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"From the one and only frozen hell on earth, iiiiiiiit's... SIBIR!!!"
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Good job staying alive with the Russians, but what of Crimea and Persia? Will they be juicy targets in the near future?
Have I missed it, or have you yet to spank the Uzbeks?
If you have their lands, there is a nice 'back door' to Persia on their southern frontier that is usually lightly defended colonies, and then your in Ishfan. Pillage them in true mongol fashion when they inevitably go to war with Turkey, sack their capitol, take gold & maps. Repeat as necessary.
If you have their lands, there is a nice 'back door' to Persia on their southern frontier that is usually lightly defended colonies, and then your in Ishfan. Pillage them in true mongol fashion when they inevitably go to war with Turkey, sack their capitol, take gold & maps. Repeat as necessary.
HALFTIME BREAK
Just a few things: I am playing on difficulty: normal; aggressiveness: normal, as I'm fairly new to EU. No random events
Also, I'm not necessarily trying for as many provinces as possible, but trying to follow what I think would be a historical path: attack the Russians and other Christians while avoiding fights with other Moslem nations. And reunite as much of the former Horde territory as possible. Plus, the Persians,and the Crimeans (LOL!) seem to be doing quite well in this game.
Sibir is QUITE hard: no colonists, and the nearest seaport in Crimea, which means cutting through Persian, Horde and Crimean land, plus Poland-Lith on the border. And I take a -3 stability hit for DOWing another Moslem nation. Other problems: 1) I can't access the Novgorod CoT because my maps stretch only from Sibir to Moscow. (Fortunately I can use the Isfahan CoT thanks to an earlier alliance) 2) My manpower remains at just 20 (Orthodox won't fight for Moslems, is that it?), which means I need to keep an artificially large army in case I'm attacked, a further drain on my treasury; 3) apart from the first 80 years, none of my military leaders ranks better than a 1-0-1, and the rulers are mediocre too; 4) my core provinces are mostly pagan, which rebel quickly if a war lasts very long; and 5) my tech stinks. Other than that, this country is easy!
My strategy is to wait for the Russians to get deeply involved in a war, throw everything at them, and hope for the best, while keeping an alliance with Astrakhan and the Horde (nice buffers against Turkey and Persia). Near game's end, I plan to grab Astrakhan and Horde and hopefully some of Crimea.
Next installment coming up!
Just a few things: I am playing on difficulty: normal; aggressiveness: normal, as I'm fairly new to EU. No random events
Also, I'm not necessarily trying for as many provinces as possible, but trying to follow what I think would be a historical path: attack the Russians and other Christians while avoiding fights with other Moslem nations. And reunite as much of the former Horde territory as possible. Plus, the Persians,and the Crimeans (LOL!) seem to be doing quite well in this game.
Sibir is QUITE hard: no colonists, and the nearest seaport in Crimea, which means cutting through Persian, Horde and Crimean land, plus Poland-Lith on the border. And I take a -3 stability hit for DOWing another Moslem nation. Other problems: 1) I can't access the Novgorod CoT because my maps stretch only from Sibir to Moscow. (Fortunately I can use the Isfahan CoT thanks to an earlier alliance) 2) My manpower remains at just 20 (Orthodox won't fight for Moslems, is that it?), which means I need to keep an artificially large army in case I'm attacked, a further drain on my treasury; 3) apart from the first 80 years, none of my military leaders ranks better than a 1-0-1, and the rulers are mediocre too; 4) my core provinces are mostly pagan, which rebel quickly if a war lasts very long; and 5) my tech stinks. Other than that, this country is easy!
My strategy is to wait for the Russians to get deeply involved in a war, throw everything at them, and hope for the best, while keeping an alliance with Astrakhan and the Horde (nice buffers against Turkey and Persia). Near game's end, I plan to grab Astrakhan and Horde and hopefully some of Crimea.
Next installment coming up!
THE GLORIOUS WAR
1645 - Our leader, Kuldalang Khan, has decreed another war against the Russians, and so we put the finishing touches on our military buildup. Four armies of 20k infantry, 8k cavalry and 60 cannon apiece, with half a dozen 5k infantry detachments. to feed into sieges of Tambow and Kazan. The Astrakhanis and Horde are part of our alliance. Our spies in Moscow believe another war with Poland-Lithuania is imminent...
1646 - Well, not THAT imminent.
1647 - This is worse than losing a war. For the past 30 years, our tiny income has been augmented by our intrepid merchants in Isfahan, which few other countries seem to know about. For a few years we even enjoyed a monopoly. But now the Persians have driven out all of them in just a few months! It seems they've discovered advanced trade, which consists of offering two-for-one deals on caviar. We just can't compete with that for now, and will do without the 80d a year from that market. We send a few merchants to Constantinople, and they gain a foothold.
1648 - Poland-Lithuania declares war on the Russians (yesssssss!)
1649 - The war is going badly for the Russians, who have lost Tver and another province. We attack in the spring!
March 1650 - Our armies march into Tambov and Kazan without opposition. Each province sends out a small 5k army, which we bursh aside and continue to siege. Tambov falls in January 1651, and we move back to Kuybeshev, as the kingdom of Ryazan blocks us.
May 1651 - Kazan falls, but almot immediately a Russian force appears, smashes our remnant armsy of 20,000, and begins to ASSAULT Kazan. We immediately send a diplomat, offering peace in exchange for Tambow -- and they accept!
ANOTHER LONG PEACE, 1651-1670
The khan is please with our victory. Our army losses were only moderate, and after regaining some stability we attempt to regain our markets in Isfahan.
It's strange, but how do we market the furs that make Siberia famous? Our merchants have a map of Isfahan itself, but the land from Orsk to Isfahan is nothing but a blank on our pitiful maps. Apparently, the merchants are met at the Alga border, then led by wary Persian soldiers all the way to Isfahan, pulling their wares BLINDFOLDED through 2000 miles of desert, doubtless stepping in camel dung at every step!
1645 - Our leader, Kuldalang Khan, has decreed another war against the Russians, and so we put the finishing touches on our military buildup. Four armies of 20k infantry, 8k cavalry and 60 cannon apiece, with half a dozen 5k infantry detachments. to feed into sieges of Tambow and Kazan. The Astrakhanis and Horde are part of our alliance. Our spies in Moscow believe another war with Poland-Lithuania is imminent...
1646 - Well, not THAT imminent.
1647 - This is worse than losing a war. For the past 30 years, our tiny income has been augmented by our intrepid merchants in Isfahan, which few other countries seem to know about. For a few years we even enjoyed a monopoly. But now the Persians have driven out all of them in just a few months! It seems they've discovered advanced trade, which consists of offering two-for-one deals on caviar. We just can't compete with that for now, and will do without the 80d a year from that market. We send a few merchants to Constantinople, and they gain a foothold.
1648 - Poland-Lithuania declares war on the Russians (yesssssss!)
1649 - The war is going badly for the Russians, who have lost Tver and another province. We attack in the spring!
March 1650 - Our armies march into Tambov and Kazan without opposition. Each province sends out a small 5k army, which we bursh aside and continue to siege. Tambov falls in January 1651, and we move back to Kuybeshev, as the kingdom of Ryazan blocks us.
May 1651 - Kazan falls, but almot immediately a Russian force appears, smashes our remnant armsy of 20,000, and begins to ASSAULT Kazan. We immediately send a diplomat, offering peace in exchange for Tambow -- and they accept!
ANOTHER LONG PEACE, 1651-1670
The khan is please with our victory. Our army losses were only moderate, and after regaining some stability we attempt to regain our markets in Isfahan.
It's strange, but how do we market the furs that make Siberia famous? Our merchants have a map of Isfahan itself, but the land from Orsk to Isfahan is nothing but a blank on our pitiful maps. Apparently, the merchants are met at the Alga border, then led by wary Persian soldiers all the way to Isfahan, pulling their wares BLINDFOLDED through 2000 miles of desert, doubtless stepping in camel dung at every step!
Sounds like quite the adventure!You would think an extention of the former Islamic state would know where the rest of that state was... oh well.
I think you've done an excellent job so far, except why haven't you annexed France?
ROUND THREE: HUMILIATION
1671 - Our newest leader, Melnik Khan, wants to add his name to the Sibir Hall of Fame by nicking another Russian province, namely Kazan, which formerly belonged to the old Horde.
Some of us would prefer a war with the Shiite Persians and Uzbeks, but we can't colonize the land in between. Another choice is to annex Astrakhan and the Horde, then go for Crimea, but they're our only friends in the world right now. Besides, Crimea is really taking it to the Poles, grabbing two provinces, and acting as a buffer between us and Poland. It seems that the ONLY path for expansion lies to the northwest.
January 1672 - We've done this before: four 30k armies, with smaller 5k detachments for reinforcements. But this time the Russians AREN'T at war, although their czarina doesn't look too tough. Our only path is through Kazan, as Ryazan (which also owns Lipetsk) blocks us to the west. We declare war on March 20.
April 1672 - Our first 30k army, with 100 cannon for a quick siege, moves into Kazan. Not a Russian in sight! The walls of Kazan crumble quickly, and by November our flag flies above the ramparts. The Russians offer a white peace. Hah!
Now comes a tough decision; wait out the winter and send another army on to Vladimir, or move immediately and suffer winter attrition. We move and begin to reduce the fortress, feeding in 5,000 man armies to keep the siege going, when a Russian army of 60,000 appears. We are routed, losing half our men. And the Russians pursue us and our Astrakhan allies to Kazan, then whip our combined armies in a long fight that costs us another 20,000 men.
The enemy , with 70,000 men, besieges Kazan, and as it wavers, it's our turn to offer a white peace. The Russians refuse. Now they move into Kuybeyshev, along with their Danish allies, and begin a siege. Our troops have been driven back to Samara, what's left of them, and so it's once again up to our diplomats to save us. We offer 250d, and our diplomat is thrown out of the Kremlin gates, then has scalding water from a samovar poured on his head.
Kuybeyshev is about to fall, and we dispatch another diplomat with an offer of 500d. Miraculously, the Russians accept! They truly are stupid (or low on cash) for I don't see how they could have failed to take two provinces.
Still, that's three wars with the Russians, and we're not faring well. One big victory which brought Tambow into the fold, and two crushing defeats that somehow didn't result in the loss of any land. Worse, next in line to the Russian throne is a teen-ager named Peter, who looks like trouble.
THE GREAT REBUILDING: 1674-1695
Even as the war wound down, rebels besieged Uralsk and Kustanai. They were defeated, but our armies were used up, along with our treasury. That's the way it is in Sibir: one khan starts a war, the next one picks up the pieces. Mayyat Khan has a lot of picking up to do: regaining our lost stability, rebuilding our armies and the treasury, and sucking up to our Moslem neighbors lest they join an alliance with the infidels.
And woe to the young women of Sibir, who after each war are sent off to the harem of some fat caliph in Turkey or Persia. What a country!
1671 - Our newest leader, Melnik Khan, wants to add his name to the Sibir Hall of Fame by nicking another Russian province, namely Kazan, which formerly belonged to the old Horde.
Some of us would prefer a war with the Shiite Persians and Uzbeks, but we can't colonize the land in between. Another choice is to annex Astrakhan and the Horde, then go for Crimea, but they're our only friends in the world right now. Besides, Crimea is really taking it to the Poles, grabbing two provinces, and acting as a buffer between us and Poland. It seems that the ONLY path for expansion lies to the northwest.
January 1672 - We've done this before: four 30k armies, with smaller 5k detachments for reinforcements. But this time the Russians AREN'T at war, although their czarina doesn't look too tough. Our only path is through Kazan, as Ryazan (which also owns Lipetsk) blocks us to the west. We declare war on March 20.
April 1672 - Our first 30k army, with 100 cannon for a quick siege, moves into Kazan. Not a Russian in sight! The walls of Kazan crumble quickly, and by November our flag flies above the ramparts. The Russians offer a white peace. Hah!
Now comes a tough decision; wait out the winter and send another army on to Vladimir, or move immediately and suffer winter attrition. We move and begin to reduce the fortress, feeding in 5,000 man armies to keep the siege going, when a Russian army of 60,000 appears. We are routed, losing half our men. And the Russians pursue us and our Astrakhan allies to Kazan, then whip our combined armies in a long fight that costs us another 20,000 men.
The enemy , with 70,000 men, besieges Kazan, and as it wavers, it's our turn to offer a white peace. The Russians refuse. Now they move into Kuybeyshev, along with their Danish allies, and begin a siege. Our troops have been driven back to Samara, what's left of them, and so it's once again up to our diplomats to save us. We offer 250d, and our diplomat is thrown out of the Kremlin gates, then has scalding water from a samovar poured on his head.
Kuybeyshev is about to fall, and we dispatch another diplomat with an offer of 500d. Miraculously, the Russians accept! They truly are stupid (or low on cash) for I don't see how they could have failed to take two provinces.
Still, that's three wars with the Russians, and we're not faring well. One big victory which brought Tambow into the fold, and two crushing defeats that somehow didn't result in the loss of any land. Worse, next in line to the Russian throne is a teen-ager named Peter, who looks like trouble.
THE GREAT REBUILDING: 1674-1695
Even as the war wound down, rebels besieged Uralsk and Kustanai. They were defeated, but our armies were used up, along with our treasury. That's the way it is in Sibir: one khan starts a war, the next one picks up the pieces. Mayyat Khan has a lot of picking up to do: regaining our lost stability, rebuilding our armies and the treasury, and sucking up to our Moslem neighbors lest they join an alliance with the infidels.
And woe to the young women of Sibir, who after each war are sent off to the harem of some fat caliph in Turkey or Persia. What a country!
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THE RYAZAN WAR - AND THEN SOME
1696 - We are at peace, but only to rebuild for another war. Aldyk Khan is new to the throne, and his hand is already on his scimitar, itching for a fight. His father Mayyat has rebuilt the treasury, built another refinery (in Orenburg), and solidified relations with the Moslem world. Besides, the Persians are expanding, and the Crimeans, with Persian help, have driven Poland almost to the Dneipr River! Everybody wants a piece of Poland, including Peter the Great, who miraculously hasn't attacked us yet. Our big armies on their border are making him think twice. So now what?
The answer is obvious: the annoying Christian state of Ryazan, two provinces of trouble. During our last war with the Russians, Ryazan swooped in like a vulture, declaring war out of the blue and laying siege to Tambow. Luckily, they started in October and were worn down by attrition and we bought our way to peace a year later for 250d. Now they will repay us with interest.
The Russians are the biggest problem. They have just finished a war with the Poles, and are rebuilding. We MUST finish off Ryazan quickly, then hope for the best if Russia attacks. Our treasury sits at a fat (for us) 1300d as a potential buyout if worse comes to worse.
April 1697 -- We declare war on Ryazan, then march one army of 30k into Lipetsk, while our other 30k army in Tambov digs in, hoping for the Ryazanite (!) army of to attack us there. Two other armies sit in Samara, insurance against the Russians. Other smaller 5k detachments await orders elsewhere.
June-December 1697 -- Ryazan confounds us, and marches to break the siege of Lipetsk, so we march on Ryazan itself. The siege begins, and hopefully our 30k army in Lipetsk can defeat the enemy's 17k -- NOT! Our incompetent generals are driven off again, back to Tambow, but the siege of Ryazan is going well, and we send another 10k infantry into the fray. The depleted Ryazan army turns back to its capital, but we are ready, and drive them back to Lipetsk. At the same time, a fresh Sibir army marches in, defeats the last of the enemy, and lays siege.
April 1698 -- Russia declares war, and begins to mobilize!!! By June we have finished off Ryazan (and duly annexed them), and meanwhile raised new troops. No time to rebuild the walls, just hope for attrition of the Russian masses.
August 1698 -- A Russian army of 68,000 led by Peter marches toward Ryazan, which we will not contest.
There are times when the fate of nation hinges on a decision, a gamble, or just blind luck. What happened next was all of these things. We sent an army of 30k (including 100 cannon) into Kazan at the moment of Peter's declaration of war, and took the province by November. Then we marched for Moscow, pretending to besiege it but more importantly cutting the Russian supply lines. Peter took Ryazan, but his troops were too enfeebled to besiege Lipetsk after driving away our army. And the Russian nation was becoming war-weary (stability -2). But not too tired to send another 50k army into Kazan.
March 1699 -- It was just the right time to open our wallets, and for the cheap price of 250d we bought our way out of another war. And Ryazan, that pesky nemesis, was vanquished forever!
1696 - We are at peace, but only to rebuild for another war. Aldyk Khan is new to the throne, and his hand is already on his scimitar, itching for a fight. His father Mayyat has rebuilt the treasury, built another refinery (in Orenburg), and solidified relations with the Moslem world. Besides, the Persians are expanding, and the Crimeans, with Persian help, have driven Poland almost to the Dneipr River! Everybody wants a piece of Poland, including Peter the Great, who miraculously hasn't attacked us yet. Our big armies on their border are making him think twice. So now what?
The answer is obvious: the annoying Christian state of Ryazan, two provinces of trouble. During our last war with the Russians, Ryazan swooped in like a vulture, declaring war out of the blue and laying siege to Tambow. Luckily, they started in October and were worn down by attrition and we bought our way to peace a year later for 250d. Now they will repay us with interest.
The Russians are the biggest problem. They have just finished a war with the Poles, and are rebuilding. We MUST finish off Ryazan quickly, then hope for the best if Russia attacks. Our treasury sits at a fat (for us) 1300d as a potential buyout if worse comes to worse.
April 1697 -- We declare war on Ryazan, then march one army of 30k into Lipetsk, while our other 30k army in Tambov digs in, hoping for the Ryazanite (!) army of to attack us there. Two other armies sit in Samara, insurance against the Russians. Other smaller 5k detachments await orders elsewhere.
June-December 1697 -- Ryazan confounds us, and marches to break the siege of Lipetsk, so we march on Ryazan itself. The siege begins, and hopefully our 30k army in Lipetsk can defeat the enemy's 17k -- NOT! Our incompetent generals are driven off again, back to Tambow, but the siege of Ryazan is going well, and we send another 10k infantry into the fray. The depleted Ryazan army turns back to its capital, but we are ready, and drive them back to Lipetsk. At the same time, a fresh Sibir army marches in, defeats the last of the enemy, and lays siege.
April 1698 -- Russia declares war, and begins to mobilize!!! By June we have finished off Ryazan (and duly annexed them), and meanwhile raised new troops. No time to rebuild the walls, just hope for attrition of the Russian masses.
August 1698 -- A Russian army of 68,000 led by Peter marches toward Ryazan, which we will not contest.
There are times when the fate of nation hinges on a decision, a gamble, or just blind luck. What happened next was all of these things. We sent an army of 30k (including 100 cannon) into Kazan at the moment of Peter's declaration of war, and took the province by November. Then we marched for Moscow, pretending to besiege it but more importantly cutting the Russian supply lines. Peter took Ryazan, but his troops were too enfeebled to besiege Lipetsk after driving away our army. And the Russian nation was becoming war-weary (stability -2). But not too tired to send another 50k army into Kazan.
March 1699 -- It was just the right time to open our wallets, and for the cheap price of 250d we bought our way out of another war. And Ryazan, that pesky nemesis, was vanquished forever!
You've done remarkably well, I can't imagine the tightness of the pursestrings you must have held yourself to in order to build up a treasury of 1300d in Sibir.
Any plans for screenshots?
Any plans for screenshots?
Something weird related to Sibir happened... I wa playing Prussia and really smacking the poles a good one, but then I looked in Asia and found something odd. Sibir had taken Astrakhan, the Goldenhorde had taken Kazan AND Ryzan! it was odd and vaugely familiar...
I'm very impressed with everything you're doing. I too think you'd get some better luck against the Uzbeks, but then again the attrition in their provinces (and the intervening provicnes is attrocious, so maybe you're better of this way.
I have a feeling Peter the Great is going to cause you a world of pain. Good luck!
I have a feeling Peter the Great is going to cause you a world of pain. Good luck!
THE VERY LONG PEACE, 1699-1725
Once again, our armies are depleted, along with our monies, so we pick up the pieces, reinforce the Russian frontiers as a show of strength, all the while sucking up to everyone except the Russians. We drain the treasury and throw three 40k armies on the border, praying to Allah that Peter the Great will turn his attention elsewhere. Better yet, he die REAL SOON as far as we're concerned.
Fortunately, our merchants are finally regaining a foothold in Isfahan, 60 years after they were somehow outcompeted by the Persians. By the beginning 1726, Peter is dead, and our armies are ready for action. But what kind of action?
THE WAR OF THE MAPS
1726: Aldiq Khan, our new leader, is a travel buff, but we are the laughing stock of geographers everywhere with our patheticc maps that stop at the Dneipr River! ``We must have the Russians' maps,'' commands Aldiq, and we obey. Three armies of 40k are readied in Ryazan, Lipetsk, and Kuybeyshev, plus a reserve army in Tambow. The Russians are fighting the Poles (again, yes!), and we move in. Our largest army moves straight for the Kremlin, and another goes for Kazan, our other main objective. The grand plan is to sack Moscow (the maps!) and Kazan, then win the latter in a peace treaty.
April 1726: We declare the fifth war against the Russians, and our armies move in. Hmmm, not a greencoat in sight, but we've seen this before. Make those cannons bark and BRING DOWN THOSE WALLS!!!
November 1726: Both walls (Moscow and Kazan) are crumbling.
March 1727: Almost there.
April 1727: OH NOOOOOOO! From out of nowhere, a 60K Russian army moves into Kazan just as the walls are almost down. We engage them, and again our pathetic generals are routed. Funny, the Russians send only a small 15k army to relieve our siege of Moscow, and we drive them away.
June 1727: We capture Moscow, storm the Kremlin, and burst into the czar's fable map room. Suddenly the world is open!! Of course, the Russians are beating us like a Persian carpet in Samara, where our third army is beaten, and the city now besieged.
October 1727: What to do? We hold Moscow, but Samara has now fallen to a Russian assault, and they're moving on to Kuybeyshev. Another Russian army of 40k has moved into Ryazan, ready to besiege it. Too we could lose three provinces within four months. We dispatch a diplomat with 250d, and the Russians skewer him on a pike.
January 1728: Russian armies are besieging Kuybeyshev and Ryazan, but suffering terribly from the winter. We send another (frightened) diplomat with 250d as a peace offering, and surprisingly the Russians accept! Aldiq Khan is very pleased with the maps (I wonder how the relatives of our 80,000 dead soldiers feel about this.)
Once again, our armies are depleted, along with our monies, so we pick up the pieces, reinforce the Russian frontiers as a show of strength, all the while sucking up to everyone except the Russians. We drain the treasury and throw three 40k armies on the border, praying to Allah that Peter the Great will turn his attention elsewhere. Better yet, he die REAL SOON as far as we're concerned.
Fortunately, our merchants are finally regaining a foothold in Isfahan, 60 years after they were somehow outcompeted by the Persians. By the beginning 1726, Peter is dead, and our armies are ready for action. But what kind of action?
THE WAR OF THE MAPS
1726: Aldiq Khan, our new leader, is a travel buff, but we are the laughing stock of geographers everywhere with our patheticc maps that stop at the Dneipr River! ``We must have the Russians' maps,'' commands Aldiq, and we obey. Three armies of 40k are readied in Ryazan, Lipetsk, and Kuybeyshev, plus a reserve army in Tambow. The Russians are fighting the Poles (again, yes!), and we move in. Our largest army moves straight for the Kremlin, and another goes for Kazan, our other main objective. The grand plan is to sack Moscow (the maps!) and Kazan, then win the latter in a peace treaty.
April 1726: We declare the fifth war against the Russians, and our armies move in. Hmmm, not a greencoat in sight, but we've seen this before. Make those cannons bark and BRING DOWN THOSE WALLS!!!
November 1726: Both walls (Moscow and Kazan) are crumbling.
March 1727: Almost there.
April 1727: OH NOOOOOOO! From out of nowhere, a 60K Russian army moves into Kazan just as the walls are almost down. We engage them, and again our pathetic generals are routed. Funny, the Russians send only a small 15k army to relieve our siege of Moscow, and we drive them away.
June 1727: We capture Moscow, storm the Kremlin, and burst into the czar's fable map room. Suddenly the world is open!! Of course, the Russians are beating us like a Persian carpet in Samara, where our third army is beaten, and the city now besieged.
October 1727: What to do? We hold Moscow, but Samara has now fallen to a Russian assault, and they're moving on to Kuybeyshev. Another Russian army of 40k has moved into Ryazan, ready to besiege it. Too we could lose three provinces within four months. We dispatch a diplomat with 250d, and the Russians skewer him on a pike.
January 1728: Russian armies are besieging Kuybeyshev and Ryazan, but suffering terribly from the winter. We send another (frightened) diplomat with 250d as a peace offering, and surprisingly the Russians accept! Aldiq Khan is very pleased with the maps (I wonder how the relatives of our 80,000 dead soldiers feel about this.)
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THE VERY LONG PEACE, 1729-1745
A whole world has opened up to us with the capture of the Russian maps, and we immediately marry off every eligible young woman to the new Muslim nations we've discovered. We need all the diplomatic help we can get, as some countries are getting edgy over our aggressiveness with the Russians. Can you imagine!
Eastern Europe is experiencing a Muslim revival, as the Turks have nearly extinguished the Hungarian empire, while our cousins the Crimeans have taken huge chunks of Poland, far more successfully than we have against the Russians. We've both like little kids facing the neighborhood bullies, throwing rocks while their backs are turned, and then hoping for the best.
For our part, we're rebuilding the armies (even bigger this time) to punish the Russians again, rebuilding our stability, and sending merchants are far as our funds will allow.
THE MOST GLORIOUS WAR, 1745-48
We have amassed the largest army in the annals of Sibir: five armies of 18k inf/8k horse/80 cannon each, plus 10 detachments of 5k infantry to reinforce or sieges of Kazan and Tula. We'll settle for Kazan, a former Muslim territory enslaved by the Christians. The Russians are allied with a group of western European nations figthing another bloc, and have been recruiting for some time now.
April 1745: Our leader Baliq Khan commands an invasion of the Russian heartland, and war is declared. Our armies move into Kazan (third time's a charm, we hope), Tula and Moscow, and none face opposition!
October 1745: Walls are crumbling in all three provinces, and our losses are slight. Small Russian forces are brushed away, even by our inept (1-0-1) generals.
February 1746: Kazan falls, and we move on to Vologda. We are near victory in the Moscow and Tula, but facing heavy winter attrition when a Russian army of 60,000 moves into Moscow from Novgorod. We are defeated after a hard fight, and regroup and combine with another army in Lipetsk. Meanwhile, Tula is ours, and we are besieging Vologda. It seems we have more troops than the Russians, for a change!
July 1746: The Russians attack us in Ryazan, but we drive them away, then capture Vladimir. Three Russian provinces in our hands, but our troops are dwindling with another winter looming.
September 1746: We dispatch a diplomat to Moscow, demanding Tula and Kazan, plus 250d. That was a bit greedy, and we are rebuffed.
October 1746: OK, just Tula and Kazan, then? The Russians, also exhausted and STILL entangled in another European war, reluctantly agree!
A great victory is ours!
A whole world has opened up to us with the capture of the Russian maps, and we immediately marry off every eligible young woman to the new Muslim nations we've discovered. We need all the diplomatic help we can get, as some countries are getting edgy over our aggressiveness with the Russians. Can you imagine!
Eastern Europe is experiencing a Muslim revival, as the Turks have nearly extinguished the Hungarian empire, while our cousins the Crimeans have taken huge chunks of Poland, far more successfully than we have against the Russians. We've both like little kids facing the neighborhood bullies, throwing rocks while their backs are turned, and then hoping for the best.
For our part, we're rebuilding the armies (even bigger this time) to punish the Russians again, rebuilding our stability, and sending merchants are far as our funds will allow.
THE MOST GLORIOUS WAR, 1745-48
We have amassed the largest army in the annals of Sibir: five armies of 18k inf/8k horse/80 cannon each, plus 10 detachments of 5k infantry to reinforce or sieges of Kazan and Tula. We'll settle for Kazan, a former Muslim territory enslaved by the Christians. The Russians are allied with a group of western European nations figthing another bloc, and have been recruiting for some time now.
April 1745: Our leader Baliq Khan commands an invasion of the Russian heartland, and war is declared. Our armies move into Kazan (third time's a charm, we hope), Tula and Moscow, and none face opposition!
October 1745: Walls are crumbling in all three provinces, and our losses are slight. Small Russian forces are brushed away, even by our inept (1-0-1) generals.
February 1746: Kazan falls, and we move on to Vologda. We are near victory in the Moscow and Tula, but facing heavy winter attrition when a Russian army of 60,000 moves into Moscow from Novgorod. We are defeated after a hard fight, and regroup and combine with another army in Lipetsk. Meanwhile, Tula is ours, and we are besieging Vologda. It seems we have more troops than the Russians, for a change!
July 1746: The Russians attack us in Ryazan, but we drive them away, then capture Vladimir. Three Russian provinces in our hands, but our troops are dwindling with another winter looming.
September 1746: We dispatch a diplomat to Moscow, demanding Tula and Kazan, plus 250d. That was a bit greedy, and we are rebuffed.
October 1746: OK, just Tula and Kazan, then? The Russians, also exhausted and STILL entangled in another European war, reluctantly agree!
A great victory is ours!
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It seems that by throwing dead bodies at the Russians over and over, you can force them into anything!
Will you be providing screenshots of the mighty empire of Sibir?
Will you be providing screenshots of the mighty empire of Sibir?
This is a well told, well written AAR that is very close to completion. Good work jdk.