Milan - 1342 AD

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I have broken the encircling Byzantine armies with a night attack and destroyed several hundred heavy infantry in the process. I attempted to ransom back the survivors, but apparently the Eastern Emperor does not value men who surrender, and he has refused even though it would only have cost a measly 360 florins. In any case, my scouts report that even though I have broken the encirclement, I cannot leave the vicinity of Milan this year.

Therefore, I have decided on a bold plan: I have besieged the city. The men inside vastly outnumber me, but they are not exceptionally highly trained, they have no competent leadership, and I have destroyed nearly all of their heavy infantry in the last two battles. I have fewer than fifty infantrymen myself, and thus cannot take the city in an assault, but perhaps I can coerce them into a sally that would be more to my advantage. In any case, by besieging the city I will prevent them from recruiting further defenders. Hopefully Kaiser Elberhard and Friedrich Karolinger will arrive to aid me before the situation moves from dire to hopeless.

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