The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Thirty - The Third Algiers/Morocco War
I order my 28k army from Sale into Gharb
12 Sept – Mercs arrives, I send them next door to Tadla
2 Oct – New tech:
DIP TECH 7 – Naval Ambitions – I can +115 Colonial Range, +0.30 naval morale, +10 naval engagement, i can build Impressment Offices
With the new colonial range I can send out another Explorer mission and I head to South Atlantic Sea
6 Oct – Gharb is ours I head next door to Anfa
28 Oct – Tadla is ours, next is their capital of Marrakesh
1 Nov – Anfa falls to my main army I head to Marrakesh to combine my armies in the siege
13 Nov - The siege begins with a fusillade
25 Nov – Our explorer died! I send fleet back.
14 Dec – I capture a Moroccan minor
25 Feb, 1497 – Morocco and Portugal at peace, no land exchanged, nice!
I claim Portugal’s Algarve
16 April – My fleet returns, I hire a new Explorer and head back to the South Atlantic Sea
23 April – Marrakesh falls!
25 May – I defeat 19k Moroccan troops in Demnate
I head next door to the Castle of Ouarzazete
5 June – I begin the siege with a fusillade
5 July – My cavalry capture Demnate
18 Sept - Another Minor falls.
6 Nov – Another minor is ours
27 Dec - Yet another minor falls to us
9 Jan, 1498 – We capture the Castle! I move next to our wartarget
4 Feb – New Tech!
ADMIN TECH 8 – Courthouse – we can build them and get +100 governing capacity for making things states
I can purchase another Age of Discovery ability - I choose:
Adaptive Combat Terrain – When fighting in the terrain as my capital I am much better.
27 Feb – Tafilit is ours!
18 April – Another minor falls
13 May – And another
I have a 99% warscore, what do I want?
Tafilit - 8 badboy, 9 warscore, south of Figuig
Tadla – 5 badboy and 10 score, south of Meknes
Demnate – Connects them – 4 badboy, 9 warscore
Gharb - Coast, next to Pale and Meknes – 8 badboy, 12 warscore
Sauora – Low 3 dev east of Taflilt and south of Figuig – 3 badboy and 6 warscore
That’s the most I can take before Morocco gets angry, that’s 26.8 badboy and 28 warscore
Let’s take these 5 off the map.
I agree to the deal and then disband my 8k mercs. Cores ordered in Taftlalt and Gharb.
My stuff:
Tafilalt - South of Figuig – wartarget, Gold Mines, Mosque, 11 dev, Highlands, west of Sauora, east of Demante, north of Morocco, Arid, Emporium, Sunni and Moroccan, makes us 1.78 cash.
Tadla – South of Meknes, north and east of Morocco, north of Demnate – Copper Mines, 8 dev, Mountains, Mosque, Sunni, Moroccan, 0.34 made here
Demnate – Connects them - next to Morocco – Wool makers, 5 dev, Mountains, the great work “Ait Benhaddou”, Sunni Moroccans, just make us 0.02
Gharb - Coast, next to Pale and Meknes, north of Morocco – Natural Harbor, Grain growers, 11 dev, Drylands, Marketplace and Mosque here, Moroccan culture, Sunni faith, makes us 0.10
Sauora – Low 3 dev east of Taflilt and south of Figuig, north of Morocco – Throw in – Desert, Livestock, Arid, nothing made here, Moroccan and Sunni
Nice additions to my stuff! The gold mines and copper mines are awesome