1520 - Bengal comes into a rare surplus of gold, much of it a donation from a rich noble. With one of its greatest leaders to date currently ruling the timing is excellent for sending a missionary out. Santal is chosen, for its good odds and cheap[er] cost.
If we thought vassalizing the Bahmanid Empire would make them less aggressive we are soon proved wrong. They attack Vijayanajar yet again. Arakan declares war on them shortly after. Hah! A chance to exact some vengeance on them for their countless insults!
We send an army to Arakan while Bahmanids assail Yanam.
1521 - In the midst of war, a most handy occurrence...
Calicut meanwhile offers us a peace treaty. Doubtless the Bahmanids and Vijays are not thrilled since they enjoy being at each others throats but Bengal cares little about what its vassal might want. Peace accepted. We need to concentrate on the siege of Arakam.
1523 - The siege is complete. With Yanam secured the Arakamese have little choice in negotiations.
Well, does the renewed peace stop Sindh from getting in on the act? Of course not, they declare war on us. Stupid Sindh. They have one province on our side of the river Indus that is easy to siege and our cavalry wrecks any army that crosses the river.
1525 - Good news on all fronts, but lets start at home. Our mission activity in Santal has proved a resounding success.
We also have arrived at infrastructure level 3. Meanwhile, the war goes very for us, as anticipated. Sindh and Chagatai both want out desperately now.
Alas for the Bahmanids, their annexation can't come too soon for Bengal.
1526 - Really, Bahmanids, are you guys serious?
Gujarat has Delhi vassalized and they like us well enough. Peace is quickly achieved, we don't even need to attack Gujarat. As for the war with Vijayanajar, well screw the Bahmanids. This time they can fight it on their own. We make a separate peace with Vijay and pull our troops out in 1529.
1531 - We have had some of our vassals for over a century and with our BB fading into a manageable state it is time to start incorporating them. Our most recent vassal is also our happiest. Malwa joins Bengal...
You might think Arakam was the most recent, but apparently they get events to end vassalization from us because we lost them in 1530 for no apparent reason. History books record that an event occurred to allow this though.
1533 - Just when you think everything is going well you get trouble on the homefront.
No deals for you Sher Khan. We'll crush your rebellion. +10 revolt risk, how nice! I guess we'll be sitting back for the next 7 years and wasting our troops crushing the inevitable revolts. There are plenty of these but eventually the revolt risk subsides, Sher Khan is defeated and we can get back to our kingdom work.
1541 - Our oldest vassal is next in line...
That's it for this update. An interesting contact with China begins the next one.
If we thought vassalizing the Bahmanid Empire would make them less aggressive we are soon proved wrong. They attack Vijayanajar yet again. Arakan declares war on them shortly after. Hah! A chance to exact some vengeance on them for their countless insults!
We send an army to Arakan while Bahmanids assail Yanam.
1521 - In the midst of war, a most handy occurrence...
Calicut meanwhile offers us a peace treaty. Doubtless the Bahmanids and Vijays are not thrilled since they enjoy being at each others throats but Bengal cares little about what its vassal might want. Peace accepted. We need to concentrate on the siege of Arakam.
1523 - The siege is complete. With Yanam secured the Arakamese have little choice in negotiations.
Well, does the renewed peace stop Sindh from getting in on the act? Of course not, they declare war on us. Stupid Sindh. They have one province on our side of the river Indus that is easy to siege and our cavalry wrecks any army that crosses the river.
1525 - Good news on all fronts, but lets start at home. Our mission activity in Santal has proved a resounding success.
We also have arrived at infrastructure level 3. Meanwhile, the war goes very for us, as anticipated. Sindh and Chagatai both want out desperately now.
Alas for the Bahmanids, their annexation can't come too soon for Bengal.
1526 - Really, Bahmanids, are you guys serious?
Gujarat has Delhi vassalized and they like us well enough. Peace is quickly achieved, we don't even need to attack Gujarat. As for the war with Vijayanajar, well screw the Bahmanids. This time they can fight it on their own. We make a separate peace with Vijay and pull our troops out in 1529.
1531 - We have had some of our vassals for over a century and with our BB fading into a manageable state it is time to start incorporating them. Our most recent vassal is also our happiest. Malwa joins Bengal...
You might think Arakam was the most recent, but apparently they get events to end vassalization from us because we lost them in 1530 for no apparent reason. History books record that an event occurred to allow this though.
1533 - Just when you think everything is going well you get trouble on the homefront.
No deals for you Sher Khan. We'll crush your rebellion. +10 revolt risk, how nice! I guess we'll be sitting back for the next 7 years and wasting our troops crushing the inevitable revolts. There are plenty of these but eventually the revolt risk subsides, Sher Khan is defeated and we can get back to our kingdom work.
1541 - Our oldest vassal is next in line...
That's it for this update. An interesting contact with China begins the next one.