponents A couple of the enemy have already broken and run in that initial assault Got some nice Look at that this entire unit is starting to break and route so perfect just as some units are, you know Getting into position. It's too late to save their own men So got some nice easy kills This proves that the battle is not over. So this force is now pushing up They see some of their friendly units pulling back. So maybe they'll be a little bit more cautious as they advance But this is a lot of reinforcements and especially a lot of archers and skirmishers this is gonna be pretty hard to deal with So already some of the Cretans firing up on the walls They're gonna be forcing our units back on what I decide to do is leave one of my archer units here He's actually out of ammo At this point but in by putting them in this pretty well defended area I was hoping to draw enemy fire and make them waste their shots on a pretty heavily defended force So you can see most of these shots Missing so this is actually take that back with the high angle actually these defenses not doing much for me But at least it is absorbing fire This guy especially am I right an arrow in the shoulder and he's still walking. Holy crap Two of them with arrows sticking out of their bodies. So this is a desperate fight and here comes the sacred band The enemy's pulling up pulling up. I'm gonna try and pull away with my Greek scorpions. They got 81 kills. I Actually had them targeting some of the mercenary noble fighters here as they were moving up in this deep cluster So I did a lot of kills Did a lot of damage to them. I got them down by 18 or so As good for me just as these triari trying to move forward. I beat him back with my pikeman So that's good enough, you know, I'm threatening with my infantry and then we're gonna pull out just enough time To be able to pull back behind this sharp stone bed and I put this here specifically to slow down troops However, it is going to be slowing down my retreat. So this is not good. I Have this flank still secured thorax swordsman in this position tower at my back Cretan archers here. So I'm trying to hold back these sacred band with 27 men left in them and it was supporting tower fire I should be able to take this so this is gonna secure my flank However mercenary noble fighters are gonna be coming into the mix and this does not bode well for me So I'm gonna pull out of this position immediately. I can't I can't risk an engagement with these guys. So I'm pulling out of there On this front our opponents are gonna be starting to pour in with a lot of units. Oh Come on pikeman. So they're now gonna turn around and face my opponent But this was just a ruse He wanted me to stay here and now all the archers are gonna be unleashing their fire on my men So immediately I dropped pikes and I try and get out of there. Look at the murderous fire from those archers They would have destroyed more of my guys, but still in the retreat I'm losing almost as many the Balearic slingers pouring in the fire. And there you go in one Ginormous volley my entire unit and it's still coming after me has been slaughtered So that is one way to clear out a plaza. Look at all those kills the rest of them chasing my forces away So I'm forced to pull back. I have my scorpions. I'm gonna have to turn about and fire into this blob But look how many archers they have. This is a scary scary force Six skirmishers and all right there. They're not we seizing this point and this is actually the victory point So I can't dilly-dally much. I'm gonna have to pour everything I can to this fight. So I have my Greek scorpions gonna be Recommencing fire. I hope this dense body of troops can I can take him out Trier you're trying to plant themselves through here. I'm just gonna go around them. I'm gonna have to push onto this force This is a dense dense group of men. I do I do have a couple men left. I have some Galatians I have some thorax swordsman. You can see the first of my units just getting around that triari force making a beeline for these archers, but One unit at a time is gonna sacrifice itself to hit me Trier you're gonna come in through the back This is not good for me. I did draw in some of these Balearic slingers Just troublesome on this flank. However as my pikemen try and pull in these Balearics are not gonna have it They're gonna unleash on my guys and even these Romans here perhaps with some pillow. Yeah. Yep. There you go a couple pillow left They're gonna take out my guys. So this flank has been secured more Romans storming into the center This is not looking good for us I do have my Galatian roll guard who actually have managed to get 142 kills at this point with only one loss So these guys and they're well rested so they're gonna break up a lot more kills after that They caught these triari in the back So I'm gonna crush that unit facing this unit from the front gonna pin this evocati with thorax orbs And that's not gonna last long But I hope with enough units I can pour in through some of these gaps start hitting his weaker units And I'm hoping to do some sort of Mass route, but these Romans are stocky enough, but they are tired So I'm hoping that I have enough punch to start getting you know some mass chain route going the enemy has Neutralized this capture point. It is no longer in their control and Here is the moment. I was waiting for a Galatian roll guard 174 kills to their name only one death are now you know in and amongst his Light troops, but they pull out and they reveal some hoplites. So this is not good for me Yes, I can take out hoplites. I mean look at me cutting through them, but there are some enemy reinforcements They're gonna try and pour into this thorax oarsman. This is enough to to beat me back and the archers have disengaged cowards that they are So I've got everything in here Only a couple units still holding out These mercy noble fighters committed to this fight thorax oarsman beat back a hundred two hundred thirty kills on these guys They beat back the sacred band, but they never now they're getting caught by these units So we'll see how that goes. But the main fight in the center is not going well. I've fought Battle rhythm and now second win on my Galatians. They have 234 kills However, they've dropped to 80 men left. My units are starting to crumble in the center general is still alive But surrounded by the Roman crack troops Doesn't seem to be going in my favor and the archers are now going to start firing Indiscriminately into this mass of men and we know how this goes the story of my pikemen earlier just shows You know how quickly troops can melt away. So let's watch a couple more volleys and This is gonna start to do heavy amounts of damage. Yeah, there you go. Crack my force Romans gonna be cheering a couple of my guys still left trying to tell the Romans you can't cheer just yet But with the victory point Contested as it was like this some my guys just barely alive Yeah, this was uh, this was a goner at the end. So I think we got a bit too caught up Holding out at the Citadel, but still that was an epic hold Let's go ahead and take a look at some of the action This was this is such a cool map that I recommend you check out I'm glad our opponents attacked us here. They didn't have to but it was really epic The hold at the walls. I mean a lot more of the enemy dead than us remind You know, you have to be reminded. This was a 2v3 so indie pride and I look and I like to do a lot of these battles Yes, we usually lose them but it makes her way more epic fights the underdog in a siege is way more fun to play But yeah had a couple archers up here I think the enemy just did a good job of massing archers and just obliterating us and just putting a lot of pressure in the right areas The holdout in the courtyard was glorious yet doomed Yeah, you just see the carnage of this city was super cool I think the loss of the elephants was devastating They didn't end up getting many kills same thing with the chariots. Had we saved them for this mess Just imagine a chariot coming out of that flank and charging through this entire force at that point I think we may have been able to have enough combined shock to route this force So yeah, not as best played as we could have done but still like I said 3v2 What do you expect? Very very fun. Nonetheless, let's go ahead and end the replay Take a look at some of those stats here So, you know myself getting 1300 kills India thousand kills our opponents getting way way less Carthage here with 570 but Rome doing pretty well Rome did however spam evocati, so it's a little hard not to do well with that Carthage getting a lot of kills with the noble fighters the rest not so much our opponents had a lot of fodder units, especially Athens With these militia hoplites, but the archers I think getting most of the kills for Athens and they you know They had overwhelming numbers against us. They just had to grind it out On our side. My units did pretty well Greek scorpions getting a lot of kills a Galatian Royal Guard 262 Fair amount of kills here Thorax swordsmen doing pretty well pikemen almost a waste They were shredded by archers skirmishers doing all right Indy pride here actually Indian army elephants with 237 kills pretty good chariots. However underperforming He just didn't have many troops That was one of the problems I think if you'd brought a couple more troops and not gone for the scythe chariot elephant mix Maybe just the elephant general and switch out the chariot for a couple more thorax swordsman We could have had critical mass to hold in more key areas But still he got a lot of kills Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed I will see in the next one. Peace out