0. 715BC. Moved a couple of Immortals forward, queued some workers to chop the outer forests round Persy as soon as they were free, left one worker to connect Susa by road.
Stole Monty's worker sitting right outside Tlatelolco. We are now at war!!
2. 685BC. Monty has just sent an axeman to rustle our cows near Pasargadae. Lost one Immortal, second one killed the axe.
3. 670BC. Tlatelolco falls without casualty, YAY! Moved a warrior in, everything else is headed for Pasargadae. Start scouting Teotihuacan with a warrior.
5. 640BC. Warrior pillages a cottage in Teo, which is garrisoned by a spear and a archer. All I got are Immortals, so I'm gonna need a few of them. However,
enemy axe and bow pair moves into Susa territory! Where the hell did they come from?! I decide to let Susa go. I can't see the point of changing plans now, when almost all our troops have moved on Monty down south. Worker ordered to stop and help chop near the capital. Warrior left to pointlessly guard, figured why let them have it easy.
6. 625BC. Settler pair sighted by the coast west of the capital. Tlatelolco comes out of resistance.
7. 610BC. Susa falls. Cyrus declares a minute's silence.
8. 595BC. Cyrus says that's long enough. 8 Immortals stacked and raring to go. One quick look at Teotihuacan by the warrior scouting party shows a reconfigured garrison, only an axe and bow there now.
IBT. Alphabet finished, Cathy is first in there begging for crumbs. She offers Mysticism for Sailing (iIrc). I accept, but only because she asked nicely. Not gonna give her too much help though. Went through the other civs instead. Managed to narrow down a good deal with Caesar. Gave him Alphabet for Ironworking, Fishing and Archery. Tried to get Masonry, but it was a toss-up between that and Archery. Research started on Masonry; Pyramids, anyone?
9. 580BC. The bugle sounds, and the cavalry charge! Lose 2 Immortals to the axe, then another one to the bow, then the bow and axe die with the next 2 attacks. Casualty report: 3 losses, 5 remaining unscathed.
Teotihuacan falls!
10. 565BC. All 5 move forward outside of the Aztec capital. Tenochtitlan garrisoned by a spear and 2 bows under a 60% culture defence bonus. Gonna need back-up. Sent everything forward. Good luck, soldiers!
Not a bad report, I hope. Sorry about Susa (our northern province), but war is war. If I'd have known they were about, I would have sent 3 Immortals up there to counter it. But by the time they appeared, all our military was halfway down south. Anyway, Monty needed Teo more than he needs Susa. His productivity must be down 40% despite taking Susa, we are winning this war.
Suggest continuing as strong as possible in taking the capital. Persepolis is knocking out horses every 1-2 turns with the chops and whips. Don't worry too much about the
Let them suffer. It's gonna be hard grafting to get Tenochtitlan, probably requires 5 more Immortals before we start attacking, imo. Once it's ours, Monty is up crit sheek without a paddle. If we can get a good deal for peace at that point (he has 4 techs we can choose one of now), then so be it. Ten years later, we can take Susa and his new city and finish him off for good.
Don't know who's up next. Either Soda or aquar. Whoever gets there first?
Have I forgot something....? Oops, here's the save:
Looks like the next ten turns will be soley focused on the demise of Monty--that will be my agenda.
Persepolis has got whip weariness for about 45 turns, you might not want to add any more, lol. I hardly touched Pasargadae, though, so you could get a few miles out of there. It hasn't got the high food and hammer plots that Persy has, so it definitely needs timber assistance. The old Aztec cities probably hate our guts while the war is going on, so whip them down to one pop, call it ethnic cleansing.
