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I order my Marshal to take 780 men from Mecklenburg and march to Wolgast. I organize my troops in the Baltic region and order them to Memel. When war begins I’ll dispatch the Lubeck squad to the middle of Yatviag territory.
Feb 9 - I declare war on Pommerania. My hope is that the Yatviags will join us, and Norway will not. Whether or not their one province ally also joins is of no consequence to me.
Exactly as I planned occurred. No Norway, none of their ally either.
This won’t be easy. But it should be fun.
I order the troops from Wolgast into Stettin. I grab 400 troops from Wolgast first.
I DOW Scalova, a vassal of Yatviags. Then I order my Memel troops into Scalova. I’ll leave Lubeck back as reinforcement.
I have around 275 gold right now, let’s see how far I can spin it.
Feb 28 - Troops from Memel arrive in Scalova.
Mar 5 - Troops from Wolgast arrive in Stettin.
Mar 18 - We win in Stettin and begin the siege.
Mar 21 - We win in Scalovia and begin the siege.
Mar 28 - I have gotten peace offers from Scalova and Pommerania, both offering gold. I decline both.
Apr 24 - Yatviags protest our presence in Scalovia
May 12 - We win and the siege continues. We almost lost, and we did lose a lot of men. We could fall if there is another determined push on the eastern flank.
May 14 - Stettin falls. I order our men to Slupsk.
May 18 - Pommerania comes calling with an offer to give us Stettin and a whole bunch of gold. I decline. I‘m in this for more than one province from the pagans.
June 4 - We arrive in Slupsk and attack the forces arrayed here.
June 8 - After defeating the remaining forces in Slupsk, we begin the siege.
June 25 - The forces we defeated on the Eastern Flank again assault our position in Scalovia.
July 2 - We send them home.
Aug 2 - A Thieves Guild is formed in Kurs.
Aug 9 - Slupsk falls. I force Pommerania to give me her two provinces, Stettin and Slupsk. She agrees.
Now, we are still at war with Yatviags and their vassal, Scalovia. I DOW adjacent Danzig and move in.
Aug 19 - We arrive in Danzig and assault the defensive forces.
Sept 12 - After a tough battle against four armies, we win in Danzig. Siege begins.
Sept 15 - We capture Scalovia. I send my forces her to the Vatviags capital.
Im in negative gold, so I need to finish this up.
Oct 6 - We arrive in Yatvyagi and begin an attack against the two armies here.
Oct 8 - A miracle workers come to heal me, but I don’t have enough money, so I put my trust in God. Trust is returned. The Duke has lost his illness.
Oct 27 - We win in Yatvyagi. The siege has begun,
Dec 23 - After a few small battles in which small pagan forces try to drive us out, I get news that a Small Pox epidemic has broken out in Kurs.
Jan 12, 1085 - The pope has died. Hungary is the new papal controller
Jan 17, 1085 - I accept white peace with Shetland.
Jan 18 - Danzig falls. I take it in peace. I also take Scalovia.
I get a little money bump from Scalovia, which must have had a stash somewhere, I got nothing from Danzig. As my armies take damage, my upkeep lessens, and I get money from these new provinces to countermand that. Thus the war is getting cheaper.
Okay, I have just 1800 men left on the western flank when I began with 3800. That’s enough to keep sieging, but not quickly. I can DOW an adjacent vassal, like Marienburg or Chelminskie. Or I could just diband the army.
In The capital, I have just 1031 troops left seiging, from an initial army size of around 2700, agains a significant drop. Yatviags is down to four provinces. But they only have their capital in their desmense, so I have to actually DOW and attack the other three.
Marianburg is a very wealthy province.
I give away Stettin and Slupsk to a courtier.
I DOW Marianburg and order my forces in.
Feb 12 - The Siege of Marianburg has begun
Mar 16 - The last remaining army of size, 888 men, has arrived int heir captial to protest my sieging forces.
I mobilize 294 troops in Scalovia and order them to Vatyagi.
March 24 - We win in Vatyagi.
This is going on too long, our treasury is taking a major hit.
May 4 - Prosperity in Memel is set to normal after Poor Seed Selection hit us.
June 18 - Marianburg falls. We grab it in peace negotiations. We grab a little gold and Marianburg.
July 14 - Vatyagi finally falls. I grab it and go to peace.
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