OOC: Well, I could be wrong, but crossings generally indicates a ford
*The Gondorian leader stifles a yawn.*
"Yes, yes, Yes, Conquer Middle-earth, crush the lesser races, destroy Gondor, tear down Minas Tirith, so on and so Forth. Well then, you have forced us to conflict."
*He turns to his men*
"Onwards, men, in memory of the glory of the land of the star, and of the faith of Elendil the Faithful, and for your home, for Gondor, where the west wind blows betwen the mountains and sea!"
"FOR GONDOR!"
My strength:
2500 Swordsmen
2500 Spearmen
1000 Pikemen
2000 Archers
2000 Cavalry
500 Lossarnach Axemen 1000 MWE
1000 Knights of Gondor 3000 MWE
*They advance toward the fords*, Spearmen and Pikemen in front, followed by Swordsmen and Axemen, with the archers behind them, and the Siege engines in the rear, the with cavalry on the flanks. As soon as they are in range, the archers and siege engines open up with a devastating volley into your troops. When they reach the Fords, they advance rapidly across, and if your troops are near engage them in wedges of sheilds and spears*
OOC: Hopefully, legoaquillano can take over now and I can go back to just managing the Rohirrim. I had to throw Gondor's whole advance and claim campaign together in one day.
*or bridge, depending on what we decide.
*40 Mumakil charge into your lines as my ranged troops lay down covering fire*
*As the Haradrim advance the Umbarim troops fall back. behind them*
Tolkien Gateway specifically calls the Crossings of Poros a Ford, and The One Wiki actually agrees with it there. I suppose we should check the books at some point, but I recall no other reference to the Crossings than as a ford.
@bobby: There's a reason I've never been in more than one HQ. Thanks for stepping up and helping out with that.
*Dajuzel's army loosely forms up behind that of Ingimundr , ready to change position at a moment's notice. They are out of range of the Gondorians, but close enough to move in quickly, should the need arise.*
Ok then its a Ford but that doesn't stop us from building a Bridge later. After the battle.
Tolkien Gateway specifically calls the Crossings of Poros a Ford, and The One Wiki actually agrees with it there. I suppose we should check the books at some point, but I recall no other reference to the Crossings than as a ford.
@bobby: There's a reason I've never been in more than one HQ. Thanks for stepping up and helping out with that.
*Dajuzel's army loosely forms up behind that of Ingimundr , ready to change position at a moment's notice. They are out of range of the Gondorians, but close enough to move in quickly, should the need arise.*
Ok then its a Ford but that doesn't stop us from building a Bridge later. After the battle.
Yes, because we will win!
You think you have problems with Orcs? Wait until I arrive, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Er....this is the only place to cross the river. On foot, anyways.
They built a bridge. A very temporary bridge that just collapsed.
I'm afraid it doesn't work like that. A bridge (even an extremely flimsy one) requires plenty of material, probably wood. I doubt your army is carrying substantial qualities of wood, meaning that they would have to get the wood from around this area. Except that Harondor is pretty much a desert. So lack of resources would be a problem.
Another issue is time. Even assuming there is wood around, it would take a while to chop the trees down, carve them into useful pieces of wood, and then actually build the bridge. That's also assuming you have the tools available to build the bridge, as well as some people who know enough to oversee construction of the bridge.
Finally, I'm not even sure construction of a bridge would be feasible in and of itself. The reason that a ford (such as this topic) is used is because the river, at this spot, is shallow enough to be crossed on foot, without having to swim or anything. Unless your men have vehicles that would facilitate this, I'm not sure how they could build a bridge to the other side, without actually getting to the other side first. Maybe there are ways I'm not realizing, but it seems highly impractical and virtually impossible.
I'd also like to note that the use of such bridges would pretty much defeat the point of having river-crossing topics such as these. Not that we can never have other ways of crossing, but if we do, they'll have to require much more effort, for the reasons stated above.
The day of prosperity makes one forget adversity; The day of adversity makes one forget prosperity.
As the Gondorians and their foes begin to clash, the sound of booted feet marching in unison is heard faintly on the horizon. Dust clouds are seen as well. That can mean only one thing - the armies of Khand are coming. And Udir Dag'tulaan is with them.
OOC: They will arrive tomorrow. Just giving Gondor time to retreat in fear.
The sound of marching draws closer and the armies of Khand arrive at the fords.
The archers open fire on the Gondorian line and the infantry forms up. The Erchuud form the front line, the Axemen are behind, and the Variags walk behind them. They advance slowly behind the Mumakil but keep their distance.
The arrow barrage continues, and the infantry continues their advance.
{JAMMERS! -GOOD- ONLY!} I don't think we should. There are almsot 15,000 Gondorian troops here, and there are more troops that could be brought here, and I have 10,000 Rohirrim almost here. If you can't take contorl of Gondor's troops here and at the other topics, such as Udun and Morgul Vale, we can fight them, andat least hold them at bay, or be victorious.
They built a bridge. A very temporary bridge that just collapsed.
I'm afraid it doesn't work like that. A bridge (even an extremely flimsy one) requires plenty of material, probably wood. I doubt your army is carrying substantial qualities of wood, meaning that they would have to get the wood from around this area. Except that Harondor is pretty much a desert. So lack of resources would be a problem.
Another issue is time. Even assuming there is wood around, it would take a while to chop the trees down, carve them into useful pieces of wood, and then actually build the bridge. That's also assuming you have the tools available to build the bridge, as well as some people who know enough to oversee construction of the bridge.
Finally, I'm not even sure construction of a bridge would be feasible in and of itself. The reason that a ford (such as this topic) is used is because the river, at this spot, is shallow enough to be crossed on foot, without having to swim or anything. Unless your men have vehicles that would facilitate this, I'm not sure how they could build a bridge to the other side, without actually getting to the other side first. Maybe there are ways I'm not realizing, but it seems highly impractical and virtually impossible.
I'd also like to note that the use of such bridges would pretty much defeat the point of having river-crossing topics such as these. Not that we can never have other ways of crossing, but if we do, they'll have to require much more effort, for the reasons stated above.
I nulled the move. It's OK. But I'm proud of you, in that post you almost sounded like KitKat for a moment.