Dux Suecia Campaign AAR #6

Monday morning and I have a AAR from my and Jonas 6th Dux Suecia Campaign game ( i.e. migrating the TFL Dux Britanniarum to 15th century Sweden and the Kalmar Union War.) for you, I hope you all will have a realy good week !

The last game we played was a battle and relieve action to lift the siege of Västerås Castle which the Rebells succeed with. If you want to refrech your memory of that game you can find the AAR here.

Late may 1467
The Rebell Comander Nils Bosson Sture of the House of Natt och Dag wanted to use his advantage from the Victory at Västerås in March to make a swift march to Stockholm, BUT due to the spring sowing all his Allmoge soldiers had to get back home to work on their farms for some weeks...

The rebell army was all assembled back at Västerås in Late may there they elected Nils Bosson Sture of the House of Natt och Dag as the Rebellion Hövitsman (High leader of the rebellion) and then the force started their advance towards the Swedish Capital Stockholm...

In the meanwhile the Union forces tried to replace their heavy losses and gather a force at Stäket, a river passage on the road to Stockholm from Västerås.

The Union force still haden´t got their full strenth when the rebell army approach Stäket. The Swift advance of the rebells took the Union with a suprise, and almost caught the Union Leader Erik Karlsson from the House of Vasa and his troops right away, they managed to start the retreat towards the saftey at Stäket.

This all boil down to the "Raiding a Border Tower" scenario from the Dux Britanniarum rule book.

OOB

Swedish rebells forces (Commanded by Jonas)
Influence: 1 (Lowered to 1 as he used 5 points to be elected Hövitsman/High Leader of the rebellion by the Allmoge)

Comander Hövitsman Nils Bosson Sture of the House of Natt och Dag
3 units of 6 Allmoge each

Leader Sten Gustavsson of the House of Sture
2 units of 4 Mounted Hardened Allmoge each

Leader Ivar Axelsson from the House of Tott (That more or less just have turned side from pro union to rebell)
1 unit of 4 Frälse

1 unit of 4 Handgunners/Skirmishers

Union forces (Commanded by me)
Influence: 1

Comander Marsk Erik Nilsson of the House of Oxenstierna (Cousin to the Archbishop)
1 units of 4 Frälse

Leader Erik Karlsson from the House of Vasa (Brother in law to Erik Nilsson)
2 units of 6 Fotknektar each

The retreating Union Knechts had a small head start and had to move to saftey by the Union camp at the ford.

The Rebell forces diced for their entery point and it turned out that they would arrive from the road to the right. The first units to slowly arrive was the Allmoge soldiers...

The Union responce to the arriving Rebells was to Swiftley run for cover at the small farm as they knew that the Allmoge Crossbows was realy deadly

The allmoge troops effective blocked the way for the Rebell cavalry to enter...

...and when the Allmoge at last should move out of the way, all their movement was negated by a Treason card played by the Union:)

Due to the lack of mobility amongst the rebells Erik Karlsson from the House of Vasa managed to move his Knecht further awy and closer to saftey...

The Union Marsk Erik Nilsson of the House of Oxenstierna moved his small unit of Knights out of the Union camp to cover the escape route of the Knecht...

Union camp and safe heaven for the union troops...

AT LAST ! The Rebell Knights and mounted Allmoge arrive at last, they making a svift advance along the road to try to catch the retreating union knecht....

It looked like it would be a tought task for the rebells...

The rebell leader Sten Gustavsson of the House of Sture urge his mounted allmoge to hurry on...

Slowly moving allmoge...traitors?

The Union Knights prepeare to attack the Mounted allmoge that are approaching...

One unit of Union Knights in a fierce combat with two units of Rebell Allmoge...

...it turned out to be a bloody business for both sides...

Fortunate for the Rebells they had some frech knights to puch forward...

...but they wasn´t quick enought as the major part of the Union Infantry managed to reach saftey in the Union camp...

The Union side had a minor victory as the commanders managed to flee but it had costed them several of their Noble Knights...

The rebells haden´t manage to catch their prey much due to the treason? by the allmoge troops that blocked the way for the Cavalry...

Yet one more realy nice game with the Dux Britanniarum rules, next time the Rebells will try to cross the river at Stäket to get a cleare way to the Swedish Capital Stockholm....