Siege of Sahnbroch

INTRODUCTION
The siege of Sahnbroch was a 3 month long siege in 429VC on the city of Sahnbroch in Karred during the Loren succesion crisis (417-435VC). Prokop's defeat at the hands of Ankred signified a turning point in the war, as Prokop could no longer fund substantial sieges by himself and became reliant on the support of Ulrich of Jehnidy and Gerhard of Vitep.
PRELUDE
Bruno of Rund's defeat at the Battle of Vernberk in 422 had left a weak Loren army to defend the realm. Ankred of Lorenvald then spent the next 7 years in a perpetual state of war with his uncle, Prokop the Bad of Nidyitz. Ankred's failure to sufficiently defeat Prokop at the Battle of Nabom Mill in 424 allowed Prokop to continue ravaging the countryside of Loren fiefs. Ankred struggled to keep up with Prokop's sporadic warfare meant no major battles could be fought and decisively won. However Prokop rarely attempted sieges on large towns let alone cities. Having had his lands confiscated by Bruno in 420, Prokop was looking for a Loren city to base his contest of the throne in. For this he chose Sahnbroch. 
THE SIEGE
Prokop arrived at Sahnbroch in spring 429. His successful raids on Loren land had made him asset rich and confident in the ability of his loyalists and mercenaries to quickly take Sahnbroch. Although offered a contingent of knights, footmen, archers and siege weapons from Ulrich of Jehnidy and Gerhard of Vitep, he chose to decline their offers. As his army began setting up camp and preparing for the siege a relief army sent by Ankred forced their way through the Northern gate killing 20 footmen. Eager for blood, his men pursued but did not manage to attack the knights before they had entered the city. 
Prokop begun his siege in Mid-Spring of 429. Trebouchets and mangonels launched projectiles into the city to little effect. Prokop's initial plan was to force surrender within weeks however a successful sortie launched from the North gate destroyed several siege weapons and barricades. Foreseeing a long siege he employed sappers to make weak the south gate so that he could break in there. By late spring his sappers had the south wall weak and a small breach was made. Prokop seized this opportunity to attack, only to be repelled by the Loren relief knights under Zebyslo of Horalom. Prokop, fearful of the arrival of Ankred's army hastened the siege and launched a number of attempts to enter the city but the defenders maintained discipline. 
By early summer the lack of supplies in Prokop's camp was clear and his men went without breakfast, beer or much sleep. Prokop's troops managed to build a ramshackle ramp into a tower but Zebyslo himself is said to have toppled it whilst furiously shouting at his opponents "Traitors! Cowards!". Prokop himself began to lose interest in the defiant city and in mid-summer 429 abandoned his siege, much to the joy of his troops.
THE BATTLE OF ZABUCH NAD RADAŠ
As Prokop left Sahnbroch and moved south toward Čerke Loda, Ankred of Lorenvald arrived with the support of the Brehša and Ptaček families. Prokop was caught off-guard at the small village of Zabuch where Loren troops rushed from the trees and slaughtered the hastily prepared right wing of Prokop's army. The Loren army, now reinforced by a triumphant Zebyslo and his knights forced Prokop and his center to flee whilst the right wing were forced into Zabuch village and captured. Loren cavalry pursued Prokop to the Eberzornwald ford where his armies crossed and scattered into the deep woods. 
AFTERMATH
The Siege of Sahnbroch and Battle of Zabuch were resounding victories for the young Ankred, who previously had failed at any major rout of his Uncle's forces. Prokop's defeat rendered his personal treasury empty and from 429 until his death in 435 he was reliant on the support of Ulrich Jehnidy and Gerhard of Vitep. However, Prokop would enjoy more victories as a figurehead against Ankred after 429 when Gerhard inherited the wealth of his brother Gurtred of Glostok, donating a large amount of it to the charitable cause that was Prokop the Bad.