1641-1645 : Asia or Bust (3)
Meanwhile, we have managed to make some progress against the Hordes. Two provinces defected to us.
Europe in November 1641-
In February 1642, Khiva defects to us as well.
To get rid of some infamy, we release Gakwar. I release countries whose provinces are already converted now, so that they are Catholic.
Castille breaks alliance with us and soon allies with Portugal. We get a call to arms from Crimea against Trebizon that we ignore, losing 25 prestige - they caught us without diplomats. We gain 1 narrowminded. In march 1943, we declare war on Trebizon and quickly occupy it.
In May 1643, we declare war on the Mameluks. In August 1643, we can annex Trebizond for 5 infamy - not sure if it is a good deal. But missions are missions.
The truce with the Mings has expired and we declare war on them too. In November 1643, the Mameluks are annexed.
Of course, we get overextension. In March 1644, we peace the Ming. This time, we are just happy with Nanjing. So we now have all of the three Chinese COTs.
In April 1644, we declare war on Persia. Ah, yes, we had declared war on Yemen too and we annex it in May 1644.
In October 1644, we declare war on Iraq. Meanwhile, we accomplish our mission, colonize Kamikawa. We colonized the whole island, while we were at it.
The next mission is "Convert Bavaria", which I cancel. The next mission will be "Colonize the Kurils". We peace persia for a province and we make them release Timurids and Khorasan, so that in the next war Persia will be annexed - only two provinces left.
It is worth noting that Venice is technologically up to date. We are now using Gustavian Infantry and Gallop Cavalry.
And income is now solidly over 20k ducats, although one should not forget overextension.
In January 1645, we declare war on Bihar and Gondwana. It dawns on us that this will be the last war with them before 1650.
We white peace Oman. In April 1645, we can annex Gondwana - that we will release as soon it is converted, along with the other province Bastar.
Situation in June 1645
The Songhai declared war on us as well. We have no problems dealing with that.
In October 1645, we can peace Iraq. I am not sure when exactly the Holy war CB ends and whether I will have a chance to annex Iraq before that.
So this is the overall situation in November 1645.
Meanwhile, we are also colonizing the Kazakh.