Our objectives in this one is to look for weaknesses in genoa shiny armor and then exploit it till no end!!
January 19, 1452 : Scotland went with Destroy the castles and confiscate the lands of Douglases in The Breaking of the Douglases.
January 23, 1452 : Denmark declared war upon Sweden.
January 26, 1452 : Tunisia declared war upon Algiers.
January 26, 1452 : Granada joined the war on the same side as Algiers in their war against Tunisia.
April 1, 1452 : Cologne joined the war on the same side as Burgundy, Byzantium and Münster in their war against Genoa, Savoy, Gelre, Bremen, Teutonic Order and Mecklenburg.
July 30, 1452 : Bohemia declared war upon Genoa. Very interesting.....
September 22, 1452 : Milan joined the war on the same side as Genoa and Savoy in their war against Bohemia, Saxony, Hessen, Magdeburg and Hannover.
October 10, 1452 : Baden joined the war on the same side as Genoa, Savoy and Milan in their war against Bohemia, Saxony, Hessen, Magdeburg and Hannover.
February 1, 1454 : The people of Sicily declared independence from Castile.
July 21, 1454 : Enrique IV rose to the throne in Castile.
September 2, 1454 : Turkey went with Found the 'Enderun' in Imperial College instituted.
December 4, 1454 : Baden accepted peace with Bohemia on the following terms : Full Annexation of Baden by Bohemia. Bad Bof of the Year : Bohemia!
December 7, 1454 : Hungary declared war upon Bohemia. Ouch! Clash of the Titans.
December 7, 1454 : Papal States joined the war on the same side as Hungary, Venice, Suzdal and Ukraine in their war against Bohemia, Saxony, Hessen, Magdeburg and Hannover. We'll try not to mess with Bohemia, but we need our alliance. Genoa looks weak now.. Hmmm...
January 11, 1455 : England went with Yorkist Kings make most important policies in The War of the Roses.
We begin recruiting troops for the war against Genoa, our heavenly father has decided that those un-Holy bastards shall pay for their crimes against Italy!!
March 26, 1455 : Calixtus III will now rule our glorious nation! Good stats!!
July 13, 1455 : Papal States declared war upon Genoa. Our troops are prepped and ready, our army now consists of 26000 infantry and 30000 cavalry. They're split evenly in two armies.
July 13, 1455 : Venice joined the war on the same side as Papal States and Hungary in their war against Genoa, Savoy and Milan.
July 28, 1455 : We have engaged hostile armies in Firenze. Their 20k army was expecting this, so they were placed near the border.
August 5, 1455 : We won a battle against Genoa in Firenze. An absolute slaughter!! Our Holy Fist smacked them down!!
August 5, 1455 : We have initiated a siege in Firenze. We split the army and head onto Emilia.
August 24, 1455 : We have initiated a siege in Emilia. We split again and the rest continues to the capitolof Genoa. They still hold two eastern provinces, but we will not try to take them.
September 26, 1455 : We have initiated a siege in Liguria. The fortress is big, 10 000 defenders.
October 1, 1455 : Savoy rejected our generous peace offer! Seems as if they want to fight...
October 1, 1455 : Milan rejected our generous peace offer!
October 30, 1455 : Romagna has been besieged by Milan.
January 21, 1456 : Brittany joined the war on the same side as Bohemia, Saxony, Hessen, Magdeburg and Hannover in their war against Hungary, Venice, Suzdal, Ukraine and Papal States.
January 25, 1456 : We captured the province of Emilia from Genoa. Wayhey! The war is going very well, we expect their lands to be ours within a year.
June 11, 1456 : We captured the province of Firenze from Genoa. Very good!
June 14, 1456 : Papal States accepted peace with Savoy on the following terms : Return to Status Quo. The fall of Firenze really scared them. This is perfect, they were sieging Romagna with 13k, together with the 10k Milanese army, we were not ready to pick a fight with them then, but now they are not as strong...
June 17, 1456 : Burgundy declared war upon Friesland. Dude, those Burgundians are real warmongers!
June 17, 1456 : Gelre joined the war on the same side as Friesland and Oldenburg in their war against Burgundy, Byzantium, Münster, Cologne, Kleves and The Palatinat.
July 8, 1456 : We have engaged hostile armies in Romagna.
July 23, 1456 : We won a battle against Milan in Romagna. Another slaughter!
August 27, 1456 : We won a battle against Milan in Lombardia.
August 27, 1456 : We have initiated a siege in Lombardia.
September 1, 1456 : Papal States accepted peace with Brittany on the following terms : Return to Status Quo.
September 28, 1456 : Sicily accepted peace with Navarra on the following terms : Return to Status Quo.
October 2, 1456 : Emilia has been besieged by Genoa. Pityful army..
October 12, 1456 : Papal States accepted peace with Bohemia on the following terms : Return to Status Quo.
January 28, 1457 : We captured the province of Lombardia from Milan. Now, annex or not...
February 6, 1457 : Milan accepted our generous peace offer. Wayhey! The wealthy lands of Lombardia are ours!!
February 28, 1457 : We won a battle against Genoa in Emilia.
March 1, 1457 : Our land technology increased to Late Medieval (3).
April 15, 1457 : Portugal declared war upon Genoa. They are slowly crumbling, but the siege of Genoa is going really sloooow...
April 15, 1457 : Savoy joined the war on the same side as Genoa in their war against Portugal and Naples.
October 3, 1457 : We lost a battle against Rebel Scum in Lombardia. Crap..
October 16, 1457 : Friesland accepted peace with Münster on the following terms : Full Annexation of Friesland by Münster
December 10, 1457 : We won a battle against Rebel Scum in Lombardia.
August 8, 1458 : Pius II will now rule our glorious nation! Another fine Pope!
November 18, 1458 : Gelre accepted peace with Burgundy on the following terms : Full Annexation of Gelre by Burgundy
July 1, 1459 : Denmark accepted peace with Sweden on the following terms : Denmark pays 50$ in indemnities.
July 6, 1459 : Denmark declared war upon Burgundy.
July 6, 1459 : The Palatinat joined the war on the same side as Burgundy, Byzantium, Münster, Cologne and Kleves in their war against Denmark and Cyprus.
Our siegers in Genoa seems to be in trouble, the city still holds out...Our enemy constantly tries to ship reinforcements to attack us, but our veteran army keeps kicking them off the peninsula.
April 1, 1462 : The Holy Roman Empire has elected Philippe III le Bon of Burgundy as emperor..
July 4, 1462 : Denmark accepted peace with Byzantium on the following terms : Denmark pays 50$ in indemnities.
November 20, 1463 : Sweden joined the war on the same side as Muscowy in their war against Lithuania, Mecklenburg and Teutonic Order.
December 18, 1463 : Poland declared war upon Lithuania. Bad neighbourhood that...
Now I'm pissed. Those Genoans must be eating themselves, and they are still holding out...
January 22, 1464 : Papal States accepted peace with Genoa on the following terms : Firenze to Papal States & Emilia to Papal States. Wayhey!! Peace in our realm!!
February 5, 1464 : You were promoted to Count. Thank you my Heavenly Father!
Now, only Napoli remains on our Peninsula, weak nation, we'll wait a couple of years before we go after them.
Lombardia will give us tons of cash, our Empire is strong now!! Burgundy now holds all of the netherlands, except for Friesen. But they also hold Lyonnais, Lorraince, Alsace, Franche-Comté and Bourgogne! France is on the move but England is still strong and holds the shores.
Now, Bohemia is HUGE!! They've taken Hessen, Sachsen, Thüringen, Anhalt, Tirol Salzburg plus their original lands.
Stats : 5% inflation, 240 VP's, tied 5th with Sweden. Bohemia leads, 385 victorypoints.
Cheers, hope you enjoyed it, the Papal State is on the verge of something great!
