>>5868230>>5867241>Use Pirates and Privateers to raid the coasts, targeting food production. Never take a pitched battle and hunker down in our section of the wall while getting supplies from Peil.The Arishivo Civil war would be marked down as one of the first major wars in which The Republic Of Blades was involved. The displaced Shogun came to Peil bearing gifts and promising glory to all those who followed him and many did. In exchange for riches, he'd hired an army of marauders and bandits mostly from the underworld of Peil as most reputable fighters had actually decided the civil war wasn't worth their time or were convinced to wait it out by other duelists.
Chief amongst the hired swords was the Butcher Of Mud Street who seemed to have gained the Shogun's ear as he led his bloodthirsty gang under the Shogun's orders.
Some Historians might have argued that one of the greatest boons for the Shogun's army was his knowledge of the weaknesses of the great wall. They'd taken a portion of the fortification without even so much as a fight as loyalist forces seemed to open the gates for their exiled lord.
The truth of the matter was, the wall itself never really mattered. The Republic was a country that heavily relied on its maritime trade and, aside from its dueling, was also steeped in a long naval tradition. Arishivo was a country surrounded by the sea.
Freebooters, Privateers or Pirates, it didn't matter what you called them. Peil was full of ships that sold to the highest bidder and one of The Shogun's greatest boons was hiring a small fleet of Peilian Ships crewed by Peilian sailors. Led by the Butcher himself, the marauders of Peil started raiding and razing food production by the coast, not giving the Arishivo soldiers a chance at a pitched battle as they always seemed to run away when soldiers gathered. The marauders had the mobility to strike effectively anywhere in Arishivo with their pirate fleet.
