The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Six - The Third Algiers/Kilwa War
I order my two Southern Armies into Manyika
I order my Northern Army 33k into Zigua from Nyatura
My 7k is in Kuria and will wait until the big stuff opens up
I order:
45k in Gogo to join my northern army
15k in the southern army
4 Nov- Mercs here and ordered into their targets
1 Dec = Relations maxed with Portugal
9 Dec – Sent to make nice with France
12 Dec – Zigua is ours!
12 Feb, 1676 – Two minors fall, next is their captial of Kilwa
13 April – minor falls
1 May - I do not get the next ADM tech until post war
We get a new Age of Absolutism Ability!
I get Efficient Autonomy - -50% Autonomy costs
18 May – A new heir is born with 1/3/4
21 May – Kilwa falls! Their fleet heads out to ours
28 May – Zanzibar is ours!
6 June – We win a minor naval battle
23 June – They fled into harbor in Madagascar
9 July – We capture a minor with our northern army and it’s next to 17k in Ibo, I head in
9 Aug – We rout their army in Ibo
9 Sept – Two minors falls
27 Sept – After almost a year we capture Manyika!
We have a warscore of 47%
29 Oct – Two more fall
1 Nov – Rebellion in Borno where my main army is
21 Nov – Defeated
26 Nov – Kuria converted!
1 Dec – Copper in Obdorsk!
Our Majils policy is up! Next? How about Reduce Trade Regulations again
27 Dec - Four minors fall
11 Jan, 1677 – Another minor falls
16 Feb – Four more fall
1 Mar – Quantity Idea #3 – Enforced Service - -10% costs
8 April – Final three fall, we have every mainland holding and Zanzibar with an 88% warscore
Now what do I want?
I have two major options - Grab a bunch of low dev but high trade good stuff in the south like 6 dev Ivory Manyika, 5 dev Tete Ivory and such. Or I could tryto build a line in the north to Zanzibar and grab it.
I want Zanzibar. Since I have Cloves, I can pass edict and move Cloves to them and they are a Center of Trade.
The four in the north that get me to Zanzibar and then them annoys Kilwa. But I can do the minimum of three to get there. I can also get one more in Central Kilwa, but not my wartarget, that annoys them too much.
That’s a 26 warscore and just a 19.7 badboy, not much to build down. Not even West Africa cares about this one. I do peace and pay 57 to core them
I pass the decision to grow Cloves
North Kilwa:
Shamba – Next to Mombasa, Us in four places and Kilwa, connects us to Bagamoyo – Arid Highlands, Slave trade, 7 dev, Swahili people, Sunni faith, makes us 0.59 with a Trade Station
Bagamoyo – Strait to Zanzibar, connects Shamba to them, south of Mombasa, coastal, Coastline, just 3 dev, Ivory, Trade Station, Tropical, Swahili Fetishists here, send us monthly 0.38, Shipyard
Zanzibar – The big addition, Strait to Bagamoyo - Center of Trade, Natural Harbor, Tropical Coastline, 9 dev, Trade Depot, Shipyard, Cloves, Swahili, Sunni, 0.29 made here
Central Kilwa:
Nsenga – Throw in – West of Kilwa – 4 dev, Tropical Savannah, Farm Estate for Livestock, Workshop, Nyasa people, Fetishist faith, 0.18 made here
That war was obviously about Zanzibar!