This is a great aar. I love all the leaders you have had and the massive revolts. Now you have to recreate the Great Horde and rule all lands ever ruled by a mongol. 
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Duke of Wellington said:billy bob - I wouldn't mind achieving that goal
Im including all of SE Asia and Tibet too
. Rob Schneider now appears and says"You can do it! Annex their stupid heads."
Great new title ! I didn't mean to cause any trouble, though, it was fine as you had it. Let's see what the GH does next.
I didn't mean to cause any trouble, though, it was fine as you had it. Let's see what the GH does next.
billy bob - Hopefully, I actually have a tech advantage over them so its a possibility
jwolf - No problem at all I prefer the new title, the last one was a bit weak, not at all the image the Horde wants to project to, err, customers.
jwolf - No problem at all I prefer the new title, the last one was a bit weak, not at all the image the Horde wants to project to, err, customers.
Duke of Wellington said:
Hey and you get to see revolt events you never could have imagined.
billy bob said:Hey and you get to see revolt events you never could have imagined.
Do you mean China's ones?
Duke of Wellington said:
You fell into my trap! To reply to that post gave you 10 more revolt events!
MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA(Cough)HA!
And yes i do mean those.
More!
Hey, it's summer in New Zealand at the moment? That's not fair! Crappy European winter...
Hey, it's summer in New Zealand at the moment? That's not fair! Crappy European winter...
I'm going to write the next update today, been a bit busy over the weekend. Not feeling too much like summer at the momentMontemurro said:More!
Hey, it's summer in New Zealand at the moment? That's not fair! Crappy European winter...
Montemurro said:More!
Hey, it's summer in New Zealand at the moment? That's not fair! Crappy European winter...
Oh sure, I forgot Italy is famous for its bitter cold winters
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I live in Denmark and here it will be cold and wet until June.The Suebian said:Oh sure, I forgot Italy is famous for its bitter cold winters
Or maybe I'm just being a sissy...
The Horde at Peace or Another Short Update
Murtada's Reign : Part 3
Murtada felt secure. The Horde’s natural enemies were broken. The country was rich, every year over 100 ducats flowed into the treasury for Murtada to spend at his leisure. Even internally things seemed pacified. The army was content to rest or ride over the steppes in search of game. No lords within the realm sought the throne (at least openly). Everything was normal, which for the Horde essentially meant things were non-normal.
Muscowy achieved peace with Poland in October but it was at the expense of Livland. Shortly after the people of Estland decided to join their brothers in Livland by submitting no longer to Muscovite but Polish rule.
Less trouble meant Murtada had more time to examine his accounts. He personally uncovered some corruption in the law office of Kustanai. However he decided to ignore the issue when it was found the current situation was actually keeping the local population peaceful.
Hungary became vassals of Poland in May 1490. Murtada was wary at the growth in Poland’s power but decided not to deal with it just yet.
He was more concerned with the taking of Crimea. They had recently converted the population of Kaffa to Islam making it a much more valuable and therefore appealing target. Unfortunately Murtada’s hands were tied, he had no legal cause to go to war against his Muslim brothers.
To make up for this Murtada began expansion into Siberia sending colonists to the Nefedova region to acquire furs for trading.
Late in 1491 a conflict began between two clans in Kouban. The dispute was over land. Murtada sided with the Jedubei family over the Banukirva. The latter unhappy with the decision rose up in arms. Murtada’s reprisals were swift and savage. All the Banukirva were killed and their land granted to the Jedubei who would now be loyal to the Khan or so Murtada hoped.
In December 1491 Murtada received an invitation to join the Sultan in Istanbul to discuss a few matters. Had the time for war come again?
Murtada felt secure. The Horde’s natural enemies were broken. The country was rich, every year over 100 ducats flowed into the treasury for Murtada to spend at his leisure. Even internally things seemed pacified. The army was content to rest or ride over the steppes in search of game. No lords within the realm sought the throne (at least openly). Everything was normal, which for the Horde essentially meant things were non-normal.
Muscowy achieved peace with Poland in October but it was at the expense of Livland. Shortly after the people of Estland decided to join their brothers in Livland by submitting no longer to Muscovite but Polish rule.
Less trouble meant Murtada had more time to examine his accounts. He personally uncovered some corruption in the law office of Kustanai. However he decided to ignore the issue when it was found the current situation was actually keeping the local population peaceful.
Hungary became vassals of Poland in May 1490. Murtada was wary at the growth in Poland’s power but decided not to deal with it just yet.
He was more concerned with the taking of Crimea. They had recently converted the population of Kaffa to Islam making it a much more valuable and therefore appealing target. Unfortunately Murtada’s hands were tied, he had no legal cause to go to war against his Muslim brothers.
We wants it my precious
To make up for this Murtada began expansion into Siberia sending colonists to the Nefedova region to acquire furs for trading.
Late in 1491 a conflict began between two clans in Kouban. The dispute was over land. Murtada sided with the Jedubei family over the Banukirva. The latter unhappy with the decision rose up in arms. Murtada’s reprisals were swift and savage. All the Banukirva were killed and their land granted to the Jedubei who would now be loyal to the Khan or so Murtada hoped.
In December 1491 Murtada received an invitation to join the Sultan in Istanbul to discuss a few matters. Had the time for war come again?
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You know their is one thing I hate more than pompous, over-hyped, horse riding Khans. Its pompous, over-hyped, horse riding Khans, who use cliff hangers.
The Horde gonna get you even better now for remarks like that.billy bob said:You know their is one thing I hate more than pompous, over-hyped, horse riding Khans. Its pompous, over-hyped, horse riding Khans, who use cliff hangers.
Murtada entered the meeting room and was greeted enthusiastically by Bayezid II. The room was lavishly decorated from ceiling to floor in exquisite rugs and magnificent paintings. Even the tabletops and window frames were gilded. On the main table lay a feast fit for a Khan and Sultan.
But of course there’s no such thing as a free lunch and the reason for the luxurious treatment soon became clear. Bayezid wanted to go to war. The target was now the small nation of Karaman. The Sultan claimed the lands were legally part of the Ottoman Empire and could rightfully be taken by force. Murtada was hesitant, not only would this result in war with Karamans bigger allies Ak Koyunlu, Mamluks and Fars but one of Khan Ahmad’s sons was married to a princess of Karaman. Ultimately Murtada knew that this war would come sooner or later and the Golden Horde joined alongside the Ottoman Empire, Shirvan and Sibir when war was declared in February 1492.
The opposing alliances
As if to show the prophets approval Donetsk was successfully converted to the true faith.
The Golden Horde had no interest in fighting Karaman, there was othing to be gained by fighting them. Fars on the Horde’s southern border presented a nice target. Much wealth could be plundered from their rich lands.
An army was prepared for the raids. Its was quickly initiated into battle when troops of Ak Koyunlu invaded Astrakhan. The enemy was quickly put to flight even by the inexperienced troops.
The Horde does what the Horde does best, killing all
Thinking the Horde distracted by the war Lord Bankukai of Arkhangelsk made a stupid move. He set up a raid on a Horde caravan in order to steal the goods and money for himself. However the raid was unsuccessful and under torture those responsible confessed to being led by Bankukai. Bankukai was beheaded and central government strengthened, a move that destabilised the nation.
1493 was taken up with the raid on Fars. The two armies mostly avoided battle but took hundreds of ducats worth of gold and treasure. However outside Isfahan 2,000 riders were caught by 16,000 men or Fars in what became the legendary Battle of the Valley.
The Hordes men were riding through a steep valley after looting Isfahan when the Fars army ambushed them from above. In a brilliant move the Horde cavalry fegned retreat. The enemy followed them thinking the battle to have been a walkover. But as the last of the enemy came down from the hills the Horde turned and thundered back towards the stunned infantry. The enemy was routed.
1494 began with an outrage. A band of warriors crossed the border from Kakheti and destroyed several small Horde villages before retreating back to the safety of Kakheti’s mountains. Murtada demanded Kakheti hand over those responsible. The reply came back quickly. A Tatar man wit the word NEVER cut across his forehead. Such an insult would not go unpunished. Murtada declared war on Kakheti. The war began with an invasion of Abkhazia by the Horde and Iveria by the Ottomans. Kakheti’s troops in Kolkhis staged a counterattack by invading Kouban but it was to no avail, they were cut down mercilessly by the Horde’s reserve troops.
The early stages of the war
By 1495 Abkhazia had fallen to the Horde and Kolkhis was under siege. The Ottoman Empire ended its war with Karaman by making peace for the provinces of Sivas and Azerbaijan formerly part of Ak Koyunlu. Having no further interest in that war Murtada made peace for cash.
The Ottomans do well
The Ottomans captured the capital of Kakheti in April and left the rest for the Horde.
Heretics led a revolt against Murtada in Ichim. Sick of their rebellious nature Murtada struck back and massacred many until the populous was forcibly converted to Islam, in name at least.
In September Kolkhis the last bastion of Kakheti’s resistance fell. Kakheti paid dearly for her sins. She was completely divided up between the Horde and the Ottomans.
No more annoying Caucasian kingdoms at last
Murtada was pleased with the way he had handled things. The Horde had expanded. It had taken a lot of riches. Paid off its loan, a legacy from Khan Ahmad’s reign and even converted more to the true faith. But good times cannot last in the Horde. In December Murtada received word that the Uzbeks were choosing to openly defy the Horde and no longer pay their tribute or allow the Horde access to their lands. They should have learnt by now defiance of the Horde does not go unpunished
