The interlude - 1
1492 - 1522
China was as any other country in Asia but with the more people, more provinces, more manpower, more riches. So after all, not much is common for the other Asians. China has great potentials.
To start I dowed Manchu and at the same time build tax collectors to raise my income.
This is what I started with.
Soon I dowed Manchu.
I immediatly bought a Fine Arts Academy for the money and moved my troops to the Manchu border. Winter was awful so I didn't conquer all of Manchu, instead only asked for 3 provinces. More to be taken next time with LT 5!
Manchu troops was not much to celebrate for their skills so it was not that much of a problem. But losing men to attrition because of winter hurt as always.
So, now I moved south to Assam and Myanmar, which was in war against each other. I dowed them both to steal their sieges and they were soon divided. Tibet was wp:ed.
My DP slider policy after first click. Arrows show which clicks I did after first round. Defensive just to spice up the game.
When I was done in south, I went upwards to dow Korea, I wanted them out of the game and to do that, I will take south Korea to make it easier to annex them.
The mainland was easy takings, when I was done, I saw Korea had taken the north island of Japan!
So I had to build a navy to sail there. When I finally arrived. I landed with a small force. Only to be beaten and Japan and Manchu dows them and Japan retake the island... -.-
Japan soon take it totally and I could annex the south province of Korea.
Now I had LT 5 and I could assault fortresses if I had to, which would be useful in the north Manchu provinces. I invades Manchu and start fighting there small armies of 20-30k and I got 40-50k to lose.. Argh, re-invade, just kill them!!!
Soon the armies of Manchu are scattered BUT Japan now invades me and I must say, they had some good soldiers. Their 1k cavalry army beat my 50k army of pure infantry, oh the dishonour. As I don't had built fortresses in middle of China there was none to protect the cities. Japan could take 3 of them, and sieging Shanghai. I built cavalry to beat the damn small armies they spread out over my country and soon they are all dead and then I kill the besiegers of Shanghai.
Manchu agrees to cede all except their capitol and I wp Japan. I will take them later.
Not late. I dow Vietnam and takes 4 provinces from them, as taking candy from children.
This is how China looks 1522.
This was a good start for China!
