Retech

I've sorta forgotten the costs myself. 1 million, 5 million, 10 million, and 15 million, right?

One million. It's generally more effective when used in conjunction with other fortifications to build some sort of wall. (Like the thing in northern England which I forgot existed)

Okay, new kind of fortification. THE FORT Basically a small wooden keep (or in other cases cluster of tents) with either a wooden palisade or sloped earthen walls with spikey wooden thingies on it.

Went into developing the city guard, which I am writing about right now. :P ---- Ross, that wasn't the latest map. :mellow:

Bruges and Antwerp begin the task of turning their cities into fortresses, while they begin forming militias. Details on said militias will be Pmed to Dusty and Rocco.

Coastline isn't necessarily a good thing. It just means you have more space to be invaded. :^_^: If that map with all that Kiev plastered all over the place was the map during the cold war, McCarthy would have been elected president.

Antwerp = Also Belgium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp :thumbup: Actually, I seem to have mislabelled the map. Either way, doesn't really matter much.

Okay, I've gotten my main a q45 sling (Hide straps ftw!), and my alt a q31 bow. Combined their max is around 280, sooooo I should be able to kill deer now. The only problem is that I have to find them, so Trol, if you see any... :thumbup: Oh, and my alt finished up half of your house.

I wasn't even sure about the borders of Antwerp, but basically Belgium is split into two halves and the part with Bruges is Dusty's vassal, while the part with Antwerp is Rocco's vassal. Also, the Netherlands is also with Antwerp, but I don't think it is on that map.

Well if there's a huge troop movement around a country's border, it's usually pretty obvious that there are troops.

What should they do if a different foreign power is attacking Sardinia? ----- Chinese rulers have purchased the French stake in their fifteen million dollars trade route to Asia for ten million dollars.

Egypt no longer exists as a country basically. The country that it is part of is basically...Jerusalum, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia. So basically I'd have to nerf the budget. There's the issue that most of its borders are shared with Mongols. Another option would be Ireland, since it hasn't really been touched. ---- Also, I can basically confirm that Archi has some sort of control over the Tunisian area.

ENGLAND WON ANYWAYS! ALSO, THE SITUATION WASN'T NEARLY A GOOD ONE FOR HLAUPARI. (PITCHED DEFENSIVE BATTLE WITH MANY REINFORCEMENTS) Please stop typing in all caps please. :)

Well you had around ten thousand Hlaupari in Bruges already, so more reinforcements wouldn't make a difference. The commander was smart in not putting all his eggs in one basket. :thumbup:

Okay, here are the new casualties: 1600 Blood Knights - France 3400 Hlaupari - Iceland 400 Knights - Bulgaria 300 Queen's Guardsmen - Bulgaria ---- I never received any info about four thousand additional. I can only work with what I have, and the latest PM was yesterday.

Kievan Invasion of Mongolian Poland The Kievan army had been waiting and watching the Mongolian citadel, for the chance to do battle with the pillagers from the east. Three years of waiting finally came to an end when the Mongolian relief force finally arrived. It was much smaller than most predicted: only around twenty thousand strong. By comparison, the Kievan force numbered close to a hundred thousand. It had exceeded that number for a time, until the Spanish force had to head west and fight the war with France. The battle began with the Mongolian force riding in a cantabrian circle, pummeling the twenty thousand pikemen that the Kievans had left for bait. Soon enough, the Kievans emerged from hiding and began firing at the Mongolian force. Ten thousand Kievan crossbowmen took a heavy toll on the Mongolian forces. However, the Mongolian commander saw that the rest of the Kievan forces were too far away to help if the Mongolians feinted an attack before striking hard against the crossbowmen. What the Mongolians did not know was that the Kievan general had planned such a trap to engage the Mongols at close quarters. The Mongols made the feint and soon enough, fifteen thousand horse archers and five thousand lancers barreled towards the crossbowmen, which were arranged in two rows. The first row was protected by two thousand men at arms, who managed to hold the Mongols off. Then the second row of crossbowmen fired at the Mongols astride their horses, which made them taller than the Kievans on foot. Then, ten thousand horse crossbowmen swung around the side and shot at the Mongols from behind. Sure enough, the Mongol force suffered heavy casualties, which the small force of five hundred nobles quickly mopped up. Upon entering the citadel, Kievan forces discovered that Subutai had already fled with five thousand of his best warriors back to Mongolia. His second in command surrendered the Mongolian lands in Europe to Kiev. Unfortunately, due to the nomadic nature of the Mongolians and the wartorn state of Europe, the land suffered and remains a shadow of its former glory. (+6 million to IEG) Casualties: 20,000 Assorted Mongols 6000 Kievan Crossbows 4000 PAA 1000 Horse Crossbows Scottish Invasion of England It was almost like the last invasion, but instead of facing squabbling barons, the Scots faced a united kingdom. Over the years, Scottish threats caused the barons of the northern regions to construct a medieval version of Hadrian's wall. The Scottish army moved into the battlefield: a grassy plain with a gentle ridge where the English stood. Despite the fact that the English were outnumbered, they had the experience of many victories and plunders. The Scottish general ordered a general charge across the plain, led by the Scottish knights. The skirmisher bows would form the flanks and fire at the English positions. As the Scots advanced, they took heavy fire from the English longbowmen, while the skirmisher bows could not retaliate with such power. Finally as the Scottish army got closer, the Skirmisher bows began firing, but the longbowmen began firing directly into the Scottish position, penetrating the heavy armor of the knights. Finally the Scottish knights climbed over the wall, the wild axemen in tow. They were repulsed several times by the English billmen, before finally breaking through and making a foothold over the wall. As the remaining Scots crossed the wall, two thousand English knights on huge warhorses ambled into the fray, smashing through the Scottish forces. Despite fierce fighting by the Scots, the entire army was either killed or captured by the end of the day. Casualties: Entire Scottish Army 6000 English Billmen 500 English Knights

But my alts are only level five magic, and my main is on ancients!

If I trap them individually? Actually, if I have a weak alt fire first, then the deer will waste its heal, and I can pile with my other weapons. It's brilliant!

It should still be in your compound. EDIT: I'll try to catch Archi on MSN and then let him out of my place. He won't be able to really take much, though. Also, Retech, you'll never kill a deer with that quality of a bow and marksmanship. I have 50-60 melee combat, 40 strength, and I can't kill one. Well maybe I can't kill one, but five alts with ten marksmenship and quality ten slings might be able to! :thumbup:

It's okay. There is precedent for me forgetting things. :thumbup:

Oh no, I included that in my missle fire calculations. I just didn't put them in the report because by the time they had slowly advanced near the hill, the rest of the people were retreating.

I'm sure that all the other situations where the Hlaupari succeeded is a testamant to the military school. Besides, the terrain wasn't bad until they got close to the enemy soldiers. I did?

I completely forgot the Bulgarian forces involved in the ambush.

Okay, I just figured out that I messed up with the ambush Icu set up, so it looks like Nex will be taking heavier casualties. It will be included with the batch of reports I will be doing in the evening. Now for some historical parallels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABv9IrGT5qs ---- To Ross, the Dutch speaking portions of the HRE (northwestern provinces) sympathise with their cultural brothers, so they sent some provincial soldiers.

The European Conflict - French Theater - The Empire Strikes Back While the eyes of Europe focused on the conflict in Bruges, a militant power was rising to the west. Its powers had doubled over the past few decades, and its people were as committed to expansion and conquest as its King. This power was Spain. King Ferdinand the First's speech: "Soldiers, citizens, and God fearing men of Spain! We stand to do battle with our age old enemy the French! For generations the Frankish barbarians have eyed our land with greed! They want Spain to be a part of their corrupt and Godless nation. But I say no! Spain is for the Spaniards, and we will teach these Frenchmen to [cabbage] themselves with fear if they even think of crossing the Pyrenees into God's land! These French prostitute themselves out the heathens and heretics; they defy the will of the Pope and the message of God himself! And for that they must die." The crowd shouted, "Santiago! Santiago! Santiago!", and raised their arms in salute of their King. The news could not travel fast enough, as the Spanish war machine rumbled over the border into France. Their blitzkrieg overwhelmed the skeleton garrison at the lone French castle on the border, taking the castle for Spain. Further, all of the French forces were either in Bruges, on the border with Bruges, or in Paris. When news finally reached the French commander at the border, he hastily marched his army towards Paris and made a defence in the city's walls.The Spanish army gobbled up the French countryside until they finally reached Paris by the end of the year, beginning the siege on the famous city. (I will finish up the reports for Earth and Dungeonal in the evening, as I can't do three huge battles in succession. :thumbup:) ----- Nex, what I do is I only use a fraction of your soldiers at a time, to compensate for the fact that they can't all carry the same arnmaent. Grim, it's troublesome to look at allied plans in two different posts, as I've noticed some differences between your two posts, meaning I had to improvise. It would be nice to include them in one post in the future, so I don't miss anything