The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Five - The 2nd Algiers/Kilwa War
I have two Kilwans armies on the southern flank I order them to the adjacent Bastion of Manyika, I will refer to them as the southern army, I hire a small merc force of 15k to join them
I have 33k in Rukwa on the northern flank, I have hired the 45k independent army since Kilwa still has 55k troops, and will order them into Ngonde, they will be referred to as the northern army
I have 7k in Kusu behind the Fort of Lega, they will grab the unconnected all minors area of to the rest of Kilwa area of Lake Victoria
3 Nov – Mercs arrive!
10 Nov – We begin the Siege of Manyika
17 Nov – Jugjur converts!
18 Dec – Ngonde falls!
I send them east
15 Feb, 1662 – I capture a minor next to their capital, next is Kilwa
11 Mar – Lake Tanganyika province falls to my 7k
1 April – Conversion started in Brakna, for 23 months
4 April – Kebbi converts!
19 April – After 161 days, Manyika falls!
27 April – Our Admiral dies, another is hired
5 May – A Lake minor falls
14 May – Event- Local Noble Family requests Aid- They need more than 1000 cash and I need to save for this war, so I lose 50 DIP power.
25 May – Another Lake minor falls
1 June – A southern minor falls
11 June – Kilwa falls! That’s a warscore of 37%
20 June - Another Lake minor is ours
5 July – Conversion in Manga for 18 months and Kanem for 22 begin
11 July – Two minors falls
1 Aug – The last Lake falls!
I also get the Trading in Ivory bonus! That’s’ +2 Dip Rep
I pull my dip from making nice with Alaska
5 Sept – Two more minors have fallen
19 Oct- Our southern army routs 11k In Mozambique
22 Oct – A minor falls
1 Nov – I lose my claim on Assab in Somalia
14k Rebellion in Kanem, I order an Egyptian army over to deal with it luckily it has a Bastion now
19 Nov – Mozambique falls!
26 Nov – Central minor falls
1 Jan, 1663 – I can get the next ADM tech which comes with another Group of Ideas, and we are almost at our cap of 999, so I’ll wait a few months since I have a warscore of 63, but no major bumps in score coming like no defenses are left to give me a big bump, so this is slow, but I’ll keep it for another few months
18 Jan – Two minors fell
27 Jan – I capture the colony of Phangwe which is internal to Kilwa
1 Feb – I get this Age of Absolutism Ability:
Protecting Forts – Forts on border with rival (Somalia) get -100% maintenance,.
Before taking it it’s 107.50 cash monthly, now it’s 97.0
24 Feb – Minor captured
15 Mar - Two minors fall
1 April – NEW TECH!
ADMIN TECH 22 – The Constitution – We can build Town Halls and another Group of Ideas!
I cannot get ADM Ideas since they are too many, I can get DIP or MIL ones.
I have enough power to get one now right now, and DIP #2 in just a few months
DIP –
Trade - You’ll get three more merchants from this and boosts to Trade power like
Dip - You’ll get another Diplomat now, and then another soon, and then you better Dip stuff like relations, reputation, and more!
MIL -
Quantity – I need a bigger army for tussling with Somalia and then keeping safe from the Turks. When finished, this will give you +25% Forcelimit
Offensive/Defensive – Boost my armies with these awesome Ideas.
I like all four! I do Quantity!
Quantity Idea #1 – Levee en Masse - +25% Manpower
9 April – We capture a minor
2 May – Two more minors have fallen
27 May – Another minor falls
1 June –
Baykha – Siberia – Northern edge, Fur trade, Forest, Arctic, Ibadi Algerians, 3 dev, make us 0.05
I have new colonists! I send to the colony of Gogo where there are no colonists
18 June – Two minors fall!
20 July – Every mainland province fell, I have a warscore of 87% what can I get?
I want to remove the 6 province flank behind me first, although four are Grain or Livestock, it’s a weak spot for future wars.
Lake Tanginika Area:
Bafuriru – North Coast of the Lake, east of us in Lega, west of us in Nkoma – 8 warscore and 6 badboy
Lake Victoria Area:
Bushubi – East of Bafuriru, north of Nkoma – 12 warscore and 7 badboy
Buyogoma – East of Bushubi, north of Nkoma and Ruguru – 6 score and 3 badboy
Muhambwe – East of Buyogoma, north of Ruguru and Rukwa, Gogo and Hehe – 6 war score and 4 badboy
Karagwe – Southwest shore of the Lake, North of Bushubi – 9 score and 6 badboy
Buzinza – Southeast shore of Lake, east of Karagwe, north of Buyogoma and Muhambwe – 6 score and 4 badboy
Those 6 are 47 score and 31.2 badboy, now we’ll just take what I can from Kilwa that makes sense
Central Kilwa -
Ngonde – Wartarget, northwest shore of Lake Malawi, East of us in Rukwa, Luanganda and south of Gogo – 4 score and 3 badboy
Anything else will annoy Kilwa, and with a an army of 55k I don’t want that at my back.
Peace:
51 score and then 34.50 badboy I do it! I don’t have much ADM power left to core, but I am making 12 a month, I core – 28 in Bushubi and Muhambwe, 25 in Karagwe, 23 in Buyogoma, and that leaves me with just 6 ARM but 3 cores left.
Let’s look at my 7!
Lake Tanginika Area:
Bafuriru – North Coast of the Lake, east of us in Lega, west of us in Nkoma – Farm Estate for Grain, Workshop, Hills, Tropical, Fetishist and Rwandan, 9 dev, makes us 0.48
Lake Victoria Area:
Bushubi – East of Bafuriru, north of Nkoma – Farm Estate for Grain here too, Marketplace, Regimental Camp, Hills, Tropical, Rwandan and Fetishist here, and then 12 dev and 0.12 made here
Buyogoma – East of Bushubi, north of Nkoma and Ruguru – Savannah, Tropical, Farm Estate for Grain and Regimental Camp, 5 dev, 0.31, Rwandan and Fetishist
Muhambwe – East of Buyogoma, north of Ruguru and Rukwa, Gogo and Hehe – Ganda culture, Fetishist faith, Farm Estate for Livestock, Workshop, Savannah, Tropical, 0.08 from 6 dev
Ready for the three good ones?
Karagwe – Southwest shore of the Lake, North of Bushubi – Iron Mines! Weapons Manufactory, Workshop, Fetishist and Ganda, 0.80 made here in Tropical Hills with a dev of 9
Buzinza – Southeast shore of Lake, east of Karagwe, north of Buyogoma and Muhambwe – Also Iron Mining here! Weapons Manufactory and Workshop, 6 dev, Tropical Savannah, Takama Fetishist, 0.33 made here
Central Kilwa -
Ngonde – Wartarget, northwest shore of Lake Malawi, East of us in Rukwa, Luanganda and south of Gogo – Trade Station for Ivory, workshop, 0.69 made here, 5 dev, Nyasa Fetishist, Tropical Savannah
All 7 have Manufactories already in them! Even the Grain ones are making that cash as a result.
In Lake Victoria we are next to a nation called Kitara that has 9 provinces here, they are also next to Somalia on the other end.