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    Default Re: Hayasdan Reforms - Help Needed!

    just a few words on Hai North Expansion:
    (no Forced Diplomacy, no cheats used in EB 1.1)

    as I wasn't able to get Govs I and II for Caucasus regions, I was left with armies of mostly Caucasian Infantry and light cav archers.

    I focused on uniting rebel settlements that would have Subjugation/Homeland markers after the 1st reform, and decided not to engage in war with Arche. The economy with small city stacks and roads/mines everywhere is going fine, with a 4-5k of seasonal treasury (ca 255 BC)

    Sauromatae attacks became very often, I had to keep 2,5 stacks just to fend them off in the mountain passes. I decided to push them back, and took the northern steppe province as a safety buffer: they had major cav barracks built there, and produced heavy cav archers every other turn - that were attacking me since the beginning of the game.

    To make my northern border safer, I have sent 2 stacks of caucasian infantry (spears, bows, javelins...) and a few generals to take settlements to the east and west: by evading Saurie field armies I brought fire and death to the steppe settlements (250-245 BC).

    Expanding west to Olbia, recruiting spear infantry on the way to reinforce the armies (spears suffered heavy casualties, but the anvil tactics with general units works well...) destroyed the Saurs' main recruiting base: in the East the Saka attacked my eastern inf stacks, helping their Saurie allies (ca 240 BC).

    Supporting lines became very long, and a heap of allied kingdoms were established, with inf archers garrison forces. Replenishing my infantry armies' numbers took some time, but it was not nearly as expensive as the cav armies would be.

    With a steady, slow progress I have my armies in regions north from my Pahlava and Baktria allies.
    Baktrians are gaining on Saka now, as my armies distract them: they still control NE corner, but with their 2-3 regions they won't be a major threat now (232 BC).

    Now Hai kingdom (finally undergone the Caucasian reform, thanks folks...) is ready to sweep the Archa with the spears and arrows of its veteran golden chevron infantry.
    Last edited by Quicci; 09-01-2008 at 22:05.

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