Third Groundhog-Beaver War

The Battle at Outlander Plain

### Outcome

Beaver Leader, "Baby" Beaver, and all Beaverian soldiers exiled to the Icy Corner, a remote area of Animilia

The **Third Groundhog-Beaver War** was the third in a series of conflicts known as the Groundhog-Beaver Wars, a follow up to the First Groundhog-Beaver War, also called simply the Groundhog-Beaver War, and the Second Groundhog-Beaver War.

The war was sparked by the asssassination of the fifth King of the Groundhogary. His son, Big R. Pudgins VI, went on to take the throne and quickly turn the tide of the conflict, defeating the Beaver Leader and his soldiers time after time. The Beaverians were almost defeated almost every week, it seemed, but they always managed to bounce back.

Eventually, the war ended with the exile of the Beaver Leader and his few surviving soldiers, and the Big Pudge of the Groundhogary died of natural causes. His son, Big R. Pudgins VII, took the throne, and went on to lead the Groundhogary in the Fourth Groundhog-Beaver War.

## Prelude

After the stalemate that ended the Second Groundhog-Beaver War, Rodentland was mostly at piece, except for skirmishes between the Hamsterians and Chipmunkians regarding borders. Then, when the Beaverians sent elite assassins to kill the King of the Groundhogary, Big R. Pudgins V, his son, Big R. Pudgins VI, took the throne.

Big R. Pudgins VI quickly earned a reputation of being fair but harsh, and he was quick to bring down the axe of the full might of the Groundhogary military on the Beavers.

## War

### Battle at Outlander Plain

*Main article: Battle at Outlander Plain*

Outlander Plain was a location just north, or farther toward the Beaverian capital, than the dense Borderline Forest that reached over both sides of the Groundhog-Beaver border. It was a plain with peaty moss underfoot, and no cover.

Big R. Pudgins VI (who, from here forward on this page, will be referred to as "the King" or "Big Pudge" due to Big R. Pudgins VI being cumbersome to type) marched 20,000 soldiers to the plain. There, snipers had to lie on the crests of large hills to get good shots, and soldiers were completely out in the open.

Over an hour later, when the Groundhogs had finished setting up camp, which would serve as a base for the duration of the battle, the Beaverians arrived. The Beaver Leader was not among them, but Colonel Bucktooth was commanding the troops.

The Groundhogary decided to send out a melee patrol carrying katanas and small daggers and pistols.

The fierce attack took the Beaverians by surprise and took out about half of the first wave of soldiers. Bucktooth ordered in the second wave of soldiers with crossbows and rifles. This attack mowed down a good portion of the Groundhogary melee attack, and forced Big Pudge to send in soldiers with rifles.

Groundhogary utilized bayonets, which were used much less often in Beaveria due to the scarcity of certain metals. Therefore, most Groundhogary that were not shot and killed were able to make it to the beaverian lines and skewer Beavers with the pointed blades on the ends of their rifles.

The bloody battle ended when Bucktooth ordered a full retreat. The Groundhogary lost 7,000 out of 20,000 men, and the Beaverians lost 15,000 out of 25,000.

### Preparations for further invasion

The Groundhogary set up a large, fortified camp that was called Fort Push, due to its pushing boundaries between the two Animilian nations. The camp was inhabited by 55,000 soldiers for the next week as tactical and military leaders withdrew to Groundhogia temporarily to plan out strategies.

The Groundhogary code named the invasion Operation More Pudge, and planned for a week, eventually deciding to throw about 100,000 soldiers into a continuous forward push on a path to the Beaverian capital, then send in two small flanks of 15,000 to 20,000 soldiers each that could take smaller outposts and positions and assist the main force if need be.

However, the Beaverians were plotting a daring counterattack.

### Battle of Groundhogary Gorge

*Main article: Battle of Groundhogary Gorge*

The largest, deadliest battle of the entirety of the war, the Battle of Groundhogary Gorge was one of the most memorable, shocking battles in the history of Animilia.