- EVENT -
Famine in Piemonte.
Whenever armies pass through an area, it is the peasants who suffer first. Villages are either plundered or forced to provide provisions for the soldiers, depending on the colours of the flag flown by the army in question. Even men serving the lord of the land often resort to stealing supplies instead of offering even token payment.
These problems are off course aggravated by the size of the armies, and as nations from most of Southern Europe send knights, mercenaries and levied peasants to fight in the countryside around Piemonte, food quickly runs dry.
Villagers flee with their animals and few belongings, soldiers burn the fields they cannot harvest to deny them to the enemy, and cows wander loose, some dying to provide food for soldiers, others getting lost in the woods.
Desperate commanders make desperate attempts to feed their armies, but sooner or later, they all fail. Men die from hunger, diseases run wild in the crowded encampments, and many of those surviving desert rather than face the same fate as their unlucky comrades. Death in battle only claims few men, compared to the other causes of mortality.
MODIFIERS:
Event triggered by sheer number of forces in Piemonte. All nations with troops in Piemonte affected.
+1 to Piemontes roll for fighting in own country.
TABLE:1. Catastrophic lack of supplies!
The situation is desperate, and are made worse when soldiers turn on the horses used to draw the few supplywagons, butchering them for a few pounds of meat. Thousands die, some in their sleep, some on the march, falling prey to diseases and hunger. Even more desert and flee for home.
(-50% current land mil (rounded up), -2 morale, -1 tech for 2 turns)
2. Harsh lack of supplies
Knights find their horses butchered for meat, and every eatable is plundered from the local areas. But even desperate measures only help few of the men, and the survivors are dishearted.
(-25% current land mil (rounded up), -2 morale for 2 turns)
3. Moderate lack of supplies
Pillaging of villages and stealing from allied armies supplies prevents the worst consequences, but morale suffers from the harsh rationing of available food.
(-1 current land mil, -2 morale for 2 turns)
4. Lack of supplies
Even though men die of starvation, the survivors accept it as one of the dangers of war.
(-1 current land mil, -1 morale for 2 turns)
5-6 Succesfull scavenging.
Carefull planning and ruthless looting pay off, as the commanders of the army manage to find just enough supplies to keep their men in fighting order.
(No effect)
Results
Piemonte: No roll, as affected soldiers all died in battle.
France: No roll, as affected soldiers all died in battle.
Genoa: No roll, as affected soldiers all died in battle.
Hungary:
5 (no effect)
Pfaltz:
4:
-1 LM,
-1 morale untill oct-dec 1447.
Bohemia:
4:
-1 LM,
-1 morale untill oct-dec 1447.
Moldavia:
4 -1 LM,
-1 morale untill oct-dec 1447.
Transsylvania:
6 no effect.
As distances to home grow, so does supply lines, and as supply lines grow, the amount of food, replacement soldiers, new weapons etc. falls. And when supplies are lacking, morale suffers.
Furthermore, it can be hard for the soldier to understand the need to fight in foreign nations. One thing is to defend the homeland, or to sally out and attack neighbours. But to march through half of Europe, only to die on some foreign field, can be hard to see any reasoning in.
TRIGGER: Distance from home territories to provinces fought in.
TABLE:
TABLE:1. Disatrous morale!
Men sing the sad songs of their homeland, and tell tales of their wifes and loved ones around the campfires. They dream of home, and many do more than just dream. Soldiers desert in thousands, marching back the way they came.
(-50% current land mil (rounded up), -2 morale, -1 tech for 2 turns)
2. Morale suffers
Men who once dreamed about honour and glory now dream of hearing familiar languages spoken, and for many, the temptation to return home is simply to strong. Weapons and other equipment are left behind, as large part of the army desert.
(-25% current land mil (rounded up), -2 morale for 2 turns)
3. Bad morale.
In an attempt to fight the low morale, the commanders of the army are forced to disband men, thus allowing to to return home. Those left behind feel cheated and are dishearted.
(-1 current land mil, -2 morale for 2 turns)
4. Morale suffers
Though the talk of desertion are often heard, few dare to actually do something about it.
(-1 current land mil, -1 morale for 2 turns)
5-6 Morale survives.
The commanders make some rousing speeches, and spirits are raised as the men are told what they're fighting for.
(No effect)
REALMS AFFECTED:
Transsylvania, Moldavia
RESULT:
Moldavia:
3 -1 LM,
-2 morale untill oct-dec 1447.
Transsylvania:
2 -1 LM,
-2 morale untill oct-dec 1447.
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