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.
The Battle
The battle plan was outlined by Dany herself: A surprise attack on both enemy flanks by the Unsullied, led by Grey Worm, their captain, and Ser Jorah Mormont, the supreme commander of the army. Her kos, Jhogo, Aggo and Rakharo were to lead her mounted warriors of about 30 men in wedge formation against the enemy center. Arstan Whitebeard and Strong Belwas were held back to guard her pavilion during the battle.
Near midnight the Unsullied caught Daario Naharis approaching the camp and it turned out that he had killed the other captains and he surrendered the Stormcrows over to her. He pledged his sword and Dany accepted, aware that she risked being betrayed. Before he returned to his men, he was told to attack the Yunkish in the rear when the attack began.
The attack was launched a few hours after midnight, and the Stormcrows attacked the enemy in the rear, as promised. The Second Sons were too drunk to fight and were unable to support the slave army. Surrounded from all directions, the Yunkish troops broke and threw down their weapons, while the sellswords yielded.
Almost 200 Yunkish infantry were killed, and the rest were taken captive. The Second Sons only suffered light casualties, but their captain had fled when he realized that the Stormcrows had betrayed them. Dany's own losses were minimal, only a dozen men had been killed or wounded.
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.
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References and Notes
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 42, Daenerys IV.
External links
The Battle of Yunkai. Analyses of the battle on Digital attic.