Anibal Thanks, and i'll keep an eye on the inflation
Galleblære - Thanks!
Sytass - Tuochy? oh my, explain your self
Judge - Thanks
I have acctually played Armenia before, so i got a few tactics with them, And you should also know that it was your KoJ AAR that inspired me to the title
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Chapter one : The first years.
In the year of our lord 1419 Armenia declared independence from the Moslem oppresors in Ak Koyonlu. The man who led the upprising against those infidels was Stratioticus( from now on known as Strat). Strat was a wery Orthodox man, acctually he as a bit of extreme, and he hated Moslems. It didn't matter if they where Turks or Arabs, In his eyes they where all Infidels who should stay in the hell they came from. His biggest dream was to liberate Jerusalem and "Cleanse it from evil", as he once said.
His first orders as King of Armenia was to cancell the tribute system
(Cancell Vassalisation) that Armenia had to the infidels to the south, and it is said that he uttered this words when he sent the note to Ak Koyonlu:
"I shall pay no fee to the servants of the devil, but let uss fool them like the devil does to us! Let us allie with them, and use their influence in the south!"
Strat entered a military alliance together with Ak Koyonlu. When Strat heard that the infidels had accepted his invetation, he fell into a hysterical laughter.
"Good!" he jelled,
"Good! Those infidels are even more stupid then i tought, now, let us prepare for operation Moorak!"
Operation Moorak was the grand strategic expansion plan of Armenia. It had been worked out over a Century ago By the military masterminds of Armenia, for the time when Armenia would be independent again. The plan was based on conquering rich territory, and only annexing what you needed. The first step in the plan was to take Trebizond. Altough it was a Orthodox brother, it had to be attacked. Strat, as the true paranoid man he was, fully belived that Trebizond was realy controlled by a Moslem shadow-king, who ruled trebizond with the true king as a puppet.
So, Strat took a loan
(We took a loan) raised 6000 Cavalary units from his faithfull citizens, and on the 9th April 1420, Armenia
"Declared war on Trebizond and their ally Byzantinum".
Ak Koyonlu honored the military alliance (Strat shouted about
"Those phatetic fools!" when the white sheeps joined in the war) and so, the war began.
The "Armenia regiment" under Zacharias (hearby known as Zac) attacked Trebizond, and defeated the Trebizond army with ease. The siege lasted a few months, totaly with out Byzantine interference, and on new years eave 1420, Trabzon fell. Strat annexed it immideatly ( With a great hysterical laughter, of course).
The Byzantines then demanded 25 ducats for peace wich Strat didn't want to pay, but hes advisors made him.
Strat spent a couple of years paying back loans, Honoring his Military alliance but not fighting a single battle, reforming
(+1 Centralization) and promoting ballifs.
And when everything was peacefull and nice, at 1 August 1421, when Strat had acctually started to turn down his paranoid self a little bit, the
Golden Horde Declared war! .
Strat reacted with a
"WHAT WAS IT I SAID! I KNEW THOSE BLOODY INFIDELS WOULD ATTACK, I KNEW IT!" , wich acctualy was a pretty calm answer to the note that the Stepp lords had sent.
The Khan how ever seemed to be in another world or something, though he did not lift a finger to fight the war with Armenia. Instead Zac lead the "Armenia Regiment" into Daghestan, and after a short siege, he captured that province. Still nothing from the Khan. So Zac moved on to the rich Trade center of Astrakhan, and after some losses during the winter, it also fell. And not a single army of the Khan was spotted.
And then, all suddenly, after a long war (Strat was going mad about that the Khan never accpeted peace!) the Goverment of the Golden Horde fell! (No shit? That was unexpected...
) And Astrakhan and Daghestan was ceded to Armenia. Strat how ever had hard to be glad about that, as he only saw more potential enemies to Armenia with owning a Center of Trade.
So, Strat began to plan the next campaign. His own words when he was asked about why:
"Well, we have to attack! If we don't attack them, they will hit us!"
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Well, That was the first Installment. Feedback, please!
And yes, if i could find a good host, i would post some screenshots
