Ye Olde Hegemony

[Retech]

Plans please, and the number of troops total in a nice PM so I can find the info immediately.

[Wisp]

Retech, remember to do Corsica.

[Nero]

Oh this is lovely.

[Earth]

whats up dude?

[Nexaduro]

I agree Dusty, this should be interesting.

[Icuownage]

Suspicion on Nex and Dusty.

[Seraphi]

The only reason they would post that is to make you paranoid. It's probably best to just prepare defenses as you would have and ignore it.

[Icuownage]

You know me and paranoia go way back XD.

 

WW0.5 is possible O_O

[Nero]

*evil villain laugh*

[Nexaduro]

*altruist hero laugh*

[Grim_]

*RAAARGHH GRIM SMASH*

[Retech]

French Invasion of Bruges - Storm clouds gather

 

Tensions had been mounting for years as a result of the cruel and oppressive treatment by General Manius of the citizens of Bruges. The region was given to him as a result of his success in the conquest and was used to supply the blood knights of their food, armor, and horses. This furthered their goals of conquest in places like Sardinia and have served the French leader well. However, as the number of blood knights continued to burgeon, the citizenry of Bruges were forced to give more and more of themselves through higher taxes and extortion. Revolution finally erupted after the soft-handed treatment of General Manius at the hands of the French government.

 

French Invasion of Bruges - An uninvited guest

 

The French forces began amassing near the border, preparing to crush Bruges under its heel once and for all. Learning from the Mongolian school of war, two thousand calvary archers were dispatched with two thousand blood knights on horseback to strike Bruges while it was still preparing. The calvery reached the lowlands that made up the region, coming across a river with various fjords. As the calvary began to cross, a Brugian galley sailed up the river and began its attack on them. The calvary quickly rode past, thankfully with only few casualties, before coming onto a second river. Suddenly, two thousand Hlaupari struck with expected speed, smashing open the French calvery. The Hlaupari wheeled away, sensing that the French force was too powerful, before throwing several firebombs into the French position, decimating the blood knights. The French forces quickly retreated back to the main force.

 

French Invasion of Bruges - The Campaign presses on

 

Agitated by the defeat of his calvary, the French general ordered his army forward. They crossed the two rivers without difficulty, before reaching the fertile pastures outside Bruges. The French general chose a defensible position on the side of a hill just within trebuchet range of the city walls. The trebuchets immediately began firing, though due to the extreme range, progress was slow. Troubling reports were also given of the English landing to the north of the city. As the city of Bruges had grown more prosperous over the years, its walls had expanded and grown in size, allowing them to withstand the impact of the occasional boulder.

 

Soon enough, the English forces set up their own camp on another smaller hill positioned roughly in between the French hill and the city, though off to the side. They had set up trebuchets and began firing into the French position, while the French returned fire. Soon enough, the French general realized that though the English army seemed only ten thousand strong, he could not possibly storm the city of Bruges without either taking a long way through the marshy lowlands around the English hill or cross the river that winded towards Bruges. (From left to right goes English hill, French hill/City, River) He quickly called for reinforcements and fortified the hill.

 

Even more dreadful news came with the arrival of forces from the Dutch-speaking parts of the Holy Roman Empire. The provinces were given by permission by the Emporer Rocco to act as they would, as long as they claim to be in no manner doing Emporer Rocco's will. The soldiers took garrison in the city, and took control of the eastern side of the river.

 

Meanwhile, the expected Bulgarian troops arrived in short order, taking positions behind the French garrison and awaiting further instructions.

 

Casualties:

French

1300 Calvary Archers

600 Blood Knights

 

Iceland

800 Hlaupari

 

Scottish Invasion of England

 

...did not materialize, as Hlaupari in their specialty ships attacked the Scottish ports and firebombed their fleet to the bottom of the ocean. Thankfully, negligible casualties from the firebombing.

 

Byzantine Empire Invasion of Corsica

 

Corsica makes no resistance and surrenders to the invading Byzantine forces, immediately after they surrounded the castle.

 

(Part one)

[Nero]

Anyways, Retech said that budget was reset, so opening moves!

 

Wales raises a national army of:

 

Army of Wales

 

5000 Welsh cavalry

5000 peasants

2000 Welsh longbowmen

2500 spearmen

 

Total: 14,500

 

Leaving them with a remaining budget of 300k or so. So, they buy 2 galleys for their navy (lol).

 

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Army de León is bolstered by more soldiers.

 

Army de León

 

5000 peasants (halberds & leather armour)

2000 spearmen

4000 Archers

3000 Swordsmen

1000 Pikemen

1000 Elite pikemen

500 Men at Arms

3000 Spanish Jenites

500 Knights of Santiago

 

Total: 20,000 men

Treasury - 3.380m

 

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And finally the Army of Navarre is raised:

 

 

10,000 peasants - 1m

4,000 spearmen - 1m

3,000 archers - 1.2m

2,000 skirmishers - 400k

4,000 swordsmen - 1.2m

2,000 Heavy horse archers - 1.4m

1,500 Men at Arms - 750k

1,000 Spanish knights

500 Knights of Santiago

 

Total: 28,000 men

Treasury -7m

 

Spain's remaining treasury: 6.62m

 

 

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I am curious as to how my other 50,000 or so Spanish troops are doing in Kiev.

[Retech]

Random other news that does not involve large scale wars with players

 

Persian Caliphate (Islamic Caliphate) agrees to trade and alliance with the Zeirids

Bulgarian princess marries into Chinese royal family, marrying person third in line to throne

Spain establishes a handy dandy port and colony in South Africa, establishing friendly relations with local natives

Early frost destroys crops in Greenland. Several dozen Skraelings are killed when attacking the Greenland colony, probaly in search of food.

 

If I missed anything, let me know! I had 14 PMs today, so it has a tendency for me to lose stuff.

 

Important:

France loses 2 million IAG (what Bruges was)

Byzantine Empire gains 1 million IAG (Corsica)

[Earth]

oh nex.. didnt ouo say you were going for ireland? why atack me? or rocco, same reasons, but difrent country. hell, i now i jsut send hem through the land border..

[Nexaduro]

Hehehehehehehe.

[Icuownage]

Hmmmm :/, well it wasn't a disaster but Nex joining in is slightly annoying.

 

Only 10,000 strong? We had 20,000.... I'm sure he could of defeated them, anyway time to finish this.

 

I am quite surprised at Nex's actions, as he asked me for an alliance earlier in the game and then I did nothing towards him, totally unprovoked actions.

 

Okay guys, I'll pm you a few plans, also why did Earth have a navy if he was attacking someone he had a border with :S.

[Seraphi]

Hmmm....

[Nexaduro]

You've been warned, ICU, Bruges is my ally now.

 

Sorry, Earth, the English invasion would've been detrimental to the war in Bruges. I suggest you wait to send further troops.

[Earth]

that makes no sense. im atatcking england. your a much better ally for them. why even care about england??

[Icuownage]

Kay Nex. I don't want it to escalate in a full war between us two though.

 

France says that the HRE only has the best interest of his people, but it would be better if they pulled out to avoid casualities.

[Nexaduro]

Also, I respond only to significant threats and significant bribes. I will not invade anyone's land with the intention to control it, but I will defend those I deem important to defend.

 

ICU, you're getting too powerful for my liking. I distrust you less than I do Dusty, but I feel you're a more immediate threat. Besides, Spain isn't abusing the underdogs, and your blood knights annoy me.

 

EDIT: Missed your message.

 

I agree, ICU, a full war would devastate both of us. I think of this as a proving ground of sorts for both our armies. The true reward of such conflicts is the knowledge of player tactics and command prowess, the winner in this will cause potential invaders to think twice before attacking them.

[Retech]

Lol overpowered Hlaupari kill everything... rofl

 

That's because they've never been caught in a pitched battle before. :rolleyes:

[Icuownage]

Hmmmm, well you've grown to annoying for my liking, you have no business, you're barely part of the mainland, and I was your ally what the hell. It's like Britain attacking the U.S because they're getting too strong.

[Nero]

@ Retech: The fleet of 40 cogs carries over the same number of passengers as last time with additional supplies (14k settlers, 2k Lochabres, 2k MAA).

You need to rebuy your cogs btw.