1 Feb, 1543 – I fabricate a claim on an area
ADM TECH 12 - +3 states, allows some new gvnt types
I give Iglino to the clergy
I order a Weapons Manufactory for Moskva
6 May – I have finished fabricating claims and am ready for war to our south
According to the ledger, my expected three enemies are:
Crimea – 13k
Great Horde – 7k
Transoxiana – 28k
I think I can take ‘em solo
I have five armies that are 25k, 23k, 19k, 18k, 18k. I put my biggest two armies on the border with Transoxiana as well
I declare war for Astrakhan
Crimea did not join her allies. Smart.
28 June – Four minor holdings have fallen
1 July – The Golden Era of our nation has ended.
3 July – Surgut now a full colony:
Surgut – 3 dev, Forest, fur, north of Uzbek.
19 July - I rout the Great Horde army entirely, and it’s gone
12 Aug – The siege of Astrakhan has begun
23 Aug – I noticed that Astrakhan has just been rebuilt and only had a few hundred people in it from being mothballed. I assaulted and took it
1 Sept – As of now, 10 minor holdings are ours
7 Oct – I assault and take the Great Horde capital
1 Dec – Glazov converts. Next is Perm
I have moved three of my big armies deeper into Transoxiana
31 Dec – I have captured every Great Horde province
5 Jan, 1544 – Muscovy declared war on Rostov
12 Feb – More minors are falling in Transoxiana
26 Feb – I am playing a cat and mouse game with their army. All three of my armies are in adjacent provinces to support each other as I move.
Right now I only have a 9% warscore against Transoxiana them so I have to move cautiously.
1 Mar
Mangazea – This colony, 7 dev, forest, has the Taz Estuary bonus, naval supplies. North or Surgut
I send more Siberian folks east to Troitskiy
31 May – I get an excellent minister event
3 July – After a meat grinder of multiple armies, I finally catch their main one and beat it.
9 Oct – I take one of their lands after a successful siege
13 Nov – After arriving in their capital of Samarkand, I defeat their army again
15 Nov – Beloriskiy is now Orthodox! Next is Tobolsk
27 Dec – I assault and take Samarkand
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