Surprise at Bror River

Surprise at Bror River was a masterful victory orchestrated by Mennos Enkell. It was fought between the forces of Avarg Army and the Royal Army of Workhold.
==Background==
Mennos was originally upkeeping the Bror Castle. Mennos held under his command the third largest army sent into Olia. Few dozen miles north of Mennos was the Army of Willreck Rögna, his ally. Willreck decided to advance into enemy territorry and capture the town of Esian. Willreck sent a courier to Mennos calling him to attack Esian from the south. Mennos accepted and readied his men.
While marching towards Esian, Mennos stumbled upon the Tribal lands of the Broshire. They were bunch of barbaric tribes who had no clothing. At first Mennos was disturbed, but on further investigation, he befriended the tribe. He recrutied few hundred nudists to his army and continued his march east. With him was also the brilliant tactician Paul Commodus who was a good friend of Mennos.
Mennos' army however, stopped at the Bror bridge. Apparently the real courier that Willreck had sent was captured and killed. And the courier that Mennos received was a fake sent by the Avargis. The Avargis readied an ambush in the Bror bridge. Mennos had to attack, he could not turn his army and rear to the enemy and he could not wait, as he did not know the situation of Willreck's Army. He had to quickly rush to Willreck's aid, who was presumably also marching to a trap. Which he indeed was doing. Few days before Mennos stumbled upon the Avargi army, Willreck had marched into a trap near the woods of Esian. Willreck's Army was ambushed, routed and Willreck taken captive.
Mennos was out of ideas, when Paul suggested that they used the Nudists as a bait. Mennos was thrilled and did just that.
==Battle==
Mennos ordered his men to begin digging, but only at night times. They dug themselves holes to hide in and then put grass and small amounts of dirt on top of themselves. It took 3 days to dig the dugouts and then Mennos ordered all of his quality troops to hide.
As the sun of the fourth day began to rise, the Nudists began to feign a retreat. The Avargi army saw only the nudists and assumed that the main army had already retreated to Bror Castle. They hastily charged the weak nudists. Almost all the nudists died in the first charge, but the few that remained bravely fought against the superior foe. They fought long enough so that the Avargis had sent in even the reserves to chase. After this the trap was sprung. Under the roadside dirt men began to rise. They utterly surrounded and destroyed the enemy army killing and capturing all. None managed to escape. The battle was a victory never seen before. Mennos and his troops payed respects to the brave nudists that sacrificed their lives for their victory, and then continued the march towards Esian.
Much for Mennos' dismay, he did not receive any promotions or rewards from this victory. He however, continued to serve his seemingly ungrateful King Jiri loyally.
Category:Battles
Category:Teryuan War