The Hungarians could have bribed it away. Remember that France already did that to Metz.
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The Hungarians could have bribed it away. Remember that France already did that to Metz.
If there is a byzantine ex-garrison outside Sofia, then the Byz have sold it to Hungary.
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Originally Posted by FactionHeir
Can we confirm that FH? If they have, then Arnold is going to be pissed :yes:
FLYdude,
I'll PM you with my decision on leaving Budapest to the Hungarian's.
To all,
I must say this is pretty interesting as the AI is pressuring us all (except the holiday team down in Italy :beam: joke boys) and we are all fighting for resources.
Or could it be a rebellion due to religion differences and revert to it's mother country?
Doubt it. Its a citadel with almost all buildings built and has more than 100%PO even with a single unit inside. Considering they got a 1/3 garrison but religious differences, it would still have been around 80-90
Bottom line is guy's, they have it, and now with all the money they have I expect even better troops coming for Budapest.
I'm pulling out of Budapest.
I have excellent missile troops but not enough DFK to defend the walls against their 5 units of DFK's. The spear troops I have will get hammered by those guy's also.
Let me fight it :grin2:
I've been fighting endless siege defenses in my last 2 SP campaigns (England & Venice) and managed to hold off a horde of DFK+DCK with 5 ISM for instance.
All you need for a siege defence is spearmen and a general to boost morale.
Only complicating factor is if the enemy has artillery. Then you'd want to have a few swords too as the wall breaches (that is, non-gate breaches) are tough to defend.
Hi FH,
Nice offer but no thanks :laugh4:
Have you checked the troop composition?
They have everything they need to take the city. Plenty of artillery, at least 5 units of DFK to take the walls, plus at least 4 units of Knights to force the breaches and gates.
Checking now.
Btw, your diet post is missing a "not" i think.
Also, Leopold would turn in his grave at Arnold's cowardice :tongue:
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Checked save.
Confirmed Hungary initiated diplomacy with Byzantium and bought Sofia off them.
The 2 forces outside Budapest are a piece of cake to defend or attack against.
I'd propose you move the Sofia troops behind the closer stack and attack with Arnold from the front in a pronged attack.
Afterwards, use Arnold, Sigismund and if you really need, a few more units, to kill the second stack.
Thanks for the spot FH.
Nice try....but I'm not biting on that one :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by FactionHeir
Oh, but then you don't know about the letters that went on between Hans and Leopold ~;)
No I don't know about the letters FH
To all,
I'm taking the save back.
You seem to have inspired the Dread Duke into action FH
Well, someone had to, eh? :grin:
Save is up.Quote:
Originally Posted by FactionHeir
http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1254-4.zip
I went on a little tear away it seems :laugh4:
Well done ~:)
How many troops did you use for the whole thing? In my game, I went for Arnold+Sigismund from the north and 2 gothics and 2 2handers from the south. Did mean that quite a few managed to escape though, but lost only 79 men :grin:
Thanks FH.
I used the kitchen sink, unlike your surgical strike I see :laugh4:
Everyone is back in Budapest apart from the Zweihander's who did not have enough movement points.
They will arrive the next turn.
I still need a refit urgently so I can block these attackes in the field, plus I'd love to give Cecil an army so he can have a crack at this. But we would need at least two half stacks to do this.
Arnold is now Merciless so Leopold would be proud.
Merciless hey?
Could be fun for the future, as more seem to be picking up Dread traits (it's not like any Russian will ever be released)
Ansehelm the Despicable, son of Gunther the Honorable - i can see it now!
I had that purpose from the very beginning. It was a combination of following in his fathers foot steps in character and far too much chivalry for my liking when Arnold first came to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stig
Heheh, loads of sons don't want to end up as their father :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by gibsonsg91921
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Originally Posted by Stig
Leopold went down in a blaze of glory so Arnold was more than happy to oblige.
Meh, if it wasn't for Henry's begging, Hans woulda become a dread knight too. He already has several dread traits (including BattleDread which you can't turn into BattleChiv except by losing several battles) so he'll never become overly chivalrous if he fights any battles.
Hey guys. I think Ituralde's avatar is also in the Kaiser's stack. I don't think anybody would mind if he fought the battle(s) at the 48 hour expiration instead of having his character be possibly put in a highly unfavorable autoresolve.
I have no objections, the Kaiser takes ill and Siegfried leads the battle. Might explain the whole I made my third adopted cousin my heir thing. :laugh4:
Not at all, could make for some interesting IC as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by FLYdude
Sounds good to me FD.
Heh, he can knight himself, can't he? ~D
As long as we can get this moving again.
What about Jonas von Mahren, him fighting might be important to save Stettin.
Yep, Ituralde can fight the battle.
Probably best to split him from the main stack pre-battle though to allow him to get the traits etc.
Well, the problem is that they're completely surrounded, with no movement possible, which is why the battle is critical. Only a small army is blocking south though, so it could be removed first with ease.