Mongol siege of Mosul part II

1300 AD. Khan Joshi and Khanzada Berkei are dead. However, the Mongols decide to stay to fight the Antioch armies assembled in front of the fortress of Mosul.

But Mongol Captain Temudur has in the meantime ventured off towards Kirkuk with remnants of Khan Joshi's army. Kitbuqa the Wrathful goes in search of him, leaving the Horde. Philip grasps the chance to attack Kitbuqa in the desert. Arthur the Wrathful and Christofle de Montfort come in aid. Philip sends his light cavalry into diversionary attacks but this time the plan does not work out quite as well. When the king of France sounds the trumpet for the attack on Kitbuqa's bodyguard, some Mongol heavy cavalry is still in the vicinity of the Mongol general. The Mongols are nevertheless stunned by the attack of the heavy Antioch cavalry and are scattered. Kitbuqa is taken prisoner and is ransomed for 1140 florins.

The other 4 Mongol generals have remained outside Mosul. Assassins have been called in and have gathered like the bees around the Mongol Horde. There are many unsuccessful assassination attempts against the Mongol generals until one assassin, Francois Sorel, sneaks into Hulegu's camp and kills him. Next Arthur and Richart trap Mongol captain Bayan who has ventured with a small force south of Mosul and destroy his army.

Philip returns to Mosul with Robin de Toulouse and Gerard, the Master of the Hospitallers. Aided by the army of Christofle de Montfort, the king of France attacks Khanzada Abaqha outside Mosul. Abaqha's army comes under a hail of fire from de Montfort's siege engines. Philip's light cavalry once again attacks the Mongol's flanks. Then Philip's heavy cavalry charges the Mongols as Philip sounds his famous trumpet. The Mongols are scattered and Abaqha runs, escaping with his life.

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• assembly
• medieval
• total
• war
• antioch
• campaign
• kingdoms
• crusaders
• battle
• siege
• Mosul
• seljuk
• philip
• king
• france
• mongol
• khan
• Joshi
• Christofle
• Montfort
• Abaqha
• Gerard
• marshall
• Arthur
• hospitaller
• knights
• Robin
• Richart
• Hulegu
• assassin
• Kitbuqa
• Temudur
• Bayan

[geoffreyM2TW]

In Crusaders, the Mongols will avoid attacking settlements or over bridges. One needs to develop a method of defeating them in the open. It is a challenge.

[sinhil]

nice battle. I build an army of horsearchers and spearmen against mongols. a little mongols survive after battle ;) (i play as turks and sipahis are the best horsearchers i think)