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Chapter 22: Early war catastrophes... ahem... incidents
So, we left when Brittany decided it was high time to attack England and Scotland. Why on earth they thought this was such a good idea with nearly 20 war exhaustion is beyond me. But then again, nearly all of the AI countries have high WE, no matter on which side of the war. We have a nice, zero WE balance. Still...
We are blockading the Scots to drive their WE even higher. And because we can't really win against their numbers and technology.
Unfortunately, the wisdom contained in the last sentence was gained the hard way. By the usual, New Irish Alliance Doctrine, way of losing the first battle in a war. Ouch.
Customary, the first expedition force is completely routed. Not customarily, we now have two full 10-unit armies ready so we can switch out our general. The first army is nearly annihilated can retreat back to our waiting ships. We transfer the beaten army back to Ireland for morale and men replenishment. The second army is sent to Scotland. Unfortunately, that army is also vaporised. Another shock-6 king-general, this time the Scottish king. I thought I was playing without lucky nations?!?
We manage to retreat our near-annihilated army. Our WE is by now pretty high.
Oh well, third time's a charm, isn't it? And we'll place our army in our defensive terrain in Wales. Those mountains will help us, won't they? No -- they won't. The Scottish king Robert MacMurrough uses the old "disappearing mountains" gambit and surprises our troops by pulling away their defensive positions from under their noses.
Our third try nets us our third total defeat, and a by now staggeringly high WE for my standards.
The war overview so far, luckily for us the AI also has a high WE. Burgundy actually has made an invasion and has troops stationed on the British Isles. A new William the Conqueror?
Will Ireland send another wave of Irishmen to the senseless slaughters of the West English battlefields? What about Burgundy, will they be able to turn the war? Find out next time, on Ireland's Teardrop!
So, we left when Brittany decided it was high time to attack England and Scotland. Why on earth they thought this was such a good idea with nearly 20 war exhaustion is beyond me. But then again, nearly all of the AI countries have high WE, no matter on which side of the war. We have a nice, zero WE balance. Still...
We are blockading the Scots to drive their WE even higher. And because we can't really win against their numbers and technology.
Unfortunately, the wisdom contained in the last sentence was gained the hard way. By the usual, New Irish Alliance Doctrine, way of losing the first battle in a war. Ouch.
Customary, the first expedition force is completely routed. Not customarily, we now have two full 10-unit armies ready so we can switch out our general. The first army is nearly annihilated can retreat back to our waiting ships. We transfer the beaten army back to Ireland for morale and men replenishment. The second army is sent to Scotland. Unfortunately, that army is also vaporised. Another shock-6 king-general, this time the Scottish king. I thought I was playing without lucky nations?!?
We manage to retreat our near-annihilated army. Our WE is by now pretty high.
Oh well, third time's a charm, isn't it? And we'll place our army in our defensive terrain in Wales. Those mountains will help us, won't they? No -- they won't. The Scottish king Robert MacMurrough uses the old "disappearing mountains" gambit and surprises our troops by pulling away their defensive positions from under their noses.
Our third try nets us our third total defeat, and a by now staggeringly high WE for my standards.
The war overview so far, luckily for us the AI also has a high WE. Burgundy actually has made an invasion and has troops stationed on the British Isles. A new William the Conqueror?
Will Ireland send another wave of Irishmen to the senseless slaughters of the West English battlefields? What about Burgundy, will they be able to turn the war? Find out next time, on Ireland's Teardrop!
seems as if Scotland is a harder foe than England ... but this was a bit of a surprise:
not every day you read a comment like that
not every day you read a comment like that
Perhaps you should arrange an accident for him, much like the Irish leaders experience from time to time.
It's a successful Scotland! I don't want to see them splinter through mere war exhaustion.
Ah, I see Ireland does psychological warfare too - you're luring them into a false sense of security! Clever.
An Accident you say?
I am almost sure this could be prepared, Given Ireland has the necessary manpower and the necessary changes in Doctrine...
loki100
Well, they do have many more men, and they also have the Military Drill NI. Scary!
Ashantai
Tell me about it...
Avindian
Good idea! Sadly, the Scottish kings are not even remotely as accident-prone as the Irish ones...
Arakhor
Oh, they'll have more problems than high WE soon...
Malurous
Eh, yes... that was the plan from the beginning! I swear it!
CivandEUIII
Actually, we'll use the tried doctrine of "do nothing and let your allies do the heavy lifting for you"
Well, they do have many more men, and they also have the Military Drill NI. Scary!
Ashantai
Tell me about it...
Avindian
Good idea! Sadly, the Scottish kings are not even remotely as accident-prone as the Irish ones...
Arakhor
Oh, they'll have more problems than high WE soon...
Malurous
Eh, yes... that was the plan from the beginning! I swear it!
CivandEUIII
Actually, we'll use the tried doctrine of "do nothing and let your allies do the heavy lifting for you"
I'm sorry, but I'll have to reduce the update frequency, at least for the next few updates until my living situation is less temporary. Rest assured that it's not a "not playing the game" reason, I have the game played plenty of time in advance. It's purely a "don't have time to write updates currently" reason.
Sorry for the mess and inconvenience
Sorry for the mess and inconvenience
Too bad the Irish seem incapable of beating the Scots but i"m sure you'll come up with something. Don't worry about updating until that "temporary living" condition is fixed. Stasis pod finished its tuneup then?
Moving to another city and starting a new job is always stressful. Been there, done that! Good luck with it, I'm looking forward to an update whenever you find the time to write.
On topic: do the Scots split up their army? If not, a solution would be to lure the big stack to the Western Isles and block them with your apparently superior navy. There they might perish from cold wether, bad food and boredom, while you can start sieging with small stacks and hunt any new units with a slightly larger one. That is, if the old Irish alliance doctrine doesn't give sufficient results to break down the Scots a bit...
Quite gamey, but hey, the Scots with their Highlander event are not playing by the rules either
Edit: just noticed the huge English army. How in the world can they afford this?
On topic: do the Scots split up their army? If not, a solution would be to lure the big stack to the Western Isles and block them with your apparently superior navy. There they might perish from cold wether, bad food and boredom, while you can start sieging with small stacks and hunt any new units with a slightly larger one. That is, if the old Irish alliance doctrine doesn't give sufficient results to break down the Scots a bit...
Quite gamey, but hey, the Scots with their Highlander event are not playing by the rules either
Edit: just noticed the huge English army. How in the world can they afford this?
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Ough, Scotland strong...
You should cut them down before they get even more powerful, dem highlanders man, dem highlanders. They will ruin your day and your face.
You should cut them down before they get even more powerful, dem highlanders man, dem highlanders. They will ruin your day and your face.
Been a few months... still planning on updating this AAR? I've been enjoying it so far!
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