Chapter 51
March 10th 1429AD
Spartan Royal Palace
Sparta
1907th Year of the Immortal Queens reign
The Spartan Council and High command had gathered under the Queens Request the war in France was going south for there new Trading partner France at first, they were not getting involved but word had been sent to them that 22 Spartan Citizens including a member of Noble House of Ptolemy of Amphipolis.
Now the people of Greece were calling for war especially when word came that King Henry the 6th had sworn not to attack any Spartan Citizens now the Immortal Queen would show Europe yet another lesson in pain they had apparently not learned from the last Crusade.
By the 5th of May the Immortal Queen was leading a grand army to southern France a fleet of 1000 ships and 80,000 heavy infantry 20,000 Cavalry 4000 heavy artillery and 8000 Battle-Mages were now a few miles of the coast of France the sheer sight of this military would bring much needed Moral boost to the People of France.
City of Marseille
It was a shock for the local citizens to see their rightful King heading to the Ports but what a real shock was seeing the massive fleet of Spartan Warships Afterall to the average person the Spartan Empire was the mythical beast far to the east but now here was a fleet of warships.
Within 2 hours the fleet was docked in the Vieux Port and now tens of thousands of men in heavy armour and crimsons Robes at there head was the woman of legend Kassandra Agiad the Queen of Sparta herself.
The King was more than happy to see her. "Your majesty on behalf of the People of France I welcome you to my Kingdom you timing could not have been better the English have laid siege to the city of Orléans just after they killed your citizens."
Looking at the French King Kassandra briefly wondered if it was worth aiding them Afterall England was slowly pushing them back hell they had Lost Paris to English Forces, but Kassandra was not here to just aid France she was here to teach England the price for attacking her citizens.
The Spartan Military was soon ready to move and it had greatly improved over the centuries the main Spartan military heavy armour had been updated their armour was now made of Steel with a coat of bronze to keep the iconic Military look.
Steel was a wonder helped created with a mixture of magic and science the Military was the first to benefit from steel first their armour then shields then their weapon's another benefit to Sparta was magic itself. With magic being a gift from the gods and those blessed with magic being Kassandra's Chosen it was all the rage to marry into magical family or to bring magic into your family.
Roughly 70 percent of the Empires population had magic in there Bloodlines only percentage of that population could wield magic like the Battle-Mages could however those with magic in there Bloodlines experienced many different benefits the most common was they were stronger than the average human making them the perfect solders for Kassandra's Legions.
The Crimson Legions marched 2 days after landing in France followed by the French King and his troops only to come across a young teenager and a few French soldiers who had escaped from the besieged Orléans.
She was called Joan a simple girl who claimed to be blessed by God to lead France to victory against the English while many of the Kings troops believed this however Charles VII looked over to the Spartan Queen who had a small grin on her face he knew she was hiding something.
And she was Joan was indeed hearing the Voice of a god well a Goddess and she was amused to watch this little French Girl words sway the minds of these French soldiers it boosted their morale slightly.
May 5th 1429AD
If there was one thing Sir Thomas Montagu, the 4th Earl of Salisbury expected to see when he awoke that morning a large military force under the banner of the Charles VII and the Spartan Empire was not one of them.
This force outnumbered his own easily his troops were in full blow panic mode not only did they have to worry about the French Troops in the city but now they had a large army to keep out of the city English Morale dropped like a stone.
In the city itself however Morale could not be higher seeing there rightful King come with a grand army to liberate them was a wonderful thing however many were worried about the Spartan Army why were they here.
The Crimson Legions wasted no time within the hour despite attempts from the English and their allies the entire English host was now surrounded by Spartan spears awaiting their Queens orders to crush the fools.
While Charles held back with a few of his knights Kassandra stood beside young Joan ready to spill English Blood for the people of France and to avenge her fallen citizens with that Kassandra gave the Order.
The sound of tens of thousands of heavily armoured Spartan soldiers marching in unison was deafening to the Earl of Salisbury who knew there would be no victory here with no choice but to fight there way out of the encirclement and back to the safety of English occupied Northern France.
Dawning his sword, he turned to his men and yelled. "Come on men for King Henry for England!" with that he charged towards the Spartan Lines only to watch in horror as the spartans had a surprise for him.
The great Cannons they had brought from Greece fired on the English Lines killing hundreds and leaving many more injured Kassandra had made a promise to the Gods to drench the lands with English Blood and she would do just that.
For 6 hours the battle would wage before Kassandra was informed the English had broke a hole in her lines it was quickly closed but the damage was done riding to that position she saw the battered remains of the English troops flee north drawing her bow she took one fore shot striking the fleeing Earl of Salisbury in the back the poison on her arrow would do its work.
At the End of that Battle the English-Burgundian army had suffered mass casualties over 4500 lost their lives attempting to flee the Imperial-French Losses had been minor with 480 Spartan Solders injured or killed and 1000 French injured or killed.
Kassandra's Army whose camp near the City as she wrote letters to the families of those who had fallen in her Name to be taken back with there bodies to be tended to by the fallen warriors Loved Ones.
One such letter was sent to a merchant Family in Kassandria the head of the Family was Kimon of house Aetos who looked at the letter signed by his Queen his family were outside grieving the loss of their son he read the letter with a sense of Pried for his middle son.
To the Honourable Kimon head of house Aetos
I write to you today to inform you of your sons Death in combat against the forces of England while I grieve with you this day my heart swells with pride knowing the level of bravery this young Spartan showed to his comrades on the battlefield.
On his own killing 24 English soldiers before falling to the Earl of Salisbury's sword as the foolish Noble fled the battlefield before he himself fell to my arrows.
Because of his heroism he showed I am officially awarding him with the spear of Olympus medal may his soul forever live in peace in Elysium.
Yours sincerely
Queen Kassandra Agiad
Immortal Queen of the Spartan Empire
Pharaoh of Egypt
Queen consort of Themyscira.
(Military awards of the Spartan Empire)
Medals were introduced shortly after the 1st war with the Roman Republic to honour Spartan Soldiers.
List of current known Medals.
Kassandra's honour (Current known Highest award)
Athena's token
Spear of Olympus
Heart of Eleos
(Authors note: hey people hope you like the first Chapter of the 100 years war section as you see Kassandra is willing to use overkill to gain revenge for her citizens also to protect her lucrative trade link to France as French wine is quite sought after in the other SRU nations making Sparta a nice bit of coin.
Until next time
Revan Shan 2077
