Siege of the Gouffre
| Siege of the Gouffre | |||||||||
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| Part of Minecraft Attack | |||||||||
 The formidable fortess of Gouffre pastèque, located inside the Citroyan Empire. | |||||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||||
 Shanbao,  Arenican Empire, Arenican Kurokegania Wikaros, Cflip_ limited aid from junair3 and bcfoss |
 L'Empire de la Citroye jusipat, mikymikou33, perrault22, Kjolt947 limited aid from bcfoss | ||||||||
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| Wikaros | jusipat | ||||||||
| Casualties | |||||||||
| ~3 | 0 | ||||||||
The Siege of the Gouffre was a failed attack by Cflip_, Wikaros and bcfoss against L'Empire de la Citroye. They had originally planned to siege down the fort and steal valuables from inside, however a mix of tactical errors, bad luck, and turncoat allies made the situation unwinnable.
History
Initial Plans
The plot to attack Citroye started when Cflip_ and Wikaros decided that they wanted to bring back the days of full-on war between nations. Kjolt947 was present during the initial planning, and bcfoss soon joined as well. A meeting was held in the Shanbao Diplomatic Centre, and it was decided that they would be able to siege the Gouffre fort in Citroye and steal jusipat's iron supplies. Kjolt947 was told he would be spared despite being part of the Citroye Empire. Kjolt947 was directed to remain neutral, Cflip_ and bcfoss set up fort in Kurokaigan.
The best piece of armour jusipat had at the time was an enchanted diamond chestplate, while Cflip_ had a full set of enchanted diamond. It was presumed that through better gear and numbers that jusipat would easily be defeated.
Start of the War
As soon as jusipat joined the game the next day, all of the forces in Kurokaigan mobilized and formally declared war in the game chat. By the time that the attackers had a chance to attack, perrault22 also joined the game and joined forces with jusipat. Wikaros, Cflip_ and bcfoss circled the fort, attempting to draw out forces to give others a chance to enter the fort. This occured at night, which put additional stress upon the attackers as mobs and phantoms swarmed them periodically.
Siege of the Gouffre
jusipat and perrault22 eventually went on the offensive after seeing no significant attack was progressing, however Cflip_ lost connection to the server during this critical moment and was killed upon rejoining. Cflip_ lost his entire set of enchanted diamond armour to jusipat, who took the armour and used it against the attackers. It was at this moment that the entire war turned around, as the one advantage Kurokaigan had against the defenders was lost.
Cflip_ gathered some weapons and armour scattered across the battlefield and the team regrouped to go in for another attack, at this time bcfoss gave information to jusipat secretly regarding the faltering morale of the attackers.
Jungle Battle
As the attackers regrouped and attempted a new attack from the north-eastern direction, Kjolt947 arrived from his home, alarming both sides as they did not know who's side he would be on. The attackers quickly retreated to potentially address the danger, and jusipat and perrault22 took the initiative in chasing after them. A large skrimish was then fought near the jungle path to the province of Melondeau. With the armour in his hands, jusipat was able to defeat the attackers who, after this defeat chose to abandon the siege to defend their homes. Following the crushing defeat of Shanbao-Arenican forces, Kjolt947 joined l'Empire as they pushed on into enemy territory, embarking for Kurokaigan.
The Siege of Sableterre
With the coalition forces in full retreat, the question of 'how far?' arose. Arenican Kurokegania was immediately written off as not worth defending for being too close to Citroye, which just left Shanbao and Arenia proper. While the main force continued on to Shanbao, bcfoss split off in order to begin fortifying Sableterre. As the fortifications were hastily assembled, Kurokaigen was targeted in full force by forces of the Citroye and looted. In a cruel move, perrault22 destroyed all of the concrete stores, knowing the inconvienience it was to make it all.
Insulated by Kurokegania and confident in a swift victory, bcfoss had neglected to fortify the western edge of the island against invasion, thus leaving the Bibliotheca Arenica dangerously exposed. The library entrance was blocked off with obsidian, and the third story of the Library was hastily modified into a defensive position with wooden stockades and walkways erected on the sides.
Citroyan forces soon arrived from the west following their sacking of Arenican Kurokegania, heard with the battle cries of 'Kráft Dïnnner'. Initially consisting of jusipat and perreault22. Tentative attempts to scale the wall were repelled with arrows. Arenian calls for assistance were answered by the arrival of Wikaros and Cflip_, which stalled further Citroyan attacks for a short time. An attempt to force the entrance by perreault22 was countered with lava by bcfoss, who was then supressed by jusipat. Just as the defenders' supply of arrows was almost expended, the besiegers abandoned the siege seeing Cflip_ soon to join in the defense, and continued eastward towards Shanbao.
jusipat and perrault22 landed on junair3's island and poured lava on his pigs, giving Cflip_ a chance to get ahead of them to defend the fort. However, the forces of Citroye turned back to negotiate peace with bcfoss. Cflip_ and Wikaros continued to defend Shanbao, but no attackers ever came.
With Cflip_ and Wikaros chasing after the Citroyans as they pillaged junair3's castle and farms, bcfoss was left alone to defend Sableterre. Kjolt947 split with the main Citroyan force and parleyed with bcfoss, gifting baked potatoes and suggesting Arenia's surrender. After further negotiations with jusipat returning from Shanbao, bcfoss accepted under the conditions that Arenia would maintain neutrality for the rest of the war and release Kurokegania as an independent nation. Thus the Arenican Empire (but not Kurokegania) dropped out of the war.
The Phony War
After the crushing defeat in Citroye, the forces in Kurokaigan retreated to go on the defensive. Cflip_ returned to Shanbao, while Wikaros was denied reentrance to Sableterre by bcfoss following the peace agreed with between jusipat and bcfoss. jusipat and perrault22 then returned to L'Empire de la Citroye to make sure no further incursions were taking place there.
At this point negotiations began and it was clear Cflip_ would not surrender unless his armor was returned, given the circumstances of his defeat.
Peace Negotations
As Cflip_ and Wikaros defended Shanbao, jusipat attempted to negotiate peace with Cflip_. Cflip_ refused to end the war unless he was able to get his armour back. jusipat eventually accepted this condition in a peace offer in order to prevent further warfare. Everyone gathered at the Shanbao Diplomatic Centre, and the Second Treaty of Shanbao was signed, ending the Siege of the Gouffre.