I am currently trying to win the Hundred Years War as England in 1.9, and I am having some difficulty with the traditional bearn strategy. It is 1450, and the French refuse to attack me in Bearn, even when I have a little as 6 troops there. Additionally, the fact that the War of Roses is guaranteed to occur doesn't help the situation. Does anyone know how to provoke France to attack me, or have an alternate strategy?
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I succesfully white-peaced out (had no intention of winning) after 2-3 years and I've fully won it in the past without ever doing the Bearn strategy. In 1.9, Englands economy is very good. I started by making cogs until I had 25 of them. Use those to launch quick assaults on enemy sieges to annihilate small (<10 units) stacks. Watch out for nearby doomstacks, of course. If every siege has +10 units or it can be quickly reinforced, try to find the weakest spot and assault them there. You got 25 units with a good general so most of the time you should (barely) win it. The other enemy side will often reduce their siegestacks to go help the side you assaulted, so load on transport again and assault that side. Basically, play pingpong 
this was enough to get white peace (1 month before War of the Roses triggered), if you want to totally defeat them and PU them, pray that Burgundy will attack them around 1449ish while you deal with War of the Roses.
There are probably better strategies around, but this strategy worked for me first try and I quite enjoyed it Good luck!
Edit: To provoke them, try to siege a province like you did. Sometimes their full stacks were at one side, so I just started sieging Ile de France or Bearn. After a while, they would move most of their stacks to me. Don't really know other ways, but perhaps reloading to trigger a new calculation might work
Edit2: Oh and get a diplo advisor and invite Portugal in the fight day 1. They can take care of Hungary and earn you some warscore
this was enough to get white peace (1 month before War of the Roses triggered), if you want to totally defeat them and PU them, pray that Burgundy will attack them around 1449ish while you deal with War of the Roses.There are probably better strategies around, but this strategy worked for me first try and I quite enjoyed it
Good luck!Edit: To provoke them, try to siege a province like you did. Sometimes their full stacks were at one side, so I just started sieging Ile de France or Bearn. After a while, they would move most of their stacks to me. Don't really know other ways, but perhaps reloading to trigger a new calculation might work
Edit2: Oh and get a diplo advisor and invite Portugal in the fight day 1. They can take care of Hungary and earn you some warscore
France no longer seems to gets attrition when it runs around with doomstacks on it's soil. Bringing down their manpower on your own is not going easy.
Attack and white peace Provence while seiging Italy minors. Call Portugal once the minors have peaced. Beyond that you need some luck I guess.
War of the roses shouldn't affect you in France. Unless you fear bankruptcy just keep the war going until the new King is installed?
Attack and white peace Provence while seiging Italy minors. Call Portugal once the minors have peaced. Beyond that you need some luck I guess.
War of the roses shouldn't affect you in France. Unless you fear bankruptcy just keep the war going until the new King is installed?
The English trade income is much lower now I was able to win with lots of mercenaries 30 loans and I still had to reload the game twice which I try to never do. Destroyed my own country to win. Perhaps someone knows a better strategy I typically do one of two things:
Either I build cogs until I have around 20 or so and do the old raiding tactic until I run out of targets seems to happen quickly now. Sometimes I skip the cogs entirely. Then I send my troops to Navarra and Aragon if they allow it and Normandy sometimes depending on where I think I can win. Sometimes i keeps some troops on ships in waiting for a target too.
Does anyone know a better or more specific strategy?
Either I build cogs until I have around 20 or so and do the old raiding tactic until I run out of targets seems to happen quickly now. Sometimes I skip the cogs entirely. Then I send my troops to Navarra and Aragon if they allow it and Normandy sometimes depending on where I think I can win. Sometimes i keeps some troops on ships in waiting for a target too.
Does anyone know a better or more specific strategy?
