The Khador forces made there way south in response to the cries for help from Borstov Landing. They arrived half-starved, disorganized and without an officer to lead the attack. After a week of mustering their ranks, those who had not defected faced the terrible reality: they were to late to save the castle.
It was from in this grim situation that rose four heroes of Khador. Sergeant Matt Schroeder, Senior Sergeant Josh Froese, Senior Sergeant Rob Perkins and Junior Sergeant Ben Hancock would not stand by and watch the resource stockpile from the entire southern region be pillaged by the Cryx invaders. They staged a daring rescue, holding back the overwhelming enemy forces long enough for the garrison to escape, carrying with them the life-blood of the southern Khador army. It was a costly engagement, but their promotions are well earned. Because of their heroic actions the Khador leadership has granted them and their piers control over the resources allocated to the southern defense effort. These critical decision-rights will be key in forming the shield and blade that will repel the Cryx.
Below is the detailed account of the rescue.
Here you can see Borstov Landing to the right and the siege army to the north. The Khador army approached from the north-west.
The first exchange was the Crxy firing their catapults at the castle. They destroyed the drawbridge but not the iron gate.
We approached with the shocktroopers through the open field while the Uhlan cavalry came through the forest undetected.
We also deployed Froese's woodmen behind the enemy. We had a good time making fun of how useless they are, but they actually did take out some dangerous back-row Cryx and split their forces some.
The battle took part largely in the forest, as the Cryx warjack and raiders charged blindly into the forest. They ran into our guys trying to sneak up, including Froese's horses, which was a shame because they were not able to unleash their more powerful charge abilities.
The garrison inside the castle moved up and prepared to make a run for it when the time was right.
At this point the second wave of Cryx forces showed up. We were worried we would not be able to push forward to the castle gate to enable the escape. We were able to wreck the warjack in the forest though, with a nice combined melee attack from the Iron Fang Pikemen and big damage from the Manhunter.
Wrecking the 'jack enabled Froese to charge his horses at the new-comers. They did huge damage to the second wave 'jack, ultimately completely disabling the very powerful Harrower.
Below you can see that Froese did end up losing his horses, although it was likely worth it. Rob really wanted to get his Winterguard killed, (they eat to much!) so he had them charging out of the forest in to the teeth of the catapult barrage. He actually ended up destroying one with a Rocketeer though.
Here we made a costly sacrifice, but with time running out it had to be done. We ran our two 'jacks into the second wave to prevent them charging us. This spelled curtain death for the warjacks, but it served to push the battle line closer to the castle gate.
The Greylord Ternion came through again in this battle. Here they found gaps between the 'jacks to cast their magic attacks, catching several Bane Thralls and Bane Knights under them.
Next the garrison decided it was now or never if they were going to get out of the castle. Below you can see them single-filing out of the gate to engage the second wave from behind.
Between the garrison attacking from behind, the Greylord Ternion's magic from behind the 'jacks and the shocktroopers, we eventually took down the second wave of Cryx forces. The third wave was inbound though, and it was time to make a run for it.
Here we had to make more sacrifices. Matt's Demo Corps and my Shocktroopers engaged the final units of the second wave even though we knew they would not be able to get away from the third wave incoming. The rest of the forces and the garrison started making their escape behind the brave souls who gave their lives for Khador.
Unfortunaly, their heroic sacrifice resulted in a gruesome death...
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