Medieval II Total War. Broken Crescent mod, Chauhan Rajput campaign finale.You can watch the videoclip in high definition by setting the resolution to 720p or 1080p depending on the speed of your connection, by clicking on the gear icon at the bottom of the YouTube videoclip window. The Rajputs entered battle with two armies, and the Ghaznavid with three. Numbers were similar but the odds were on paper slightly in favour of the Rajputs. There were initial skirmishes between the elephants and the Ghaznavid advance guard, not shown here. As the Ghaznavids stayed in one corner of the battlefield, the Rajputs subsequently moved up until they came close to a small hill behind which the Ghaznavids finally began to show signs of activity. Their armies began marching to battle. The smaller army appeared on the top of the hill as their largest army under their king with a small number of mercenary elephants and much heavy infantry marched up the back of that same hill. The first action shown on the videoclip was an attack on Ghaznavid skirmishers by elephants from the right wing. When the main Ghaznavid army appeared over the hill, the elephants of the left wing attacked the fewer Ghaznavid mercenary elephants. The rest of the Ghaznavid army stayed in the centre of the battlefield, where they were pounded by the Rajput catapults. The Ghaznavids only attacked in the centre with a single cavalry company that was repulsed after causing significant casualties among some careless Rajput swordsmen in the AI controlled second Rajput army. The Ghaznavids interestingly kept a rather defensive stance while sending units to hold back the Rajput elephants that had routed the Ghaznavid left wing. Their centre became thinned out in the process and their king was isolated by the Rajput general and charged at. That duel was brief. The Ghaznavid Shah was killed and his bodyguard was routed. The pitiful remnants of the Ghaznavid army took refuge behind the walls of Mitankot. The city was attacked from three sides. The campaign ended with the fall of Mitankot, the last Ghaznavid settlement. The last Ghaznavid general died fighting and so virtually the Rajputs revenged the terrible destruction the Ghaznavids wrought historically upon India.

• published: 23 Jul 2012
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