I like this voice transmitting system our engineers invented lately
Yes, dear emperor, you keep telling me this, since the first time I called you
How is this called again
technically, I mean?
Phone
Really? Didnt you say last time something like Teflon or Teleflon?
Yes, ahem, no, I mean, I said TELEPHONE and that is absolutely the same, only longer than PHONE. But look, emperor, you start to confuse me again. Would you mind sticking to the subject?
No, no, oldest one, its just that I really like this telephone or phone thingy
OK, so back to our subject: What I was trying to tell you, is that we have to declare war on Kathy, because she wont allow our troops to pass through her territory. And since we want to take the last of Asokas cities we have to pass her territo
Did you hear that?
Hear what?
That small beeping noise in the background
wait, now its gone
May I continue dear emperor, please?
Yes, yes, go on
As I was about to say, we have to declare war on Kathy, to move our troops to Asokas cities. I dont think that this will be a big problem, since Kathy lacks most technology to produce modern troops. If we are fast, we may even be able to avoid her Cossacks with our Caval
There it was again
it goes beep
beep
beepbeep
umh, sorry, go on
Like I said before, we have to be quick in moving through Kathys territory with our Cavalry. Best would be, to use some riflemen for protection
What is with China? Wont they side with Kathy in case of a war?
No, no, dont worry dear emperor they are still busy with their own war against Monty.
And whats with the strange rumours about iron vehicles without horses that could be seen near our borders here and there?
Dont take that to serious
believe only what you see yourself
OK then, do what you think is best
Thank you dear emperor (and to himself after he had hung up the phone: if my mission wouldnt be that important and my reward wouldnt be that big, I would rather kill myself then to call him again
)
So the brave Persian army marched into Russian territory in March 1532. The losses were even higher then expected
About 10 cavalry were slain by Russian Cossacks but thanks to our big production capacity they could be replaced quickly. Our science and economy was going down, but the oldest one kept reassuring me, that we are still doing great and are much more advanced then all the other nations (still the rumours about the Chinese having these iron vehicles without horses worried me somehow).
As expected, Qin came again to visit me, but instead of our usual nice chat about this and that, he gave me an ultimatum and left immediately. In fact he even dared to threaten me: If we dont cancel all our deals with Monty, he will declare war on Persia!!!
I didnt feel too good about this, but since the oldest one explaned me that China is no real thread, I decided to stick to our common course and deal a little more with Monty (what also felt wrong to me
). The oldest one was right, Qin didnt declare war on us, but his mood went down to cautious and I felt very sad
Only highlight in these dark times was that we managed to build something called Statue of Liberty
Still, we pushed hard on Russia, and after we had taken two of their cities, our way to Ashoka was clear and Russia finally agreed on a peace treaty for 200 gold (first time ever mighty Persia actually had do PAY for peace
).
So we immediately declared war on Ashoka the next year. Qin and Toku were quite angry about this, since they were closest friends with Ash, but we seemed to have stopped to care about our reputation long ago
India wasnt a big threat, and in 1586 a.d. finally, we managed to drive them out of central Asia.
Meanwhile, our people were getting a little bit restless, and we had to beat down an Egypt revolt in Walata, central Africa, with heavy military forces in 1562 a.d. After that, the oldest one supposed to punish Egypt for that treason and we declared war on them. We couldnt advance on them, because we were running out of troops, but at least we were able to hold Walata against their oncoming cavalry and cannons
We used our huge fleet (three gallons and one frigate) to bring some troops to Madagascar and Indias last city was captured in 1600 a.d.
Using the simple advantage of finally being there (in Madagascar), we also eliminated Rome by taking their last city and I was crowned King of Madagascar
Mansa declared war on mighty Persia in 1612 a.d., what was a little setback because we lost a minor central African city to him. But with our army being quite close (in the huge kingdom of Madagascar), we could live with that. What worried me more, was the fact, that Mansa dared to declare war on us and that we seemed to loose in most fights more troops then we could produce (we still fought mainly with Cavalry). But the oldest one seemed to be still quite confident with the overall development
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see you soon,
Snaaty