The Indian Empire

The days following the Second War of English Agression saw an increase in the shipping trafic of the Roman Empire. Roman ships were seen off the entire coast of India and the channel between Italia and India were filled with ships, most of them Roman. The Romans decided to flex their naval mussle and decalred all Indian ships, "free for the taking."

The Indians were caught with their perverbial pants down. Their navy, if you could call it that, was spread thin. Ambrost, and his elite men where sailing around China and Russia, many days sail to the north. EQ and his vets of the last English campaign were on the eastern coast of India. To get to the south, they would have to either sail around the Northern Tip of India or through English controlled waters, either way, they would leave the East coast undefended. Another call was issued for sailors who were willing to take up arms against the Romans, another fishman answered the call. His name Eric T. Fish.

Eric knew that his fishingboats turned galleys would be no match for the Roman Armada out on the open seas. He called forth the catapults of Hamlets army and stationed them along the coast where they took shots at Roman ships that veered to close to land. Eric then had his fishermen sail out of the harbors and coves to attack the damaged Roman Ships.

Throughout the summer months, Eric continued to wage his style of naval warefare. Ambrost's expeditionary force arrives at Barbarian Point where they they meet a Roman squadron. After a brief naval batter, Ambrost's fleet is in tatters, he sails into port and their he refitts in order to sail south to Rome. The Roman fleet also survives the fight and continues north and lands some troops in an uninhabited portion of the Indian Rain Forrest.

Civantor takes his rapid horesmen into the rainforest, along the newly created road system and attacks the Roman troops. After a brief battle, the Roman defenders lay dead in the jungle and two more slave workers are added to India's workforce.

At this time, England sees a chance to retake Liverpool and punish the Bagalore for its defiance. England once again declares war on India and attackes a few of Civantor's horsemen left to guard the border. The Indian forces are spread out along the coast to prevent and repel a Roman landing and thus, English troops are once again able to cut of Liverpool from the rest of India.

Peace is reached with Rome, for 160 gold, as Hamlet prepares his army for thenext English siege of Liverpool. Bangalore is in need of a new military leader, with Hamley cut off in Liverpool and Civantor in the jungle with his horse troops. Janus Banglaore appoints Das, a lifetime soldier the important task of defending Bagalore once again from the English Menace.

Once peace is reached with Rome, Ambrost heads to Delhi to meet with the High Priese Arathorn. Ambrost would like ships that can sail across the open ocean. He has heard rumors of a great landmass to the west and dreams of being the man to discover this land, in the name of Greater India, of course.
 
I had a pic of the 2o some ships of the Roman Armada that suddenly appeared in the seas at the start of the war. Afterwards, 5 were under the waves, at the cost of 2 of my ships. Pretty useless war but I did stop a Roman city from appearing in my jungle. It would have flipped if I left it alone but why wait.

I am getting tired of the stalemate wars with England and will need to jump up research in order to take the war to London and finish them off. I have still never run a successful war with Swordmen and Spearmen.

The Third War of English Aggression will be played shortly since I am taking "stupid leave" from work today.
 
Dead to Knightsuits (our new ickname for Englishmen)
 
English Sword Regiments came flooding across the border and attack 2 of General Civantor’s horse regiments. The horses were forced to retreat and fled back to Bangalore with word of the pending English invasion. English troops flood the plains and cut the road to Liverpool. Once again, General Hamlet is isolated from Bangalore. General Civantor has just dispatched the small Roman landing in the jungle and is no help to the Defenders of Bangalore. The defense of the city falls on the shoulders of one of Hamlet’s colonels, Das. Das has been awaiting a chance to prove that he is an equal of Hamlet and his time has come.

The Bangalore defenses are not as great as they were during the last English war. But instead of Spearmen, the ramparts are guarded by the upgraded Pikemen. English Swordsmen and a few horse charge the city walls and are met with the iron tips of the pikes. The English charge dies in the same manner of hundreds of other English charges against the city, in defeat. As peace is made with Rome, troops station along the west coast are called upon to return to Bangalore in all due haste. The city must not fall!

General Hamlet is faced with a dire choice. To save Bangalore, he must send the Chandragupta Army Corp (comprised of 3 Sword Regiments) as well as his elite Regiment, the 4th Regiment of Sword, and 2 Regiments of Spear. He marches out of Liverpool to save the city and leaves the former English city with 3 Regiments of Regular Spearmen and a catapult.. As his men crest over Liverpool Heights, he turns back and dreads the day when his men will have to assault the city again. He knows that he has left those men to die.

General Hamlet arrives at Bangalore as yet another English assault is thrown back. It is a war of attrition as English reinforcements arrive from London at the same time that Indian reinforcements arrive from the west. Hamlet’s army arrives from the south and catches the English in the open plains. As they turn to flee, Civantor arrives with his speedy horse Regiments and the English are sent back towards London. Hamlet and Civantor enter Bangalore as Das rests his tired defenders. Word arrives shortly from Delhi: Das is promoted to General and it is time that the Indians take the war to England. General Hamlet takes his army group south, to retake Liverpool, no word has come from the city since he left and it is assumed to have fallen. General Das is to head due east and to lay siege to the English capital of London. General Civantor is heading west to Canterbury in an attempt to halt or slow down the construction of the Sun Tzu War Academy.

As General Hamlet approaches Liverpool Heights, the hills just north of the city, all he can see is smoke. He fears the city has fallen but as he climbs the hills, he sees the Indian flag fluttering over the burning city. English sword regiments are to the east and Hamlet turns his forces and attack. The men of the Chandragupta Army group were expecting battle when they arrived but they expected to be assaulting the city, not attack the flank of the English attack. Their enthusiasm carried the day as the English were routed and fled to Oxford. Hamlet enters the city to the cheers of the Indian citizens and a few of the Native English. He meets with the captains of the three Spear Regiments. When Hamlet left Liverpool, he left 3 green regiments as her defense, he returns to find 3 Elite, but exhausted, Regiments. He turns his army east and decides to march and seize the Oxford Wineries and Oxford itself.

General Das marches to London almost unmolested. The only English troops he encounters are the remnants of the last English invasion. He comes to within site of the city and notices Pikemen on the ramparts, the English have started to upgrade their defenders. General Das decides not to assault the city immediately, instead he circles the city and destroys the outlying improvements, thus cutting London off from the rest of the country. His men are enthraled about not assaulting the city. The English mount little sorties in an attempt to catch some of Das’s men alone. Das realizes that the English defenders of London are using the same tactic that the defenders of Bangalore used in previous encounters.

General Das marches to the port city of Canterbury, just north of London. Canterbury is home to one of the wonders of the English Civilization (can’t remember off hand) and is currently constructing the Sun Tzu. The 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th Regiment of Horse cross the Canterbury River supported by 3 Pike Regiments and couple of Mercenary bands. Civantor orders any Mining camp that they come across destroyed and begins to plan his attack on the city. Before Civantor can prepare for his assault, hordes of English swordsmen attack from the east. The English drive deep into the Indian positions and an attack on Canturbury itself is finished. Civantor, know the future value of his horse regiments, orders the retreat. He knows that his horse can retreat saftely to Bangalore, but at the cost of his Pikemen. He calls forth the captains and they understand that they will be forced to delay the English while the rest of the army retreats. Word has been sent to General Das for support but it will not arrive in time. Civantor salutes his brave pikemen and the 3 remaining Regiments of Horse run for Bangalore. The catapults are destroyed as the Pikemen slowly work their way back home, fighting everyinch of the way. Many English swords die at the tips of the Pikes before the last Indian dies, in Indian territory. The English, thinking that the door to Bangalore is open, charge towards the city.

General Das receives word that Civantor has been forced to retreat from Canterbury. He finishes cutting London’s supply lines as he heads back towards Bangalore in a vain attempt to save what he can of Civantor’s Pikemen. The citizens of London, unaware of word of the war and seeing General Das’s army pillaging their farms, begin to riot. General Das can not take the city because he knows that if he does, he will not be able to hold it. He turns and marches to Civantor’s relief. Along the route of march, he takes countless English prisoners and discovers the story of the Pikemen’s fate. As they cross into India, he sees the last stand of the brave Pikemen and General Das takes a day to have his men bury the Indian dead and leaves the English for the wolves. Das presses forth to Bangalore.

General Hamlet seizes the wineries and begins assault the English city of Oxford. The English defenders met Hamlets attack with gusto and wave after wave of Indian assaults met the same fate as wave of wave of English assaults on Bangalore. Hamlet is forces to retreat and heads back towards Liverpool. As he crosses into India, he is attacked on the flank by 3 English Sword Regiments the battle is fierce but the Chandragupta Army Group is saved from destruction by the elite spearmen from Liverpool who leave the city undefended as they route the English attack. Hamlet marches into Liverpool before the English can mass a counter attack against the city.

As General Das approaches Bangalore, he sees the English renewing efforts to take the city. Das’s men, tired of pillaging and eager for a real fight, charge into the rear of the English troops. Civantor, see the effect of Das’s charge and orders his horse into the fray. The combined Indian attacks are too much for the English and Bangalore is once again saved. An Indian Horseman, Shivaji, proves himself as a capable leader and is given a battlefield promotion and is sent north to assist in the construction of SunTzu. As the India’s complete SunTzu, an English messenger arrives with a peace offering. Negotiations are underway and peace is once again reached. The English send over the worker parties to repair the damage of their pillaging.

The Third War of English Aggression ends much the same way as the previous two, in a stalemate. The English had their chance to re-take the city of Liverpool but never mounted a serious attempt. High Priest Arathorn is tasked with finding a means to better our offensive capabilities. The rest of the world will soon be building knights, which the Indians can not do. (Sucks being India with no Ivory)
 
Any more to come? Good so far.
 
The months following the Third War of English Aggression saw an increase of the mercenary raids on the fields to the east of Bangalore. The Indian Military High Command knew that the evil English were behind these raids but needed proof before they could demand retribution. General Civantor takes to the field with his horses in an effort to catch the Mercenaries bands and their English masters. In a brief skirmish near the Indian-English boarder, Civantor captures an English Captain serving with the Mercenary bands. Proof that the English were behind the raids was rushed back to Delhi and retribution demands were made to England. The English refused the demands and blatantly marched regular troops into India. The Indian forces in Bangalore (Das) and Liverpool (Hamlet) were ordered to the highest readiness levels in anticipation of further English aggression. Word was sent to London to remove the troops from Indian soil or to be buried under it. Queen Elizabeth refuses fall back and re-initiates the hostilities. The English continue to dream of occupying Bangalore and the Fourth War of English Aggression has begun.
 
The Great Indian Explorer Ambrost (and his sons) have been sailing the seas for years in the hopes of discovering some unknown lands in which the Indian people can found colonies. It is hoped that Ambrost can discover lands rich in resources that are not abundant in India proper. Most important is the discovery of some wild horse pastures so that the Indian military is not reliant on the greed of the German People. His discoveries proof successful as a series of 4 uninhabited islands are discovered on the far side of Germany. Ambrost quickly sails back to India for some settlers to colonize this new land.

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Stupid sealman forgot to board Ambrost’s ship with a settler. "Doh"
 
As the latest English army advances along the well worn path to Bangalore, they are met on the open fields by Civantor’s horse based army and defeated. Civantor leads charge after charge against the English ranks. The remains of the English army limps back to London and Civantor returns to Bangalore to regroup.

As Civantor marches on the English out on the Bangalore fields, General Hamlet sets out from Liverpool to lay siege to the York Wineries and the city of York. Hamlet’s army has seen the lay of the land before as they marched along these same paths during the last war. This time, Hamley vowed that York would fall. Hamlet arrives at York and promptly begins shelling the city with his catapults. English counter attacks are repulsed with ease and finally Hamlet gives the word to attack. The Chandragupta Army Corp, supported by Regiments of Sword, charge into the city. The English defenders put up a valiant defense but with most of the English army north near London or attacking Bangalore, the thin defense soon crumbles. As Hamlet stools into the city proper, he orders that the English flag be taken down and tossed into the fire raging throughout the city. The victorious Indian Men cheer loudly as the Indian flag is raised.

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Scholar’s note: Hamlet’s assault of York has placed the Indian army in a difficult position. They have seized the two York wineries, helping to increase the value of Indian Wine but have opened themselves up to a strong English counterattack. The city of York sticks out into English territory and Hamlet’s forces are in a worse situation then they were when they took Liverpool. The city of York is at the head of the Bay of England and the taking of the city has cut off the English port of Newcastle. Old maps of the campaign are in the archives in the Great Library located on the slopes of Minas Tirith. Copies will be available to the general public shortly.
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Generals Das and Civantor have noticed the weak defensive position that General Hamlet is in. He is buttoned up in York and can easily be cut off should the English attempt a strong counterattack. Reinforcements are sent in along the only road while General Das moves east towards the English capital of London. The hopes are that the reinforcements to Hamlet will solidify his position and allow a new campaign against the isolated city of Newcastle.

General Das’s army is familiar with London as they spent the last war pillaging all the improvements around the city. The English have not gotten around to repairing the roadways but this does not slow down Das’ advance. The Indian army arrives on the outskirts and two Sword Regiments attack the English Pikeman defender. The Indian attack is a success as the prime English defender is no longer an effective military until but neither are the 2 Regiment of Sword. As General Das continues to batter away at the English capital, an English army departs the port city of Canterbury in a hopes of reinforcing London. Das is unaware of the English troop movements but General Civantor is not.

As the English cross the Canterbury River, Civantor unleashes his men which hit the English on their right flank, the English army is routed and flee back to Canterbury. Civantor orders his men north and it is now a race. As the Indian Regiment of Horse reach the Canterbury River, an English delaying force stops the advance. The Indians have lost the race to Canterbury but regroup on the south side of the river. London will see no reinforcements.

English troops move north from the Newcastle Peninsula and attempt to retake York. Recent troop movements that brought more Pikemen to the city were undiscovered by the English and the attack was repulsed. The brash General Hamlet gambles that the English Governor of Newcastle is now defenseless and orders his army group and healthy Sword Regiments down the Peninsula, leaving a strong defensive force in York in case of another English attack. Hamlet marches south along the Bay of England and climbs the mountains just north of the city. The Indian troops, exhausted from the forced march north are pleased to see that the defenders in the small seaport town are armed with the obsolete spears and not the dreaded pikes. Hamlet rests for the night and at dawn, his army charges down the slopes into the unsuspecting city. The battle is over before noon as the English spears are no match for the Elite Sword Regiments of the Chandragupta Army Corp. Hamlet has taken his second English city in this war and the third English city to fall to his illustrious family name. Troop redeployment is ordered defensive troops march to Newcastle and the front line Swords march back to York.

As news of Newcastle reaches General Das, London is in flames. General Das’ siege of the city is slowly working. Constant sorties to probe the English defenses have been costly but effective. The English have lost close to one fighting regiment for every Indian lose. General Das is happy with the 1:1 ratio and press the attack. Reinforcements arrive daily and soon the overwhelming Indian troops breakthrough and London falls. Das’s Sword Regiments, first bloodied in the last war with the ‘Knighsuits’ pillage the English Palace and Queen Elizabeth is found cowering in the kitchen with the scullery maids. She is chained and marched through the streets of London and sent off to Delhi to stand trail for crimes against India. Seven English workers are also captured and tasked with fixing the improvements destroyed in the last war.

Civantor, camped on the south side of the Canterbury River receives word that London has fallen. Civantor moves camp in order to cut the last road to Canterbury and reinforcements must only come via ship. Captain EQ of the Indian Republic Vessel (IRV) Victory is sailing the waters outside of Canterbury. The English have the numbers in ships but the 3 caravel’s in EQ’s fleet have been hampering English shipping. Word comes to EQ while he is in port that he must set sail at once and clear the shipping lanes of English ships. Ambrost’s convoy of 2 caravels will be passing through enroute to the new lands of New India. As EQ sails, he is met by a force of 10 English galleys and a fierce sea battle ensues. EQ’s small fleet limps back to port minus one ship but managed to send countless English Sailors to the deep dark depth. With EQ’s fleet out of action, 7 more English galleys sight Ambrost’s expedition. Ambrost sails into Iroquois waters in a vain attempt to shake the English pursuers. There is no escape from battle. Ambrost must fight his way as the Iroquois refuse to offer sanctuary. The two fleets meet off of the coast of a small uninhabited Iroquois island. The Battle of the nameless isle is fierce but the numbers of the English is too much for Ambrost. The Indian fleet is lost beneath the waves, with no known survivors. A lone English galley was sight limping back towards Canterbury which the Victory promptly sinks. An old fishing boat is sent north to look for survivors.

The southern waters between India and Italia remained clogged with Roman shipping. Captain ET Fish of the IRV Barracuda leads a quasi-successful campaign against what English ships he can reach. The cowardly English captains flee to the safety of the Roman Merchants whenever the Barracuda and company is spotted. Captain Fish forgoes the English shipping in the Roman Straights and sets sail for the Bay of England. Any and all English ships in the Bay will be sunk and Newcastle and York will no longer be vulnerable from attack by sea. By basing his fleet in Newcastle, Fish will be able to control the Bay as well as prevent English ships from returning to England via the southern trade routes.

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As General Hamlet solidifies his defenses at York, General Das orders some of his elite Sword Regiments north to assist Civantor’s attack on the isolated English city of Canterbury. When Das’s fresh troops arrive, Civantor crosses the Canterbury and moves towards the city of the same name. General Civantor presses his attack on Canterbury but the English resistance is tough. Unlike London and York, the English defenders have no were to run. It is either win or die and the Indians are discovering how much the English want to live. Indian soldiers are falling at an alarming rate. The Canterbury River begins to run red with the blood of the Indian dead but Civantor will not retreat. He has fought to the gates of the city before and was thrown back, he will not fail again. Reinforcements arrive continuously and are quickly thrown into the meat grinder. All available siege engines are brought north to assist. The siege of Canterbury is like nothing the world has seen. More dead are lying under the hot sun then were killed during the Second War of English Aggression. The pressure of the Indian attacks is overpowering and the city of Canterbury is unable to hold out anymore. The Indians breakthrough the city and the last English defenders perish trying to hold the Hanging Gardens of Canterbury.

Back in Delhi, Queen Elizabeth stands trial as a criminal to the Indian people, she is sentence to life in prison but English insurgents break into the courtroom to free their queen. In the ensuing panic and gunfire, Elizabeth is struck down, along with most of the English terrorists.

Janus Bangalore II is called to the Great Library by High Priest Arathorn. Janus walks into the library and is shown to the research facilities in the rear of the library. There Arathorn is playing with a long metal and wooden stick which appears to be hollow. Arathorn pours some black powder and a lead ball down the barrel and points it at one of the captured English terrorists. Arathorn pulls the trigger and the ‘weapon’ coughs up smoke. Janus turns to look at the terrorist and sees him lying dead on the floor with blood gushing from a wound in his chest. Janus orders more of these weapons created and sent to the armies on the English Front.

The Indian populous is getting tired of the war with England, despite the advances made by India’s Generals. As Das and Civantor approach Nottingham, the new English Capital, peace is declared. England’s treasury is empty, and the Indian one is close to it. England can not pay reparations for instigating the war but agree to part with the cities of Oxford and *********** and send another work party to fix up the infrastructure around the new Indian cities of York, London and Canterbury. In the end, the English lost 6 of their 9 cities, 2 of their 4 wineries, their only source of saltpeter (which was discovered soon after the fall of London) and 12 workers, although 3 were recaptured during a brief counter offensive. The Fourth War of English Aggression was a stunning defeat to the English nation, but not as bad as China’s defeat to the Russian at the same time, China is no more. England is still around, for the moment.
 
Dirty English. Why not mass produce muskets and develop cannons and better ships and wipe them off the Earth? Also wipe out the Romans too. Judging from the mini-map conquering the English and the Romans would give more than enough space and production to become to world's superpower.
 
Say, we are talking about conquering England and Rome for space for Aryan People! We could have as well proclaimed ourselves Nazis, and placing Swastikas on our flags, but that won't be popular here. How about searching for some other old Indo-Aryan symbol? And we won't need to kill Jews - we will kill Romans and Englishmen (j/k - we will only kill military ofcoruse)!
 
How about this for a flag to raise over the English capitol: :finger:
If not that how about this: :lol:
 
Okay, so how is that for a flag:
 
Why thank you!
 
Generations have passed since the threat of English aggression was erased from the proud Indian people. But alas, a new problem has arisen to face the new generation.

Mahesh Bangalore, decedent of the great Janus and present Head Minister of the Indian Republic has called forth all the heads of the great families to Delhi for an urgent conference. As the great men; Civantor, Das, Hamlet, Fish and the rest file into the room, Mahesh is in deep conversation with the current high priest of Arathorn.

"Please be seated," stats Bangalore. "Ambrost can not be with us today as he is consolidating our holdings on the Ambrost Isles, the Russians are starting to get a little agitated for some reason."

Commodore EG speaks up: "Sire, the Russians would not be a problem if you let me sail our navy over there and kick a little Russian...."

"ENOUGH! We are not hear to discuss the Russians. Arathorn, if you please?"

"Thank you Minister. As you all may be aware, we have discovered this unique rock (holds up a piece of what we now call coal) some time ago in the hills outside of Oxford. After researching and testing its properties, we have discovered that we can do a lot with it. If we had more."

"Oxford?" asks Hamlet. "Didn’t that city return to the English Empire?"

"Yes it did," replies Das. "And we were in no position to demand its return."

"That is right," says Bangalore. "At the time Oxford was a drain on our economy. It was isolated and at the other side of the English holdings. We would have been unable to defend the city should the English return to their evil ways. As it turns out, we should have made stronger attempts at keeping the city."

"So what are we doing debating here?" questions Civantor. "Let us attack England and seize this ‘coal’. Oxford may have been founded as an English city, it became a territory of India as payment for past English transgressions. It is time we take back what is rightfully ours!"

The room erupts in support of Civantor’s proposal. Minister Bangalore attempts to quite the crowd. "But what of Rome? They are closely tied with England."

"True," replies Commodore Fish, "But Rome does what is best for Rome. I would assume that they would be happy to stay neutral, or with side with us if the price is right. Last I heard, the Russian were demanding a high price for saltpeter, which we all know that the Romans are short of."

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With an agreement of Saltpeter for Gold, the Romans turn a blind eye as Indian troops roll into England. Indian Calvary, Elephants and Cannon roll deep into English held territory. The Indian advance strikes quickly and Oxford is in Indian hands while England defends its capital.

The defenders at Oxford were caught unprepared. There was no indication that the Indians would once again rule the city and all families that had any ties with the revolution some years back, were marched off to the jungles of India. Hamlet secures the city from possible revolt while Civantor and Das continue on. Civantor marches north to the capital of Nottingham and Das marches south into the frozen tundra to destroy all English opposition.

As Das marches south, the English flee in any boats that could take to the water. They are met on the open waves by Commodore Fish and his frigates. Some English ships attempt to fight but are no match for the superior ships of the Indian navy. The scene is repeated in the north as Commodore EQ destroys the last of the English navy.

Civantor approaches the city of Nottingham, the last remaining bastion of English authority. The capital of a once proud but now defeated civilization. As Civantor plans out his strategy for the sacking of the town, a cry is heard from the city: "IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH" and suddenly the fields are full of English calvary intent on taking as many Indians to the afterlife as possible. The Indians troops charge into the fields and for 4 hours, the Indians and English forces moved across the fields in an elegant display of battle tactics and ballet. In the end, the English forces limp back to the city walls leaving behind their dead and the Dead of the Indian Regiments that met the attack.

Civantor orders his guns to begin shelling the city and after 4 days of constant shelling, he orders the assault. The English, once proud and defiant, bolstered by their victory only 4 days ago, as pushed aside as Indian troops are eager to get at the booty in the city. Civantor stolls into town and walks to the highest point in the city. As he overlooks the battlefields, he thinks back to the stories he has heard of his great grandfather. The battles that he won during the 3rd and 4th Wars of English Aggression and he is proud that he lived up to the name. He is proud of his men.

As the captured English officers are marched in to see Minister Bangalore, they are all offered to join the Indian army, at reduced ranks of course. Those that accept the generous offer are sent to Indian outposts, away from England while those that decline, are sent to the penal colonies at Ambrost Isle.

Commodore Ambrost is disappointed on the outcome of the war. He would have liked a chance to sail to the theater of operations to send a few English ships to the bottom. The Ambrost family may not be warriors, but they had a score to settle with the English after the cowardly attack of the Ambrost Expedition many many years ago.
 
RAISE THE SMILEY TRICOLOR!
 
That just leaves the romans, who you say have no saltpeter? without saltpeter you could easily overwhelm the Roman forces after and invasion. using railroads to rapidly send troops to the front and rifles to guard captured cities you could easily and quickly wipe out the Romans. Also, Can you post a save? I want to try out a stradegy on this map.
 
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