Naples January 1461- January 1468
Let us see what has happened while I was gone for the last 28 years. Naples still has the two provinces that I conquered and has added one more, Hellas. I could make Hellas a vassal but I have decided to wait and see what happens in the next seven years. If they prove to be too much of a hassle I’ll give them their freedom but for now I like the idea of spending my summers in Greece!
I find I now have a navy of 4 warships and 8 transports. Seems a little excessive but I’ll hang on to them. I have 6,000 Calvary and 6,000 infantry all of them in Hellas. I send the infantry back to Naples and leave the Calvary in Hellas to put down revolts. My stability is at +3. I also find to my surprise that I have a decent Monarch, Ferrante I who is good at admin, average at military and very good at diplomacy. My inflation is at 12% and I have 159 ducats in the treasury. The only rain on my parade is that I am once again a vassal of Aragon. That isn’t going to last long! I’m also in a war with my allies against Milan. Unfortunately Milan is already besieged so there is nothing that I can do to get the province in my greedy little hands.
My goals for this turn are to expand somewhere in Italy. The problem is that most of Italy is in the same alliance as I am, Aragon, Albania, Modena and Siena. Albania is the head of the alliance. I would really like to take Sicily from Aragon but that will probably not be possible.
Lets look at the other players in the game.
Algiers is allied with Tunisia and they are at war with Granada.
The Knights are at this time an accident waiting to happen. Revolts in several of their provinces including Rhodes are causing them a great deal of difficulty. They are also at war with Poland and Hungary.
Savoy is in three separate wars with everyone in Europe. They are in an alliance with Burgundy, which is a vassal of Savoy, Navarra and Helvetia.
Okay here we go.
1461 and Naples sends notice that they are no longer a vassal of Aragon. Relations drop from +200 to lest than +100. Naples drops to 0 stability level. I also move the Offense slider one spot, which puts Naples at +9 offensive. I agree to a Status Quo peace with Milan. The next month Genoa joins Milan in an alliance and declares war against Modena, Aragon, Albania and Siena. I don’t know if I regret missing out on taking on Genoa or not. They soon invade Modena with 26,000 men.
Meanwhile Macedonia revolts against the Knights. Ragusa annexes Bulgaria, which gives them three provinces. I told you that Ragusa had promise. The peasants in Alexandria are revolting against Tunisia.
The Palatinat declared war upon Burgundy. Mecklenburg, Bremen, Prussia, Teutonic Order and Saxony joined the Palatinat. Helvetia, Savoy, England and Navarra join Burgundy against The Palatinat. Just what Savoy needed another war.
1462 and Modena loses in its war against Genoa and becomes a vassal of Genoa. Taurus revolts against the Knights. Naples decides that it would be a good idea to arrange a few marriages and starts with Austria, Albania and Savoy. The Knights have to pay Poland 21 ducats for peace but get a Status Quo peace with Hungary. The peasants in Cyrenaica are revolting against Tunisia.
1463 Granada accepted peace with Tunisia on the following terms: Granada pays 11$ in indemnities and gives Gibraltar to Tunisia. Granada becomes a vassal to Tunisia.
The government of the Knights has fallen. The peasants in Quattara are revolting against Tunisia. The peasants in Cyrenaica are revolting against Tunisia. The peasants in Macedonia are revolting against The Knights.
1464 and Venice decides to declare war against Denmark. Who the hell knows why? The Knights and Cyprus join Venice. Just what the knights need another war. I have finally decided on where to attack and although I would really like to take on Aragon I just don’t think I can pull it off so I’ve looked around and found little old Tuscany sitting there as pretty as you please without an alliance to protect her. So in June I declare war and march my 25 thousand-man army into Tuscany and defeat their 27,000-man army. I start besieging the city.
Meanwhile Algiers has been a very busy boy and annexes Granada. Smyrna revolts against the Knights.
1465 and Albania declares war against the Knights. Aragon, Siena and Modena join Albania but I don’t. Two reasons for this decision. One I don’t really want to expand in that part of the world especially against the Knights. They are in deep trouble with this war and I don’t care to join in the dismemberment party that Albania is throwing. The second reason it that I want out of the alliance so that I have the option of declaring war against either Siena, Modena or Aragon sometime in the future. At least Venice and Cyprus join the Knights. I notice that Bohem III has just risen to the throne of Savoy. We finally capture the province of Firenze from Tuscany and annex them. One more Italian province joins the empire of Naples!
I just noticed that Hungary has annexed Byzantium! The inevitable just happened with Castile declaring war against Algiers. Tunisia joined Algiers. Granada revolts against Algiers and Cyrenaica revolts against Tunisia.
1466 and Firenze revolts against Naples. It takes me until late in 1467 to recapture the province. A revolt in Apulia also caused me a great deal of pain. Calvary really doesn’t do well in mountains! I had almost 200 ducats in the treasury when the revolts in Firenze and Apulia started. I ended up with maybe two ducats to rub together when the fighting ended.
Hopefully when I come back for my next turn I won’t be a vassal of Aragon!
I just figured out what you did to poor Ludovico. You commissioned pirates near Rhodes, which his navy this early in the game couldn't hope to beat. Very devious indeed.
