The Reign of Rhys Pendragon Chapter VI
In 1035 Rhys began the process of making sure that England would be inherited by his first son Meilyr. His second son Ulfric was nominated as a bishop to a bishopric after a quick letter to the Pope who backed him Cadfan Rhys third son was given the bishopric of Llanidloes, a title that had been revoked from the last bishop owing to his wicked tendencies of lust and gluttony.
In August 1035 a peasant rebellion occurred for the first time in many years. It sprung up in the Isles in Scotland. Accounts from the period suggest that they numbered roughly 2500 men. Hearing the new Rhys ordered his Welsh levies and retinue into Scotland to help King Duncan fight of this revolt. Exactly two months later rebels rose in the county of Atholl numbering roughly 5000 men. Rhys moved to intercept the Atholl rebels and caught them at the battle site of Ywenllan…
The Battle of Ywenllan November 1035
The 9500 Welsh forces lead by King Rhys, Duke Frirek and Baron Gilchrist faced off against roughly 5000 Atholl Rebels lead by common low born soldiers. Their army consisted of light infantry archers and light cavalry. The Welsh were much more varied with a wide variety of forces but the army was predominately made up of archers’ heavy infantry and light cavalry. The heavily outnumbered rebels took the high ground while their cavalry moved to strike the rear of the Welsh forces however the soupier Welsh cavalry intercepted them and forced them roughly 400 of them to rout before pulling back. The Atholl archers then moved forward and began to skirmish with the Dragons teeth (the Welsh archer forces) who inflicted roughly 800 casualties before the archers retreated. The rebel infantry held their positions as the Welsh infantry forces attacked up the hill from multiple sides but the majority were slaughtered and roughly 2000 men were able to quit the field.
The remaining Atholl rebels retreated into the highlands eventually reaching the province of Caithness where they remained. Rhys now turned his attention to the Argyll rebels who had recently beaten off a Scottish sea assault with minimal loses. His forces moved across the sea and engaged the Argyll rebels at the battle of Ynysporth which was more a massacre then a battle as the Welsh forces swarmed over the rebel’s positions on the beach and utterly massacred them for only 100 men lost. Rhys then moved his army towards Caithness and engaged the remaining Atholl rebels at the battle of Dyrnfled where the Welsh army massacred the remainder of the rebels and put a end to both of the rebellions…
Well that was easy to deal with.
Despite the amount of factions against me. No one has declared war, last update for the week (I'll try and get at least one update out a week from now on)
