Golden Horde - Scourge From The East

[Duke of Wellington]

So, When Update Coming?

Possibly not for a couple of days, pretty hectic in RL at the moment

 

[Iche_Bins]

Iche_Bins - Its a tried and true tactic for the Horde so why improve it?

Because nations which don't change will go down earlier or later, trust me I life in Germany I can see it all live right now ... did you know that Kenia actually send carepackets to Germany? o
And we certainly don't want this to happen to the goldenhorde to (or would you like carepackets from Kenia?

 

[Duke of Wellington]

Because nations which don't change will go down earlier or later, trust me I life in Germany I can see it all live right now ... did you know that Kenia actually send carepackets to Germany? o
And we certainly don't want this to happen to the goldenhorde to (or would you like carepackets from Kenia?

Good point but this does still represent a change from the early days when the wars were all simply about marching in and crushing them all. Now the battles are much more selected and planned although that particular battle was a return to old tactics.

 

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Because nations which don't change will go down earlier or later, trust me I life in Germany I can see it all live right now ... did you know that Kenia actually send carepackets to Germany? o
And we certainly don't want this to happen to the goldenhorde to (or would you like carepackets from Kenia?

Norddeutscher ?

The tactic is good as long as the general conditions don't change (week enemies living in unfortified steppes). I think the Horde will have a hard time trying to wage war in Europe.

Go east and do what every Khan should do once in his lifetime: conquer China!

 

[Duke of Wellington]

I believe you have it right Suebian. Going east is a goal I have. Once I have a conquistador I really want to conquer the homeland. All those nice pagan provs of Mongolia I can take and convert reasonably easily. A pity the BB will be somewhat high since I'm not a european Christian

 

[Duke of Wellington]

The Reckep : Part 10
Once again the discussion on how to spend the years money had ended in Boke holding his breath until he'd turned blue. But after watching how Berke's grin got wider as he got bluer he thought wiser of the tactic and decided perhaps a compromise was in order. Not all of the money was spent on the army. In fact Berke advised that if the army were to grow much wider the Horde would have to import lots of extra grain at considerable cost just to feed the men. After all nobody wanted a repeat of the Karakorum Kannibal Karnage no matter how pleasing the alliteration sounded (Out of respect for this AARs readers the finer details of this messy episode were omitted at the time of occurrence but its safe to say it involved rebels and an army hungry for revenge). A considerable portion of the money was spent sending gifts to Shirvan and Sibir who were part of Berke's long term plans for the nation. He also invested some of the money in launching six new corners shops under his franchise, Berker Khan, in the foreign cities of Istanbul, Tago, Alexandria and Samarkand.

The army having finished cleaning their shoes settled in for what they were promised would be a real action spectacular, the siege of Moldova. It wasn't. Within two months the bored men eager for entertainment attacked the city walls and surprisingly succeeded in capturing the city.

Upon finding that there wasn't really anything interesting to do in the city either they trotted on off into Austria in search of adventure.

Its not a Golden Horde adventure without raping and pillaging​

On the broader scale Berke was pleased to find that the war was looking quite even now between the two alliances.

The contents of the 'Berke Report' on the war so far​

The successful taking of Moldova by assault had come as quite a surprise. But this war kept being full of surprises. A quick glance north revealed that rebels were actually doing some good in trying to kick out the Austrians.

Rebels doing good? The first messenger to report this to Boke was beheaded for lying​

October revealed a nasty political mess. A top official in the Horde's economics department had bribed his way to a complete monopoly on certain goods within the Horde. Unfortunately he was spared the usual fate when it was found he had monopolised the axe market pushing prices of this important diplomatic and legal instrument through the roof. Rather than fork out cash for such an item at the time Boke had the man deported to the lands of the Uzbek. Such a solution though didn't solve the axe problem and inflation throughout the entire land increased.

Stupidly going where no Turk has gone before​

The Turks apparently unable to count march to defend their land against impossible odds. They didn't win.

Moldova fell again to the enemy in February 1567. The progress of the Horde's siege in Morea was a lot slower. By June it still rested in Venetian hands.
At last in September the walls crumbled. Unfortunately in the same month Austria took the province of Galizien in an overwhelming assault.

The Horde army celebrates the victory in Morea​

The war over the last two years had reached a virtual stalemate. The only notable difference being that Morea was now controlled by the Horde. Moldova and Galizien were essentially the same except not Venice controlled Moldova and Austria controlled Galizien.

The Christian enemies swap ownership of what ain't theirs​

 

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Things dont look too bad, especially (I guess) if you were to sign a seperate. In fact depending how many battles the Horde has won things may look real good .

What exactly was the axe problem? that increased inflation

Good going anyway

 

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I think the axe problem was some kind of random corruption event.

Good going vs. the Austrians -- surprisingly good, in fact. Time to cut a separate deal and go home?

I liked the Khan's reaction to the messenger who told him the rebels were helping. And thanks for sparing us the details of the Karakorum Kannibalism incident.

 

[Iche_Bins]

Yeah update

I agree with jwolf, get some good spoil for you and let the ottomans see how to finish the war

 

[Saulta]

Argh! Why are the Ottomans performing so bad? Oh, and a map of Europe would be good, ,Anyway, keep up the good work!!!

 

[stnylan]

Will wonders never cease?

 

[Duke of Wellington]

The Real Deal - As jwolf said its a Corruption event. I think its unclear myself too.

jwolf - I think the time to get a seprate peace is getting ever closer. But the Turks are likely to back down soon anyway I'd imagine. just as long as they don't give Moldova away then I'll be fine. If they get that they'll have a path to my lands.

Iche_Bins - Sorry about the big gap between updates I'll try to get the next one up sooner. I will try to get something off of them. Land doesn't seem to good of a choice to take though since everything is wrong religion, wrong culture and seperated from my mainland. Plus the BB wouldn't be good. Perhaps military access for the future and money?

Saulta - Its always the way ally with thme and they collapse

stnylan - I hope they never do in this game, they keep it fun.

 

[Grundius]

Berker Khan? Sounds good. Time you get down and dirty with the Austrians. I hate stalemates.

 

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I think you should try to gain Hellas. Showing those arrogant Greeks what Scythians can do. A late revenge, but better than nothing.

 

[Duke of Wellington]

Grundius - I hate this stalemate too. I must admit though I'm a bit cautious about going up against the Austrians with their superior techs.

The Suebian - I quite like th eodea of taking Hellas or Ragusa then converting it and releasing as a vassal.

 

[Storey]

This does look like one of those wars that can go back and forth without either side delivering a knockout blow. As others have said maybe its time for a separate peace?

Joe

 

[Amric]

I've found that fighting against superior teched nations that it is imperative that you station your cavalry hordes behind a river. Let them cross to you. It weakens them and you get the chance to chop them into hamburger. Even in the latest patches this still works to an extent. Or as Professor Ebbesen says," Throw more cannon fodder at them! Just keep feeding them in to the inferno until the higher teched nation runs out of men...then roll over them like a ravening wave of destruction"...or something like that...

 

[Duke of Wellington]

Storey - I think so too. I definitely can't see myself going for a joint peace at anytime.
I think I'll get peace after the Turks though because they're likely to give in before me.

Amric - I'll take that advice into account. Luckily theres lots of rivers around Hungary. I hadn't considered PE's tactic but I do have a lot of money coming in at the end of each year now with little to spend it on.

 

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This cannon fodder strategy suits well with big nations such as the Golden Horde now. Push the slider to quantity and serfdom and don't worry too much about quality: you are technologically inferior to the latin world and your technology progresses in a slower pace, but you have much more manpower. What you need is a lot of cheap infantry to attack first in a human wave, then use your cavalry to break them down if they are in a plains. It's best, however, to use less cavalry in human wave attacks to weaken the AI armies because they are much more valuable especially when defending your own home.

 

[billy bob]

"We here at the Uzbek Delegation respectfully accept your corrupt official. Now we shall raise him as king and let his coruption make our Iq's less than 20. Allahu Akbar!"


Good Job