More Vassals - and war!
Another update.
Now, after creating my first 4 vassals, I decided to attend to my cores in the East!
First on the menu was the Golden Horde - who had swallowed Georgia - meaning I had 4 cores on them.
Anyway, their army was all in the other side of their empire (fighting Genoa) so being an opportunist I declared on them!
It was an easy war - I had reached their capital before their armies had finished building. Once I had finished sieging the lower end of their country, they stopped demanding money from me and sent this offer instead!
Much more to my liking! Money, and all my cores!
I then continued my drive Eastwards, this time paying a surprise visit to the Mameluks - who were about as prepared for my arrival as the Golden Horde had been! My army (mostly mercenaries
) sieged their provinces and soon they were ready to listen to reason.
I told them that they didn't really want all that land, and that I would look after it - and after a little persuasion, they agreed.
I'll be back!
My next stop was Bavaria - now I can wander through Europe thanks to those vassals, it's easier for me to get to them, than for them to get to me!
Baden joined in the fun too, and Switzerland decided to DoW me (with no allies!!)
The result of this was;
That's right, more vassals! Ain't that nice! Shame most of them hate my guts though - wonder if it's something I said?
The problem came with Baden. They were a vassal of Bavaria, and you can't vassalise a vassal - so I reduced them to one province, then annexed them - the plan being to release a 2 prov Baden. Unfortunately, they are only one province in the revolt.txt so I am lumbered with Wurzberg - for now.
The next problem came more recently - I was happily marching through Saxony, Hessen, The Palitinat, the Papal States and Hannover - when Castile and all their allies declare on me!!
Serves me right for being overconfident I suppose!
Me said:
I do have a very large army - that might have something to do with the lack of DoWs - I think the AI is scared of me!
Looks like it ain't scared any more!
Let the BB wars begin!!!