1529 : War with Spain (2)
For reasons I don't know, Bavaria offers us a white peace. I am happy to accept it, since this takes more than 20k troops out of the war.
As expected, the troops in Judea are defeated and retreat to Syria. Luckily the Spanish cannot follow us there.
In Morocco a Venetian and Spanish stack are about to meet. We are more than them, but they have a general while we don't. I am taking attrition in Ifni, this is why I am eager to meet them.
The naval war seems to turn back to our favour and we win two major engagements in the Mediterranean sea.
Spain has no answer to the invasion by Sicily and Naples. This might win the war for us.
By the end of April 1529, Milan falls and Liguria is under siege as well.
In May, we win another major naval engagement in Cape Bon.
But devastating news comes from Rio de Oro. Our Army of Morocco has been soundly defeated. That puts a even bigger drain on our depleted manpower. I guess I have shown you how not to do it, their great general made a big difference. I should have avoided engagement and let the Spanish take attrition in Ifni / Sus.
It is a very little consolation that Bosnian troops are defeated in Zeta.
In America, we have moved to the next phase of "colony seizing" and we are about to grab the Spanish colonies in Colombia and Central America.
By the end of June 1526, Spain offers us a white peace, just as they are about to wipe out our Army of Morocco. But they want out of this war as well, they have high War Exhaustion and risks of revolt even on the Mainland, Spain is being invaded and they are about to lose all of their colonies.
We accept, even if that means we are not achieving all of our war goals. But Italy is being invaded and that needs to be taken care of. We are now at war with Austria, Savoy, Dauphine and Bosnia. We should be able to handle that.
Our freshly recruited regiments, joined by the troops we withdrew from Africa, meet the Dauphine stack who has ventured too deep into Italy. The Austrian and Savoy stacks remain unchallenged in Slovenia and Liguria. The smaller Austrian stack in Krain has been wiped out by our vassals after they foolishly tried assaulting the fort.
A much needed victory is achieved.
Of course our vassals will bring the war to their countries as well. A small Byzantium stack lands in Dauphine. All of Austria is already under siege.
Bosnia and Dauphine offer a white peace. We accept Bosnia's offer, but not Dauphine's. The tide is turning and we will make them pay for attacking us when they thought we were weak.
Dauphine's stack is wiped out in Görz.
In September 1529 we can move a slider and we go Mercantilism - we will found the East India Company sooner or later.
I challenge the Austrian stack in Slavonia hoping that my vassals will come and join the fight - but they don't. They just walk around it.
My bigger stack, who got other reinforcements from overseas, is tackling Savoy's stack in Liguria.
Without help, though, our outnumbered troops have to retreat from Slavonia.