The Restoration of Sukhothai Chapter Ten – The Cycle of Friends and Enemies, Cont.
20 Dec – I get a +10 Karma event
1 Feb, 1485 – ADM TECH 8 – I can build the Courthouse and I get +3 extra states (states are admin regions that you elevate or remove to help areas).
1 May – Lan Xang rivals us.
1 June – Temple ordered for KHorat
5 Aug – Dai Viet has ceased to be. Lan Zang annexes it.
I claim the capital of Lan Xang.
1 Oct:
Trade Idea #4 –
National Trade Policy, +10% Trade cash
12 Nov – I proclaim a guarantee for Champa’s independence. I want to seek if I can brake Lan Xang’s expansion
14 Dec – Workshop in Ratchaburi
19 March, 1497 – We convert Prek Rousey. Next is Phnom Penh
1 April
We finish an Idea Group!
Quality #7 – Massed Battery – we get +10% artillery bonus in battle. Now for finishing this group we also net a cool +5% military discipline as well.
1 Oct – Our truce with Lan Xang has ended
1 Nov – I secure another claim on Lan Xang
Now, let’s say I wanted to war against them for their capital.
We’d have:
Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, Pegu
Vs
Lan Xang, Hsipaw, and Ava
According to the ledger, that would be:
27k troops, us and none with our vassal, 10k Pegu
vs
14k Lan Xang, 10k Ava, 8k Hispaw
So that would be a total of 37k vs 32k
I am getting ready to push back on Lan Xang. I send some cash to Ayutthaya
1 November, 1488 – After a year of readying for war, we are ready. I have 30k myself, and my vassal is at 9k.
Ready?
The Restoration of Sukhothai Chapter Eleven – Removing Knives from the Back
I order stabs into their army with my main guy up north, as well as one in the middle, while Ayutthaya will attack the south from Phnom Penh.
10 Dec – I win a major battle against 10k forces around their capital
21 Dec – I begin to take minor holdings
6 jan, 1489 – They assault our siege in their capital
1 Feb – We win, barely.
2 April – More minors fall
29 May – Their capital falls to us
We have a few Cambodian rebel problems in the south but I need to focus on the prize.
22 July – I lose a battle in northern Lan Xang
22 Sept – We win against their invading army.
23 Oct – We currently have a 39% warsscore.
Their capital is 13
I keep pushing
1 Feb 1490, - We are pushing while their army has fled
31 Mar – We capture the Fort of Vientiane.
That gives me a 65% warscore
Here’s what I can do with that
This here is the biggest and most war-mongering of the options available. I take their capital, their fort, and then everything next to us. I get a total of 7 holdings, and then 242 cash too.
Now that’s pretty big, and as you can see, a lot of folks won’t like that at all.
But they are the typical minors and such.
I’m doing this instead. I;m swapping the powerful mines for a weak border holding no one cares about.
Ready?
Here we are post war. Now I have to deal with the 40k Cambodian rebels that erupted during the war.
Here are my new additions:
Angkor – Khmer, Hindu, 13 dev, Hills, 0.08 made here, tropical wood, temple, 80% autonomy
Luang Prabang – Their former capital. Top right corner. Chinaware, 18 dev, Laotian culture, Theravada Buddhists, Hills, 0.21 made here, temple, 11 unrest, 75% auto,
Vientiane – south of LP Trading post, savannah, marketplace, castle, temple, 14 dev, Theravada and Laotian, 0.13 made for us, 75 auto, 14 unrest
Nongbua Lampbu – Jungle, island, south of Vientiane, grain, 6 dev, 0.03 made here, Laotian, Theravada, 75% auto, 15unrest
Nong Khai – East of NL is this awesome Silk maker. Jungle, 5 dev, 0.12 made here, Loatian, 75% auto, Theravada, 11.3 unrest
Savanh Nakhone – East of NK is this Copper Mine, hills, 8 dev, temple, Laotian, Theravada, 75% auto, 11.1 unrest, 0.11 made here
Chaiyaphum – Savannah, south of NL, west of NK, 5 dev, grain farmers, 0.04 ,made here Laotian, Theravada, 40% auto, 11.1 unrest
As you can see, many are pretty poor and just here. The big four are LP the ex-capital, the fort and trading post of Vientiane, and then Nong Khai and Savanh Nakhone
I claim a province right now from them and I also move Laos to an accepted culture