Strauss
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After the last Khan had spent the last years of his reign on a futile project of building a road into the jungle, the Mongol people deposed him and exiled him. Hence begins the reign of the great Strauss Khan.
Immediately he travelled to the north, to the Malinese city of Walata. There Mongol Horsemen were already positioned, hungry for blood. The Khan first sent the foot soldiers, the lowest class a soldier could be, onto the city. They fought for their lives, but were eventually slaughtered by the Malinese Skirmishers, who were heavily weakened themselves. Then the Kahn sent in his Keshiks, who smashed the Malinese defenders and made the city of Walata nothing more than a memory.
In the south, the Keshiks were less succesful, losing a battle against the Phoenician people.
During the next decades, the Khan rode around the empty lands that had been left by the Malinese. In the West, near the city of Gao, the Western Horde held off numerous Malinese Skirmishers, who, for some reason, had gotten the mad idea that they could defeat the Horde in the field. These foolish actions left the Malinese heavily weakened in the West, and the people feared a final Mongol attack on Djenne and Timbuktu could come at any moment now.
In the South, fresh Mongol Keshiks had been razed and sent to Gaul, descendants of the long-gone Egyptians. Like their forefathers, the Gallics were crushed helplessly by the Keshiks, who plundered and razed their capital. The message was delivered to the Khan that there was now enough Gold in the treasury to finish the writing of the Code of the Horse.
The Khan then travelled far north, to the Malinese city of Niani. Using his proven tactic of using lesser units to soften up enemy defences, he used a wounded battalion of Keshiks to weaken the city garrison. The healthy Keshiks then finished off Niani without notable losses, taking plunder and 300 slaves.
The Code of the Horse was written, and the Khan made sure that Courthouses would be built all over his Empire to battle corruption while he was fighting at the front lines. The great Scientists of Mongolia then started developing their own language using the Alphabet.
Many decades later, when the Khan had grown very, very old, he decided he was still fit enough to lead one final attack against Mali. He had travelled from the ruins of Niani all the way south to the city of Kumbi Saleh.
Once again he used the lesser foot soldiers to weaken the city's defence. After that the Keshiks attacked, and despite heavy losses in some batallions, they all made it through and burnt the city to the ground, once again taking rich plunder and 100 slaves.
The Great Khan died peacefully on the way back to Mongolia to deliver the gold.
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Hehe, a rather long write-up. Then again, a lot of things happened in my 10 turns. Just to summarise:
- razed the Malinese cities of Walata, Niani and Kumbi Saleh
- razed the barbarian city of Gaul
- researched Code of Laws, started on some Courthouses and started researching Alphabet
- trained a Settler and sent him on the way to Egypt
- Mali has heavily weakened itself in the West, sending in Skirmishers in open ground and being defeated by our Keshiks (well, we lost 1 Keshik there). Gao is now rather lightly defended, although their only Skirmisher does have a City Garrison III promotion. I would suggest crossing the river before attacking the city and perhaps waiting for the 2 Keshiks on their way to the city.
- Losses: not 100% sure, but I believe it was: 4 Axemen, 3 Keshiks. Enemy losses: too many to count
The army positioned near Gao
Our settler moving east
Immediately he travelled to the north, to the Malinese city of Walata. There Mongol Horsemen were already positioned, hungry for blood. The Khan first sent the foot soldiers, the lowest class a soldier could be, onto the city. They fought for their lives, but were eventually slaughtered by the Malinese Skirmishers, who were heavily weakened themselves. Then the Kahn sent in his Keshiks, who smashed the Malinese defenders and made the city of Walata nothing more than a memory.
In the south, the Keshiks were less succesful, losing a battle against the Phoenician people.
During the next decades, the Khan rode around the empty lands that had been left by the Malinese. In the West, near the city of Gao, the Western Horde held off numerous Malinese Skirmishers, who, for some reason, had gotten the mad idea that they could defeat the Horde in the field. These foolish actions left the Malinese heavily weakened in the West, and the people feared a final Mongol attack on Djenne and Timbuktu could come at any moment now.
In the South, fresh Mongol Keshiks had been razed and sent to Gaul, descendants of the long-gone Egyptians. Like their forefathers, the Gallics were crushed helplessly by the Keshiks, who plundered and razed their capital. The message was delivered to the Khan that there was now enough Gold in the treasury to finish the writing of the Code of the Horse.
The Khan then travelled far north, to the Malinese city of Niani. Using his proven tactic of using lesser units to soften up enemy defences, he used a wounded battalion of Keshiks to weaken the city garrison. The healthy Keshiks then finished off Niani without notable losses, taking plunder and 300 slaves.
The Code of the Horse was written, and the Khan made sure that Courthouses would be built all over his Empire to battle corruption while he was fighting at the front lines. The great Scientists of Mongolia then started developing their own language using the Alphabet.
Many decades later, when the Khan had grown very, very old, he decided he was still fit enough to lead one final attack against Mali. He had travelled from the ruins of Niani all the way south to the city of Kumbi Saleh.
Once again he used the lesser foot soldiers to weaken the city's defence. After that the Keshiks attacked, and despite heavy losses in some batallions, they all made it through and burnt the city to the ground, once again taking rich plunder and 100 slaves.
The Great Khan died peacefully on the way back to Mongolia to deliver the gold.
.....
Hehe, a rather long write-up. Then again, a lot of things happened in my 10 turns. Just to summarise:
- razed the Malinese cities of Walata, Niani and Kumbi Saleh
- razed the barbarian city of Gaul
- researched Code of Laws, started on some Courthouses and started researching Alphabet
- trained a Settler and sent him on the way to Egypt
- Mali has heavily weakened itself in the West, sending in Skirmishers in open ground and being defeated by our Keshiks (well, we lost 1 Keshik there). Gao is now rather lightly defended, although their only Skirmisher does have a City Garrison III promotion. I would suggest crossing the river before attacking the city and perhaps waiting for the 2 Keshiks on their way to the city.
- Losses: not 100% sure, but I believe it was: 4 Axemen, 3 Keshiks. Enemy losses: too many to count
The army positioned near Gao
Our settler moving east
(his four in one turnset also leads the most razed in one turn catagory)
form the 6 
for 
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). When we do get around to forming more cities, use these second archers rather than creating new ones. 
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) but the Leader had a GNP of something in the High Sixties compared to our rather low one.
. With all the Fog of war we are going to have lots of Barbs to feed to our Keshiks in the future
in a while. We now have 4 extra workers to be assigned which will speed the chopping.
