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stnylan said:
yeah. He had friggin *286* infantrymen left. And he survived. GRRRRRRRRRR
(a somewhat shorter update, perhaps... didn't have (much) time to write the update last week (we didn't play any further, either) ...so this is mostly based on the screenshots, the log, and a very small number of notes, but it should get everyone back in the here and now 
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In the 77th year of the Yongle Emperor, the largest village on Taiwan, Kaoshiung, was officially labeled a city, and a tax collector was immediately appointed. Various nobles immediately took the opportunity to have a new mansion built for themselves in what they believed to be the new focus of China. And sure enough, they managed to gain some influence over the policies of China, mainly regarding overseas trade. Meanwhile, new settlers were travelling north, to settle in the lands unlocked by the shattering of the Manchu tribes.
A revolt, seemingly religious in nature, prompted a swift response from Chinese troops and officials in Dai Viet. After crushing the revolt, everything resembling self-governance, and particularly, funding of religious fanatics, was swept away completely. Everything the Vietnamese had fought for so hard some thirty years ago, was undone due to the scheming of religious fanatics. Additional forts were constructed all over the realm to protect vital cities from further rebellion.
Besides rebellion in Indochina, there was one more very important issue for China to resolve; the Japanese presence in Jiangsu. Starting in the 81st year of the Yongle Emperor, shipyards all over China were busy building impressively sized galleys, and for the next three years, they would continue to do so. Eventually, the fleet numbered over 120 galleys, and some around two dozen specialised warships and transports.
Economically, China was on the ascendant, with new trading practices finding their way across the country. However, these practices seemed to offend the Chagatai Khanate, leading to a dramatic drop in relations, and a strong pressure from the merchants to extend Chinese influence westward, along the ancient Silk Road. After an extensive reform and regrouping of the army, Chinese troops marched westward into the Khanate, laying siege to the first towns of importance in the 84th year of the Yongle Emperor.
More religious unrest in the south sparked strong responses from China proper, victimizing mostly the local religious minorities, rather than the true cause of their anger. Meanwhile, progress in the Khanate was slow but steady, but the naval preparations carried out at such high cost proved their worth quickly, as the Japanese invaded once more, their opening moves being the assassination of various governors throughout the realm. Their fleet, however, proved to be no match for the great galleys of China. Their samurai, however, were not as easily defeated.
The 89th year of the Yongle Emperor saw times both good and bad. The Chagatai were formally subdued, and were also forced to let Chinese garrisons into their western provinces, bordering on the Timurid Empire. More good news came from Indochina, where Konfucianism finally became the dominant religion of Bangkok.
However, bad news came from the western garrisons, Indians under the banner of Bengal had invaded, and were besieging several fortresses, Triggering more rebellions. However, the unforgiving jungles of Indochina proved more than a match for the Bengali, and they withdrew a mere two years after their invasion, having gained nothing tangible.
The nobles, however, remained somewhat troublesome, allying themselves with Japanese Daimyo's, infighting when there was a war going on, but eventually, Japan was forced to the table to negotiate, and surrendered Jiangsu and Kyushu, in effect turning the tables completely, from a Japanese presence in China, to a Chinese presence in Japan. A few years then passed in relative tranquility.
The centenial celebrations of the Yongle Emperor's reign were marked with the inclusion of Malacca in the Chinese Emperor, leaving Champa the only vasal state in Indochina. A year later, further repairs were made to the Great Wall, once more sending the empire into debt. The introduction of a new taxation system, implemented over the next few years, despite it's great cost, started to have a positive effect just in time to repay these loans.
)China 1479-1509
In the 77th year of the Yongle Emperor, the largest village on Taiwan, Kaoshiung, was officially labeled a city, and a tax collector was immediately appointed. Various nobles immediately took the opportunity to have a new mansion built for themselves in what they believed to be the new focus of China. And sure enough, they managed to gain some influence over the policies of China, mainly regarding overseas trade. Meanwhile, new settlers were travelling north, to settle in the lands unlocked by the shattering of the Manchu tribes.
A revolt, seemingly religious in nature, prompted a swift response from Chinese troops and officials in Dai Viet. After crushing the revolt, everything resembling self-governance, and particularly, funding of religious fanatics, was swept away completely. Everything the Vietnamese had fought for so hard some thirty years ago, was undone due to the scheming of religious fanatics. Additional forts were constructed all over the realm to protect vital cities from further rebellion.
Besides rebellion in Indochina, there was one more very important issue for China to resolve; the Japanese presence in Jiangsu. Starting in the 81st year of the Yongle Emperor, shipyards all over China were busy building impressively sized galleys, and for the next three years, they would continue to do so. Eventually, the fleet numbered over 120 galleys, and some around two dozen specialised warships and transports.
Economically, China was on the ascendant, with new trading practices finding their way across the country. However, these practices seemed to offend the Chagatai Khanate, leading to a dramatic drop in relations, and a strong pressure from the merchants to extend Chinese influence westward, along the ancient Silk Road. After an extensive reform and regrouping of the army, Chinese troops marched westward into the Khanate, laying siege to the first towns of importance in the 84th year of the Yongle Emperor.
More religious unrest in the south sparked strong responses from China proper, victimizing mostly the local religious minorities, rather than the true cause of their anger. Meanwhile, progress in the Khanate was slow but steady, but the naval preparations carried out at such high cost proved their worth quickly, as the Japanese invaded once more, their opening moves being the assassination of various governors throughout the realm. Their fleet, however, proved to be no match for the great galleys of China. Their samurai, however, were not as easily defeated.
The 89th year of the Yongle Emperor saw times both good and bad. The Chagatai were formally subdued, and were also forced to let Chinese garrisons into their western provinces, bordering on the Timurid Empire. More good news came from Indochina, where Konfucianism finally became the dominant religion of Bangkok.
However, bad news came from the western garrisons, Indians under the banner of Bengal had invaded, and were besieging several fortresses, Triggering more rebellions. However, the unforgiving jungles of Indochina proved more than a match for the Bengali, and they withdrew a mere two years after their invasion, having gained nothing tangible.
The nobles, however, remained somewhat troublesome, allying themselves with Japanese Daimyo's, infighting when there was a war going on, but eventually, Japan was forced to the table to negotiate, and surrendered Jiangsu and Kyushu, in effect turning the tables completely, from a Japanese presence in China, to a Chinese presence in Japan. A few years then passed in relative tranquility.
The centenial celebrations of the Yongle Emperor's reign were marked with the inclusion of Malacca in the Chinese Emperor, leaving Champa the only vasal state in Indochina. A year later, further repairs were made to the Great Wall, once more sending the empire into debt. The introduction of a new taxation system, implemented over the next few years, despite it's great cost, started to have a positive effect just in time to repay these loans.
It looks interesting. I hope there is a World War between Ottoman Empire + petty allies vs. China and petty allies. Imagine that the size of these empires would allow war to be waged in all the continents of the world, not just Asia. But the most intensive fights would be undoubtely in Asia...
If he can stomach the badboy
I'll write MY real update tomorrow, which will clearly show the Mughals as puppets of the Chinese devils, but the Sultan works hard to end this hold.
I'll write MY real update tomorrow, which will clearly show the Mughals as puppets of the Chinese devils, but the Sultan works hard to end this hold.
The Evil Empire discovered
In 1480 CC, the great city of Hamadan, so recently ravaged by war, officially got a Sunni character with the thousands of cripples from the war settling in the province. Much the same occured in the lands of Basrah, giving Mehmed a much more loyal eastern frontier.
This would not last, however, as a certain Cem Sultan rose up against Mehmed. Being the noble man he was, he graciously left Cem off the hook, greatly improving his international prestige.
As a result, the Crimean Khanate accepted to swear fealty to the Sultan mere days after a great victory against the Timurids had overthrown their government, netting the Ottomans Birjand and Herat.
The following years were blissfull indeed, when in 85 harvests proved much better than expected, in 87 the city of Fars defected to the Sultanate, and in 88 again harvests were truely exceptional. However, this could not last. In 1491 CC, Mehmed received word from his commanders in the east that they had discovered another Empire in the east, the fabled Cathay, or China.
Within months of the discovery, reports came in of bad governance in the eastern provinces, destabilising the Sultanate and causing tremendous damage to trade and roads along the ancient silk route.
To top off the rather disastrous year, the Venetian republic, undoubtedly urged on by Chinese emissaries, attacked the Ottoman state.
The situation seemed dramatic, and in 1492 Mehmed saw himself forcd to accept a petition for Redress to enhance his power to better organise the realm. This policy quickly proved fruitfull, as the next year Ionia was officially taken from the Venetians, and after decades of rejection, the Ak Koyunlu accepted to become Ottoman vassals.
The upturn seemed only temporary when in 1494 a plague swept across the Sultanate, coming from the east and sweeping west only to crash agaist the Bosporus. Thousands had died, yet the plague did not reach Europe, at least. The next years, although seemingly good thanks to the annexation of the Crimeans, were a mixed bag with Ionia becoming an important Sunnia naval base, but Hellas and Bulgaria stubbornly refused to change their religion.
This situation caused Mehmed to become extremely paranoid, rejecting all thought but his own, and denying the merchants a new tariff for the simple reason that they asked for it.
However, it did not help him. In 1502 another plague swept the Sultanate, and the newly formed 'Mughal Empire' attacked the Eastern provinces in 1505. Although their western vassal in Baghdad was quickly subdued, the armies necessary for that mission were sorely missed in the east, and only when those armies joined the eastern armies was Babur temporarily repelled in Ahwaz. The Sultanate had a fairly competent general in the region, after Beyazid II (a much less capable leader) had been butchered by Babur, but even competent leadership was no match for that man, seemingly powered by the fires of Hell.
Even when he was outmatched on open ground his mere presence would save his armies, although unfortunately for them he could only extend full protection to very small groups, reportedly up to about 300 men. And indeed, when he was attacked in Lut, 298 men came out safe, while the rest were utterly slaughtered.
Yet Mehmed was no fool, he knew that Babur was mortal still, and if he would apply enough pressure, a hundred blows could still slay the man. So the armies fought on in the east, while the Chinese chuckled as their own did not fall. Time was on the side of the Chinese, now, and Mehmed had to puncture through the Mughal realm if he were to stop the Chinese advance.
The Sultanate in 1509. Brown is Orthodox, Blue is shiite, red is the defensive line against the Mughal invasion. Note that Ionia is now Ottoman. The religious situation in the Crimean Khanate at thistime is uncertain, the first official records are from the time when a land route from the Sultanate was first established.
In 1480 CC, the great city of Hamadan, so recently ravaged by war, officially got a Sunni character with the thousands of cripples from the war settling in the province. Much the same occured in the lands of Basrah, giving Mehmed a much more loyal eastern frontier.
This would not last, however, as a certain Cem Sultan rose up against Mehmed. Being the noble man he was, he graciously left Cem off the hook, greatly improving his international prestige.
As a result, the Crimean Khanate accepted to swear fealty to the Sultan mere days after a great victory against the Timurids had overthrown their government, netting the Ottomans Birjand and Herat.
The following years were blissfull indeed, when in 85 harvests proved much better than expected, in 87 the city of Fars defected to the Sultanate, and in 88 again harvests were truely exceptional. However, this could not last. In 1491 CC, Mehmed received word from his commanders in the east that they had discovered another Empire in the east, the fabled Cathay, or China.
Within months of the discovery, reports came in of bad governance in the eastern provinces, destabilising the Sultanate and causing tremendous damage to trade and roads along the ancient silk route.
To top off the rather disastrous year, the Venetian republic, undoubtedly urged on by Chinese emissaries, attacked the Ottoman state.
The situation seemed dramatic, and in 1492 Mehmed saw himself forcd to accept a petition for Redress to enhance his power to better organise the realm. This policy quickly proved fruitfull, as the next year Ionia was officially taken from the Venetians, and after decades of rejection, the Ak Koyunlu accepted to become Ottoman vassals.
The upturn seemed only temporary when in 1494 a plague swept across the Sultanate, coming from the east and sweeping west only to crash agaist the Bosporus. Thousands had died, yet the plague did not reach Europe, at least. The next years, although seemingly good thanks to the annexation of the Crimeans, were a mixed bag with Ionia becoming an important Sunnia naval base, but Hellas and Bulgaria stubbornly refused to change their religion.
This situation caused Mehmed to become extremely paranoid, rejecting all thought but his own, and denying the merchants a new tariff for the simple reason that they asked for it.
However, it did not help him. In 1502 another plague swept the Sultanate, and the newly formed 'Mughal Empire' attacked the Eastern provinces in 1505. Although their western vassal in Baghdad was quickly subdued, the armies necessary for that mission were sorely missed in the east, and only when those armies joined the eastern armies was Babur temporarily repelled in Ahwaz. The Sultanate had a fairly competent general in the region, after Beyazid II (a much less capable leader) had been butchered by Babur, but even competent leadership was no match for that man, seemingly powered by the fires of Hell.
Even when he was outmatched on open ground his mere presence would save his armies, although unfortunately for them he could only extend full protection to very small groups, reportedly up to about 300 men. And indeed, when he was attacked in Lut, 298 men came out safe, while the rest were utterly slaughtered.
Yet Mehmed was no fool, he knew that Babur was mortal still, and if he would apply enough pressure, a hundred blows could still slay the man. So the armies fought on in the east, while the Chinese chuckled as their own did not fall. Time was on the side of the Chinese, now, and Mehmed had to puncture through the Mughal realm if he were to stop the Chinese advance.
The Sultanate in 1509. Brown is Orthodox, Blue is shiite, red is the defensive line against the Mughal invasion. Note that Ionia is now Ottoman. The religious situation in the Crimean Khanate at thistime is uncertain, the first official records are from the time when a land route from the Sultanate was first established.
In the far right corner, I believe you see a bit of China already, just beyond Samarkand.
Duke of Wellington said:
Neither, actually... But there'll probably be a further invasion when I get my stab under control
...And Japan is very rich even without CoTs (both in tax and MP) ...so they're a fairly tough fight (so far as the AI can be, in any case), but it's certainly worth it
the screenshot in my previous post is not enoughtonythetiger said:
?side note: I actually have nothing to do with Mughal resistance, but it's nice to pretend
ahh, and those two plagues weren't your doing either, right?
It was just too great a coincidence. Exceptional years before i know you, plagues after
It was just too great a coincidence. Exceptional years before i know you, plagues after
Wrong for the url - you used the right one after "http:", but had "\" for the rest of them.ForzaA said:
Nice AAR so far. Can't wait to see the actual fighting start and the horrible insults that will follow.
Schlieffen said:Wrong for the url - you used the right one after "http:", but had "\" for the rest of them.
Nice AAR so far. Can't wait to see the actual fighting start and the horrible insults that will follow.
...well, it shows up for me
...and I'm using the same adress "type" for all images
stnylan said:
I kept Samarkand between us...
Because the damn Mughals wouldn't give it without giving me a bucketload of worthless badboy-costing provinces. So I only took Hormouz (which was ALSO already Sunni. Only shiites in Persia left are in Mekran, and a few hold out near Oman.
Duke of Wellington said:
It gets better with the next report
...and both of our incomes soared, so I suspect the first war isn't far off; consolidation seems mostly done, on both sides.