Battle of Blood Forest

The Battle of Blood Forest was a battle of the Great Wars in 4652 AY. While insignificant tactically, it was one of the first battles where crossbow trench warfare was utilized, in this case by the Aidisese forces. An Aidisese attempt to ambush the Cedarinians failed; however, the Aidisese trenches, as devised by general Kaiastor von Arstos, helped the Aidisese hold off the Cedarinian counterattack. Due to poor communication on the Cedarinian side, over a hundred thousand Cedarinian troops were massacred, including the 2nd Prince Odun, Emperor Haoxian V's brother-in-law Man Hujian, and the Yuhanese Daikyo Grandmaster Kasuya Isen. In fact, all of the Cedarinian high commanders were killed in the chaos; the highest-ranked officer, Prince Daigong, who was then a low-level commander, barely escaped with his life.

The forested area where the battle took place was later named Blood Forest in memory of the battle.