Started a new game (Grand Campaign, medium difficulty) as Wallachia. I'll start by telling about the game so far, and conclude with some questions.
I started out by securing my borders, giving free passage to Hungary, Venice and Lithuania, entered an aliiance with Moldavia and Royal Marriage with Byzantines, Transylvania, Lithuania, Moldavia, Poland and Venice.
I started with a mixed army of 5000 inf. and cav each. This was not enough for the ambitious Vlad l so I raised another 8000 fottsoldiers. With this army, I declared war and invaded Serbia. The Serbian army was defeated in three battles outside their capital that quickly came under siege. My 8000 infantry entered the war later and marched straight to Kosovo. After about 6 months, both cities fell to me and I entered peace talks with the Serbian king, forcing him to give me Kosovo and accept vassiliation.
I knew that the Turks were massing their amies along my border and started preparing for this. A wave of nationalism gave me 500 extra infantry and 20 cannons, much needed reinforcements.
The Ottomans attacked as soon as these troops were gathered in Wallachia. I took two bankloans and hired three mercenary companiues, to with my main army in Wallachia, and one in Kosovo, were my 8000 infantry (well, 7000 by now) were still stationed. These troops immidiatly invaded Macdonia, defeating a small Turkish army there and laid siege to the city.
In Wallachia, the doomsday battle was fought and to my surprise, the Turks were routed. I immidiatly followed the retreating forces and pounded the remaining army in several more battles. By the time the last turk was killed along the Black Sea coast, Macedonia had fallen and my Kosovo army marched north to Bulgary, which fell after a few months siege. By now, all the Turkish provnces in Europe were in my control. I tried to get a right of passage with Byzantine to strike at the Turkish homelands, but were refused.
The Turks sued for peace, and to my surprise gave me all the provinces I had captured. Within 5 years, Wallachia had become one of the dominating powers on the Balkan!
Now for my questions.
1. Cash! I need lots of money fast! How do I loot enemy provinces? Any other way of increasing tax income ASAP.
2. Can I move my capitol?
3.Good strategyto maintain my newly won realm? I am very shaky still, with few troops and lots of rebellious land.
I'm waiting for Vlad Tepech....hehehe
I started out by securing my borders, giving free passage to Hungary, Venice and Lithuania, entered an aliiance with Moldavia and Royal Marriage with Byzantines, Transylvania, Lithuania, Moldavia, Poland and Venice.
I started with a mixed army of 5000 inf. and cav each. This was not enough for the ambitious Vlad l so I raised another 8000 fottsoldiers. With this army, I declared war and invaded Serbia. The Serbian army was defeated in three battles outside their capital that quickly came under siege. My 8000 infantry entered the war later and marched straight to Kosovo. After about 6 months, both cities fell to me and I entered peace talks with the Serbian king, forcing him to give me Kosovo and accept vassiliation.
I knew that the Turks were massing their amies along my border and started preparing for this. A wave of nationalism gave me 500 extra infantry and 20 cannons, much needed reinforcements.
The Ottomans attacked as soon as these troops were gathered in Wallachia. I took two bankloans and hired three mercenary companiues, to with my main army in Wallachia, and one in Kosovo, were my 8000 infantry (well, 7000 by now) were still stationed. These troops immidiatly invaded Macdonia, defeating a small Turkish army there and laid siege to the city.
In Wallachia, the doomsday battle was fought and to my surprise, the Turks were routed. I immidiatly followed the retreating forces and pounded the remaining army in several more battles. By the time the last turk was killed along the Black Sea coast, Macedonia had fallen and my Kosovo army marched north to Bulgary, which fell after a few months siege. By now, all the Turkish provnces in Europe were in my control. I tried to get a right of passage with Byzantine to strike at the Turkish homelands, but were refused.
The Turks sued for peace, and to my surprise gave me all the provinces I had captured. Within 5 years, Wallachia had become one of the dominating powers on the Balkan!
Now for my questions.
1. Cash! I need lots of money fast! How do I loot enemy provinces? Any other way of increasing tax income ASAP.
2. Can I move my capitol?
3.Good strategyto maintain my newly won realm? I am very shaky still, with few troops and lots of rebellious land.
I'm waiting for Vlad Tepech....hehehe
