Chapter 3- A widening war
The first battles of the war go better than expected, i quickly siege all of granada's provinces, and it takes only 2 battles to completely wipe out their army.
unfortunatly my quick success catches Morocco's attention, and they DoW me. its them and the rest of the barbary coast vs. me, Portugal, and Aragon, who for some reason joined in despite not being in my alliance. perhaps they warned them or something....
I also quickly manage to wipe out several of my enemies navies, as well as the last of the granadan armies being built.
being at war with the entire barbary coast tends to get their pirates angry at you, they attack 3 provinces within 2 months time. The one not shown is andalusia, which i forgot to get a picture of.
Algeirs also bans me from their COT, like i even care.
Morocco takes Ceuta and i let them have it in a peace deal. this is part of my plan since i dont want the portugese spoiling my future plans on a spanish north africa. they werent even bothering to convert it anyway, so they lose out.
I take the capital of Granada, after a well timed assault.
Drat. Being catholic isnt all good i guess.
I crush granadas navy, and soon after take almeria as well, through another successful assault.
with the majority of their nation occupied and their military destroyed, granada is forced into a humiliating peace agreement.
Immediatly thereafter i begin converting the provinces i took.
My old king finally dies, and i get a new one. hes not nessecarily charming or commanding, but he is a good administrator. also i get the elder statesman event, which gives me a free diplomat and prestige.
He also likes to build things, thats nice if i ever get something to build.
we allow the jews to stick around in both of our new provinces.
meanwhile, im still at war with algiers and they wont give in, even after i smush the remnants of their navy.
My new king is successfully coronated, with no issues from the nobility.
and finally the portugese get some guts and invade algeirs, making them cry to me for a white peace. I accept and the bloodshed is over.
A largely successful war, there is still much to be done. i need to finally eradicate granada, and convert the last of the muslims in iberia to chrisitianity. and the Moroccans may think they have pushed the Christians from north africa for good, but soon we will show them otherwise. and what about Aragon? all they keep doing is putting down endless revolts at -3 stability, and unsuccessfruly trying to kill navarra. surely we could put their lands to better use? we will find out soon, once we hit chapter 4!