rhyes of the mongols (RFCRAND)

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Part 7, The war continues

The Qand Dynasty
Ogidei Qand Khan 1444-1479
Tsubodai Qand Khan 1479-1494

The Zhou Dynasty
Kublai Zhou Khan 1494-1531

The war slowed down after the major battles early on, After the retreat of Russia in Late July there were only minor skirmishes happening, the Russian Czar split his force, half went south to gather reinforcements, half went deeper into Mongol Lands, After 7 months of fighting the Russian troops had been round up, 40 000 more Russians had died, and the rest of their force was Trebuchets. Over the next 6 months the Trebuchets would be killed, the Russians had been repelled and on August 19th 1456 a seize fire was called, (peter still refuses to talk, but because he no longer has an army I am going to temporarily stop attacking, this will allow me to catch up with real time)
In January 1480 the war continued, Tsubodai attacked, confident of victory he split his army, attacking south at Tver, and scouting the west for more Russian cities, the scouts achieve success as they found Moscva, the Russian capitol.

Mongol soldiers arriving at Moscva

Meanwhile the battle of Tver was a huge success, one of the Keshik Tumens attacked early than the assigned date, they entered the city and were encircled, however loosing just 5600 casualties they beat back the Russians and gained control of the city (victory at 22.5 percent odds). Tsubodia was disappointed as he didn’t get to participate and was 10 miles outside the city when the battle finished.

Siege of Tver...

and its capture

Meanwhile in the north the siege of Moscow started, Tsubodia predicted it would take years before they were strong enough to attack the capitol, but they would wait. It was only a matter of time. The Mongols waited for 4 years camping at the city and then a liberating force appeared, the keshik were no match for the Russian Elite Pikeman, new regiments who were trained specifically to beat Keshik, the City was no longer under siege.

The Russians attack

However one month later the Mongols returned, beating back the pikeman the mongols decided to go further behind enemy lines.

The Mongols attack

They attacked the russian camp just to north. However the Mongols got beaten back due to a heavy blizzard (with 89% odds, I lost. They need to improve the combat system).

The Mongols attempt to raid the camp, however due to a blizzard they lost. However this Russian artist's depiction of the battle makes it appear that victory is due to Russian courage.

The Mongols were temporarily kicked out of Russia but they would return. Tsubodia ordered the retreat, he would rebuild the army and comeback in a few years.

The Russians killing off the rest of the Mongols outside of Moskva, due to the heavy losses in this battle Tsubodia orders the retreat and the men leave Russia.

For the next 10 years he recruited men and in the December 1493 he returned hungry to continue the war. (So much for the quick war china took 9 turns to down, after 11 turns in Russia I have conquered less land then half of china) The winter of 1493 was a cold one, huge blizzards reigned over the Mongol camp, and when the khan got sick they left the country, the war temporarily over. (I was confused when my units starving Moscow each lost a unit, then I remembered the Russian Power, I decided that the siege was a bad Idea, and left the land) In February 1494 the Khan died of hypothermia. The Quand dynasty was over.

 

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Extent of the Mongol Empire when Kublai came to power

 

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Part 8, Kublai Khan 1463-1531 (ruled from 1494-1531) (1495-30 game time)
After many debates and 4 months of arguing between the nobles over who would be the next Khan it was agreed upon, Kublai Zhou Khan would be the next leader. People would question his authority; his heritage was Chinese after all. Kublai was an efficient leader; he would focus on problems 1 by 1 and would stop at nothing till it was solved. He believed the main issue of Mongolia was its small army, after all they were at war and they had already lost most of their troops to the Russian winter. He spent 6 years improving the military and by then it was 3 quarters of the size of the Russian, given the quality of the troops he decided it was sufficient. His next priority was technology, the Mongolians were slowly falling further and further behind the rest of the world in science, he decided to change to constitution allowing any race and belief to hold any office. He concluded that this would improve the productivity and research of the nation, the amount of scientists in the nation increased by 10% as a result.

Tech differences between Mongolia and her neighbors at the turn of the century

Kublai's constitution

Also in 1505 he decided to travel to Moscow offering peace, the Russians would refuse any offer more than 110 gold, so the war would continue. (I wanted a tech)He was confident that the 75 000 keshik and 3000 catapults he had gathered over the years he was confident that he could take Russia, however due to the Russian winter, he concluded that only in the summer could the Russian be fought, it was a 2 month gap is some areas, so progress would be slow. In 1505 the Russians went on another offense, however, they lacked manpower, heavily outnumbered the Keshik would win easily however, due to the Offense Kublai decided they should wait, he would postpone the attack by 5 years. After slightly dealing with the research and military problems of the empire he turned his attention to the biggest issue in Mongolia, the economy. He would order the construction of marketplaces in Beshbalik, Hangzhou, and Karakhorum, the 3 biggest cities that didn’t have a market place. He predicted that the markets in Hangzhou and Karakhorum could be maximized in 10 years (2 turns till the markets are built) and contribute to a thriving economy, however due to the marshy conditions of Beshbalik it would take 30 years (7 turns for Beshbalik, the productivity is slower there) for merchants to want to feel comfortable traveling east and utilizing the markets there.

Expansion of the markets in Karak, Beshik and Hang

In 1508, Kublai met with a new leader, the shah of India. In 1509 Kublai would see Japan as a threat for the first time in history, not only had they expanded to the east, but India had agreed to become a vassal. Japans army was more than 5 times larger than Mongolia’s. Now that the two nations bordered, danger of a war was starting was huge.
“...aware of the new external issues facing Mongolia...”
“...That is why we can’t ignore are current enemy [Russia]...”
“...we must hope that Japan continues their war [against Persia]...”
“...be a while before [Japan] seeing us as a target...”
“...training defensive troops down south [Longbowmen]...”
“After the war with Russia, we will focus on that issue”
“...siding with either Persia or Japan is possible...”
“..We are still taking anything into consideration and will come up with a decision at a later date.”
Kublai on the Japan Issue
In 1523 Kublai decided it was time to continue the war with Russia and moved his army of 76 100 keshik and 3000 catapults into Russia, time was tight, they would have to move fast if they wanted to avoid casualties due to winter. The moved quickly and in 3 months (1 month in the winter) they took Moskva, a total of 6400 men died due to hypothermia or pneumonia, and 26000 from actually fighting the Russians, it was clear that the winter would take almost the amount of lives as the Russians fighting them.

Painting of Kublai killing a Russian soldier in Moskva

In 1524, Kublai once again offered peace, and was once again refused. The war continued after he gathered reinforcements and felt comfortable with moving further into Russian Lands, they still had 5 years, and they need to take 2 cities in this next season, it could be painful.
In 1525, they attacked and took Kiev, but due to the casualties Kublai wasn’t comfortable going further into Russia.

Painting of Kublai fighting a Russian soldier in Kiev

In 1526, Kublai traveled back to Karakhorum, news that the Shogun himself was visiting made him go. After a huge diplomatic meeting a defensive pact was signed. Kublai was pleased because it guaranteed that Japan wouldn’t be a threat. Also Japan was the Eastern Power; excluding Europa his country was second to none.

Pictures of Tokugawa visiting Kharakhorum.

In 1527, The Czar visited Kiev, a peace treaty was established, in return for Theology, it took 8 hours for an agreement to be made but Kublai says it was worth it, for it save them months of pointless fighting.
In 1528, Russia became a vassal of Persia; this meant the Kublai could not start his war with Persia that the people were so desperate to make, without reopening the Russian front.
In 1530, Kublai expanded his trades, Trading deer for wheat with Greece, and silver for gold with Persia.
In 1531, Kublai died when visiting Moscow, he was shot with a crossbow by a member of the crowd he was giving a speech to. In his will his daughter, Mulan, inherited the country. At 17 she was his eldest daughter and people wondered why he didn’t give it to his sons. He was considered the best Khan since Kashi Karuk, and is rarely considered by people to be a great leader, he is underrated, and we must remember him for the contributions he made to Mongolia. (Just like in real life)

 

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here is the save

 

[ilduce349]

just on a side note, i was looking at the top 5 cities/wonders, Athens has 13 wonders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit: the wonders are
1) Stonehenge (how did they get it, the city was built in 1600)
2) Great Library
3) Colosseum
4) Great Light House
5) Parthenon
6) Temple of Kukulkan
7) Sistine Chapel
8) Notre Dame
9) Temple of Artemas
10) Leaning Tower
11) University of Sankore
12) Statue of Zeus
13) Moai Statues
After taking out Russia and Persia (that will be my next war) i am going to try to take Athens and make it my capitol

 

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Part 9 Europe and the New World
Zhou Dynasty
Emperor Kublai Zhou 1494-1531
Empress Mulan Zhou 1531-1584
Empress Fu Zhou 1584-1606

Mulan decided to focus on the issue Kublai focused on early in his rule. She would increase the technological development of the Mongolian Empire. In 1545 she would trade techs with Russia, although the deal wasn’t fair, it was worth having better engineering techniques and pikeman (but drama, optics and 230g was the cost).

Trading with the Russians

In 1555 she would trade silver for dye to India; a deal she hated, but couldn’t get anything better out of India.

Trades of the Mongols

In 1565 she visited Athens, on vacation and didn’t speak to the Greek Monarch.

Athens while Mulan was visiting, at the time it had 13 wonders

While she was there she met the Ottoman Sultan, she traded for Banking, which she had tried to get from the japanese. (Drama and optics) She also traded fur for cotton.

failure to trade with the japs get frustrating

Also in the years she expanded Mongolia’s Knowledge of the world. Exploring new lands and new seas, greatly increasing the value of the Mongols world map. In 1570 Athens finished the Taj Mahal a 14th world wonder in the city. In 1575 she commissioned the S.S Kublai, a ship, to travel east, hoping the find new lands (given the date it will be me or Japan who gets Inca first).

S.S Kublai

This would be the second ship to arrive at the new world behind a Portuguese ship. (They found the new world 2 turns before I did) Shortly after finding the new world the S.S. Kublai met the Aztecs, ruled by Califa (king in Mexican, I mean Spanish) Montezuma.

The New World, using wb i determined that Portugal arrived 2 turns before I did and noone else knew of the new world.

In 1584 Fu Zhou would become the new Empress, she decided to focus on military, something that the leaders before her chose to ignore. In 1585 she demonstrated militarism by declaring war on the Aztecs, looking for vassalage in 1585. The quickly invaded Texaco, just 2 days after the declaration.

Battle of Texaco

But it would be another year before claiming other territories. In 1586 they razed Cholula, a city in Aztec lands.

Victory of Cholula

Aztec lands after the 2 battles (because someone will probably ask to post this. The ruins are the city of Cholula)

In 1587 the siege of Tenochtitlan started, however the Aztecs would assault the city of Texaco, so the Mongols were forced to liberate Texaco. In 1588 they would be back, and in 1589 they would take the capitol, capture Monte, and force Capitulation (didn't actually take the city, got it down to 1 unit then Monte capitulated). In 1590 they would meet and declare war on the Incans, instantly placing siege on Machu-Pikchu, in August 1591 they would capture the city. In 1587 a war that mounted across the whole of Europe would begin, and in the following months or 1591 Mongolia would be dragged into it.

Battle of Machu-Pikchi

 

[ilduce349]

Part 10, World War 1
Zhou Dynasty
Emperor Kublai Zhou 1494-1531
Empress Mulan Zhou 1531-1584
Empress Fu Zhou 1584-1606
Empress Toa Zhou 1606-1611
Empress Mingmie Zhou 1611-1652
In September 1587 Spain declared war Greece, looking to expand there already massive empire (due to previous conquests in Arabia and Ethiopia) their vassal SEA would declare war 2 days later.

Spanish Empire 1588

Geek allies Persia, Kampuchea and HRE declared war on Spain as a result. In January 1589 Japan would declare war on Spain, taking advantage of the opportunity to expand. As a result Turkey would declare peace, worried of the many enemies in the war. The beginning was slow, no expansions for either country. However this would change shortly after the Mongols joined the war. In March 1591 Germany would ask for assistance in the war against Ethiopia. This was a trap, as Ethiopia was the vassal of Spain, not knowing this Fu declared war, and as soon as Spain declared war on her, she regretted declaring war. Or did she, Spain was at war with the Greeks, Persians and Japanese 3 powerful allies, with the war effort it might bring the nations closer together and therefore bringing Mongolia new allies. This declaration would bring Mongolia into the First World Conflict.

Meeting with the Kaiser.

The Islamic western Powers:
Spain
Turkey (would sign peace treaty with Greece and declare neutrality in 1589, also they were never at war with Mongolia)
SEA

Global Alliance:
Greece
Japan
Mongolia
Persia (however Persia chose to continue the war against the HRE)
Russia
HRE/Germany (would be renamed in 1606)
Kampuchea (Khmer)
Shendu (India)
Mexico (Aztecs)
Peru (Inca)
Portugal (would join the war in 1605)

Civs participating in world war 1 in 1592

In 1595 a 10 year peace treaty with the Incans was signed, and so Mongolia could focus completely on Spain, the big threat. Spain proved to be a problem, the keshik were no match for the Spanish pikeman. Also in 1595 she made a tech trade with Germany, bringing home the knowledge of gunpowder. This would greatly strengthen the Mongolian army. In 1597 the Mongols fought in minor battles, losing all of them to the Spanish pikeman.

Spanish Pikeman fighting Mongol Keshik

The war was tight; it was in 1601 that the first major battle took place. Mongol Keshik fighting with Persian allies participated in the battle of Makkah, a Spanish city that was the holy city of both Christianity and Islam (both founded in 620). Sadly the Persians would claim control of the city. The Mongol keshik moved west. They would try to make land gains in Ethiopia, now known as Spanish East Africa (SEA). In 1604 the Mongols would continue the war with Inca and just 2 weeks in they would take Qusco from the Incans, after that the Incan Emperor would capitulate and become a vassal to Mongolia.

Battle of Qusco

After taking out the Incans Fu Zhou would retire, leaving her daughter, Toa, in charge of the empire. Toa would host meeting with many nations, and would make Germany and Portugal her vassals in 1606. This would make Mongolia more powerful then Japan, and would overtake as the second world power. In 1607 the plague would spread to Mongolia. In 1608 Toa would take the city of Yeha, and give it to the Portuguese. In 1609 she would do the same to Aksum.

battle of Yeha

Battle of Aksum

She would give the city of Kiev to Russia, hoping to increase relations. In 1611 Toa would die of the Plague. She was just 27 at the time. Her only child, Mingmie would be the next Emperor. She was only 9 years old. At the age of 14 she would capture and raze Hanoi, a barbarian city to the south.

Success at Hanoi

After helping Portugal expand further into SEA land, she made peace with Spain in 1621, ending the Global War, although the war between spain against Greece, Persia and Japan would still continue. SEA was hit hardest by the war, they lost 3/5 of their land and 5/6 of the population.

The last battle before the end of the war was the Mongol/Portuguese invasion of Metara shown above.


Spain on the other hand only lost 2 cities, and Greece lost just 1. Mongolia benefited the most out of the war, adding 3 new vassals, and greatly expanding the Khanate of Portugal. However this would turn against the Empire, as powers like Greece and Persia would start to hate the Mongols.

Map of Europa (Europe), Aferica (Africa) and Asina (Asia) at the end of the war.

 

[ilduce349]

Unfourtunatly I was going to post the next part, but my game crashed and I lost 12 turns of work. I probably should move it off my laptop and to my desktop

 

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Part 11, Peace

Zhou Dynasty
Emperor Kublai Zhou 1494-1531
Empress Mulan Zhou 1531-1584
Empress Fu Zhou 1584-1604
Empress Toa Zhou 1604-1611
Empress Mingmie Zhou 1611-1652
Empress Jun Zhou 1652-1689
Emperor Han Zhou 1689-1727

As usual in a time of Peace the Mongols would focus on 3 main issues, Economy, Technology and preparing for the next war. However, Mingmie decided Technology wasn’t as important as getting rid of the plague; her mother had died for the plague so she probably was concerned that she would suffer the same fate. As usual banks and markets were being built everywhere as well as the next keshik tumen was being trained. She also decided to focus on culture, Moskva and Tver were revolting wanting to join neighbouring empires, she wished her mother never gave the city of Kiev up, as in 1630 she sent Joseph Conrad to Moscow, to increase the culture of the land. In 1635, the plague was over, at least for Mongolia, they were the first country out of the plague. She wanted to expand the army so her children could invade Persia, however it would have to be big enough to take Japan down as well, so as a result she commissioned a fort building task in the north, building 3 massive forts on the Japanese border.

Construction of the forts

In 1650 Turkey Signs a defensive pact with Persia. This would mean another Civilization to go through in the future against Persia. In 1655 she would start major trade routes to her allies Portugal and Germany.

Trades with the other Khanetes Edit, these trades happened in the game that crashed, I forgot to make these offers again untill 1690, and by then the deals weren't as good, oh well

In 1660 she commissioned a spy ring to operate in Persia, and in 1665 they funded a revolt in the capitol.

Spy Ring

In 1670 the preparations for war where almost complete, the forts on the Japanese border were complete, and the army was stationed on the Persian border ready for the war. They were almost ready.

Balance of Power between the known civs in 1670.

Full attention was on the generals, to derive a strategy to take out Persia, the odds were against them, they didn’t have the manpower of the technology to take on countries like Persia, Greece and Japan. In the end they decided that the war would start at the turn of the century, so they would have 30 years to prepare for the war. On her death bed she chose her youngest son to rule the empire as war was coming, and he would be the most fit to rule it.

Strategy chosen by Empress Jun and Arch Prince Han. Arch-Prince Han would lead the attack at the turn of the century.

In the 1700 a Mongol diplomat visited Persia demanding the southern half of the Persian Empire. Daruis refused and a war started. Then, the following year, Japan would also join the war along with Greece, Spain Turkey and all the vassals of the major states. The Great War had begun.

 

[ilduce349]

I don't have a save, as the save is in 5 turns, midway through the great war. sorry for the long wait before this post. Also I wont be posting the next update until this gets atleast 500 views. its not worth posting them if noone is reading them

 

[BurnEmDown]

Ah I missed this story been a week but the war should make up for it with some good updates.

 

[ilduce349]

update time

 

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Part 12, The Great War.

The war started on January 1st 1700, when Mongolia declared war on Persia. The odds were against Mongolia due to Persia’s allies. However the war would be easier for the Mongols due to the Neutrality of the Persian allies, Japan and Greece.
The Khanate-Spaniard Alliance:
Mongolia
Spain
SEA
Portugal
Germany
Peru
Mexico
Japan (joined in 1701 but continued their war against Spain)
Shendu

The Central Powers:
Persia
Turkey
Mali
Kampuchea
Greece
Japan (switch sides in 1701)

A chart representing who was at war with who

The war started and in the first week Phrada would be taken and razed, just as planned.

Battle of Phrada

2 days later Gaba and Anshan were conquered. Seems like the speed of the Keshik in China would be repeated in Persia. However in the North (well further north) a huge setback happened, Persia invaded Tver. The Persians flanked the Mongol line and the mace man couldn’t return to the city in time to defend However the following month they reinvaded Tver and invaded Verkana.

Battle of Tver

The battle of verkana[/IMG]

In October it was decided by the Emperor to call a seize fire, 80% of their southern army had been lost in the battles they had fought and half of the Central force, also the northern force was still defending the eastern wall. Persia refused a seize fire but Mongolia decided to wait for reinforcements. In 1701 Japan declared war, on Persia, this meant that a force could be sent to Russia, and that the way in Persia could continue. Also in 1701 they sent a trade to spain, gaining gold for rice. In 1702 the war continued with full force, Parthragadae was razed upon capture. The troops went south.

The razed cities of Parthragadea

In the North the Russians took the German city Smolensk (Germans took it in the Persian wars in the 15th century).The Russians were strong; they had a massive army in the north, so the Germans could not win. This put major pressure on Mongolia as they need to defeat Persia to be able to defend Germany. The faster Persia fell, the better. They would march south hoping to take the last 2 Persian cities south of Parse. The first fell in 1 month but however the last city was too well fortified. The main problem was cannons are slow. It would take months to get the cannons in Iran (The central province of Persia) to Sirajis. Later in the year Germany extracted their revenge, they took the city of Beneventum. Meanwhile the Japanese lay siege on a Spanish city. The Mongols were reminded that their allies were at war.

German Progress/setback

 

[Gaga1111]

Wow you're using Keshiks in 1700-s and Greece the score leader hasn't astronomy yet that's weird isn't it?However a great update again and keep it comin'

 

[ilduce349]

Wow you're using Keshiks in 1700-s and Greece the score leader hasn't astronomy yet that's weird isn't it?However a great update again and keep it comin'

I'm using keshik, maces, muskets and cannons, I'm using keshik because the difference between inquisitor and keshik is +2 stenght and -1 movement, i think the movement is more important.
Also Greece is winning simply because he has 16 wonders in his capitol and 4 wonders else were. Edit And he is one of the 2 people with rifles

 

[Gaga1111]

Oh thanks for claryfing.Though with the "Inquisitor" you mean Curiassier or???

 

[ilduce349]

yeah, sorry i am use to playing the spanish, so accidently called it that, my bad

 

[ilduce349]

Guys bad news:
i accidentally wrote over the save with a different game. So unless u want to read about me vs Germany, or i go back to my earlier save (200 years back) the story is over.
Basiclly what happens after this is:
destroy persia
accidentally declare war on spain (japans demand)
Take all of spains colonies (3 cities) and gift them to inca/aztec
go to war with Greece, Conquer everythin east of Athens, then started bombarding athens with my cannons. Thats all I got to.