Lesson 31: Leading to the End of the Sultanate
So... as hinted things go badly from here on out. I'll discuss the 'reasons' in an afterwards
Vassals/Client States: Lithuania, Serbian Horde, SE Asian Horde, Ryzan, Ottomans, Hejaz, Mewet, Yie, Oriat. Did I mention setting up the client states before? If not, well, I did. The Serbian Horde was basically Serbia. The SE Asian Horde was just one province that I didn't want to core and was placed to take lands from both Orissa and Ayuth. in the future.
Allies: France (Austria just ended the alliance in the middle of the switch over)
Rivals: Portugal and Castile and Orissa. They weren't fond of me either. For the first time since 1470ish I broke 50 pp though by sending pirates after them. Briefly.
I'd been hit by the Revolutionary fevor from the Commonwealth and my lands were exploding with rebels... or at least it seemed like an explosion at the time. I detailed an army or two to putting them down and decided I had to declare on the Commonwealth to stop them. Not that I minded fighting the Commonwealth again. It wasn't 'in the plan' as it were, but heck, it was the Commonwealth and Austria and others were already laying into them. Unfortunately/fortunately, Castile was Defender of the Faith and would defend the crazy Revolutionary Commonwealth. It would give me a chance to pick off the last province I needed for uniting Islam... So, perfect, right?
What I didn't realize is that started/continued a chain of being unable to finish coring provinces - Castile had owned several Chinese provinces now in my possession, so my coring stopped. Gah - I still get shivers thinking about it.
Was taking out the Revolutionary Commonwealth necessary? I have no idea, but I went with the story that EU was telling me - having a neighbor with this form of government was bad and I could/should remove it.
Oh, currently at war with Naples and with a reborn Nogia.
Welcome back class. We will begin where we left off, the nascent birth of the nation you know and love today.
The Sultan was rightly scared of continued rebellion feeding off the Commonwealth and declared war immediately upon them. They were joined by Castile who felt it was more important to protect Catholics then it was to preserve their own form of government. The army was increased to almost 600,000 men, well beyond the supply capabilities of the Horde. A good fourth of those men began hunting down and destroying rebellious armies that had arisen. The others moved on Castile's Chinese holdings near Wu, and began occupying the Commonwealth. The rest attempted to assemble in France for an assault on Castile itself.
A quick overview of some important details regarding the government, the stability starting this era, tax flow, etc. Everything appeared strong, the Sultan wasn't worried at all about the small rebellions or any dismay his response was going to cause among the peasants and townfolk of the greater Golden Horde.
The initial response was strong among the people - after all, fighting the Commonwealth was a national past-time.
And the initial strike on the Commonwealth headed straight for the capital city and captured all of the leaders of the Revolution. They were executed. However, the war couldn't end - Castile was untouched and interested in fighting on.
Stability within the state fell during this period of the war, but not severely - it all still seemed manageable. Of course, looking back it is easy to see the flaws. The Golden Horde held many territories gained in war that simply weren't being integrated. The process had stalled, the war was making things difficult and another coalition was building against the Sultan. Popular rumors began to question if the Sultan was really of the royal blood - although all indications we have indicate that they were just rumors. Rome however, was integrated into the realm and was strangely one of the few places that would never really rebel against its inclusion into the Golden Horde.
Both Nogia and Naples were defeated and several new provinces were added to a country already under strain.
The Sultan thought his admirals had finally trapped the Castilian trade fleet - but the Horde's Galleys and warships were no match for the Castilian merchant marine. Another immediate build up of the fleet was ordered and vast funds were dropped on the coastal provinces. This ended the hope to force a military engagement on Castile's southern coast. The hope was now left to the assembling overland attack and troops funneled through and corridor of Austria, Milan and France.
The Sultan, his army at ends in China with little to do, declared a war upon Yue and Russia that broke the truce. This was the first time that a Sultan had ever broken his word. The nation's stability dropped like a rock, unrest rose in almost every province, the administrative integration of former Russian and Wu province slowed to a crawl as the local people's simply refused to aid any further in the Golden Horde's plans.
Most historians believe that if the Sultan had avoided this war, everything might have been repaired and held together for another century or so. Instead...well..
A lack of administrative strength was seen as a major problem for the Horde and the Sultan ordered programs to enhance the governments ability. They were not in time.
Croatia had fought on the side of the Commonwealth. A minor peace to the advantage of the Serbian Horde removed them from the war.
A war was launched against France and the Golden Horde refused to honor its agreement to defend the territory of France. It seems sane - not wanting to fight Great Britain, Portugal, and Austria. But it was another example of the inability of Sultan Qasim to honor his agreements.
The Sultan responded to criticism by declaring war on Finland and using a special unit made up of people who'd questioned his decision to lead the assault. In the middle of winter. Using silverware.
There was a dark side to this - the troops who'd journeyed through France and were engaged in a defensive-assault on northern Castile were now cut off. Castilian forces used this to jump one of the divisions and cut it up before reinforcements could arrive. They then outnumbered the other and forced another victory. 200,000 men were sent to Castile, perhaps 13,000 returned.
Oirat proved even less resistant then the Golden Horde to the pressures building up - it erupted in rebellion, about 1,000,000 men in the first launch. More forces were detailed to try to bring the vassals land under control.
The world of the Horde and its enemies at this time.
Two more wars followed immediately with two goals, prepping for an invasion of Japan and once again jumping a coalition that had formed before it could get large.
So... as hinted things go badly from here on out. I'll discuss the 'reasons' in an afterwards
Vassals/Client States: Lithuania, Serbian Horde, SE Asian Horde, Ryzan, Ottomans, Hejaz, Mewet, Yie, Oriat. Did I mention setting up the client states before? If not, well, I did. The Serbian Horde was basically Serbia. The SE Asian Horde was just one province that I didn't want to core and was placed to take lands from both Orissa and Ayuth. in the future.
Allies: France (Austria just ended the alliance in the middle of the switch over)
Rivals: Portugal and Castile and Orissa. They weren't fond of me either. For the first time since 1470ish I broke 50 pp though by sending pirates after them. Briefly.
I'd been hit by the Revolutionary fevor from the Commonwealth and my lands were exploding with rebels... or at least it seemed like an explosion at the time. I detailed an army or two to putting them down and decided I had to declare on the Commonwealth to stop them. Not that I minded fighting the Commonwealth again. It wasn't 'in the plan' as it were, but heck, it was the Commonwealth and Austria and others were already laying into them. Unfortunately/fortunately, Castile was Defender of the Faith and would defend the crazy Revolutionary Commonwealth. It would give me a chance to pick off the last province I needed for uniting Islam... So, perfect, right?
What I didn't realize is that started/continued a chain of being unable to finish coring provinces - Castile had owned several Chinese provinces now in my possession, so my coring stopped. Gah - I still get shivers thinking about it.
Was taking out the Revolutionary Commonwealth necessary? I have no idea, but I went with the story that EU was telling me - having a neighbor with this form of government was bad and I could/should remove it.
Oh, currently at war with Naples and with a reborn Nogia.
Welcome back class. We will begin where we left off, the nascent birth of the nation you know and love today.
The Sultan was rightly scared of continued rebellion feeding off the Commonwealth and declared war immediately upon them. They were joined by Castile who felt it was more important to protect Catholics then it was to preserve their own form of government. The army was increased to almost 600,000 men, well beyond the supply capabilities of the Horde. A good fourth of those men began hunting down and destroying rebellious armies that had arisen. The others moved on Castile's Chinese holdings near Wu, and began occupying the Commonwealth. The rest attempted to assemble in France for an assault on Castile itself.
A quick overview of some important details regarding the government, the stability starting this era, tax flow, etc. Everything appeared strong, the Sultan wasn't worried at all about the small rebellions or any dismay his response was going to cause among the peasants and townfolk of the greater Golden Horde.
The initial response was strong among the people - after all, fighting the Commonwealth was a national past-time.
And the initial strike on the Commonwealth headed straight for the capital city and captured all of the leaders of the Revolution. They were executed. However, the war couldn't end - Castile was untouched and interested in fighting on.
Stability within the state fell during this period of the war, but not severely - it all still seemed manageable. Of course, looking back it is easy to see the flaws. The Golden Horde held many territories gained in war that simply weren't being integrated. The process had stalled, the war was making things difficult and another coalition was building against the Sultan. Popular rumors began to question if the Sultan was really of the royal blood - although all indications we have indicate that they were just rumors. Rome however, was integrated into the realm and was strangely one of the few places that would never really rebel against its inclusion into the Golden Horde.
Both Nogia and Naples were defeated and several new provinces were added to a country already under strain.
The Sultan thought his admirals had finally trapped the Castilian trade fleet - but the Horde's Galleys and warships were no match for the Castilian merchant marine. Another immediate build up of the fleet was ordered and vast funds were dropped on the coastal provinces. This ended the hope to force a military engagement on Castile's southern coast. The hope was now left to the assembling overland attack and troops funneled through and corridor of Austria, Milan and France.
The Sultan, his army at ends in China with little to do, declared a war upon Yue and Russia that broke the truce. This was the first time that a Sultan had ever broken his word. The nation's stability dropped like a rock, unrest rose in almost every province, the administrative integration of former Russian and Wu province slowed to a crawl as the local people's simply refused to aid any further in the Golden Horde's plans.
Most historians believe that if the Sultan had avoided this war, everything might have been repaired and held together for another century or so. Instead...well..
A lack of administrative strength was seen as a major problem for the Horde and the Sultan ordered programs to enhance the governments ability. They were not in time.
Croatia had fought on the side of the Commonwealth. A minor peace to the advantage of the Serbian Horde removed them from the war.
A war was launched against France and the Golden Horde refused to honor its agreement to defend the territory of France. It seems sane - not wanting to fight Great Britain, Portugal, and Austria. But it was another example of the inability of Sultan Qasim to honor his agreements.
The Sultan responded to criticism by declaring war on Finland and using a special unit made up of people who'd questioned his decision to lead the assault. In the middle of winter. Using silverware.
There was a dark side to this - the troops who'd journeyed through France and were engaged in a defensive-assault on northern Castile were now cut off. Castilian forces used this to jump one of the divisions and cut it up before reinforcements could arrive. They then outnumbered the other and forced another victory. 200,000 men were sent to Castile, perhaps 13,000 returned.
Oirat proved even less resistant then the Golden Horde to the pressures building up - it erupted in rebellion, about 1,000,000 men in the first launch. More forces were detailed to try to bring the vassals land under control.
The world of the Horde and its enemies at this time.
Two more wars followed immediately with two goals, prepping for an invasion of Japan and once again jumping a coalition that had formed before it could get large.
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