Did you offer all you have? If you offer the general less than his price there is a risk for your emissary to be murdered and his cash confiscated. In my case the general was offended by the offer. I tried to bribe the Trebizond rebels in Byz/High as I was besieging the rebels in Constantinople. This ended with me losing money and my emissary. The story ended badly for the general several turns later but that's another story. Yet, i am disappointed. Game offers you challenge and you re-start. You still have army and income, maybe princess. And in early it takes time before AI attacks.
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