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Luckymoose
The World is Mine
spend my eco on military.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
Well I honestly thought I had sent orders so it came as a shock when I came online and realised I hadnt. I sent what I thought you might still be able to use.
English Revival
England and for that matter the British Isles had long been free of barbarians thanks to it having a body of water to separate it form the mainland. For a long time this had been a blessing until the Viking raids. In series of devastating attacks the Vikings in a way stopped England from building an empire forcing them into stagnation and isolation. Finally at Orkney the English defeated the Viking fleet but the country at home had been devastated. Ireland and Scotland taking advantage of England’s weakness invaded but were held back and ultimately defeated.
England though was no hemmed in by the Celtic nations and all of them had an alliance isolating England politically. King Alfred came to power following the great King Harold who had during his reign united England and even for a while dominated Northern Gaul. He died leaving and kingdom for his son that was in stagnation and on the verge of being dominated by their Celtic and Viking neighbors. Alfred had to do something great for his name and for the kingdom of England to bring her to the table of great nations. The path lay towards an ultimate defeat of the Norse.
King Alfred amassed his army and fleet to destroy the Norse bases in the British Isles in an attempt to cut off the head of the serpent. If the Norse ships were unable to coordinate raids due to poor communication they would be sitting ducks. He called up his Horsecarls which lead his regular troops in the capture of these islands. The Norse would no longer terrorize the British Isles.
England’s fleet set sale for victory. England was no longer an isolated, stagnated power. They were now going to bring the fight to the Norse.
OCC: My story is terrible but things at home are hetic. Colorado just got hit by a blizzard. I may add on to this latter on if I find time tomorrow.
England and for that matter the British Isles had long been free of barbarians thanks to it having a body of water to separate it form the mainland. For a long time this had been a blessing until the Viking raids. In series of devastating attacks the Vikings in a way stopped England from building an empire forcing them into stagnation and isolation. Finally at Orkney the English defeated the Viking fleet but the country at home had been devastated. Ireland and Scotland taking advantage of England’s weakness invaded but were held back and ultimately defeated.
England though was no hemmed in by the Celtic nations and all of them had an alliance isolating England politically. King Alfred came to power following the great King Harold who had during his reign united England and even for a while dominated Northern Gaul. He died leaving and kingdom for his son that was in stagnation and on the verge of being dominated by their Celtic and Viking neighbors. Alfred had to do something great for his name and for the kingdom of England to bring her to the table of great nations. The path lay towards an ultimate defeat of the Norse.
King Alfred amassed his army and fleet to destroy the Norse bases in the British Isles in an attempt to cut off the head of the serpent. If the Norse ships were unable to coordinate raids due to poor communication they would be sitting ducks. He called up his Horsecarls which lead his regular troops in the capture of these islands. The Norse would no longer terrorize the British Isles.
England’s fleet set sale for victory. England was no longer an isolated, stagnated power. They were now going to bring the fight to the Norse.
OCC: My story is terrible but things at home are hetic. Colorado just got hit by a blizzard. I may add on to this latter on if I find time tomorrow.
701-710: Update 1
Non-Military Events:
After his fathers passing, Aduawatha takes the throne of Adena. He is a visionary leader, quite literally, as he claims he has strange visions of demons that will one day come to the lands of the Mississippi, and bring fire and destruction. Not many Adenas know what to make of this, but, in other ways, Aduawatha is a very competent Sun-Emperor. He institutes a formal hierarchy, to make everyones place in the world clear, and he turns the capital of Iowana into a center of agriculture.
(+Iowana economic center, +1 Adenan government efficiency)
The Holy Celtic Empire begins to reclaim land in the Low Countries from the sea, using dikes, sluices, and wind powered pumps. The Danube basins infrastructure is improved, and measures are taken to prevent flooding, and improve navigation along the river. Neither of these projects have born economic fruit yet.
A variety of reforms and procedures enacted by the Holy Celtic Emperor, including creating the position of Justice of the Peace, have won him much praise among his subjects, especially those who live within the Imperial demesne.
Fortifications are built on the French side of the English channel, in preparation for a possible English attack.
(+1 Holy Celtic confidence)
A Council of Trinitism is called at Genoa, to reconcile Celtic and Roman Trinitism, and to bring the divergent English Trinitists back in the direction of the fold. The Holy Celtic Emperor himself presides. All across Europe, nobles predict that the Council will disintegrate into madness and chaos in short order, and that Roman, Celtic, and even English Trinitism, cannot, and will not reconcile. However, the naysayers are proved wrong, at least in part. An honest effort is put forth by all parties. While no miracles came about at Genoa, and tempers do flair, time and time again, the Romans, Celtics, and English all find common ground to work upon, and theological relationships between the Trinitist countries generally improve. It becomes clear that the Roman and Celtic Churches are too divergent to merge, but that was a high and lofty goal no one had really expected to be reached. At the end of the Council, the English King declares that all differences between his people and Avignon have been rectified. The English hate the Celts for reasons more then just religion, so this causes a backlash in the English Kings popularity, but if the theological differences can be mended, perhaps the political ones can, too.
(+Genoa economic center, +1 Italian confidence, +1 Holy Celtic confidence, +1 Iberian confidence, -1 English confidence)
An official alliance is made between the Kyrian lands of the Bulgar Khanate and Byzantium, but as the Celtics step up missionary efforts, more and more Bulgars are converted to Trinitism.
The Byzantine Emperor, Alexandros IV initiates the Alexandrine Reforms, with the intent of reawakening Byzantiums economic potential. Trade reforms are set into motion, the tax system is changed to be progressive, giving the rich the greatest burden, and laws throughout the Empire are standardized. On a somewhat difference note, schools, or Academia are built to educate the populace, and other reforms are past to generally encourage the populace to become more skilled.
(+Trebizond, Athens economic centers, +1 Byzantine education)
The Empire of the Nile is renamed Aegypt, perhaps in an attempt to recapture the legacy of that dead empire.
To counter the Trinitist Alliance, the Cthari states of Aegypt, Tunis, and Morocco form an alliance of their own, unoriginally named the Cthari Alliance.
In Khazaria, King Benjamin I orders a variety of reforms, and finally exploits Itils position as a center of trade.
(+Itil economic center, +1 Khazarian government efficiency)
The Yehudan faith begins to spread to the Slavic tribes to the north of Khazaria.
The Benjid Empire reforms. It reforms rapidly, and it reforms impressively. Corruption becomes a crime punishable by death. Tax collection is standardized, and merit is newly emphasized over status, when applying to government positions. Citizenship is granted to all who want it. A new code of law, Yassa, is established, and religious tolerance, oddly and unpopularly, is guaranteed. The military is reorganized. These reforms, collectively known as the Great Reforms, are met with a variety of responses, from joy on the part of the newly enfranchised minorities, to disgust and contempt on the part of the conservative hardliners.
(+2 Benjid government efficiency, +1 Benjid army quality, -1 Benjid confidence)
With Axumite help, Mangbetu tribes between the Ubangi and the Zaire rivers form an Orthodox Jewish nation, though the nation is severely decentralized, and many of its people resent the Axumite influence. Attempts to spread civilization further inland fail.
(+Mangbetu nation, +Lisala economic center)
Axumite priests begin to actively proselytize in Malagasya, and the Orthodox Jewish minority in that land grows.
Simhalan investment elevates their capital to a new level of grandeur.
(+Polonnaruwa economic center)
Military Events:
The Adenas enforce their rule further south along the Mississippi.
Determined to stop Norse raiding on their lands once and for all, the Scottish government launches raids of their own on the Norwegian held Orkney, Shetland, and Faeroe Islands. Pretending at first to be merchant ships, the Scottish fleet quickly realizes that the Norsemen are too worldly to fall for that particular scheme. Battles ensue all across the northern waters, but in the end, the Scottish attempt to bring the fight to the Norsemen is repulsed. Oslo celebrates, and plans are moved forward to raid the Scots all the harder for their insolence At least until a large English fleet arrives in the north. Bursting through Norwegian defenses though sheer numbers, the English land invasion forces on the northern islands, headed by their elite Housecarl axemen. The Orkney, Shetland, and Faeroe Islands are all sized by the English. Back in Scandinavia, all Norse plans to retake their islands are put on hold, as Svearland, taking advantage of their rivals weakness, invades Norway. Besieged, Oslo still holds out, but by now, Norway seems all but a dead nation.
(-2 Scottish squadrons, +1 Scottish confidence, -1 English Housecarl division, -2 English squadrons, +1 English confidence, -5 Norwegian divisions, -4 Norwegian squadrons, -3 Svearland divisions)
A coalition of German nobles decide that the Holy Celtic Empire no longer supports their interests, and raise the flag of rebellion. The forces of the Emperor move with almost preternatural speed to oppose them, and mere days after the rebellion begins, forces of the crown begin to flood Germany, to take care of the revolt. The German rebel armies are defeated in short order, and Imperial propaganda is shoved down the throats of the German commoners, to prevent similar uprisings in the future. Lands and titles are stripped of the treasonous nobles, and so, large swaths of German land come under the direct rule of the Emperor.
(7 Holy Celtic divisions to German Rebels, -German Rebels, -2 Holy Celtic divisions)
The Axumites extend their territories further south, with a minimum of resistance from the natives. Notably, Zanzibar has been reclaimed for civilization, and the Seychelles have been annexed.
A variety of hastily plotted rebellions against Benjid rule occur, mostly in Arabia, in response to the Great Reforms. They are put down with ease.
(-2 Benjid divisions)
Yehudan hordes flood into the domains of the Ghaznavids, headed by the elite Zealots. Explaining that the Ghaznavids are heretics, that they have incited Persian rebels, attacked Yehudan missionaries, and insulted the religion as a whole, the Benjid Emperor declares war on Ghaznavid Persia. Shiraz is quickly taken in the south, Nishapur is quickly taken in the north, and the Benjids continue on, pressing for the Persian interior, and Ghanza itself. However, the Ghanzavids at this point begin to finally muster up some real resistance. Levies are called en mass, and the Benjids are defeated at Zaranj, ending their hopes for a quick drive to Ghanza. However, even as the Ghanzavids regroup, and prepare to retake their lands, the Kingdom of Delhi invades them from the east, to protect in dramatic fashion a number of Hindu and Indian rebels that rose up around the Indus while the Ghaznavids were distracted. Delhis armies strike at Multan in a two-pronged assault, and take it, but consolidation of the lands east of the Indus bog down the Delhi armies, and indeed, they are not in the end able to secure said lands. A good portion of the region is in general chaos, as not all of the rebels have allied with Delhi, and the Ghaznavids still hold out in a pocket around Somnath. Back in the west, the Persian War becomes a bloody back and forth duel. The Benjids reach the Oxus, but are turned back, and then, slowly, the battle lines stagnate. The vast Ghaznavid territories the Benjids occupy are consolidated through a variety of terror tactics. In the Arabian Sea, the Ghaznavid navy clashes with Delhi and Benjid fleets. Due to force of numbers, the Ghaznavids even on sea are forced to slowly retreat. However, on sea, as everywhere else, the Ghaznavids have proved a tougher nut to crack then anticipated. Ghazanavid forces are embattled, but far from defeated, and partriotic fervor is rising, especially in the face of reports of Benjid atrocities in the occupied lands.
(+20 Ghaznavid irregular divisions, -17 Ghaznavid divisions, -11 Ghaznavid irregular divisions, -6 Ghaznavid squadrons, -2 Benjid Zealot divisions, -6 Benjid divisions, -2 Benjid squadrons, +1 Benjid confidence, -7 Delhi divisions, -2 Delhi squadrons)
An attempted Simhalan invasion of Java ends in failure, due both to the distances involved, and the lack of funding for the expedition.
(-3 Simhalan divisions, -3 Simhalan squadrons)
Most of the Far East explodes into war.
(See Spotlight)
(+30 Chinese irregular divisions, -24 Chinese divisions, -4 Chinese irregular divisions, -7 Mongol divisions, +1 Mongol confidence, -10 Tibetan divisions)
Japanese forces land on Hokkaido. Despite fierce resistance from Ainu tribes, they manage to occupy the southern half of the island.
(-1 Japanese division)
Non-Military Events:
After his fathers passing, Aduawatha takes the throne of Adena. He is a visionary leader, quite literally, as he claims he has strange visions of demons that will one day come to the lands of the Mississippi, and bring fire and destruction. Not many Adenas know what to make of this, but, in other ways, Aduawatha is a very competent Sun-Emperor. He institutes a formal hierarchy, to make everyones place in the world clear, and he turns the capital of Iowana into a center of agriculture.
(+Iowana economic center, +1 Adenan government efficiency)
The Holy Celtic Empire begins to reclaim land in the Low Countries from the sea, using dikes, sluices, and wind powered pumps. The Danube basins infrastructure is improved, and measures are taken to prevent flooding, and improve navigation along the river. Neither of these projects have born economic fruit yet.
A variety of reforms and procedures enacted by the Holy Celtic Emperor, including creating the position of Justice of the Peace, have won him much praise among his subjects, especially those who live within the Imperial demesne.
Fortifications are built on the French side of the English channel, in preparation for a possible English attack.
(+1 Holy Celtic confidence)
A Council of Trinitism is called at Genoa, to reconcile Celtic and Roman Trinitism, and to bring the divergent English Trinitists back in the direction of the fold. The Holy Celtic Emperor himself presides. All across Europe, nobles predict that the Council will disintegrate into madness and chaos in short order, and that Roman, Celtic, and even English Trinitism, cannot, and will not reconcile. However, the naysayers are proved wrong, at least in part. An honest effort is put forth by all parties. While no miracles came about at Genoa, and tempers do flair, time and time again, the Romans, Celtics, and English all find common ground to work upon, and theological relationships between the Trinitist countries generally improve. It becomes clear that the Roman and Celtic Churches are too divergent to merge, but that was a high and lofty goal no one had really expected to be reached. At the end of the Council, the English King declares that all differences between his people and Avignon have been rectified. The English hate the Celts for reasons more then just religion, so this causes a backlash in the English Kings popularity, but if the theological differences can be mended, perhaps the political ones can, too.
(+Genoa economic center, +1 Italian confidence, +1 Holy Celtic confidence, +1 Iberian confidence, -1 English confidence)
An official alliance is made between the Kyrian lands of the Bulgar Khanate and Byzantium, but as the Celtics step up missionary efforts, more and more Bulgars are converted to Trinitism.
The Byzantine Emperor, Alexandros IV initiates the Alexandrine Reforms, with the intent of reawakening Byzantiums economic potential. Trade reforms are set into motion, the tax system is changed to be progressive, giving the rich the greatest burden, and laws throughout the Empire are standardized. On a somewhat difference note, schools, or Academia are built to educate the populace, and other reforms are past to generally encourage the populace to become more skilled.
(+Trebizond, Athens economic centers, +1 Byzantine education)
The Empire of the Nile is renamed Aegypt, perhaps in an attempt to recapture the legacy of that dead empire.
To counter the Trinitist Alliance, the Cthari states of Aegypt, Tunis, and Morocco form an alliance of their own, unoriginally named the Cthari Alliance.
In Khazaria, King Benjamin I orders a variety of reforms, and finally exploits Itils position as a center of trade.
(+Itil economic center, +1 Khazarian government efficiency)
The Yehudan faith begins to spread to the Slavic tribes to the north of Khazaria.
The Benjid Empire reforms. It reforms rapidly, and it reforms impressively. Corruption becomes a crime punishable by death. Tax collection is standardized, and merit is newly emphasized over status, when applying to government positions. Citizenship is granted to all who want it. A new code of law, Yassa, is established, and religious tolerance, oddly and unpopularly, is guaranteed. The military is reorganized. These reforms, collectively known as the Great Reforms, are met with a variety of responses, from joy on the part of the newly enfranchised minorities, to disgust and contempt on the part of the conservative hardliners.
(+2 Benjid government efficiency, +1 Benjid army quality, -1 Benjid confidence)
With Axumite help, Mangbetu tribes between the Ubangi and the Zaire rivers form an Orthodox Jewish nation, though the nation is severely decentralized, and many of its people resent the Axumite influence. Attempts to spread civilization further inland fail.
(+Mangbetu nation, +Lisala economic center)
Axumite priests begin to actively proselytize in Malagasya, and the Orthodox Jewish minority in that land grows.
Simhalan investment elevates their capital to a new level of grandeur.
(+Polonnaruwa economic center)
Military Events:
The Adenas enforce their rule further south along the Mississippi.
Determined to stop Norse raiding on their lands once and for all, the Scottish government launches raids of their own on the Norwegian held Orkney, Shetland, and Faeroe Islands. Pretending at first to be merchant ships, the Scottish fleet quickly realizes that the Norsemen are too worldly to fall for that particular scheme. Battles ensue all across the northern waters, but in the end, the Scottish attempt to bring the fight to the Norsemen is repulsed. Oslo celebrates, and plans are moved forward to raid the Scots all the harder for their insolence At least until a large English fleet arrives in the north. Bursting through Norwegian defenses though sheer numbers, the English land invasion forces on the northern islands, headed by their elite Housecarl axemen. The Orkney, Shetland, and Faeroe Islands are all sized by the English. Back in Scandinavia, all Norse plans to retake their islands are put on hold, as Svearland, taking advantage of their rivals weakness, invades Norway. Besieged, Oslo still holds out, but by now, Norway seems all but a dead nation.
(-2 Scottish squadrons, +1 Scottish confidence, -1 English Housecarl division, -2 English squadrons, +1 English confidence, -5 Norwegian divisions, -4 Norwegian squadrons, -3 Svearland divisions)
A coalition of German nobles decide that the Holy Celtic Empire no longer supports their interests, and raise the flag of rebellion. The forces of the Emperor move with almost preternatural speed to oppose them, and mere days after the rebellion begins, forces of the crown begin to flood Germany, to take care of the revolt. The German rebel armies are defeated in short order, and Imperial propaganda is shoved down the throats of the German commoners, to prevent similar uprisings in the future. Lands and titles are stripped of the treasonous nobles, and so, large swaths of German land come under the direct rule of the Emperor.
(7 Holy Celtic divisions to German Rebels, -German Rebels, -2 Holy Celtic divisions)
The Axumites extend their territories further south, with a minimum of resistance from the natives. Notably, Zanzibar has been reclaimed for civilization, and the Seychelles have been annexed.
A variety of hastily plotted rebellions against Benjid rule occur, mostly in Arabia, in response to the Great Reforms. They are put down with ease.
(-2 Benjid divisions)
Yehudan hordes flood into the domains of the Ghaznavids, headed by the elite Zealots. Explaining that the Ghaznavids are heretics, that they have incited Persian rebels, attacked Yehudan missionaries, and insulted the religion as a whole, the Benjid Emperor declares war on Ghaznavid Persia. Shiraz is quickly taken in the south, Nishapur is quickly taken in the north, and the Benjids continue on, pressing for the Persian interior, and Ghanza itself. However, the Ghanzavids at this point begin to finally muster up some real resistance. Levies are called en mass, and the Benjids are defeated at Zaranj, ending their hopes for a quick drive to Ghanza. However, even as the Ghanzavids regroup, and prepare to retake their lands, the Kingdom of Delhi invades them from the east, to protect in dramatic fashion a number of Hindu and Indian rebels that rose up around the Indus while the Ghaznavids were distracted. Delhis armies strike at Multan in a two-pronged assault, and take it, but consolidation of the lands east of the Indus bog down the Delhi armies, and indeed, they are not in the end able to secure said lands. A good portion of the region is in general chaos, as not all of the rebels have allied with Delhi, and the Ghaznavids still hold out in a pocket around Somnath. Back in the west, the Persian War becomes a bloody back and forth duel. The Benjids reach the Oxus, but are turned back, and then, slowly, the battle lines stagnate. The vast Ghaznavid territories the Benjids occupy are consolidated through a variety of terror tactics. In the Arabian Sea, the Ghaznavid navy clashes with Delhi and Benjid fleets. Due to force of numbers, the Ghaznavids even on sea are forced to slowly retreat. However, on sea, as everywhere else, the Ghaznavids have proved a tougher nut to crack then anticipated. Ghazanavid forces are embattled, but far from defeated, and partriotic fervor is rising, especially in the face of reports of Benjid atrocities in the occupied lands.
(+20 Ghaznavid irregular divisions, -17 Ghaznavid divisions, -11 Ghaznavid irregular divisions, -6 Ghaznavid squadrons, -2 Benjid Zealot divisions, -6 Benjid divisions, -2 Benjid squadrons, +1 Benjid confidence, -7 Delhi divisions, -2 Delhi squadrons)
An attempted Simhalan invasion of Java ends in failure, due both to the distances involved, and the lack of funding for the expedition.
(-3 Simhalan divisions, -3 Simhalan squadrons)
Most of the Far East explodes into war.
(See Spotlight)
(+30 Chinese irregular divisions, -24 Chinese divisions, -4 Chinese irregular divisions, -7 Mongol divisions, +1 Mongol confidence, -10 Tibetan divisions)
Japanese forces land on Hokkaido. Despite fierce resistance from Ainu tribes, they manage to occupy the southern half of the island.
(-1 Japanese division)
Random Events:
Some of the Adenan people have taken to believing Aduawatha’s visions.
(+1 Adenan culture)
There is a surge in English patriotism.
(+1 English culture)
Many nobles of the Holy Celtic Empire have taken a liking to gambling.
The people of Europe are beginning to feel the need for a new crusade against the Ctha’ri.
Spotlight: The Far East in Crisis
“We were always meant to conquer the Middle Kingdom.”
-Yesugei the Brave, Mongol Great Khan
Tibet was always a thorn in the side of Yang China’s expansion. And so, when an ultimatum was scoffed upon, the Yang Emperor of China decided it was time to squash the eastern barbarians, once and for all. Fifty thousand soldiers were dispatched, but almost immediately, the plan started to go wrong. A small Chinese army heads straight though the center of Tibet, with the intent of cutting the nation in half, but is stymied by the Tibetan winter, even as propaganda largely falls flat on the fiercely independent Tibetans. The army is quickly annihilated, but it distracted the Tibetans enough for the two other Chinese armies to be more successful. A drive to Bengal and the trade city of Dacca actually manages to succeed, as the downtrodden Bengalis aid the Chinese. Odd happenings abound here, and it quickly becomes a rumor among the Tibetans that Dacca fell due to ancient Chinese magic. As the mouth of the Ganges is taken, Chinese forces mass for a push at Lhasa. The Tibetans are somewhat intimidated by this point, but manage to pull through, and defeat the Chinese incursion into their homeland, leaving the invaders with naught but Bengal for their efforts.
Of course, had the situation been left in a vacuum, Tibetan doom might well have been spelled out. The Chinese had forced them to retreat to the plateau from which they came, and a second thrust in the coming years might have been all it took to conquer Lhasa, and subjugate the Tibetans to Chinese rule. But another force intervened, instead, one which had sorely been underestimated. The Mongols.
As Chinese intelligence indicates that that Mongols are advancing at the trade center of Hohot, their northern armies move to cut the Mongols off, and defend the city. However, it is soon revealed that the attack on Hohot was nothing but a ploy, as all the massed Chinese army finds is enough Mongols to tie them down in endless skirmishes.
Then the hordes came. Attacking from the northwest, rather then the northeast, the Mongol horse archers flood and occupy Langzhou, on the coast of the Yellow River. From there, aided by engineers captured from barbarian Chinese in Manchuria, the Mongols cross the river, and rush east to Hebei, cutting off the Chinese in the north, and isolating them at Hohot. The Chinese beat a hasty retreat, hoping to find a way out of the trap, and into southern China, but they were doomed. Surrounded by Mongols, the Army of the Yellow River was annihilated, and northern China was secured for the Khan. However, in the time it took to consolidate the north, massive levy armies were raised by the Chinese, and bolstered by some troops returning from Tibet. After a few probing attacks were defeated, the Mongols retreated back to northern China, but the damage was done. Half of China is under the control of the Great Khan.
The rest may well follow.
NPC Diplomacy:
None.
Some of the Adenan people have taken to believing Aduawatha’s visions.
(+1 Adenan culture)
There is a surge in English patriotism.
(+1 English culture)
Many nobles of the Holy Celtic Empire have taken a liking to gambling.
The people of Europe are beginning to feel the need for a new crusade against the Ctha’ri.
Spotlight: The Far East in Crisis
“We were always meant to conquer the Middle Kingdom.”
-Yesugei the Brave, Mongol Great Khan
Tibet was always a thorn in the side of Yang China’s expansion. And so, when an ultimatum was scoffed upon, the Yang Emperor of China decided it was time to squash the eastern barbarians, once and for all. Fifty thousand soldiers were dispatched, but almost immediately, the plan started to go wrong. A small Chinese army heads straight though the center of Tibet, with the intent of cutting the nation in half, but is stymied by the Tibetan winter, even as propaganda largely falls flat on the fiercely independent Tibetans. The army is quickly annihilated, but it distracted the Tibetans enough for the two other Chinese armies to be more successful. A drive to Bengal and the trade city of Dacca actually manages to succeed, as the downtrodden Bengalis aid the Chinese. Odd happenings abound here, and it quickly becomes a rumor among the Tibetans that Dacca fell due to ancient Chinese magic. As the mouth of the Ganges is taken, Chinese forces mass for a push at Lhasa. The Tibetans are somewhat intimidated by this point, but manage to pull through, and defeat the Chinese incursion into their homeland, leaving the invaders with naught but Bengal for their efforts.
Of course, had the situation been left in a vacuum, Tibetan doom might well have been spelled out. The Chinese had forced them to retreat to the plateau from which they came, and a second thrust in the coming years might have been all it took to conquer Lhasa, and subjugate the Tibetans to Chinese rule. But another force intervened, instead, one which had sorely been underestimated. The Mongols.
As Chinese intelligence indicates that that Mongols are advancing at the trade center of Hohot, their northern armies move to cut the Mongols off, and defend the city. However, it is soon revealed that the attack on Hohot was nothing but a ploy, as all the massed Chinese army finds is enough Mongols to tie them down in endless skirmishes.
Then the hordes came. Attacking from the northwest, rather then the northeast, the Mongol horse archers flood and occupy Langzhou, on the coast of the Yellow River. From there, aided by engineers captured from barbarian Chinese in Manchuria, the Mongols cross the river, and rush east to Hebei, cutting off the Chinese in the north, and isolating them at Hohot. The Chinese beat a hasty retreat, hoping to find a way out of the trap, and into southern China, but they were doomed. Surrounded by Mongols, the Army of the Yellow River was annihilated, and northern China was secured for the Khan. However, in the time it took to consolidate the north, massive levy armies were raised by the Chinese, and bolstered by some troops returning from Tibet. After a few probing attacks were defeated, the Mongols retreated back to northern China, but the damage was done. Half of China is under the control of the Great Khan.
The rest may well follow.
NPC Diplomacy:
None.
Nice Update Imago!
From England
To Ireland, Scotland and Svearland
We hope the raids on our isles will finally cease to exist. A strong stand against such raids is what is needed in order to prevent further attacks.
From England
To Holy Celtic Empire
Although the construction of your wall shows some general mistrust. It is understanble. We must continue to work forward for a brighter and more peaceful future between our people.
From England
To Ireland, Scotland and Svearland
We hope the raids on our isles will finally cease to exist. A strong stand against such raids is what is needed in order to prevent further attacks.
From England
To Holy Celtic Empire
Although the construction of your wall shows some general mistrust. It is understanble. We must continue to work forward for a brighter and more peaceful future between our people.
jeps
Arcadefire
Nice Update!
To Mangbetu
From Axum
Will you sign a trade agreement and alliance with us? We shall call it the Orthodox Alliance (Less original STILL). We shall send teachers to help you learn new technologies as soon as you are able (5 edu.) should you sign this alliance.
To Mangbetu
From Axum
Will you sign a trade agreement and alliance with us? We shall call it the Orthodox Alliance (Less original STILL). We shall send teachers to help you learn new technologies as soon as you are able (5 edu.) should you sign this alliance.
*****
A fire burned in the cold northern night. Dark shadows flickered against the walls of the tent, jumping from here to there as if in a great battle for control of the very sky itself. Another battle was occuring in the same large tent. A battle for dominance, for control. Control of the Steppe, and the title of Supreme Khan.
"My forces could crush you, with your armies fighting so deep in China," sneered the Eastern Warlord of the Khitan (Manchu), "and I doubt you could march them back here before your lands are firmly under my control."
"Oh? For what purpose? To take from wooded lands and my winter chill? You were always a fool, Mo-ki-lien. My invasion, and indeed, defeat of the Northern Chinese armies has given my armies great wealth. Look upon this," motioned the still young Yesugei. He was only seventeen when he took control of his tribe, and was only nineteen when he gathered the Mongolian tribes together for a single purpose: conquest.
Two Chinese slaves struggled heavily to bring out the Khan's treasure: an oranate golden chest was placed before the two powerful Warlords. A speechless Mo-ki-lien looked on in wonder at the no doubt wonderful riches that were kept within. Riches never before dreamed of in the cold, harsh steppe. Raids had occured in China, to be clear, but nothing was ever recovered quite like this.
"Go ahead, my old enemy. Open it. It is yours," smiled the younger Khan, a strange, proud smile upon his face.
"It is mine!?" asked the older warlord, confused beyond belief. They were enemies, weren't they? Their tribes had warred incessently for many years, and it was his attack that killed Yesugei's father. What was the point of this?
"Yes, its yours. I have too many to count, with my invasion of China going so well. Young, beautiful Chinese girls now fill my bed, and I have discarded my old harem. Riches fill my tribes coffers. The cities of gold are now mine. This," he said with a smile, "is but a fraction of it."
Mo-ki-lien snarled, throwing open the chest to find just the riches Yesugei spoke of. Angrily, he turned to regard his rival, "I would have more of this. I will war to get it, my enemy!"
"You would war to claim but a fraction of this wealth?" grinned Yesugei, a strange gleam in his eye.
"I would," returned Mo-ki-lien simply.
"Why then, why should we war against each other for these riches, to allow the Chinese to reclaim them? Why not send your horse herds to fight with mine, to subjugate the Chinese so completely, that all the wealth you've dreamed of, of the young Chinese girls to fill your bed, and indeed, of the cities paved with gold under our control?" finished the Khan, his grin gone.
A shell-shocked Mo-ki-lien looked to Yesugei, and then to the open golden chest. Visions of a life of luxury away from the steppe in the cities of Gold, wrapped in silk and young chinese girls. A life he only dreamed about. He could almost taste it.
"I will...I will inform you of my decision later. I have much to discuss..."
Thus, Mo-ki-lien left the meeting place at the border of their lands, visions of gold dancing in his head. Silence held in the small tent for a time, until the Khan looked over to an empty chair, and spoke.
"Tell, Temüjin. What did you learn from this?" the young Khan asked of the dark.
A small boy crawled out from underneath one of the drapes covering a seat, looking bashful at being caught so easily.
"Father, I'm very sorry for sneaking in, but I just..." started the young boy, only to be interrupted by a glance from his father.
"That did not answer my question, Temujin," reprimended the Khan. Startled, the boy had no choice but attempt a response.
"I'm not sure, father. What was I supposed to learn from this father?" questioned the young boy, unsure of what his father meant.
"Beware of greed, my son. Beware of it, yet use it. Twist it to your purpose, and you can get the armies of Hell to march underneath your banner. Hold it up like food in front of a starving man, and soon, he will call you master for but a silver of it. Use it, and the World will fall underneath our banner," finished Yesugei, smirking at the shimmering golden casket.
Silence was all that remained in the tent following that. The silent greed.
*****
To All Northern Barbarian Tribes
From Yesugei the Brave, Khan of the Mongol Confederacy
Against our might, the Northern Chinese armies have fallen to our hordes. The great riches of China lay open to the people of the North! Join our horse hordes, and gain wealth and glory. Soon, the neglected people of the north will have empire, and wealth beyond measure.
Or would you wallow in the cold steppes forever, ignorant of the shimmering gold?
Perfectionist
Angel of Verdun
Nice update, as always.
FROM: The Holy Celtic Empire
TO: Kingdoms of the British Isles
After the success of the Council of Genoa, we hoped that we Trinitists could cooperate with each other. However, word has reached our ears that some among you are plotting to destroy your neighbors. These are merely rumours, but to help ensure that they stay that way, we are issuing a statement regarding the Isles. If any one of the kingdoms of the Isles breaks the peace, we will consider them to be our enemy and will take steps to restore peace.
FROM: The Holy Celtic Empire
TO: Kingdoms of the British Isles
After the success of the Council of Genoa, we hoped that we Trinitists could cooperate with each other. However, word has reached our ears that some among you are plotting to destroy your neighbors. These are merely rumours, but to help ensure that they stay that way, we are issuing a statement regarding the Isles. If any one of the kingdoms of the Isles breaks the peace, we will consider them to be our enemy and will take steps to restore peace.
To: Axum
From: Mangbetu
We agree to your alliance and trade agreement.
To: Mongol Confedercy
From: Some Northern Barbarian Tribes
We will join you.
***
Unfortunately, people, it seems I will be going away next week, and have no internet access. So, the next update is in two weeks. Once I come back, I will return to a regular schedule.
From: Mangbetu
We agree to your alliance and trade agreement.
To: Mongol Confedercy
From: Some Northern Barbarian Tribes
We will join you.
***
Unfortunately, people, it seems I will be going away next week, and have no internet access. So, the next update is in two weeks. Once I come back, I will return to a regular schedule.
silver 2039
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Excellent update.
