The Fall and Rise of an Empire
The Code is Enforced
From a military standpoint, Count Tepes I is viewed as both a miliatary genius, and fool.
The rapid expansion, resorces used to fuel religion, and tecnelogical advances came at a price. Tepes I generally ignored any sort of military. The barbarians came to the right place at the right time.
His genius comes to light as a result of what he did after the fall of the capital.
Retreating to the seaside town of Oradea east of the capital, Tepes began to hatch the plan that would go down in history as one of the biggest military upsets in the ancient world.
With only 600 troops at his disposal, Count Tepes fended off 8000+ barbarians and reclaimed the capital. The plan was two fold...
Firstly, the Count had all work suspended in Oradea until a giant pit trap could be constructed. The trap was basicly a mile long 7ft deep ditch filled with sharpened stakes. Tepes saw this defence as not only practical, but fitting due to the nature of the barbarians crimes.
When the barbarians arrived at Oradea, they were met with bare buttocks at the edge of the town. This mooning enraged them, and caused them to charge with reckless abandon.
"Steady, steady," warned the Koss the Exceutioner, "not yet, soon..."
The barbarian forces were closing fast. It was then that Koss gave the orders for the ropes to be yanked. The men mooning the oncomming barbarians pulled up their britches, grabbed their ropes and pulled.
The pit trap top gave way, and instantly impaled 7000 barbarians. The noise it is said, was so awful that it still haunts the wind in modern day Carpathia. The slaughter at Oradea as it is know known was the largest mass impalement in the history of man.
What forces did managed to avoid the giant trap where quickly dispatched by the Oradea Guard.
The Slaughter at Oradea and The Carpathian Rhino
The second half of the plan would come to be known as the Carpathian Rhino.
Although the barbarians were decimated, they still outnumbered the Carpathian troops almost 3 to 1. Tepes captured his home however through the use of another clever trap.
Along with the Oradea trap, Count Tepes had the construction of a wooden rhino commishioned. The Wooden Rhino was designed to hold 300 soliders in secret within it's belly.
The Wooden Rhino was taken to Targoviste by horses, and presented to the remaining barbarians as a token of peace. The barbarians took much likeing to this gift, and accepted it into the city.
That night, 300 soldiers from the rhino and 200 from the underground resistance snuck out into the cool October night and murdered roughly 1000 barbarians in their sleep.
The rhino is considered a scared animal in Islamic society. Some suspect the reason is due to the fact that the animal has a stake afixed to it's head.
The Carpathian Rhino is on display currently in the modern day city square of Targoviste and is a major attraction for tourists.
Expansion, Renewal, and the Death of Vlad Tepes I
Following the recapture of Targoviste, Tepes the First had an army formed, and a birth incentive inacted. The incentive offered one gold coin per child born. This policy fuled expansion, and stocked the much needed settler partys.
Within short time, the Carpathian Empire included 6 citys and was once again considered a top civilization.
Count Vlad Tepes the First died in 750 BC. The kindom was passed on to his son, Vlad Tepes II. Tepes the Second came to power at the age of 24. Studying military tatics and American culture in the city of Richmond, Tepes II was not present during the Carpathian barbarian crisis. None however challenged his right to the throne as he like his father was a strict follower of The Code.
The Code is Enforced
From a military standpoint, Count Tepes I is viewed as both a miliatary genius, and fool.
The rapid expansion, resorces used to fuel religion, and tecnelogical advances came at a price. Tepes I generally ignored any sort of military. The barbarians came to the right place at the right time.
His genius comes to light as a result of what he did after the fall of the capital.
Retreating to the seaside town of Oradea east of the capital, Tepes began to hatch the plan that would go down in history as one of the biggest military upsets in the ancient world.
With only 600 troops at his disposal, Count Tepes fended off 8000+ barbarians and reclaimed the capital. The plan was two fold...
Firstly, the Count had all work suspended in Oradea until a giant pit trap could be constructed. The trap was basicly a mile long 7ft deep ditch filled with sharpened stakes. Tepes saw this defence as not only practical, but fitting due to the nature of the barbarians crimes.
When the barbarians arrived at Oradea, they were met with bare buttocks at the edge of the town. This mooning enraged them, and caused them to charge with reckless abandon.
"Steady, steady," warned the Koss the Exceutioner, "not yet, soon..."
The barbarian forces were closing fast. It was then that Koss gave the orders for the ropes to be yanked. The men mooning the oncomming barbarians pulled up their britches, grabbed their ropes and pulled.
The pit trap top gave way, and instantly impaled 7000 barbarians. The noise it is said, was so awful that it still haunts the wind in modern day Carpathia. The slaughter at Oradea as it is know known was the largest mass impalement in the history of man.
What forces did managed to avoid the giant trap where quickly dispatched by the Oradea Guard.
The Slaughter at Oradea and The Carpathian Rhino
The second half of the plan would come to be known as the Carpathian Rhino.
Although the barbarians were decimated, they still outnumbered the Carpathian troops almost 3 to 1. Tepes captured his home however through the use of another clever trap.
Along with the Oradea trap, Count Tepes had the construction of a wooden rhino commishioned. The Wooden Rhino was designed to hold 300 soliders in secret within it's belly.
The Wooden Rhino was taken to Targoviste by horses, and presented to the remaining barbarians as a token of peace. The barbarians took much likeing to this gift, and accepted it into the city.
That night, 300 soldiers from the rhino and 200 from the underground resistance snuck out into the cool October night and murdered roughly 1000 barbarians in their sleep.
The rhino is considered a scared animal in Islamic society. Some suspect the reason is due to the fact that the animal has a stake afixed to it's head.
The Carpathian Rhino is on display currently in the modern day city square of Targoviste and is a major attraction for tourists.
Expansion, Renewal, and the Death of Vlad Tepes I
Following the recapture of Targoviste, Tepes the First had an army formed, and a birth incentive inacted. The incentive offered one gold coin per child born. This policy fuled expansion, and stocked the much needed settler partys.
Within short time, the Carpathian Empire included 6 citys and was once again considered a top civilization.
Count Vlad Tepes the First died in 750 BC. The kindom was passed on to his son, Vlad Tepes II. Tepes the Second came to power at the age of 24. Studying military tatics and American culture in the city of Richmond, Tepes II was not present during the Carpathian barbarian crisis. None however challenged his right to the throne as he like his father was a strict follower of The Code.
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