At first, I decided to buildup economically & militarily. A GA was due in 7 turns ( for Taj in Shanghai ), so I decided to use the first 20 turns to get the eco and tech as far as possible, while building a comfortable cuirassiers/trebuchets force to meet Toku.
232
(IT) Banking -> Printing Press
Start a settler on China mainland to get pig/crab/flood plains spot to the NW.
Akkad went Cuirassiers, Opis Trebs for most of this turn set. Babylon helped a little bit. The two galleons made several voyages between Borsippa and Satsuma. I continued spying on Toku unhappiness, poison, city revolt, until I got caught a few turns later
Another thing I tried to do, to improve our relations with everyone, was to check when they were 1 turn away from a tech discovery, and get whatever gold they were giving for this tech. I got more than 700 gold this way, from JC and Willem.
238
(IT) Printing Press -> Economics
We finally start our GA with Taj Mahal:
Markets, Grocers, Banks and Custom Houses started to be built whenever possible ( well, and when not training troops ).
241
(IT) Economics -> Replaceable Parts
Borsippa asked to be Persian
How is it possible, didnt I treat this city well??? We learn that we are 20 millions.
242
GP born in Beijing. As I plan to war with Toku at the end of the GA, I decide to keep it for the recovery GA, just after the war is over.
I start some Privateers in Nanjing to pillage Tokus seafood.
244
(IT) Rep Parts ->Rifling
Next turn I settled Erech:
As soon as it was settled, Buddhism spread into it. Cool, no more cut trade deals by the Willem & his jovial fellows, far in the AP.
I start Globe at Beijing. I was considering doing it at Borsippa, but Beijing won with its numerous seafood. There will be some whipping and drafting going there
250
(IT) Rifling -> Steel
Mass upgrade Cuirass to Cavalry in Tokyo. Put research on 0% to raise more upgrading money.
Just before the GA ended I decided to get our defensive troops up to date, in case of some psycho decided to attack us while on war with Toku. History proved me right, as on the next turn I spot this ( next to Shanghai / Sippar ):
I went on drafting whatever possible on Chinese land first, and on mainland next, dumping my happiness around. I decided to whip Globe at Beijing and draft even more.
On the same (251) turn, I declared war on Toku, with some better troops than the last time:
The forces split almost equally in two one went after Kyoto, the other after Kagoshima . I decided against going for Nara as it had several Longbows on the hill. It would be our last target, after Kyoto, Kagoshima and Osaka are ours.
Elephants were thrown on Tokus wandering troops, wounding and killing some.
On the other side of the world, JC, who was already pi**ed of with our colony ( what the **** has Cyrus done to make him feel this way ) declared war on him, and regardless how pleased he was with us, as we are Cyrus master, we were in war with him too
This is going to be annoying. At least with Globe at Beijing, there was no unhappiness issues there, so drafting went on in China, as JCs galleons where approaching Shanghai.
He landed his troops on the hill S of Shanghai ( the same hill where our brave axes spent several years besieging the Chinese
) :
I decided to attack with all our available rifles, as no sword or arc stands to a rifle. Losing only one of them, I decimated this force to only the 2 trebs and one wounded Praetorian. They were finished off on the next turn immediate danger is gone. Though, JC didnt want to settle for peace yet.
On our main front, things were going further defenses were going down at Kyoto and Kagoshima ( though very slowly 4% by Treb shot ) and our Cav force burnt Nagoya in the meantime :
On the same turn, I decided ( having 70%+ probability ) not to wait for the culture bonus to get smaller ( for the next 15 turns or so ) and to attack Kyoto. The first wave left only the trebs in place. I finally got the city on the next turn :
Kept to become the futures colony capital!
Between turns, our wounded Jumbo didnt resist to the wounded pike and Japs got back Tokyo. I recovered it smoothly on next turn.
On the same one, I decided to go for Kagoshima, having some nice winning odds. I lost a musket and seriously wounded my cavs but here we were:
Kept it too, of course.
Then I tilted the turn number! Werent we suppose to play only 25? Well, in my game there is one turn too much. Sorry for this guys.
So, lets sum up a little.
Japan will be no more, at least the mainland ( they have two islands to the north I intend to leave them ), in several turns. It should take no more than 5-6 turns to get Osaka and Nara, and see a new buddy colony on this island.
Rome is annoying ( they research Mil Science ), I hope they will whip away Cyrus so we can get to peace pretty soon. This is the drawback of the colony system knowing how psycho JC is, I managed him very well, trading plenty, offering his almost discover techs for gold etc, gaining up to +9 with him, just to keep him away and busy with someone else. And here he is, our stupid vassal, spoiling the whole games effort and warring with JC
Washington might become an issue too as he is already researching Mil Trad. Maybe if we get peace with JC, he will attack America with us ? Surya should go along us too.
To finish, here is Japan as of 1730AD:
Plan for next turn set:
- Get Osaka and Nara, colonize the whole island
- Get peace with JC asap ( well as soon as he wishes, I check every turn
)
- GA to eco recovery
- try to set up war between the axis of good ( us, JC, Surya ) the mighty hindu team ( yes, I plan to convert to get them on my side ), and the evil Washington minions
Beware of Willlem, he is already becoming a power with all his wonders.
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