Battle near Yunkai
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Battle of Yunkai | |||||||||||||||||
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Date | 299 AC | ||||||||||||||||
Place | Yunkai | ||||||||||||||||
Result | Liberation of Yunkai | ||||||||||||||||
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Battle of Yunkai, followed the Sack of Astapor, Daenerys Targaryen Marched north along the coast, towards the coastal city of Yunkai, the second great slaver city.
Prelude
Yunkai commanded 5,000 men, holding the middle with 4,000 strong infantry slave army, supported by two mounted sellsword companies in the flanks: The Stormcrows on the left and the Second Sons on the right, both sellsword companies had about 500 men each.[1]
Daenerys, host now numbered 10,000 Unsullied and several thousand ill trained armed freedmen stronger, was superior, both numerically and qualitatively and could easily defeat the Yunkai army. Nevertheless Daenerys worried about the cost, extend an invitation to the slavers and the leaders of the sellsword companies to meet with her separately, trying to turn the sellsword over to her side and lure the Wise Masters of Yunkai to release the city slaves without a fight.
"Battle"
After her offers were rejected.
Later Daario Naharis, kills the other two captains and put the Stormcrows at her command. after midnight, Stormcrows attacked the enemy in the rear, the Second Sons too drunk to fight and yielded, the Yunkish army route. Three days later Yunkai surrenders.
Aftermath
Yunkai surrendered and gave in to Dany's demands, freeing all the slaves, in return they were allowed to remained in control of the city. The freed slaves swelled the ranks of Dany's freedmen and cemented her reputation as the "Mother" among her followers. she then proceeded to Meereen the last great slaver city.
References and Notes
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 42, Daenerys IV.