Vasily sat up on his throne.
"Retrieve the ambassador to the Golden Horde"
"Here he is sir."
"Send word to the Golden Horde that we will no longer be there petty vassals"
"Yes sir"
January 1, 1419 : Muscowy cancelled the Vassalization she had with Golden Horde.
This move was thought to be risky by many, would the Golden Horde strike back at us? Or will they sit idly by while we realize our full potentional?
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May 23, 1419 : Sweden declared war upon Novgorod.
"WHAT?!?"
"We have the rightful claims on novograd, no the dirty swedish!"
"Yuri ready the horses we will war with Novograd and take them out before Sweden has the chance"
"But sir" said Yuri in a pleading voice
"Our soldiers are not ready yet!"
"They do not need to be ready, just alive."
October 11, 1419 : Muscowy declared war upon Novgorod.
October 11, 1419 : Ryazan joined the war on the same side as Muscowy in their war against Novgorod.
October 11, 1419 : Tver joined the war on the same side as Muscowy and Ryazan in their war against Novgorod.
October 11, 1419 : Pskov joined the war on the same side as Muscowy, Ryazan and Tver in their war against Novgorod.
October 11, 1419 : Pskov cancelled the Vassalization she had with Novgorod.
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"How goes the war yuri?"
"Well.... Sir, weve lost a battle against novograd in novograd."
"What!"
"How is that possible."
"Sir, I told you the army was not ready for a war"
November 24, 1419 : We lost a battle against Novgorod in Novgorod.
December 27, 1419 : We lost a battle against Novgorod in Novgorod.
"Yuri, next time we fight against the Novogradians I want you to take DIRECT control!"
"Yes sir"
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January 1, 1420 : Yuri Patrikeev awaits your command in Novgorod.
February 25, 1420 : We lost a battle against Novgorod in Novgorod.
"Yuri, if you lose 1 more battle I will have you exiled"
"So sorry sir"
"Dont be sorry, be victorious"
April 3, 1420 : We won a battle against Novgorod in Novgorod.
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"Sir, a turkish drill instructor would like to see you."
"I will not see any turks at this time."
February 5, 1421 : We went with Decline the Offer in Foreign Drill Instructor Available.
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"Sir!"
"Yes Yuri, why are you here?"
"Weve Captured Novograd"
"Grand... grand"
April 5, 1421 : We captured the province of Novgorod from Novgorod
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"Great news sir."
"Yes?, what is it?"
"The dirty swedish have accepted peace Novograd."
"For what though?"
"Arkhangelsk to the Danes, and 58 ducats"
"How dare the Danish sieze a province near my realm."
COLOR=orange]May 19, 1421 : Novgorod accepted peace with Sweden on the following terms : Novgorod pays 58d in indemnities. Arkhangelsk to Denmark.[[/COLOR]
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"Yuri, how goes the war?"
"It goes well sir, we have all provinces but ingermanland in our possession"
"Whats taking it so long?"
"Heavy casualties sir, as soon as we start sieging winter comes around."
"Siege in april then."
"Its been tried, we need to keep feeding troops in."
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"Yuri I see you back, you need more troops don't you?"
"No sir actually, ive just come to tell you of our victory. Send an ambassador to novograd."
"Great Muscowys rise to power is just beginning"
Vasily was overjoyed with the victory, infact so overjoyed he had a heart attack.
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February 7, 1425 : Vasily II will now rule our glorious nation!
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"Lets align ourselves with Suzdal, one of the few people who trust us."
"So it shall be
September 21, 1426 : Suzdal entered our Military Alliance.
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Screenshots
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This is how Northern russia looks at the moment. Hopefull it will look even redder in time.
My dpsliders, Since my game with ak koyunlu ive realized numbers are just as effective as moral so im going to be leaning toward the "Russian Horde" aspect of the dpslider (Quantity, Serfdom, Land, Aristocracy)
