Invasion of Kygon

== Invasion of Kygon ==
The Invasion of Kygon was a punitive war started by the Kingdom of Kordowyn against the independent Empire of Kygon over the latter's attempts to block Kordynian expansion in the west.
The War commenced when the Kordynian army crossed into Kygonese Territory near Drekheim and started to flood into the Expanse. The First Royal Army invaded Inaria, who surrendered quickly to the Kordynians, and then proceeded to lay siege to Trier, taking the city by April 209.
The Second and Third Royal Army defeated the retreating Kygonese Army from Inaria before moving on to defeat the Mesil Defense Army in the First Battle of the Kygon Expanse in November 208. From there, the Second Army went north to seize Luton, but were defeated. The Third Army lay siege to Mesil, defeating the Kygonese advance forces and sacking the city after 26 days of siege. From there, the Kordynian armies engaged Emperor Markus III's personal forces near the city of Toron, the Kordynians were initially caught off guard, taking heavy losses before King Bleddyn II rallied forces and broke the Kygonese lines, with both Bleddyn and Markus dying of their wounds within a week of the battle.
The Fourth Royal Army arrived near Greater Kygon and Haven by September 11th 209, and despite a defeat trying to launch troops to attack Haven directly, reinforcements from the Third Army bolstered their advantage, leading to the collapse of Greater Kygon's defenses in June 210.
The Sacking of Kygon caused a scandal among the Independent Powers and some of the Subjects, the zealousness of the sacking was blamed on a small group of war weary and drunk Kordynian soldiers upset about the death of the King, however the Kygonese accused the Kordynians of war crimes after the city had surrendered. Unable to reach a consensus on how to proceed without a clear succession, the Kygonese Generals declared themselves Supreme Leader, and when none would give-up the title, began fighting amongst themselves. After the Destruction of Greater Kygon in 214, any semblance of a united Kygonese state collapsed, out of the ashes the Republic of Haven and the Queendom of Inaria formed to try and reestablish control of the war torn Expanse.Category:Wars
Category:Kygon
Category:Kordowyn
Category:3rd Century