1435 : War with Austria (1)
Hungary makes the right choice : they fight on our side.
So this is the diplomatic map of the war. Bohemia did not join.
Two small armies are sent to Trent and Lienz to build the line Verona-Trent-Treviso-Lienz-Görz-Krain . The Austrian Army in Italy is lured into attacking the Army in Verona which will receive reenforcements from Treviso. The troops engage in Verona and will have to resist till the reenforcements from Treviso come.
Meanwhile, as a small croatian army plans to enter Kärnten, we push foward the army from Görz led by the doge. We leave behind two regiments which are not refilled yet
Regrettably, the stack from Wien pops up and is marching toward Lienz. I hadn't infiltrated the administration so it took me a little by surprise. All of my eastern troops are redirected to Lienz. The small stack in Lienz will have to resist a couple of days against a much bigger stack.
But after seeing my manover the Hasburg Army redirects to Kärnten, where Austrian and Croats have engaged. I redirect my Krain Army towards Kärnten while the Görz army keeps marching towards Lienz.
The Görz army won't arrive into Linz till 7 August. Before that, the Hasburg Army will have reached Kärnten and I will able to redirect the Görz army to Kärnten as well.
On the 27th of July 1435, on the western Front, the reinforcement from Treviso come just in time - the army from Pordenone has low morale. Now in Verona the Veneatian Army is outnumbering the Austrians, will soon recover morale and has still the terrain bonus.
We decide not to help the Croats after all. They have very low morale and they have probably the terrain malus. So we'll cover their retreat- if they survive.
Savoyan troops are coming to reinforce the Austrian. Liguria are not at war with Savoy, because I hadn't allied with them yet. They are just vassals.
Savoy's fleet is sunk by a Provence-Castilla-Venice fleet. Savoy is at war with Provence as well... That is why the Savoy's army walks now towards Piemonte.
The Hasburgan Army has destroyed the small Croatian army and now walks toward Görz. Krain's army will reinforce in due time, but we'll still be outnumbered in Görz. But we'll get terrain bonus and leadership bonus, since our doge is very good. Our troops have very high morale also. In Verona, meanhwile, the battle is being won.
On the 7th Augusth 1435, The Hassburgan Army engages Venetian troops in Görz, which get both the leadership and the terrain bonus. In eight days reinforcement from Krain will come.
On the 15th August 1435, reinforcements come into Görz, which drives up morale. The Austrians send the small Imperial Army into the fray, which prompts me to send one infantry unit from Lienz. But the siege is not lifted.
Even if outnumbered and leaderless, the Army of Böhmen fights with great valour in Verona. The Austrians are truly worthy enemies.
But on the 12th August 1435, they must retreat with great losses.