Ye Olde Hegemony

[Retech]

This is not a response to the earlier posts, but merely a reminder. Please keep track of your own budgets, because I am liable for some extremely big screw-ups. Thanks. :D

[Nexaduro]

Then it's just a cave. Nothing more. No carving would've taken place, no one was paid to do anything at all. And what about those 10,000 peasants he sent to... Egypt, right? Where did those go, and were they free?

EDIT: What did you pay them?

 

And Retech, that's not a penalty, that's a bonus.

 

ICU, remember how I said I'd rather have Mather as an ally? I take it back. Is there still room for an alliance?

[Seraphi]

In that case, I gather people already paid to build, and set them to work creating castles all around my country.

 

No. It would hurt your economy and infrastructure.

 

I'm essentially doing the same thing, carving a citidel into a mountain, and I'm spending 40 million on it. I'm not sitting back while you get it for free.

[Retech]

It's also a penalty, because if someone merely surrounded the mountains and prevented any supplies from getting up, his army would starve. So really it works both ways.

[The_Mather1]

I paid the 10,000 peasants a total of 1 mill then sent them to Spain.

 

Also the miners just create tunnels and such, the people who move in create their own furniture.

[Icuownage]

I dunno Nex, after you ditched me for Mather, and then I remember the post that said you had spies in my country, also that you sided with the muslims, and that your religion is a heathen to my religion.

 

I'll think about it, what would be the terms?

[Retech]

I have decided to allow Mather's underground tunnel city thing. However, it confers no military bonus of any kind, and decreases the morale of troops inside it. In order to convert it into a military facility, it will cost the regular amount plus the expense of building it in a mountain (with the bonuses of a fort in the mountain). Also, to convert it into a military facility, the citizens will have to be kicked out, which would make them sorta mad.

 

Other than that, if Mather is reasonable about it, I have no issue with the city. Now I can start the battle report...

[Nexaduro]

1) I didn't spy on Mather because he's too st... um, he's not very subtle.

2) I had the fewest spies in your kingdom, because they were only meant to monitor the movements of your troops. I was going to warn Mather to stop doing random crud and prepare a defence.

3) I'M heathen to your religion by my religion. But I'm helping Kiev, and their religion is more heathen-aggressive than yours.

 

Terms...?

Um, we help each other?

Honestly, only military and trade alliances really make sense I guess.

[Nero]

Kiev is Eastern Orthodox. AKA Christian.

[Icuownage]

Two extra terms, no spying on me, and you can't be hired to attack me.

 

If you accept that, then the alliance is okay.

[Nexaduro]

Exactly, Dusty.

 

And ok, ICU. I hope those terms are mutual.

[The_Mather1]

1) I didn't spy on Mather because he's too st... um, he's not very subtle.

At least I'm not st... enough to not notice that.

 

I can be subtle and cunning enough... when it's neccessary.

 

For example I almost helped Scandinavia against Rocco, but they stopped answering.

[Grim_]

1) I didn't spy on Mather because he's too st... um, he's not very subtle.

At least I'm not st... enough to not notice that.

 

I can be subtle and cunning enough... when it's neccessary.

 

For example I almost helped Scandinavia against Rocco, but they stopped answering.

If you are not in fact st... then why did you tell us that?

[The_Mather1]

Because even if Rocco attacks me all he does is to waste troops which would be better spent surviving the Mongol invasion. And I have more troops than him.

 

I believe not even he is st... enough to commit suicide because of something I almost did.

[Nero]

Exactly, Dusty.

 

And ok, ICU. I hope those terms are mutual.

So, a Christian country is more a heathen to a Christian country than some bastardized Pagan religion?

[Seraphi]

I'm going to spend 1 million on detecting Nex's spies and having them all kicked out. I would have them killed, but I don't really want any real enemies.

 

I'd appreciate it if you didn't spy on my stuff Nex. Or I'll just do the same to you and then nobody wins.

 

I know it's old, but they may still be here, and I'm just saying this for the record.

[Retech]

Ross, those plans you sent me, with the terrapins. Is that army in Kiev?

[Nexaduro]

Because even if Rocco attacks me all he does is to waste troops which would be better spent surviving the Mongol invasion. And I have more troops than him.

 

I believe not even he is st... enough to commit suicide because of something I almost did.

Troops? You have troops?

 

Exactly, Dusty.

 

And ok, ICU. I hope those terms are mutual.

So, a Christian country is more a heathen to a Christian country than some bastardized Pagan religion?

I didn't say CHristianity was heathen, I said it was more aggressive to heathens than the player-controlled Eden religion.

 

I'm going to spend 1 million on detecting Nex's spies and having them all kicked out. I would have them killed, but I don't really want any real enemies.

 

I'd appreciate it if you didn't spy on my stuff Nex. Or I'll just do the same to you and then nobody wins.

 

I know it's old, but they may still be here, and I'm just saying this for the record.

The spies are out, acting as Hlaupari patrolling Kiev. Feel free to waste the money, I suppose...

And Ross, I don't believe anti-spy measures would be that hard. I might not spy on you, but I will continue spying. It makes the game more interesting if you need to learn how to combat a new strategy.

 

Ross, those plans you sent me, with the terrapins. Is that army in Kiev?

Terrapins? Frickin' turtles?! I hope you aren't being literal, Ross. Actually, that would be kinda cool, though, take that war elephants!

[The_Mather1]

Because even if Rocco attacks me all he does is to waste troops which would be better spent surviving the Mongol invasion. And I have more troops than him.

 

I believe not even he is st... enough to commit suicide because of something I almost did.

Troops? You have troops?

Yep;

Arbalestiers: 13,000

Pikemen: 4,200

Men at Arms: 5,000

Archers: 1,000

 

Also:

 

Castles: 1

[Nexaduro]

Holy shoot. Even a castle?

 

Wow. Maybe I should've spied on you.

[Icuownage]

Remidns me, I need to remember my troops, and keep them written down.

[Retech]

Castle doesn't really cost that much. :P

[The_Mather1]

Actually, I posted making that castle here, instead of spying you can simply pay attention.

[Seraphi]

Retech, there are two of those armies,one in Kiev, and one which is half the size in Terra. I figure I don't need as many troops in Terra since the highly mountainous terrain will heavily impede the Mongol forces.

 

Nex, I'd just appreciate that you didn't spy on me, is all.

[Retech]

Mongolian Invasion of Hungary

 

Having driven away Bulgarian forces and defeated the Hungarian forces in the Battle of the Danube, the Mongolian army sieged Budapest, the capital of Hungary. In a tactic mistakenly attributed to the invading Bulgarians, the Mongolians fired plague infested corpses acquired after the destruction of Persia. Soon the citizens of Budapest were plagued by the ills of the...plague, and began to lose hope. In a daring attack, the Mongolian commander fooled the town watch into thinking the attack was coming towards the citadel, before sneaking their entire force around the sides of the wall and through a gate, opened by a Mongolian infiltrator. What followed was one of the most bloody occupations seen in European history, where over fifty thousand civilians were killed. Their left ears were collected in sacks, and used for administrative purposes.

 

Seventy of those fifty thousand ears were of the Myrmidons, Bulgaria's stealthy and elite soldiers. They were on assignment, attempting to ambush the Mongolian army within the city of Budapest, but were unfortunately trampled by the Mongolian horses.

 

Casualties:

50,000 civilians

70 Myrmidons

 

Mongolian Invasion of Kiev

 

The two Mongolian armies in Kiev, having suffered several setbacks in the face of bumbling Europeans, united under a single banner to bring down the mighty forces of Kiev. First, they had to deal with the Burgundian forces that had been sent to combat the Mongolian threat. The two armies met on the steppes several dozen miles south of Kiev, the traditional enviroment in which the Mongolians fought. What was even more surprising was that the Mongolians outnumbered their Burgundian foes by more than three to one. The confident Mongolian forces drew themselves in traditional array: a tactical blob which only Mongolian generals could understand. The Burgundian forces consisted of twenty five hundred assorted terrapins, heavy troops with extremely large shields and a slit in the center for weaponary.

 

The battle began with a sweep of the Mongolian horse archers. They moved in at incredible speeds and let loose a volley of arrows, but only a few managed to make it past the Terrapin's massive shields. The terrapins fired back, and downed several hundred Mongolian horse archers. The Mongolian commander sent the horse archers again, but with lancers close behind. Again the horse archers were repelled, and the lancers had trouble fighting passed the Terrapins with scythe-like fighting implements, forcing them to withdraw as well. Seeing the weekness in such an unwieldy contraption, the Mongolian general ordered five hundred lancers to flank, but the Burgundians were prepared and lit the oil they had placed, while their hidden crossbowmen wiped out the rest.

 

The Mongolian general screamed at his subordinates, and ordered the siege weaponary to be used. Unfortunately for the Burgundians, the earthbreakers had little knowledge of where the siege units were, and by the time they had arrived, the siege units had already moved. The Mongolian general gave the signal, and the contraptions fired their flaming payloads at the terrapins. Many of the payloads fizzled upon contact of their large shields, but a few made it into the formation, engulfing their clothing in flames. Surprisingly, the terrapins held firm, though many burned to death. The Mongolian general saw his chance, and ordered his lancers to charge one more time. Finally, the terrapin formation cracked and the front began to cave in. The Burgundian general shouted and hollered for his men to get into formation, but it was too late. Mongolians were pouring into the breach, and their horse archers were raining arrows into the exposed flanks of the remaining terrapins. The final blow was dealt by the Mongolian naffutans, which throw pots of Naptha on the resolute terrapins.

 

The Burgundian general represented the fate of his army. He was shot in the chest and the arm by an arrow, stabbed in the leg, and incinerated.

 

Casualties

Burgundian

2000 Crossbow Terrapins

500 Terrapins (melee)

 

Mongols

4100 Horse Archers

1200 Lancers

 

Result: Close Defeat