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The next day this story spread throughout the Valeriac ranks inspiring them to stand and fight once more. Several times the Morsts charged and several times they were driven back, before finally counterattack managed to actually push the invader back towards the harbor. Seeing this developement Lord Asern ordered a proper retreat back to their ships. Yet what traditional Valerican historians choose to omit is the fact that this retreat was both voluntary and well organized. Nonetheless the city stayed in Valerican hands. Lord Asern then landed his troops further north to the mouth of the Baeccan peninsula, near the city of Lieca. His original plan had been to assault Baecca from both land and sea, but during the fighting in the city it had become clear that his supporting forces where to where they should have. So his force sacked the towns of Laec and Vhirje and then camped some 10 miles west of Lieca.
Had the Liecan garrison now sallied out to meet their foe it is more than likely that their superior numbers would've carried the day. Yet as Morst ships blockaded each of the Valerican free cities and as Lord Asern's force intercepted all messengers coming from Baecca, they had no way of knowing what had happened. Rumors ran rampant and many believed that the force camped 10 miles away was the full Morst army. To make matters worse, on July 6th Fort Siefer was finally taken by the Morsts, which allowed the full might of their army to pour into Valerica. Yet all hope was not lost as on the 9th, Stinjes forces arrived at Lieca, bolstering the force there to almost 60 000. Not only that, but the following day a messenger from Serraca arrived, with news that the garrisons in Morlca and Serraca were marching to their aid, along with 10 000 Rosalican reinforcements.
For both Stinje and Lord Asern it became clear that the war would be decided in Serraca or in the villages around it. When Asern had rejoined the rest of his army, he immediately sacked the Duke XXXX for failing to take Fort Siefer faster. After which he marched North of Lieca, in an apparent attempt to refuse the defenders any reinforcements. This draw the much smaller, though faster Valeriac army out to manouver around the Morsts. For weeks the two armies manouvered around eachother, engaging only in minor skirmishes until finally on July 30th Valerican reinforcements linked up with Stinje's forces. On the same day however, a cavalry battle near the main Valerican force escalated into a full scale battle. The battleground chosen by fate would be the plains around villages of Crovij, Cralla and Mjori. Though the Valerican begun the battle occupying all three villages, their right, formed by Morlcans tired of marching, was quickly overwhelmed by the larger Morst army. [[File:The Battle of Crovij.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Valerican and Rosalican defenders face the invaders in the plains between Crovij, Cralla and Mjori]]
In the Battle Lord Asern employed a new type of strategy, using far lighter cannons than those usual to the time, and pushing them closer towards the enemy. This evolution of warfare would later be adopted by Valerican forces and many other enemies of the Empire. However, despite the onslaught Rosalican infantry that had rushed to pluck the gaps in the line, refused to yield. This allowed the Valericans to reform their line again and face the enemy, in the end properly halting Morst momentum. With that the battle came to a close. Again were the attackers denied a decisive victory
'''Six Years’ War (1671-1677)'''
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