3v3 Coalition Battle (Game 1) (Online Battle #58)

Hey, what's up guys, this is Oakley and we're gonna be doing a 3v3 online battle I'm gonna go ahead and put this on slow motion again. It's a really cool battle for a couple reasons First when we host this it's actually small to I think it was medium funds anyways It's not the large armies that you would typically see and now normally that's kind of a downside because you think it's less epic It was actually way more Strategic I felt when you played with this type of funds because everyone's army is not large enough to face It's not sort of large enough to be an army in and of itself So what you have is all armies kind of merging and playing together in order to have sort of fighting as a large Cohesive army with sub commanders all coming together as opposed to having separate fights on different parts of the battlefield Anyways, I'm gonna be Parthia So what I brought was two summation horse archers backed up by royal cataphracts median cav Then one Parthian foot archer here Elephants here and then citizen cap and then I also have some of these Parthian swordsman hidden back here Allied forces are gonna be Bactria which is gonna have Syrian archers Peltas Peltas two of these Bactrian noble horse and then the Indian armored elephants and then we have Gaul who's supposed to be our Heavier stockier infantry force fighting against us is gonna be Parthia who sort of has a similar build to myself He's gonna have two of these formation horse archers Median calf summation horse archers and eastern cataphracts. So I believe he may have some more elephants I know he invested more in cavalry. So these guys are gonna be over here So I think my elephants do give me an edge and being able to break harbor He'd break his forces just with like a stampede. However, he has a lot more guys who can Bob and weave around our forces They also have Rome who's gonna be able to tangle with the Arverni And over here we have Pontus who again has lots of these horse archers So our strategy was to approach And what we were thinking of doing was picking the enemy apart So you don't see it here but we were drawing on the map a lot trying to coordinate and what my goal was to Push these guys into the woods and what I was telling our allies to do was to push Through the center here drive a wedge through the opponent's forces and be able to catch these guys At the same time we wanted to push our forces forward here and have the Arverni who is the largest of our forces Halt here in the woods in cover and hold the enemy back and see what we could do when it came to breaking the opponent Who had gotten too far away? So you can see that Strategy being enacted here I'm gonna be charging forward and then we'll be pulling back at the same time trying to get these guys Isolated and then what I'm gonna be drawing on the map is a big huge arrow Overlaying that a couple times in red telling them to charge through the center That's gonna be the wedge like I was saying and it's working perfectly these guys think they can tango with us What happens is they have three of these unsupported horse archers? Yeah, okay I only have two horse archers But then I have these heavy royal cataphracts who could take a beating from the archers and keep them curled in However, he does realize what we're trying to do And now they're gonna be pulling an all-out retreat trying to rejoin and look at this This is we're gonna pull forward with all our forces and it's gonna draw more and more of these cavalry and they realize the The sort of tight spot they're in so we're gonna be trying to intercept as many of these forces as possible We can look at this. Here we go All our forces cutting in through the front my cataphract soaking in any of these shots That would be fielded by these guys, you know as they're retreating Yeah, you can see a couple of them were hit but here I am chasing in with the back More of our forces are coming in and look at this. They're forming up with all their cavalry here at the same time I ordered these guys to fall back So we're gonna be not trying to get too overwhelmed because we have no cavalry support Basically, no cavalry support to speak of compared to all these caps We're gonna fall back to that line of defenses over here. Look at this I was able to cut them off with my own cavalry and look at this now They're all in this neck of the woods So my own horse archers are gonna be doing some damage to these guys and I have some royal cataphracts Median cab and now I'm telling these guys to go around the flank So this is gonna be perfect for us and we're positioning our elephants in this neck of the woods quite literally just to prevent any reinforcements There we go. He's gonna be auto retreating. Basically. His guys are on skirmish mode, but they're not gonna be able to retreat any further They've hit the red line This is where I'm gonna charge in with my median cab and just crush through those guys That's gonna be enough to tie these forces down over here his archers. I'm gonna actually engage them directly with my forces Yeah, I'm gonna tell them to just charge in he's gonna try and escape However, look at this more median cab and especially these royal cataphracts I'm just telling them to charge as far over here. So these guys wouldn't slip out of the way I didn't want to charge them directly in case there's any problems with navigation and By doing this I was able to catch as many of them as possible and now we're gonna crush those three Horse archers basically for zero cost an excellent turn of events for our side so Romans tried to push forward with the star mation horse archer support, however, we do have enough of our own archers here and Various cavalry to force them back. So that's gonna be a pretty good win for us And we're still positioning ourselves over here with the woods on our right flank to anchor that down So now we're gonna be returning from this victory on this side of the battlefield He still has a couple units left, but let's take a look at our losses 20 losses here. That's fine. No losses there three No losses there. So we lost about Oh Another half unit there. So we lost about a units worth of troops for the exchange of three units I think that's definitely in our favor However, it does mean that we have a lot of troops that are too far away at least there are cavalry So it means we can move pretty quickly to reinforce Our opponents are gonna decide to be more defensive with their cavalry. However, look at this They still have a pretty good amount of these cavalry forces enough to keep us from surrounding the back So, let's see what they go ahead and decide to do with this these horse archers are having a bit of a hard time getting around the Gallic force here because of the woods and the fact that We actually do have some of these skirmishers who could at any point in time, you know Kind of hide in the woods where they won't be taking too much damage and try and do an exchange But they are gonna be still trying to go around the sides. I believe in the near future, especially with more of the Cataphracts and other various troops that are gonna try and overwhelm this flank. So that's a good move However, here we go We're gonna be moving up to try and pester these forces the battery and Peltas are gonna try and get in range However, keep in mind that we do have Eastern archers facing against us. So those are gonna out range us The main advantage we're gonna have here is as soon as we can get this entire flank moving These are my elephants and these guys are gonna be able to crack any of these forces Especially if I could get those in the Roman equities, it's gonna do a lot of damage Here he's gonna seize on an opportunity to charge forward potentially get these Eastern archers who have gotten too far out however, we do run the risk of getting countercharged by the cavalry you can see them doing just that and These archers have steel balls on them They didn't even run and they just get off some volleys against our retreating guys. So pretty good move However, he did move them directly into the forest So they wouldn't take too much damage and now he's counter charging with more of these forces Forcing the Peltas back over on this flank. They're preparing for their cavalry engagement. However, our Vernie has decided to charge out right here That's a pretty good move We're just gonna try and completely envelop these guys here and I have my own horse archers two of them Attacking his Celtic light horse I knew that would be a good idea mostly because if I can get rid of those guys that neuters his mobility We're landing more of these probing cavalry strikes just to bait and pull them apart He's starting to get some spears around the flank However, we're gonna realize that this is going on and detach some levee Freeman and some of these Celtic warriors to deal with those that's gonna be very easy to do and these horsemen are gonna pull up right through the center and Keep in mind where we were positioning our elephants one to attack from the front here another to go through here He's gonna decide to counter charge with these Roman Cav a pretty good move considering I have two horse archers and none of the rest of my forces here my median cab is gonna decide to just hold steady and Allow the elephants to take this charge. They have a lot of beefy health and especially these guys I'm putting them on heavy shots. So they're gonna be able to start picking away at his Roman Cav You can see me here starting to deal a little bit of damage to them And now I'm gonna go ahead and decide to counter charge with all my forces It's gonna tell him to go back Eastern arches pull it putting in the damage and now we're charging with most our forces Put this on slow motion. We did lose some of our light horse to combine archer fire He's starting to overwhelm that flank. Harry is getting his noble cab to force those back So it's kind of a holding position here allowing us to go and do as much damage as possible What we're doing with our horsemen is corralling these guys into a smaller and smaller position The Romans are gonna be forced to reposition as they do that's gonna open up it for a charge from these Celtic skirmishers who can do a lot of damage to the Romans once they try and reform and then these elephants to charge back in The source archers are trying to keep these skirmishers from doing too much damage Forcing them to reposition and allowing us to get closer, especially with my Peltas I'm deciding to target his levy pikemen here At least I'm gonna try and get in range and do that damage and then my archer is here I told him to just charge in get as close to the enemy as possible keep telling his Sort of forcing his guys to react and push to the front of the pikes that the last thing he want and then I pull Back all the while getting shots and positioning these elephants in the back. That's the last place he wants to see elephants Continuing to bait and kite here this flank. We're gonna start losing more and more men. However, it's fine. It's just supposed to abide for time Do charge into the precipice. However, Eastern archers are gonna be Pouring in the fire any of his troops that do get to extend are gonna be charged by this combined army He does get some of this charge off on our men a very good strike He's taking out our cavalry here. However, look at all these infantry defending on descending on his position Romans are now gonna decide to push through the center reinforce this what that does is it creates a power vacuum Allowing my guys to move in here through here and these elephants are ready to ward off any of these Romans who are pushing through here so it's kind of It's sort of evenly fought you could say because this flank is being overtaken. However at the same time we're overtaking this flank I think the deciding factor is gonna be the elephants that we have here Elephants, of course once you get them in the crucial position and they charge in they do tremendous amounts of damage So we could wipe out this army very very quickly Considering how light it is, especially with the elephants who are gonna be told to just pull right through to these Romans They don't have very many spears with them. So it's gonna be the perfect target for elephants once this has been opened up However, look at this all of the forces are now swiveling around this side. My guys are kind of exposed here However, I did keep back some swordsmen to ward the opponents off But we still have a lot of these light troops who are open for the attack. I'm gonna go ahead and put it back on play I'm just buying my time here telling my guys to specifically pick off his pikemen here with heavy shot Once those guys are broken. He has absolutely nothing to keep us from creaming through here So holding my elephants back keeping them from being, you know sent into rampage mode He's continuing to flank around here. He's gonna try and charge into my skirmishers. You're probably a good move I'm gonna move back with my royal cataphracts here. Let's go ahead and put this on slow motion Celtic use were thrashed and now this flank is completely surrounding the Celtic horde However, Rome would probably be able to beat him. But what we have is elephants coming in here for the charge Over here. I'm continuing to keep the Rome from being from sort of over committing over here and doing too much damage So I'm keeping them back and at the same time the force that was trying to get around our backs is now gonna be facing My heavy cataphracts and also my own swordsmen and archers here I'm telling them not to target these guys who are in the woods, but rather to target the forces here So these guys are gonna collapse especially when fighting against the elite or no These are just foot archers, but still this close range I can shatter units very easily cataphracts are gonna ward this force off However, we do have these enemy median cav just getting into the thick of it, but we do have reinforcements Now the Romans are gonna charge in counter charge my star mation horse archers that I had sent into here to soften up his forces They were kind of out of ammo. So I just sent them in to cause him to waste the charge Now his Romans are out of position. It's gonna line up the assault for my elephants at this flank right here They're gonna be coming in and this is gonna be a perfect time to engage these Indian armored elephants are gonna be a lot of damage and right here into this spear formation may not be the best tactic But these guys don't have the highest attack And especially if these guys went uncontested for a while, they may die due to all these levees and javelin, but here comes my forces Complete surround our troops the Arverni forces are gonna be pummeling the Romans into submission in the front lines However, they do have more of these principals coming in from the back sturdy enough and they're trying to ward off the rest of The assault but as I keep telling you the elephants are gonna be the deciding factor Over here. My cataphracts help even up this fight. However, look at this all these forces descending on us on this flank More and more Calvary so a huge Calvary fight developing on this flank Lots of the remaining forces who are maneuvering us are coming in through here. However, we do still have Mopping up operations in this flank two entire elephant units who are still ready these guys I decided to charge them in break Pontic forces and allow the Romans to go at it on this flank However, we were getting countercharged. So maybe I should turn my forces back. Yeah, look at this They're gonna route almost the entirety of that Gallic force So that's where we're gonna decide to recommit these elephants and any of our available horse archers into this position My own forces here are getting tied down our cataphracts 40 for 40 against these noble blood cav I'm gonna be doing a lot of damage and We do have sort of all our skirmishers were forming behind my forces here And these archers are gonna be picking off his forces who are being otherwise indecisive. Here we go This is gonna be the deciding moment of this battle at least where it stands right now it's gonna be the elephants charging in through here scaring off the remainder of this Roman force that had otherwise cleaned up our units and yeah, we're gonna be deciding to sort of charge through here pull these guys into our forces and now we're gonna counter charge on all Flanks, so it looks like our opponents you know they cut through the middle one there one on their flank but then we're getting the sandwich because I was able to hold this flank and Charge through with the elephants and a double elephant charge on these Romans is gonna result in their annihilation So this is gonna be the crux of our remaining force is gonna be these two elephant units who can just batter any of the Enemy forces as long as they can't unite and form up in a common front or at least ward us off with the Sarmatians But that's what he's gonna try and do right here And they do have more of these horse archers in the back here Elephants still rampaging still doing a good amount of damage. However, they are exhausted at this point He's gonna go ahead and form up with his forces here. Hope that they can hold back And then these Romans I'm assuming they're waiting to counter charge these elephants and throw their pillow But over this flank I have cleaned up this part of the battlefield We're bringing in more and more of our troops and my counterfacts are definitely a very Important part of the battle that still remains these heavy-armed troops are gonna be Crucial for taking out or at least tanking some of the shots from his troops. They could otherwise Bait and kite the duration of the battle Some of our elephants are now gonna be starting to lose most of their health You can see the fire arrows taking their toll on our elephants pillow being thrown at them So these guys are gonna start to collapse. They're gonna start to Run amok relatively soon. So there goes probably one of the elephants. Yeah, and Two Romans still alive a big clump of our forces here are getting countercharged by these Noble horse archers and now these rampaging elephants are gonna come in even if they do go and they start Yeah, they're probably gonna go berserk pretty soon there we go They're rampaging right now, but at least they're in and amongst the enemy. That's gonna allow us to break those forces. I Believe this replay is probably a little glitch because these forces are still alive. It's been a while since I've had that issue So but the outcome was pretty much just like this such as minor differences here and there Romans are gonna try and reform over on this flank and at least hide in the woods But uh, yeah, here we go. We crushed the remainder of the forces here. All he has left are these star mation horse archers? They're pretty much out of ammo So we're gonna be able to counter charge with the remainder of our forces through here Go ahead and fast-forward this a little bit He's gonna decide to charge in through here, but he's out of ammo Like I was saying not much they can do the elephants are gonna go ahead and single-handedly decide to take on these Romans Let's watch this from their perspective. So they were hoping to get back in the fight. Oh Wow, very lucky pull it through Volleys right there. They're able to actually do a lot of damage to these elephants only one of them left He should be low health. So these Romans are actually gonna be able to maybe even up this this battle up here I don't remember how this went and Yep Looks like those guys actually ended up getting destroyed, but we still had more forces left So at the end it says victory has eluded us, but I guarantee you that we did win this battle It was just a little corrupted and you can see here. We still have remaining troops areas. I hope you enjoyed We did do two of these battles to stay tuned for another one coming up in the near future Same opponent same map same style battle. See you guys next time