Pre: Trash the market in Newcastle for a pike - it will build cats afterwards. York to MDI every 5; Canterbury 8. Move a settler/archer/warrior/pikestack to Canterbury. More of its use later. Hittites even pay us 14g for Republic vs Chivalry. Do that deal. F3 show the Hittites entered Republic immediately after the trade. Chivalry + all our gold won't buy us Engineering from Theo, though it is close.
130BC: Troop movement.
IBT: Portugal and Ottomans sign peace.
110BC: Troop movement.
IBT: --
90BC: Declare war on the Hittites. Henry does not join for all our gold, all other will be no help. Move 1 settler, 4 pikes, 1 archer, 1 warrior on the horses. We let Musilis attack first.
IBT: Kill 4 3MCs, 2 retreat, lose 1 pike in the battle for horses.
70BC: Liverpool founded on horses. Kill 3 spears and 2 warriors. Disband warrior and take a loan from Monty (28g for 2gpt) to rush a wall.
IBT: 2 3MCs, 1 archer and 1 warrior killed. 1 pike, 1 MDI lost.
50BC: Kill 1 spear.
IBT: Kill 1 archer.
30BC: Kill 2 spears, 2 warriors, 1 3MC. Lose all our 3 vet. archers vs reg. spears
IBT: Kill 1 archer. Lose 2 MDI.
10BC: Kill 3 3MCs, retreat two more, kill 2 spears. 1 MDI lost.
IBT: --
10AD: Kill 3 spears, 3 3MCs and get a leader
IBT: Cleo demands 24 gold - ok.
The Hittites flee our lands. Kill 1 warrior.
30AD: Massacre fleeing troops. 8 warriors and 2 spears killed.
IBT: Kill 1 3MC.
50AD: Kill 2 3MCs, 1 spear, 1 warrior. Lose 1 MDI.
Afterwords: The Hittites still have huge stacks. I am 95% sure they have not a single 3MC left (else they left it at home). The galley is empty!
We have 2 settlers with movement left in Hittites lands. An option would be to settle down and make peace. Musilis will make straight. He is even doubtfull about giving us a tech. We could also try to continue, but I would make straight peace and attack in 20 again with knights.
The MGL is fortified in London. Either an empty army for knights or the FP. If FP where? I would switch military builds to knights from now on - adding a few cats.
We still have chances to trade chivalry to Korea and Greece, so look out.
@Aggie: AG15 will follow tomorrow morning, it gets late around here.