Livic Invasion of the Saepic Confederacy

"The left wing under Prince Markus at the battle of 2019" by Claude Francis

## Combatants

 Livic Empire
 Saepic Confederacy

## Commanders

 **Roose IV** †
 **Ronald V**
 Markus Sherwood
 Ross Hause
 Maurice Grem
 Peter Rupel
 Tanner Egerton

 **Cathorii X** 🏳️
 **Louis
Drebyu** 🏳️
 Maclain Larence †
 Alex
Ferdinand †

## Strength

170,000 - 210,000
200,000 - 220,000

## Casualties

36,000 killed and wounded
67,000 killed and wounded87,000 captured

On 26 June 2017, General Roose IV led a surprise invasion into the Saepic Confederacy, with the intention of conquering the entire country. When evidence of Saepic mercenaries joining the enemy armies during previous wars was revealed to General Roose, he used it as an excuse to declare war on the Saepic Confederacy. The war would last almost 2 years, with the Capitulation of Whitbrien marking the end of the war, and resulting in the complete conquest of the Saepic Confederacy, and its subsequent dissolving.

## Campaign of Demariies

### Battle of Saalfer-Zardenn

*Main Article: Battle of Saalfer-Zardenn*

In the summer of 2017, the Livic Empire launched a surprise assault on the Confederacy, with two large armies forming the spear-tip of the invasion. Drebyu quickly moved his army to meet the invading forces. For the duration of the war, Drebyu would act as the *de facto* chief commander of all Saepic forces, even though King Cathorii was the Supreme Commander. He quickly devised a plan to split the 2 invading armies, and defeat them seperately. It was a good plan, however it was poorly executed. His army met the 2nd Army under Lieutenant General Ronald at the Battle of Saalfer, where he was soundly defeated. He retreated, however, news came of Commander Larence's success in pushing back General Roose IV's forces at the Battle of Zardenn. He decided to lure Ronald's army further, and ordered Larence to come up on Ronald's rear. He would then turn his own forces and crush Ronald's army.

### Battle of Palaasy

*Main Article: Battle of Palaasy*

After learning of General Roose's defeat, Ronald made the decision to move back to Roose's lines, forcing Drebyu to give chase. In the ensuing chase, Major General Markus fought a series of skillful rear guard actions to slow down Drebyu's attacks. This also bought enough time for General Roose's forces to recover. However, instead of trying to encircle Drebyu's army, which was now too far from Larence's army, Roose made the controversial decision to fight Larence's army again. Larence had already seen the danger in which Drebyu's army was in, and tried to force march his own army to save him. Roose reached Larence's army, and they fought at the Battle of Palaasy, where Roose was once again defeated.

### Battle of Goldenliif

*Main Article: Battle of Goldenliif*

Roose was again forced to retreat. Meanwhile, the lack of support from Roose meant that Ronald had to fight another risky battle with Drebyu. He turned near the Aynor river, which formed the natural border between the two nations, and fought at the Battle of Goldenliif, where Ronald won a decisive victory against Drebyu's forces. When news arrived of Roose's decision to fight Larence and disregard the plan to encircle Drebyu's army, the Livic generals were furious, and began devising a plan to remove Roose from power.

### Siege of Demariies

*Main Article: Siege of Demariies*

A few days later, the Coup of 2017 occured, and General Prince Ronald V was now the new commander of the 1st army, and *de facto* ruler of the Livic Empire. The 2nd Army would now be commanded by Lieutenant General Markus. They now decided to fight Drebyu and Larence separately. This plan succeeded, and the Saepic lines were pushed all the way back to the city of Demariies. The Livic forces laid siege to the city, which fell in mid 2018, after around 5 months of hard resistance. Due to his failure, King Cathorii decided to split the main body of the army into 2, and gave the smaller wing to Drebyu. He worked hard to expand the wing, and it grew to the size of 32,000 men. He named it as the Army of Demariies. After the capture of Demariies, however, the Livic forces stopped, since the army was now exhausted of over a year of constant war. The same issue was suffered by the Saepic army.

## Campaign of Nantgarth

### First Battle of Nantgarth

*Main Article: First Battle of Nantgarth*

After around 2 months of rest, the Livic forces resumed their advance. The next key objective for them was the city of Nantgarth. The defense of the city was of special importance to Drebyu, as it was his city of birth and childhood. The 2 Livic armies joined together to form a massive army of 152,000 men, hoping to force a decisive battle for the city. The battle came, at the First Battle of Nantgarth, where the combined Saepic army under the overall command of Drebyu defeated Ronald, and forced him to retreat. It was the first major victory Drebyu had achieved, however later evaluations of the battle have indicated that the main commander responsible for the victory was in fact, Larence. The overzealous Drebyu now chased after the retreating Livics, but the retreat was a trap.

### Second Battle of Nantgarth

*Main Article: Second Battle of Nantgarth*

Drebyu found and attacked the rear guard of the main Livic army under Brigadier General Grem, who skillfully held him off, as the main body split back into the 1st and 2nd armies, and started to encircle Drebyu's army. The army was not able to fully escape from the trap, as a division of 12,000 men under Divisional Commander Collen Alfred was fully encircled by the Livics, and had no choice but to surrender. The demoralized Saepics were forced into another battle for Nantgarth, the Second Battle of Nantgarth, where the Saepics were defeated, and forced to retreat. Nantgarth was captured, and now the only major city left was the capital, Whitbrien.

## Campaign of Whitbrien

### Battle of Henyes

*Main Article: Battle of Henyes*

King Cathorii once again took command of the center of the army, and ordered the army to continue retreating, hoping to find a suitable ground to fight on. Drebyu's Army of Demariies was now around 29,000 strong, and formed the left wing. The right wing of the Livic army under Markus, with a vast cavalry reserve, were able to catch up to Drebyu's wing, which was moving slower than the rest of the army body. They met at the Battle of Henyes, where Markus won a stunning victory that destroyed more than half of Drebyu's wing. He retreated with only around 14,000 men. The victory forced Cathorii to keep moving, until they reached a vast field with flat valleys near the village of St. Mary. Cathorii was urged to make a last stand there.

### Battle of 2019

*Main Article: Battle of 2019*

In the decisive battle of 2019, the Saepic forces would be defeated for the final time. King Cathorii and Prince Drebyu were captured by the Livic forces, and taken to the city of Whitbrien, which opened its gates to the Livics without a fight. The garrison commander unconditionally surrendered to General Ronald V. The capitulation of Whitbrien occured, leading to the end of the Saepic Confederacy. King Cathorii subsequently committed suicide and Prince Drebyu was stripped of all positions and placed under house arrest in his estate. Bishop Larence, one of the best commanders of the Confederacy, died in the battle of 2019.