Persian Civil War

The Persian Civil War began with the death of Cyrus the III and ended in a bloody victory for Darius,son of Cyrus's forces. Some consider it to be the bloodiest war to date, but no casualty rate was calculated. The kingdoms of Madurai-Bengal,Hispania,Arabia,Greece,ect.

## Death of Cyrus

As the emperor died in his palace in Shiraz, an uprising began starting with the Mad Governer (Westward) and Arabs (to the south. The Hispanians, attempting to usurp the throne, took their heir and attacked. The war began with a bloody landing of Persia by Bengalis but the Seemaraja betrayed the
crown for the Hispanians. The landing was bloody and now they were closest to Shiraz. The mad governer had forces sent along the trail and attacking forces were pushed back by Darius himself. The Arabs led by Marabi Delusian led a few thousand mercenaries and with Hispania took down the Arab rebels. The Arab Kingdom then aligned themselfs with the Persian Crown. The greeks also joined in as Persian help. The race to Shiraz had begun.

## Race to Shiraz

The Hispanian troops forced Shiraz to surrender and took de-jure power. They took Darius as hostage. The Madurai army under the Seemaraja of Madurai, guarded the flank. The Hispanian Princess controling the main army. Soldiers under the Kingdom of Arabia rescued King Darius after they threatened to kill if they did'nt retreat. The Arabs attempted to let him flee but he stayed woth his troops. About 6K soldiers 1k elephants were at the Tamil's diposal, with 10k more comming ,70k Hispanians and 20k Persian conscripts. The Arabs had 40k troops and 50k Persians woth a army of 3k Greeks. In order to keep their numbers 20k more conscripts and 6k skilled Bengalis were called in. The Arabs broke through and instead of a siege t was bloody street fighting. After loosing their supply lines to the Mad Governer many Arabs and Persians began to starve. Most of the houses were looted and pillaged or burned down for warmth. Many Persians were now destroying their own cities. Darius was pushed entirely out and was forced to make a siege.

## 1st siege of Shiraz

The Hispanians now had 60k Hispanians and 20k Persian conscripts left and 22k Tamil-Bengali soldiers with 2k mahouts that were much more deadlier against the Persian light chariots and armoired horses. Most of the Hispanian and Tamil armies were all expirienced men. The Arabs had 10k mercenaries from Sicily and 30k Arabs,70k Persians, and 30k Greeks whose Phalanx was devestating. The Greeks soldiers took positions on the main gate and Persian conscripts under Darius in the Gwadar gate. the elephants were sent to the gates and the elephants broke through woth ramps going over walls and killed the entire mahaout division but destroyed the Greek's phalanx. After more and more casualties they were able to push them out of the siege right outside of Shiraz. In the red dirt the Heraldric symbol of the House of Delusian was found. After uncoverng the body it was confirmed Marabi Delusian died after the Seemaraja's attack with arrows.

## Battle at Shiraz's gates

Now with 45k Hispanians and 5k Persians left and 15k Arabs,45k Persians and 5k Greeks left. In need of help the Vietnamesse Sri Yama gave 1k elephants, less trained and not equiped well, and 16k soldiers. The bloody war continues as defeat after defeat for Darius but he needed one win to take back the land. After Bengal's retreat and Marabi Delusian's death, Darius pulled his army for a final attempt. Disease and starvation rattled the camps as Persian men were forced to loot their own houses. In all Darius had a total of 50k Infantry, 10k Cavalry, 8k were chariots, and a mux of captured elephants, archers and battering rams, totaling to 65k troops. The Hispanian princess had 45k Infantry,11k Cavalry,1k elephants, 6k archers and 4k Battering rams, in total 67k, an almost even match. In a bloody massacre, the Sri Yamma troops opened fore on Darius's main garrison eliminating a few hundred. However this gave away their positions and their fortifications were overun eliminating mort of the skilled soldiers of Sri Yamma. The brought Hispania's numbers to 58k. As the battle begain the Greek force attempted to take the high ground by crossing the small creek. Many died as battering rams and Hispanian arrows showerd killing many. The Madurai army was able to muster a small garrison of the Admiral and the elephants shattered the Greeks who left their flank open. After that they took the high ground too and the elephants and chariots were disbanded. A bloody massacre occured as the soldiers of Hispania captured after a few showed no mercy. After bloodily killing the retreating chariots of Hispania the limes were now severed. The Seemaraja of Madurai took this as a opportunity and the small remainder of Bengali troops left. Now with Hispania's odds 43:60 it was looking bad. They fought hard but then about 20k attacked their own in friendly fire as the general joined Darius. Some pirated who had been destroying supply lines joined in and with 10k soldiers. now at 1:2 they still fought hard with 200 Madurao soldiers being the only remaining foriegn forces helping Hispania. The remaing soldiers finaly surrendered and the princess was taken captive.