The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 133 - The Fourth Theodoro/Yemen War
5 Jan, 1729 – All of my forces are back from China, and South East Asia to Persia, and I have added 75k mercs. Here’s my plan;
40k in Horn of Africa for Warsangali and Somalia
31k in Persia for Transoxiana
I have 7 armies on the border Yemen to spill over and grab what I need quick plus their two Forts and capital
I declare war on Yemen for their Taiz province
18 Jan – I rout the Warsangali 6k army in their capital and begin a siege
29 Jan – I defeat the Transoxiana army in Khiva
13 Feb - I arrive at the Transoxiana Capital of Urgench.
18 Feb – I capture a minor Somalia holding
26 Feb – I capture two minor Yemeni holdings and order these 4 armies to San’a to fight the defenders and begin a siege
1 Mar – Khiva and Yemeni minor fall
19 Mar – We win in San’a and begin a siege
We capture the capital of Warsangali
I have a 14% warscore
2 April – I capture the last Warsangali holding
9 April – I capture Urgench
29 April – They are besieging Al Qatif with 30k and I break off two units to help
24 May – I capture a minor of Somalia
11 July – Another Somalia minor falls
22 Aug -Another Somalia minor is ours, I head to the Capital of Merca
6 Oct – We begin the Siege of Merca
12 Oct – Palawan converts! I destroy the Shipyard and I order a Planation for the Sugar here
21 Oct – Merca falls!
42 warscore, do I want a separate peace with Somalia?
I could get 4 holdings with a badboy of 66, they have all valuable goods. Galkayo by itself is just 4 badboy. I could do that and then things like War Reparations and such.
I take from Warsangali their holding of Bosaso next to me, and go to peace, 53 for coring, that’s 11 badboy
1 Nov – Longo is a good place to raise Livestock
12 Dec – I oust them in Al Qatif
26 Feb, 1730 – I have captured the last three Somalia holdings
30 Mar - -I rout the Yemeni army
10 April – I capture two minor Yemeni holdings and move to the Fort of Sahda
25 May – Another minor Yemeni falls and I order this army to Saida
11 June – The Fort of San’a falls
1 July - Their capital of Zabid falls!
I have a 78 warscore
One of the holdings I want was captured in rebels in Somalia so I order my 40karmy back to take out the rebels and recapture the province
5 Aug – I defeat the Rebels
18 Aug – I disband my 30k merc army
27 Aug – I capture the rebel province from the rebels
Peace:
I take these four holdings for 54 badboy
I spend 240 to core them
Arabia:
Taiz – 32 dev, Mountains, Coffee grown here, Sunni Faith, Yemeni culture, 0.37 made here, Counting House, Town Hall, Conscription Center, Plantation, Stock Exchange, Training Fields, Basilica, and University here. Inland
Horn of Africa:
Las Khorey - Horn of Africa, 16 dev, Incense, Coastal Desert, Church, Workshop, Sunni faith, Somalia people, 0.13 made here, next to just us.
Galcayo – 4 dev, Steppes, Livestock, Church, Fetishist faith, Otomo culture, with a 00.01 and Arid and a Church, next to Turks and us, inland
Meregh – Livestock, 9 dev, Steppes, Sunni and Somali, coastal next to us in Hafun and Turks and Somalia, makes us 0.06
Bosaso – From Warsangali, Incense, Arid, Coastal Desert, Trade Station, Church, Counting House, 9 dev, makes us 0.76, Somali and Sunni