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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 683107" data-attributes="member: 6533"><p>I've been trying to think of what the Cressians might do in between the second and third invasions.</p><p></p><p>Their guerrilla strategy worked very well for them last time, but they lost a lot people in the first pitched battle and much of their coastland and delta has been pretty fire devastated.</p><p></p><p>If I were them, I would probably move many of the population centers away from the coastline and reinforce my strongholds.</p><p></p><p>In the devastated land, the remaining, but more powerful, priests of the field god would use plant growth to reconstruct and reengineer the delta. Lots of secret trails, canals, pits, and briar patches combined with regular dead breaks to limit the spread of fire and obstructions in the waterways to make all but the smallest ships moving around impossible. Probably use similar techniques to rough up the coastline. They may also trap villages that the Junga occupied in their last invasion.</p><p></p><p>The new coastal defenses will probably consist of strong points in isolated areas with the watch towers being built to be easily evacuated.</p><p></p><p>The best thing they could do, however, is try to find allies. With their long communications with beasts the concept of going out and making some arrangement with a giant or dragon might not be that foriegn to them.</p><p></p><p>Even if they can't however, I would have the Cressians planning to delay the Junga in the Delta, but to surprise them on the plains.</p><p></p><p>Most plains areas are riddled with irregularities in the terrain, that only the Cressians are likely to know much about, using these they can continue to wage guerrilla warfare against the Junga, but more importantly they develop ways to use their now very experienced light troops with missile weapons and their animal adavantages.</p><p></p><p>When the Junga hit the plains, the Cressians plan to soften them up by attacking supply trains and subjecting them to constant raiding on their first day of marching. On the second they plan to assemble an army from their scattered forces, and subject the Junga to lots of hit and run tactics. They will try to prepare their heavy formations ahead of time, so as to avoid the disruption of their last pitched battle, but will avoid commiting them until they feel they must or the Junga have been sufficeintly softened.</p><p></p><p>The major aspect of their plan, however, will be to use the Junga's eagerness to close against them, the plain will be heavily trapped along the likely Junga path of attack, and units of powerful clerics will operating independently of the main body.</p><p></p><p>These clerics will operate against the enemy in a variety of ways, taking care to remain hidden and protected, until their big push. Gathering together hordes of animal allies ahead of time, the Druids will send them against the Junga rear in a concentrated shock action stampede.</p><p></p><p>If they can break the Jungans here, great! If not they will try to save as much of the army as possible by dispersing it, and then attack the Junga army again when it is besieging their main city.</p><p></p><p>Should that fail they will dissapear into the interior and bide their time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Strangemonkey, post: 683107, member: 6533"] I've been trying to think of what the Cressians might do in between the second and third invasions. Their guerrilla strategy worked very well for them last time, but they lost a lot people in the first pitched battle and much of their coastland and delta has been pretty fire devastated. If I were them, I would probably move many of the population centers away from the coastline and reinforce my strongholds. In the devastated land, the remaining, but more powerful, priests of the field god would use plant growth to reconstruct and reengineer the delta. Lots of secret trails, canals, pits, and briar patches combined with regular dead breaks to limit the spread of fire and obstructions in the waterways to make all but the smallest ships moving around impossible. Probably use similar techniques to rough up the coastline. They may also trap villages that the Junga occupied in their last invasion. The new coastal defenses will probably consist of strong points in isolated areas with the watch towers being built to be easily evacuated. The best thing they could do, however, is try to find allies. With their long communications with beasts the concept of going out and making some arrangement with a giant or dragon might not be that foriegn to them. Even if they can't however, I would have the Cressians planning to delay the Junga in the Delta, but to surprise them on the plains. Most plains areas are riddled with irregularities in the terrain, that only the Cressians are likely to know much about, using these they can continue to wage guerrilla warfare against the Junga, but more importantly they develop ways to use their now very experienced light troops with missile weapons and their animal adavantages. When the Junga hit the plains, the Cressians plan to soften them up by attacking supply trains and subjecting them to constant raiding on their first day of marching. On the second they plan to assemble an army from their scattered forces, and subject the Junga to lots of hit and run tactics. They will try to prepare their heavy formations ahead of time, so as to avoid the disruption of their last pitched battle, but will avoid commiting them until they feel they must or the Junga have been sufficeintly softened. The major aspect of their plan, however, will be to use the Junga's eagerness to close against them, the plain will be heavily trapped along the likely Junga path of attack, and units of powerful clerics will operating independently of the main body. These clerics will operate against the enemy in a variety of ways, taking care to remain hidden and protected, until their big push. Gathering together hordes of animal allies ahead of time, the Druids will send them against the Junga rear in a concentrated shock action stampede. If they can break the Jungans here, great! If not they will try to save as much of the army as possible by dispersing it, and then attack the Junga army again when it is besieging their main city. Should that fail they will dissapear into the interior and bide their time. [/QUOTE]
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