Sparthage
Fighting Tyranny
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The Clone Wars
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I live one county north of columbus, but was born at OSU hospital... I really was born a buckeye.
Chapter 4:
The Second Army would be created. That much, Mao had decided. The only question was its composition. He called his advisors together and asked them. Some said that the army should be cavalry, fast and fierce. Others said the army should be swordsmen, slower, but sure. It would take time to train the cavalry, but the swordsmen were ready and waiting. Late into the night (and through more wine than was healthy) the debate continued. Finally, Mao decided. "Enough!" he shouted. "Swords." And with that, Mao stumbled back to his lodge and passed out. Nothing else would be decided that night.
The next morning, Mao arose with an aching head and a churning stomach. "One day," he swore, "I will learn not to drink with my advisors. Buncha drunks . . . " Still, there was work to be done. He ordered the creation of the Second Sword Army, and set about organizing his forces.
In 10 BC, Jin Qiu formed the Second Sword Army and it was sent south to deal with Sumerian and Dutch enemies. That same year, Tlaxcala was captured and Tenocthlan burned. That was also the year the first plaid-clad Celt showed up and died on the point of a Chinese spear. The Gallic Swordsmen were fast, Mao had to admit. That was OK, because he'd still find a way to kill them.
In 10 AD, Calixtlahuaca was destroyed. Unfortunately, the Chinese forces discovered no gold there. Mao had heard rumors that the Dutch were wealthy. While he had amassed some 350 gold in his empire, he wanted more. It appeared that the Dutch were the only empire with enough gold to worry about it, but if the rumors were true, they had more than the Chinese. This could not be allowed to continue.
In 30 AD, one of those pigstickers-in-pajamas killed a Chinese spearman. That certainly would not be tolerated. Not that there had ever been any question about the matter, but Mao was determined to kill them, one and all. It was that same year that a runner brought news that the Celts had finished some oddity named "The Hanging Gardens."
In 50 AD, the Second Sword Army assisted in the destruction of Sumer, to the Southwest of the Chinese Empire. It was in that selfsame year that the Dutch began "Sun Tzu's Art of War." Mao had no use for Hanging Gardens or elaborate temples, but this sounded like something he could use.
By 90 AD, a full half of Cuzco's citizens thought of themselves as Chinese. Just as he'd done with Ur, Mao decided that the time had come to rename Cuzco. When he'd first captured Cuzco, he'd known that it and the cavalry that it produced would be important in his progress against the other tribes. It would be called the Buce's Stables from now on.
The Dutch also sent an emissary that winter, asking for peace. Just for kicks and giggles, Mao invited the emissary in. He wanted to see just what the funny man had to offer. They only had 11 cities to their name, while Mao had 14. Unfortunately, they had something more advanced than Iron Working, and called it "Feudalism." They would give their entire 100 gold for peace, but would not teach Mao of this Feudalism. "No matter," thought Mao, who had never had any intention of making peace. Mao then shackled the emissary & sent him out to build a road, never to return to his Dutch homeland. It turned out to matter very little that William had been so unwilling to share:
The wars progressed, with the Chinese making slow progress until 130 AD. At that point, Mao finally succeeded in getting a city founded on that coveted iron that everyone and their dog had seemed to want. That city would be called Greebley's Grotto.
In 150 AD, the cavalry from Buce's Stables cut down one of those Gallic Swordsmen, as they had come to be called. General Tso would also help build an army, and it would be the First Ancient Cavalry Army. By this time, Gilgamesh had also come to beg for peace. He had only 2 cities in his empire, and had not yet learned the secret of Writing. To give him peace would be folly, and Mao was not inclined to folly that day.
In 170 AD, the Celts began Sun Tzu's, as the Dutch had. Also, Mao received word that Tiwnaku had finally become fully Chinese. Not one Incan citizen remained, and so Mao gave it a new name, as he had the others. This one, he decided, would be ThERat's Warren.
Having sent the First Ancient Cavalry Army into the field to knock down some town, Mao reassessed the function of the First and Second Sword Armies. The other tribes were beginning to send in more powerful soldiers, ones armed with swords or on horseback, and so he called the First & Second Sword Armies home, where they would protect his citizens. The First AC Army was also redirected. Mao knew that the Mayans would be tough, with walls in every city, so he sent it west, to clear the Aztecs and Iros out of some land he felt rightfully belonged to the Chinese.
In 210 AD, the Dutch began laying siege to Greebley's Grotto, which sat atop and iron deposit. Greebley's Grotton was still working on building some city walls, but the defenders held up.
By 250 AD, a horde of Gallic Swordsmen arrived on Chinese soil. Fortunately, they were gracious enough to stop right between the First Sword Army, which also had 8 catapults, and and the First Ancient Cavalry Army. They never took another step on Chinese ground.
By 250, though, the empire's expansion had stalled. Mao hadn't built a new city in what seemed like ages, and the Chinese borders remained where they had been for a long, long time. Fortunately, Mao felt like he finally had his forces in position to make another push to the west. Unfortunately, increasing numbers of troops were pouring in from the north and the south. If he was going to win this war, he was going to have to focus his forces, and take down some enemy cities, Mao reckoned.
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Game notes:
Unit support is high for so early in the game. I really need to clear some ground and plant some towns. I razed Tenochtlan because I didn't have any units to hold it along for the ride. The First Sword Army took that one down.
I have met & am at war with everyone at this point, which helps on the intelligence side of things. At least there's no one else to pop up and surprise me, at least not as far as I can tell.
Obviously, I went with swords for the second army. I did that mainly because of speed. I had enough swords to load it immediately and have it on a Sumerian doorstep inside ~4 turns. That means I'll have it cracking cities as a Sword army before I could get it fully loaded as an AC army. Besides, as a sword army, I will be able to use it to cover ACs without wasting movement.
I've killed a lot of units in this chapter, but I really haven't made any forward progress. I've only taken down a town or two. I've got to speed up the killing of enemy towns.
I'm sorry that it's taken so long to update this and about the lack of screenshots. RL has me totally snowed under lately, and it's just been very difficult to find time to civ.
Sparthage
Fighting Tyranny
Glad to see you get up another page, well done on the story.
And a good one too. 
Just to let you all know, this game is going to have to go on hold for a while. RL has me swamped right now. I have to shut down a business and move out of an office, just got a new job, etc. I think the new job will allow me to work something approximating regular hours, so hopefully, I'll be able to get some regular Civ time in once I've gotten the routine there down. Thanks for your patience.
Best of luck.
Thanks, vmxa. It took me about 2 months to find a job, but I finally did. I spent the past couple of days packing & moved all of my office stuff into storage this morning. It always helps to have a buddy who has access to a 30-foot box trailer. On Monday, I go in to fill out all of the paperwork for the new job, and then I start the new job June 1st. I loved having my own firm, but having a steady paycheck sure will be nice.
Nah, the legal system is awesome. Just compare it to Jonathan Edwards's version of divine justice:
In comparison, I'd much rather have a good lawyer on my side.
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