Muscovy 1427 – 1451
By 1427 Muscovy had seen off the Polish thread and the economy was doing okay if not brilliantly, we had become a bit more centralised and had invested enough to get to a new land tech level that enabled us to assault fortresses (land 5). However the army was ready for another fight, and this time it was over the Golden Horde. Although they were a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, we did have a deal with them to take various provinces with their permission. Of course this was if they actually upheld their end of the bargain, even so, we were prepared for them to break it, which it proved to be
To begin with however, the war with the Golden Horde went well (and also the Ottoman Empire did not intervene immediately). In the first few months we managed to take several provinces, however this was short lived, as the Ottomans decided to act and declared war against us. But we were prepared for this, and withdrew immediately to Russia proper. For the plan was not to attack the Ottomans openly in enemy territory but let them come to us in ours, since it would have been suicidal to attack them openly. Meanwhile we could attack any reckless Golden Horde armies, and then start wearing them down.
Indeed, that is more or less what happened, except for the fact that the Turks were too scared to make any serious attacks against us at all, apart from one or two raids which didn’t do much damage at all. However the Golden Horde was in much worse shape, and after several years of relatively low scale warfare, their empire collapsed, and the government fell, prompting independence movements in Astrakhan, Kazan and the Crimea. Once they had collapsed, the Otttomans soon sued for a white peace. Meanwhile our objectives had been met, which was a secure passage to lands further east.
The rest of the period was largely a mopping up exercise in taking provinces from the various countries that had declared independence from the Horde, plus Perm. The Ottomans even agreed to cede Kazan which they had inherited once they had diplo-annexed the Golden Horde. By the end our economy had not only recovered, but also increased by 10 percent. We had also become more centralised and slightly less innovative, to keep stability costs down due to our expansion and new religious minorities like the Muslims and pagans. All in all, Muscovy is in stronger shape now than she was in 1427.
AAR:
400d
ontime:
+100 ducats
Core request - Smolensk (285)
By 1427 Muscovy had seen off the Polish thread and the economy was doing okay if not brilliantly, we had become a bit more centralised and had invested enough to get to a new land tech level that enabled us to assault fortresses (land 5). However the army was ready for another fight, and this time it was over the Golden Horde. Although they were a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, we did have a deal with them to take various provinces with their permission. Of course this was if they actually upheld their end of the bargain, even so, we were prepared for them to break it, which it proved to be
To begin with however, the war with the Golden Horde went well (and also the Ottoman Empire did not intervene immediately). In the first few months we managed to take several provinces, however this was short lived, as the Ottomans decided to act and declared war against us. But we were prepared for this, and withdrew immediately to Russia proper. For the plan was not to attack the Ottomans openly in enemy territory but let them come to us in ours, since it would have been suicidal to attack them openly. Meanwhile we could attack any reckless Golden Horde armies, and then start wearing them down.
Indeed, that is more or less what happened, except for the fact that the Turks were too scared to make any serious attacks against us at all, apart from one or two raids which didn’t do much damage at all. However the Golden Horde was in much worse shape, and after several years of relatively low scale warfare, their empire collapsed, and the government fell, prompting independence movements in Astrakhan, Kazan and the Crimea. Once they had collapsed, the Otttomans soon sued for a white peace. Meanwhile our objectives had been met, which was a secure passage to lands further east.
The rest of the period was largely a mopping up exercise in taking provinces from the various countries that had declared independence from the Horde, plus Perm. The Ottomans even agreed to cede Kazan which they had inherited once they had diplo-annexed the Golden Horde. By the end our economy had not only recovered, but also increased by 10 percent. We had also become more centralised and slightly less innovative, to keep stability costs down due to our expansion and new religious minorities like the Muslims and pagans. All in all, Muscovy is in stronger shape now than she was in 1427.
AAR:
400d
ontime:
+100 ducats
Core request - Smolensk (285)
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