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Choosing Destiny - Taking Atjeh
It is becoming increasingly clear to me that war with Atjeh will not come to us. We have been unable to obtain a Casus Belli with Atjeh for 40 years now. Nor have they declared war upon anybody else.
As such, I have decided to take the drastic step of declaring war without a Casus Belli. We will lose some stability, but taking Ajeh will be worth it, I feel.
March 23, 1514 - I declare war upon Atjeh and call upon my allies the Champa to join me. They join as requested.
I order the Riau army into Ajeh and the war fleet into the Coast of Ajeh.
March 24, 1514 - Our Royal Marriage with Tibet has expired. They reject our proposal for another.
April 18, 1514 - Our army enters Ajeh and battle with the 1000 infantry there goes quickly.
April 28, 1514 - We wipe out the Atjeh army and begin our siege of Ajeh.
April 30, 1514 - Atjeh sends a peace envoy. Do they think I declared war on them without a Casus Belli for the fun of it? Or for the 10 ducats they offer? Hardly.
July 5, 1514 - Champa's forces join ours in Ajeh.
September 26, 1514 - We set up a colony in Vanin.
October 4, 1514 - Several other wars have started in the past two days. Vijaynagar declared war on Hyderabad, Orissa joined Vijaynagar, and Assam declared war on Myanmar.
December 1, 1514 - We capture Ajeh. I go personally to Atjeh and demand their annexation. With our cannons and calvary outside their walls and our infantry set up in their city, with a huge fleet in their harbor, Atjeh has no choice but to surrender to us.
Atjeh is no more. All that reamins is just another province in the Mataram empire.
-Anxiety
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