Re: Chancellor and governor reports
Chancellor's Report, 1224 AD
My lords, this year opened with several grave tidings I'm afraid.
Firstly, the Hungarians have decided to end the siege of Zagreb and assaulted the walls, slaying our brave garrison and occupying the city.
However, their move was not without consequence and the pope quickly excommunicated them.
As you can see, the Milanese have laid siege to Florence as we have feared, bringing our two nations back to war. With this threat on our territory, I am recalling our navy to sink all their ships and use the remainder of the BHA to drive them off our soil.
In other news, two young nobles have come of age. Siegfried von Kastilien and Markus Steffen.
And finally the good news: The danes have retreated from our borders to whence they came from. I shall have Prince Jobst guard the borders regardless to preempt any aggression.
Construction
Rheims: Mines
Dijon: City Hall (Chancellor's Choice)
Staufen: Jousting Lists
Metz: Inn (Chancellor's Choice)
Genoa: Council Chambers
Nuremburg: Mines (Chancellor's Choice)
Aleppo: Garrison Quarters
Adana: Blacksmith
Magdeburg: Jousting Lists (Chancellor's Choice)
Frankfurt: Blacksmith (Chancellor's Choice)
Thorn: Land Clearance (Chancellor's Choice)
Spy reports
- A spy is being recruited in Rheims to counteract a nearby French spy
- Rainald Erlach has infiltrated Krakow
- Adolf der Bartige has moved further towards an undiclosed location
- Dimarus der Rote has returned to Dijon
- Andreas Ermolt has infiltrated Zagreb
Assassin reports
- Welf Courcy has been honing his skills on French captains
- Hans Plittersdorf has begun his career as an assassin by eliminating the Moorish Crown Prince Faraj who has been enjoying our lands for too long.
Priest reports
- Tancred von Magdeburg has again failed to denounce the witch Bendis.
Merchant reports
None this year
Diplomacy
- The pope has again rejected a generous offer of Alliance, this time for maps and 10000 florins.
- The Byzantines have rejected my generous offer for military assistance, but our relations have improved due to the generosity of the offer.
- The English have rejected my offer for military assistance, but our relations have improved due to the offer's generosity.
- I have gifted our Sicilian allies military access.
- Wenzel von Augsburg (Diplomat) has successfully extorted 100 florins from the Poles in exchange for a truce for 2 years.
Naval reports
- Admiral Nikolaus is returning to Italy
- Admiral Johannes has sunk a Danish and a Russian naval force.
Land battles
- Markus Steffen has hunt down some rebellious peasants north of Rome.
- Captain Ansehelm from Vienna has beaten the Hungarians besieging Budapest with help from its garrison.
- Fritz von Kastilien has chased down some Hussites south of Vienna with support from its garrison.
- Hans has won two great victories against the Hungarians. They have been utterly defeated but have paid the ransom of 2600 to regain some of their battered troops.
- Captain Lukas, the garrison commander of Bologna has in conjunction with the cavalry from Venice, defeated two regiments of Milanese dismounted feudal knights.
- Captain Lukas has, together with Fritz von Kastilien and the garrison of Florence, defeated the Milanese invaders.
The Holy Crusade for Damascus
- Our most holy crusade is now just south of Iconium. I expect them to make landfall next year.
Generals
- Friedrich Scherer has constructed a watchtower north of Rheims and returned to Paris.
- Arnold has built a watchtower at the border to Durazzo.
- Lothar Steffen has split from the BHA with 3 regiments of dismounted feudal knights and 2 regiments armoured sergeants and is en route to Zagreb.
- Fritz von Kastilien has moved north towards Franconia.
- Captain Kurt is leading the remainder of the BHA to defend Italy. He is now resting west of Bologna.
- Markus Steffen has moved north towards Florence.
- Arnold has joined up with Jonas von Mahren and are nowbesieging[Clerical error...] standing outside Durazzo with a slightly regenerated AHA and Ehrhart von Mahren a day's march away.
- I have engaged a small Hungarian force and defeated them. While searching for the large army rumored to be nearby, I found them besieging Constantinople and engaged them.
-Emperor Henry has moved to the border of Jerusalem to ward off the Mongolian threat that is approaching the eastern border of Damascus.
- Siegfried von Kastilien has moved towards Breslau.
- Ansehelm von Kastilien is en route to Thorn.
- Prince Jobst has moved towards Frankfurt.
Useful intelligence and Developments
The Milanese seem to have a total of 5 regiments of dismounted feudal knights on Florentine soil equally divided.
The Milanese have been driven off Imperial soil by the brave Captain Lukas and have fled back onto their ships. I have ordered all prisoners to be executed.
The Hungarian remnants:
Outstanding battles
Hans engages the Hungarian army in aid of our Byzantine allies.
Battle results
1: Hans, 4:1 Odds vs small Hungarian army
2: Hans, 1:2 Odds vs large Hungarian host besieging Constantinople
Pre-Battle:
Results:
As such, at the closing of this year, there are no imminent threats to our security as the Milanese have been driven off and the Danes have retreated. Our allies the Byzantines can now also rest safely at night with Constantinople once again freed.
The only thorn in our collective eye by the end of this year is the taking of Zagreb by the Hungarians. I hope to retake it in 1226.
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