How to beat any opponent in three easy steps.
One gain a few provinces on their border (even if these are tiny 100 people colonies)
Two mass troops on the border with them, as many as your able.
Three move cavalry divisions the opposite side of their territory from your provinces. using military access/vassals, boats or native lands. Or more sneakily another tactic I am going to try is with explorers, maybe move troops into position with explorers and wait for the war. (I wonder even if you can explore and conquer at the same time.)
The war is won at this point, anything else is mopping up.
Declare war and watch as all their troops move to your border, now all you need to do is hold out or fake an attempt to on your border. Then you split your cavalry force into individual regiments and move through their territory at speed, speed is the key, take as many provinces as you are able and if possible their capital. They will not catch you, one, because they often never react to these new provinces as targets, until they have dealt with your border or the troops there and two, their armies will contain infantry which will never be as fast as you.
Now that done sue for peace. I do this when I have taken their capital if possible and they seem to be reacting finally to my presence. Personally I sue for peace to a few % below what the war score is. Don’t wait too long to sue for peace because they may refuse, not so likely if you have their capital but still it’s a consideration and you don’t want the balance tipping.
Take the peace and ask for territories that will split their nation in two/three etc. As their forces are probably towards one side of their territory (your border) when they move back after the war, they will be stuck in one half of their territory. They will need military access, from you, to put any kind of presence in their other provinces, which of course your not going to give them. I can pretty much say this with confidence because the AI always tries to put the maximum number of troops out at once and when they lose territory they have to reduce this number, they can’t build anymore to cover their other provinces.
So there you go for anyone wanting help conquering the world, a few thousand men on horseback and some sneaky diplomacy, means goodbye to all opposition. When the truce goes, you have all that undefended land to move into and force peace again, should you wish, alternatively just mop up what is left of your opponent.
I recommend deus vult and lots of religious wars myself....
One gain a few provinces on their border (even if these are tiny 100 people colonies)
Two mass troops on the border with them, as many as your able.
Three move cavalry divisions the opposite side of their territory from your provinces. using military access/vassals, boats or native lands. Or more sneakily another tactic I am going to try is with explorers, maybe move troops into position with explorers and wait for the war. (I wonder even if you can explore and conquer at the same time.)
The war is won at this point, anything else is mopping up.
Declare war and watch as all their troops move to your border, now all you need to do is hold out or fake an attempt to on your border. Then you split your cavalry force into individual regiments and move through their territory at speed, speed is the key, take as many provinces as you are able and if possible their capital. They will not catch you, one, because they often never react to these new provinces as targets, until they have dealt with your border or the troops there and two, their armies will contain infantry which will never be as fast as you.
Now that done sue for peace. I do this when I have taken their capital if possible and they seem to be reacting finally to my presence. Personally I sue for peace to a few % below what the war score is. Don’t wait too long to sue for peace because they may refuse, not so likely if you have their capital but still it’s a consideration and you don’t want the balance tipping.
Take the peace and ask for territories that will split their nation in two/three etc. As their forces are probably towards one side of their territory (your border) when they move back after the war, they will be stuck in one half of their territory. They will need military access, from you, to put any kind of presence in their other provinces, which of course your not going to give them. I can pretty much say this with confidence because the AI always tries to put the maximum number of troops out at once and when they lose territory they have to reduce this number, they can’t build anymore to cover their other provinces.
So there you go for anyone wanting help conquering the world, a few thousand men on horseback and some sneaky diplomacy, means goodbye to all opposition. When the truce goes, you have all that undefended land to move into and force peace again, should you wish, alternatively just mop up what is left of your opponent.
I recommend deus vult and lots of religious wars myself....
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