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You do hate these Uz...uhh... uzbeks don't you, Duke? Is there a reward if you survive the revolts? Perhaps a couple more provs becoming tartar?
 
Treating uzbeks as insects is only distracting the golden army from doing what it is supposed to do, crushing the world beneath it's heals.

One might have been better off treating uzbeks like animals instead, using them as beasts of burden would make it possible to free some horses from domestic work, in order to increase total the number of hoves to crush the world with.
 
And so we have a new Khan who gets to enjoy years of uzbek torture. And I notice that the uzbek's have even lost the support of the event makers - they too have signed on to the anti-capital U theory. ;)
 
The event was the elimination of the uzbeks, custom-made I assume. I fear that a once proud people has been removed from the world.

Now, can we please have a succession war? No more peaceful, wishy-washy, transference of power.

'kadim Aralbai may be regarded as the first civilised Khan. The encouragement to read and write and study military matters, marks the transition from the semi-nomadic barbarian way of the Horde to civilised culture. Kadim's successor began the building of Universities and Great Mosques. It is impossible to overstate the role of the polish-lithuanian subjects of the Khan in these remarkable events.' Excert quoted from "The Annals of Poland-Lithuania".
 
Nobegow - Trying to teach an uzbek inevitably leads to violence, its the only way they get close to learning.

Specialist290 - Lets hope not.

Rez - Thanks very much :eek:o

billy bob - March into the ocean might be more appropriate and useful.

Ghenghis'legacy - I'll post an updated map with those stats sometime this weekend.

Farquharson - True. Another good acronym. I believe that one to be very accurate.

Chief Ragusa - Theres still uzbeks around. They're just like ants unless you kill the nest where the eggs and queen are they just keep coming back. Yip my own event there. Stay tuned to see if you get your wish ;)

Grundius - That was close. I'm not sure in the end how it will be all resolved. Provinces becoming Tatar is a possibilty.

GrimPagan - The rest of the world seems to realise that too though nd won't give me provication. Interesting idea there about use as beasts of burden.

coz1 - The uzbek issue shan't be likely to be settled for sometime yet so I'm sure a few Khans will get to enjoy them. As for the spelling well history is written by the victor isn't it and the uzbeks have little chance of being the victor.

SunZyl - Thanks, quite fun making it. For some reason I quite like maps, I think I should use them more.

lilljonas - :eek: Thats a big effort. Thaks for that and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it.
 
Ah, so they will march and create more land for you. The boats are scary. So take away the water!
 
And so once again the uzbeks are the downfall of another Khan.
 
billy bob - That might just work :)

Chief Ragusa - The heretics are Orthodox in the province of Chernigov thats the only one left. I think there are three uzbek cultured provinces left.

stnylan - Hopefully the last.

jwolf - Thanks. He did show much promise before he went mad with power.
 
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The War of Succession
Kadim Aralbai's sudden departure left the horde in a state of turmoil. He had not named a successor nor were there any obvious heirs. Several candidates emerged. Sayyid who had the support of many of the northern lords, from Karelia to Ufa, due to his aggressive views on Muscovy. The second was Borrokit whose popularity amongst a wide range of groups stemmed from his hardline on the uzbeks. Sayyid looked to have the upper hand due to his large base of support and was close to marching upon Astrakhan to seize the throne when the third contender Jagala, a general, emerged.

Jagala's bid for the throne was supported by most of the southern armies. This gave him extensive power and a wealth of confidence. He knew he had a serious chance at seizing power.

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The areas of support for each prospective Khan as of May 1632

Jagala was wift to act. He gathered his armies and headed north into Sibir where Borrokit was based. Borrokit's supporters were vastly outnumbered and lacked the determination of Jagala. The two sides met in Jalutovorsk in what became the first battle of the War of Succession. The battle was swift. Jagala's men cut down all of Borrokit's supporters in a matter of hours and Borrokit himself was killed as he tried to flee.
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The battle of Jalutovorsk
Borrokit's cause crumbled quickly with his death leaving Sayyid and Jagala to battle it out to become Khan.

For some months the two rivals for Khan consolidated their support. Neither wishing to move on Astrakhan immediately for fear of the other cutting them off from their support bases and eliminating them.

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The War of Succession in August 1632​

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The War of Succession in December 1632​

As 1633 began both rivals marched on Astrakhan. Sayyid reached the capital first thoguh and quickly had himself crowned Khan. Jagala of course denounced Sayyid as an illegitimate but halted his advance to ponder his next move.

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The War of Succession following Sayyid's seizure of the throne

Sayyid gathered most of his army in Astrakhan to repel the attack he thought would come. Jagala though was smarter than that and made a swift move to cut off Sayyid from his support by means of a quick campaign north.
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The War of Succession in March 1633​

The campaign was highly successful and within a month Sayyid in Astrakhan was completely isolated from any home support.
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This caused a great unrest amongst Sayyid's men who now slept uneasy ever fearful of the attack that could come at any time and from any direction.

Jagala laid siege to the city in May of 1633. He brought with him cannons, a rarity in the Horde's army as they were considered nothing more than lumbering tools that achieved nothing more than a slower march.

Their effect though in the siege of Astrakhan was devastating. Perhaps more so to the morale of the defenders, who had no idea what to do, than to the walls themselves.

Within two months a gap in the walls had been made and Jagala's men, experienced in this kind of warfare, poured through to slaughter every last man of Sayyid's army. Sayyid himself was caught alive and formally stripped of his title and forced to kiss Jagala's shoes. He was then given a sentence worse than death. He was set afloat on the Caspian in a boat.

Jagala now crowned himself Khan. A move than none openly opposed now. But the war had left deep divisions amongst the people of Horde. Particularly in the north where resentment at their defeat would run for a long time to come.
 
Well that all seemed to pass off very swiftly. Now spill the beans and tell us what on earth you were doing! :wacko: Civil War? It didn't seem like it, and apart from the bizarre Horde vs Horde battle shot, there was a suspicious absence of revealing screenies. I think these guys just sat down together and played a game of Risk to see who would become the next Khan... :D
 
All this senseless violence, what's is it good for?

Well, the economy. And field fertilization. Family entertainment. Solving leadership problems. Not to forget population control. Etc, etc. As one can see, the Horde is embracing the only practice that works for all problems, and everyone else is fools for not accepting that. But by Allah's will, the horde will bring hordisme to every home in every country and the world will be a better place for it.

So go to your local local recruitment office today and get a uzbek for free! They might not be good for thinking, but they eat little and with proper training they can carry up to 14 sacks of corn.
 
A nice little succession war. In the Horde, he who is master of the army really is Khan. Jagala uses cannon. He's another progressive Khan. Next, he'll be using infantry. In the Horde, "True Humans" only ride into battle!

Muscovy has been your vassals for two hundred years and they're ripe for annexing. Oh, that's right, you're the wrong religion. Is Moscow worth an Orthodox candle? Like the Byzantine events for going Catholic and then revert back to Orthodox, you'll go Orthodox, build relations to 190 (or maybe before you switch) and diploannex and a few years later revert to Sunni. Okay, so Sayyid's supporters revolt, but they sound like they'll do that anyway. Naturally, Jagala will want to do something to remove that Farce from the map. :rofl:

A neat way of removing Sayyid and the boat. Did the boat builder get exiled along with Sayyid? Not preparing the groundwork for a Khan who is at home on the water, are you?
 
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A thoroughly scientific succession. Very Darwinian.