Even after Ivan Hmara and Fyodor Loboda joined us, we continued to stand around and just fight defenders that showed up. I’m not sure what he was doing, really, because we never completed the siege. When Martyn Pushkarenko laid siege to Kalanchak, we rode over and joined him. It’s probably actually 5 if you count yesterday.Īfter taking Kilburun, Les’ and I just hung around the area and engaged any Crimeans we ran across. But we haven’t been at war with the Poles since, and I still haven’t gotten a screenshot of Bogun. In this battle, Bogun won and captured Skrzetuski. So when I ran into this battle back when we were at war with Poland, I had to get a screenshot, because, dude … Bogun vs. Well, the story has Ivan Bogun and Jan Skrzetuski both in love with the same woman. I freaked out at her last week, afraid to turn the page because Bogun was going to duel and I was scared to learn the outcome. Lyss can testify as to how much I am enjoying it. I’ve mentioned that I’m reading the book. One other thing before I go, since this will be the only post this week. The Poles hold many of their strongholds, like Vilna and Riga. The Swedes have been in a bitter war with both Poland and Moscow for some time now, so they have very few things left. I led an expedition up there and took that, Kovno Fortress, and Narva. And holding Krakov, I have a nice short ride straight over the bridge behind Warsaw to get to Allenstein Castle. It’s been fun fighting Swedes instead of Crimeans for a change. And once we took, um … that fortress that starts with D and is next to Lviv … we pretty much pushed the Swedes out of our area. Oh, sure, the Swedes took Kilburun and I had to get it back from them. After so much … WAR … it was nice to have the heartland of our territory at peace. It cost a bit more relationship with him, but it was worth it because I could save my thalers. For the low price of -3 relationship, he was convinced. Fortunately, it was the Crimeans, and even more fortunately, the general I needed to convince was Ahmed-pasha, one of my best friends. I didn’t care which one of the two factions he chose, just as long as I could end one of them and keep my forces focused on one. So I went around to the Cossack fortresses and visited the mayors until one gave me the quest. The mayors of the fortresses will offer a quest to convince two colonels, one from your own faction and one from the faction you are at war with, to bring a peace agreement to the table. I don’t want my colonels running off across the map on their own to lay siege to Sweden’s towns when we have the Crimeans right next door breathing fire on us. Now, we are stretched thin enough with one enemy. Shortly after we re-acquired those fortresses, Sweden declared war on us. Apparently he feels that he is disgraced by such acts of kindness, so I gave up on him and just put him in my prison after that.Īnyway, back to keeping my holdings. Sedjet-bey got mad every time I had a chance to capture him and let him go free. At least I have succeeded in not making him an enemy, however. Lord knows I’ve tried to win his favor but to no avail. I’m sure being Army Chief and not actually being in charge has got to be grating on his soul just a little bit. Probably has something to do with the fact that he is the one who I am always running against in the voting for Marshal. (Oh, hey, I got Timofiy Nosach in that shot too, on the left! Nice!!) Izmail was granted to the one man that I have been unable to form any kind of friendship with, Army Chief Pavlo Gomon. Hmel was kind enough to give me back the three that I had been lord of in the past: Kilburun, Krakov, and Ladyzhyn. I found a way to hold onto all three of my fortresses, however. Oh, there was some back and forth with the three nearest their homeland. Hmm … let’s do this! We took back all of them … Izmail, Kilburun, Kracow and Ladyzhyn. I went around doing quests until a couple of guys came to join me. This time, I didn’t even bother trying to mess with his 900-man army. Once again, I was without any fortress or even village of my own.
#Mount and blade with fire and sword mods full#
Then Giray got his full forces gathered again and took all three back. Things held steady there for some time and it seemed like we might bounce back fully, although I never seemed to have many guys joining me.
We bounced back from the Crimeans’ onslaught slowly, eventually gaining back Ladyzhyn and Izmail.