1411 - 1412 : Valois and Lancaster at war !
Of course they did...
Who ? Who else... the Bourguignon family !
So by may 1411, all my troops are ready to attack Valois' vassals in Aquitaine. The day I launched the war, for the second time Burgundy refused to go to war !!!
This time, as soon as the war against the Valois is finished, I will work my way to make them pay and CRUSH the Bourguignons....
After several little battles won by my huge armies in the southern Aquitaine, the first real battle of the war happened in Poitou. It lasted from June to September ! This crushing victory was a real good start for me, especially as the victory has been won against Charles VI Valois himself ! Then started a series of battles with those 17 units to try to destroy them definitely that lasted until the end of november. Eventually they fell back where they had a 16,000 troops strong army stationned in Armor (under siege). With their 2,000 survivors joining them, I choose not to follow them with my remaining 8,000 troops : much too risky. But this was not the end !!! Much on that below
By the end of September, the Valois annexed Maine, and then signed peace with Naples. Now they have only one war to deal with, and I'm all alone once again. (I hate those Bourguignons !!!)
In november, huge news I was not expecting ! Government technology : I'm now able to choose my first national idea. I went of course with military drill. I have to defeat the Valois on land !
Remember those troops led by the Valois King that stopped in Armor ? Well before getting reinforcements, they went east into Normandy, and arrived just a day after a new fresh 13,000 men strong army landed ! As a result, they found themselves with 19 units, 2,000 men, againt 13,000 ! 19 Valois units heradicated at once !
This, I truly enjoy
Just south of this position, in Maine, their huge army I was not willing to attack before attacked me ! Result : their 16,000 troops were almost destroyed by my 12,000 men in defensive position and now receiving the bonus from military drill ! :rofl: 7,000 losses for them, 2,000 for me. In two weeks, they just lost their strongest Army led by their King, and their last one just lost half their troops !
Then new year's eve arrived. For the first day of 1412, here is a little gift for you kind followers
From the same number of soldiers in May 1411, we arrived to this point in December 1411 !
This war begins to smell pretty good...
By december the 20th 1412, the day Paris fell into my hands, I was only seeing one unit under the Valois' banner...
The two Kingdoms in december 1412