Chapter 8: The reconquest of Ming
In the last chapter we finished our westernization. The next month I got knowledge of all the provinces the WESTERN tech group has knowledge of.
Spain is colonizing like a boss in North America and Mexico, and Great Britain is on the go too.
Holland is colonizing Newfoundland. GO Holland
South America is being divided by Great Britain in the west, and Spain and Portugal in the east. And France is TRYING, but failing. Being stomped non stop by Great Britain and Spain, led to hardly anything colonized by France
Afghanistan and Multan were in my way to WU last chapter. They both got full annexed.
Ayutthaya is my new attack dog for now.. They went for Wu, in exchange for 10 favours
This system of favours didn't really nerf calling allies non stop as attack dog.. You can still do it by blobbing to equal or larger level then your ally, and the favours will grow steadily.
Wu has no allies, and (almost) empty manpower pool after a BIG war versus Korea and Buryatia.
They are still filthy rich though, and they hired a load of mercs.
Oh and by the way.. Ming has capital on that low development ISLAND. Beats me why.
Russia lost once more to the Ottomans. They keep each other in check, if I don't meddle..
The Mughals declared on Vinegar once more, hoping their vassal Bahmanis would do all the work.
Sujan Singh I rode by on his way to WU, and wondered if Bahmanis would be able to handle Vinegar..
The capital of WU is being sieged, and my troops routed Wu towards Bejing.
When they came back, Wu went for a tiny stack of Ayutthaya. I sent my leftover troops to help them out, and once more WU got routed..
By now almost everything south of that corridor to Bejing is occupied
Westernized nation versus Chinese tech nations= speed 4 wars
The Mughal army did a hot pursuit, and routed Wu once more..
The influence of the clergy had dropped under 65%, and the Mughal ruler Sujan Singh I curtailed the dominant Ulema clergy in his nation.
All power lies with Sujan Singh I once more.
Ayutthaya is going after the remainder of the WU army, while I siege the leftover forts.
Good doggie
In other news: Great Britain had civil war once more. The parliamentaries are led by Oliver Cromwell. They won swiftly.
And Wu?
They went bankrupt
Ming got a load of cores back. I also made sure Ming borders MIN, as Min has Ming cores on ALL their provinces.
Chagatai and Shun were back on the map as OPM, after I had done 'return province' of the cores I owned of Ming. If not they got -1000 to diplo vassalisation.
And now we simply re-establish the corridor to Mughal land by stomping Chagatai with Ming reconquest
Time to help Bahmanis versus Vinegar. Vinegar roflstomped my vassal
GRMPF. I got to do it all MYSELF huh.
The Mughals army slowly arrived in force. The capital of Vinegar is being sieged, and we also took the war goal province now!
Vinegar stupidly blundered into Bahmanis rebels.
GOOD
Let me wait till you are done then.
Its sort of wierd, but you can't join the fight that rebels are doing versus your enemy.
You can however join fights of other nations versus common enemy. Hmm
I uderestimated Vinegar here.. Even with a battered and demoralized army, they drop the morale of our army fast
HOLD THE LINE!
PFWIEUW
Everyone is eating WU alive
They have bankruptcy, which HALVES the morale of their army. Needless to say, everyone wanted a piece of the cake
After the last fight, Mughals did a hot pursuit. I shift-consolidated my army, sent the regiments with 0 units north, and engaged the low morale Vinegar army once more.
With some artillery on the front line
They routed once more, and Mughals is now on the way to their last fort.
Important tip: Re-sieging occupied forts is POINTLESS if you can reach enemy capital and forts. If you occupy the enemy 100% on their own terrain, then you can do 100% warscore peace deal, no matter what they sieged up in your nation or subjects.
Another 'women in history' DLC event fired, this time for Mariam-Uz-Zamani.
I chose the second option, as I had little use for a level 2 treasurer advisor at half price.
Instead, the Mughals get trade efficiency and provincial trade power (the same thing mercantilism gives!).
We need DOSH to root out this corruption at full bar!
I almost felt sorry for bankrupting Wu
More and more nations declare on them..
In the north, Vinegar was close to recapturing the wargoal province, and a fort.
I decided to make peace there and then. I got other wars waiting in line
The Mughals get the trade center in Ceylon, juicy state provinces that produce cloth, and Bahmanis gets another fort.
Everyone happy
"INDIA IS MINE!"