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Against the Hordes
October 3, 1541 - Enthusiasim for the Navy has led a wealthy merchant to give Mataram 5 galleys upon his death today. They are in Ajeh.
November 7, 1541 - Palakmedi expands.
November 9, 1541 - The Mughal Empire has declared war upon us! Both Champa and Orissa join our cause against the Sunnis. The Mughals must want to test my resolve as a new and young Regent. I shall drive them back.
In this war, I would really like to take the province of Khandesh. Khandesh seperates Bombay from Bastar, so getting it would create a land bridge across the continent.
I order our 9000 troops from Bastar into Khandesh.
November 28, 1541 - We eliminate the 500 or so infanrty guarding Khandesh and begin to besieege the city.
January 1, 1542 - 5000 Mughal troops contest our sige of Khandesh. I order 4000 calvary built in Pondicherry.
January 11, 1542 - 1000 Mughal calvary escape the Battle of Khandesh with their lives. The rest lay on the ground as corpses.
January 14, 1542 - A small scouting unti of 2500 calvary enters the woods of Khandesh and attacks my army. Calvary are not as good in forests, so I believe I have the edge.
January 19, 1542 - The advance calvary for the Mughals are completely eliminated.
February 3, 1542 - I see a large army of 13000 Mughal troops coming my way. I send the 2000 freshly ordered troops in Bastar into Khandesh.
February 20, 1542 - The Battle for Khandesh begins in earnest. 13172 Mughal infantry have entered the territory. I have 6594 infantry of my own plus 3407 calvary. We shall see what happens.
February 25, 1542 - Our 2000 infantry from Bastar have arrived to shore up our soliders during the fight.
March 5, 1542 - Sensing weakness, Ayutthaya declares war upon us. Dai Viet, Taungu, Vientiane join Ayutthaya. Champa joins us, but Orissa violates our alliance.
March 13, 1542 - I have ordered soliders built in every province on the Malaysian Peninsula.
27000 more Mughal soldiers look to be moving to Khandesh.
March 16, 1542 - We defet the Mughals in Khandesh, although our army is very tired and weary - physically and mentally as well.
This next battle could break us wide open.
March 24, 1542 - Khandesh is under attack by 23278 Mughal infantry and 252 calvary. I order our war-torn army to Bastar.
June 13, 1542 - 6000 troops arrive from Pondicherry in Bastar. We now ha a much better chance of survival. However, 30000 Mughal troops lie in Gondwana and another 9000 are in Raipur.
It's time to sue for peace while the tide still favors us.
I offer the Mughal Empire a white peace, they refuse.
July 7, 1542 - 21000 Mughal troops are in Khandesh. I think they are marching to Bombay.
July 23, 1542 - The 21000 troops do take Bombay.
September 16, 1542 - I order 10000 men into Phuket, owned by Ayutthaya. The Mughals look to be marching to Bastar. Is another balled going to be added before the first fades away.
September 23, 1542 - 1000 calvary, another advance force, arrives in Bastar and the battle is on.
October 3, 1542 - The calvary are eliminated, but we are staring down 31000 Mughal troops in Gondwana, plus another 21000 occupying our Bombay.
October 4, 1542 - We arrive in Phuket. It has a small fortress (level 2) and the army that died on the way in from attrition reduce our army to less than the 10000 needed to besiege the city.
October 27, 1542 - The Mughals have stopped coming my way fopr some reason. China declared war on Nippon, and Vijaynagar violated their allaince. Then they joined an alliance with Jodhpur and Gujarat.
November 13, 1542 - Anotehr 1000 troops arives on Phuket and a siege has begun.
December 25, 1542 - Ayutthaya challenges our right to be in Phuket with 7000 troops.
January 1, 1543 - I order more soldiers built in Malacca, Perak and Bastar. Then I send a peace envoy to the Mughals offering 100 ducats for peace. They accept.
Now it's a one front war. We have waited so long to go to war versus Ayutthaya.
I intend to make the most of our opportunity.
-Anxiety
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