I decided to play the russians with bloodlust, I think the intense fighting will be fun.
I choose the 1.9 IGC on the most difficult setting with an Agressive AI. This has an independent Ryazan province that starts allied and Crimea and Pskov that starts allied if you have not upgraded yet.
well here goes.
Jan 1492, position my armies
Feb1: Declare war on Kazan all allies join,
Feb 16 Shenja with 52,000 infantry marches on Lipseck
March 1 Ryazan under siege by full Kazan Army
March 3 shenja arrives Lipsteck assalts province
March 9 Lipstek falls Shenja and 50,000 march on Tambow
March 17 Ryazan falls to Kazan I am disapointed but can work around it.
March 27 Tabbow falls to assault by Shenja marches to Ryazan
April Kazan siegeing Lipstek,
April 25 Ryazan falls to assault by Shenja Shenja marches on Kazan
May 28th Kazan falls to assault to Shenja, our shoddy diplomatic corps wakens on Vodka saturatred ambassador and sends him to the Golden Horde we can not wake more, a continueing problem we will find. They are too drunk to offer peaceful annexation to Kazan so we ingnote Kazan as they try to siege back Lipsteck
June 1 1492___ We Decalre War on Golden Horde. Crimea joins, Ryazan and Pskov dishonor our alliance. Shenja markes on Samara. send cav contingents to conquer unfortified Vornes and besiege all provinces Except Donetestk wich our allies Crimea besiege.
June 25th Sammara falls to Shenja, 40,000 men march on Kubeshev to meet 10,000 more in Kebeshev.
July 25th Kubeshev falls to Shenja, Crimea besigening Donetesk and Golden Horde Army is besiging Crimea. March on Lugansk
August 16th Lugansk falls to Shenja Mraches on Bojutar.
September 1st the foolish Poles declare war on Golden Horde.
September 9th, Bojutar falls to Shenja, march backt to winter quarters
October 1st a Vodka Laden Diplomate stubles in Kazan. We peacefully annex them 30,000 cavalry join out cause. We watch gleefully as over 100,000 poles march on the Donesk province
November in winter quarters, 122,000 poles and Crimeas besiging Donesk as General Winter arrives.
Jan 1493 still trying to find a sober diplomat, 20,000 more poles die in siege on Donesk 83,000 now in besieging army.
Feb 1493, We find a diplomat who we lock in our dungeon so he does not go on a bender.
Feb 17 Donesk falls,
Feb 17 we annex Golden Horde and 22,000 cavary that were besieging Crimea Join our cause.
March-June of 1493 we postition on the astrakan border and look for diplomats. we leave a 25,000 reserve force in Novograd.
July 1 1492 a Diplomat is found, and we Declare war on Astrakhan. We do not call allies. shenja ordered to uralsk. cavalry contingents to all but volgorad whos enemy we want to draw to lugansk
July 27th Uralsk falls to shenja. ordered to orensk, Astrakahn Army is now besieging Lugansk where we will pin them for the remander of the war with small cavalry actions.
August 1493 Ornensk falls
September 1493 Astrakhan falls
October 1493, Volgograd falls. We are still trying to find diplomats.
November 1493 a Diplomat is found, Astakhan is annexed 14,000 Astrakhan Cavalry join our cause.
we position on Sibir border and increase our reserve army in north.
Jan 1493-May 1493 we do fully position leaving orensk empty
May 1493, Very hard decision we decide to use our diplomat to bring Danes into the Russian Crimean alliance instead of Declareing war, we wanted the Sibir but they will have to wait. our soldiers on peacetime pay are growing fat and lazy.
November 1st, we find a diplomat and declare war on Sibir. we leave oransk empty so general winter can do its job.
November1493April 1494we watch the russian winter decimate the Sibir horsemen besieging Oransk, In april we find a diplomat and pull pskov back into alliance. we send cavalry contingents into all the provinces of Sibir to siege and ready shenja to counter attack oransk
April 18 1494 Teutonic Kights Declare War, my allies join my cause.
May 1494 Shenja attacks Sibir in Oransk before Oransk falls and then Marches in Kurgan.
June 1494 Kurgan assault fails order up reindrcements and fall back part of Shenjas army
July 1494 Swedes Declare war, Crimea dishonors our alliance but I have a diplomat to aske them back Kurgan falls advance on next Sibir provence. 35,000 man army stays in Novograd as Teutonic knights besieg Pskov and Swedes and Denmark fignt
August next Sibir province falls start send troops to north the remaining three provinces are besiged and Sibir army has ceased to exist.
August 28, 1494, Poland Brittany, papal states and Brittany declare war on us, we do not call our allies.
September, we buy 10,000 infantry in novograd, Denmark lands in East Prussia
October sibir down to 2 provinces 20,000 cavalry head twoard polish frontier
November moscow garrisoned and Poles begin small attacks on Moscow army, with 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry in moscow the polish small armies are anhiliated as the hit with 5,000 and 3,000 men armies.
December 1494 armies in Novograd and Moscow and now in vorones and Lugansk waiting for spring, Sibir down to their last province.
well a good opening three years of blood lust,
we have annexed 3 countries about to annex a 4th and are at war with 3 alliances not counting the Sibirs, and should have some good fighting ahead,
This was from last night I will play a few more years now and let you know how the next set of wars go
I choose the 1.9 IGC on the most difficult setting with an Agressive AI. This has an independent Ryazan province that starts allied and Crimea and Pskov that starts allied if you have not upgraded yet.
well here goes.
Jan 1492, position my armies
Feb1: Declare war on Kazan all allies join,
Feb 16 Shenja with 52,000 infantry marches on Lipseck
March 1 Ryazan under siege by full Kazan Army
March 3 shenja arrives Lipsteck assalts province
March 9 Lipstek falls Shenja and 50,000 march on Tambow
March 17 Ryazan falls to Kazan I am disapointed but can work around it.
March 27 Tabbow falls to assault by Shenja marches to Ryazan
April Kazan siegeing Lipstek,
April 25 Ryazan falls to assault by Shenja Shenja marches on Kazan
May 28th Kazan falls to assault to Shenja, our shoddy diplomatic corps wakens on Vodka saturatred ambassador and sends him to the Golden Horde we can not wake more, a continueing problem we will find. They are too drunk to offer peaceful annexation to Kazan so we ingnote Kazan as they try to siege back Lipsteck
June 1 1492___ We Decalre War on Golden Horde. Crimea joins, Ryazan and Pskov dishonor our alliance. Shenja markes on Samara. send cav contingents to conquer unfortified Vornes and besiege all provinces Except Donetestk wich our allies Crimea besiege.
June 25th Sammara falls to Shenja, 40,000 men march on Kubeshev to meet 10,000 more in Kebeshev.
July 25th Kubeshev falls to Shenja, Crimea besigening Donetesk and Golden Horde Army is besiging Crimea. March on Lugansk
August 16th Lugansk falls to Shenja Mraches on Bojutar.
September 1st the foolish Poles declare war on Golden Horde.
September 9th, Bojutar falls to Shenja, march backt to winter quarters
October 1st a Vodka Laden Diplomate stubles in Kazan. We peacefully annex them 30,000 cavalry join out cause. We watch gleefully as over 100,000 poles march on the Donesk province
November in winter quarters, 122,000 poles and Crimeas besiging Donesk as General Winter arrives.
Jan 1493 still trying to find a sober diplomat, 20,000 more poles die in siege on Donesk 83,000 now in besieging army.
Feb 1493, We find a diplomat who we lock in our dungeon so he does not go on a bender.
Feb 17 Donesk falls,
Feb 17 we annex Golden Horde and 22,000 cavary that were besieging Crimea Join our cause.
March-June of 1493 we postition on the astrakan border and look for diplomats. we leave a 25,000 reserve force in Novograd.
July 1 1492 a Diplomat is found, and we Declare war on Astrakhan. We do not call allies. shenja ordered to uralsk. cavalry contingents to all but volgorad whos enemy we want to draw to lugansk
July 27th Uralsk falls to shenja. ordered to orensk, Astrakahn Army is now besieging Lugansk where we will pin them for the remander of the war with small cavalry actions.
August 1493 Ornensk falls
September 1493 Astrakhan falls
October 1493, Volgograd falls. We are still trying to find diplomats.
November 1493 a Diplomat is found, Astakhan is annexed 14,000 Astrakhan Cavalry join our cause.
we position on Sibir border and increase our reserve army in north.
Jan 1493-May 1493 we do fully position leaving orensk empty
May 1493, Very hard decision we decide to use our diplomat to bring Danes into the Russian Crimean alliance instead of Declareing war, we wanted the Sibir but they will have to wait. our soldiers on peacetime pay are growing fat and lazy.
November 1st, we find a diplomat and declare war on Sibir. we leave oransk empty so general winter can do its job.
November1493April 1494we watch the russian winter decimate the Sibir horsemen besieging Oransk, In april we find a diplomat and pull pskov back into alliance. we send cavalry contingents into all the provinces of Sibir to siege and ready shenja to counter attack oransk
April 18 1494 Teutonic Kights Declare War, my allies join my cause.
May 1494 Shenja attacks Sibir in Oransk before Oransk falls and then Marches in Kurgan.
June 1494 Kurgan assault fails order up reindrcements and fall back part of Shenjas army
July 1494 Swedes Declare war, Crimea dishonors our alliance but I have a diplomat to aske them back Kurgan falls advance on next Sibir provence. 35,000 man army stays in Novograd as Teutonic knights besieg Pskov and Swedes and Denmark fignt
August next Sibir province falls start send troops to north the remaining three provinces are besiged and Sibir army has ceased to exist.
August 28, 1494, Poland Brittany, papal states and Brittany declare war on us, we do not call our allies.
September, we buy 10,000 infantry in novograd, Denmark lands in East Prussia
October sibir down to 2 provinces 20,000 cavalry head twoard polish frontier
November moscow garrisoned and Poles begin small attacks on Moscow army, with 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry in moscow the polish small armies are anhiliated as the hit with 5,000 and 3,000 men armies.
December 1494 armies in Novograd and Moscow and now in vorones and Lugansk waiting for spring, Sibir down to their last province.
well a good opening three years of blood lust,
we have annexed 3 countries about to annex a 4th and are at war with 3 alliances not counting the Sibirs, and should have some good fighting ahead,
This was from last night I will play a few more years now and let you know how the next set of wars go