Aachen AAR: From the valleys of Rhein

Chapter one 1399-1414

The Stadradt held a meeting around the round table in Aachen; how can we dominate the valley of Rhein and even beyond, strengthening our position? Through economical muscles of course, we need to be more centralised, and so a step toward centralisation was taken.







In 1402 a new leader of the state was elected, tho he didnt last more than a few year and his name was not worth to be remembered. He died in a battle in the first war, know as the war of Trier-Cologne. With the help of 6000 men from the Rheinlander brothers of Lorraine, Trier was conquered and the provinces of Koblenz was seized. To everyones surprise and happiness, the holy roman emperor of Bohemia intervened but her dreadful armies never reached the valleys of Rhein, the reason remains unknown and is waiting to be enlightened.

The Stadradt saw the chance to simultaneously declare war on cologne and seize their land too. Gelre amongst other intervened and was conquered but the Stadradt of Aachen saw the very fast growing monster of Burgundy and left Gelreland to not be annexed as it was the core land of Burgundy. Instead Gelre payed a sum of 60 ducats.

Aachen was again at peace, now three times bigger than before!

It's now 1412 and a claim on the rivals of Aachen took place, glorious Aachen will be retreiving it's long lost land of the ancestors!



Two new wars was declared in the valleys of Rhein, The palatinate and the capital of Trier was now besieged by 6000 Black eagles of Aachen.



The war went well, again the Stadradt was overjoyed of the fact the the holy roman imperial troops was engaged in bavarian wars and again never made it across the forestclad valleys of the river Rhein. Peace was settled, the Stadradt and Aachen saw the beginning of new prosperous era with the retrival of the ancestral lands and their brother people of Trier and the Palatinate.



The story of the black eagles of Aachen is to be continued.





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At the Stadradt council, syndicate leader Friedrich Philipp Dammerscheidt threw the question out;

-"What can we do to have the financial strength to expand our trade in Europe and gain advantages from the profit?"

The Stadradt united behind the decision that further expansion and unification of the german people was necessary!

As the decision was made, Friedrich Philipp Dammerscheidt personally lead his now ten thousand men strong army toward Cleves.




The declaration of war was done and syndicate leader Freidrich moved into Cleves without being defeated. A month after, war was also declared on Hessen, her 7000 men strong army had a year earlier been crushed in the woods of Bavaria and the defence of Hessen was a minimal 2000 Hessian soldiers.




At the same time, Burgundy's power had grown big so fast as never seen before, grabbing all her cores. Still Burgundy didn't have any casus belli on Aachen, the black birds cry and war was not yet to come upon the homeland of Aachen.




Despite astonishing astronomical events taking place, a large treasure of 150 ducats had been taken in the war versus Brunswick and full scale trade could be established.






To make the point toward the holy roman empire, no provinces must be a part of it anymore.




The Stadradt counciled, what is our next step? Our trade is established up north in Lübeck. We must go east and north to grow in the threat from the west, we will march out of our valley and into Germany!




Also this time the resistance was futile. In june 1421 alarm came from scouts that the remaining 7000 men army of HRE Bohemia had crossed the Oder river and the allies of Aachen joined the battle of Brunswick on the 2nd of July 1421. Aachen and it's allies came out of the battle victorious, the army of Bohemia was a shadow of it's former strength after war with the raging Golden Horde in the east.



To be continued.

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