Their spies have started to be quite successful as of late.
That bothers our Emperor so much that he hired an Inquisitor to get rid of them.
However, plans are also drawn to fight Bohemia again. Their disruptions must not go unpunished!
New artillery and our reinforced navy are nearly complete!
We attack in few months' time!
Blow the horns of war!
All our vassals and dear allies join the war - while even the Hessian Emperor turns his back at Bohemia!
Only Bohemian vassals, who will be liberated, stand alongside the Czech dynast and his armies.
First battle of the war is in Ruthenia. An incomplete Bohemian stack gets routed by one of our Themas.
Meanwhile, our other Themas, supplanted by our vassals' troops, bypass the heavily fortified (level 5 or even 6!) provinces like Carpathia or Szolnok.
The lands across from them have mostly level 2 or 3 fortifications, which means less time wasted on conquests.
Carelessness brought defeat to the Thema led by Emperor Ioannes XV himself!
Fortunately, he escaped unscathed. We will rebuild the Thema lost in the Balkan provinces.
The last two years saw both us and Bohemia avoid each other.
But they've signed a peace with Russia, and we can be sure they will come for us next.
A Quartermaster (reinforce speed) and Commandant (morale) are hired to help our Themas in the upcoming fights.
Casualties of these big melee massacres are no longer counted in hundreds, but in thousands.
Truly we've reached a new level of battlefield ferocity here.
Yep, it's the war of sieges and cold, angry glaring from across the borders.
We're certainly making inroads into Bohemia, and will soon begin attack on their heartlands.
Finally, we receive that boost to damage we've needed so badly!
This emboldens Emperor Ioannes XV to have some Themas run after and fight the Bohemian stacks!
Onwards, to Prague!
Meanwhile, our Imperial Navy is busy fetching other Themas from the outskirts of Byzantium.
One of our armies will be landed in Ostpreussen, to which access we were given by Burgundians (a polite bribe does wonders!)
With Prague in our hands and bigger morale amongst our soldiers, Bohemians have become desperate.
They throw small stacks and rush to recover occupied lands with depleted armies, leading only to more Bohemian casualties.
Emperor Ioannes XV will not back out from the war until a total victory is reached.
At the city of Ratibor, the Byzantine Emperor and King of Bohemia meet at the field!
And in the closing days of fighting, we receive a notification that Viktorin IV has been killed!!
This is major blow to the Bohemians, an a cause for celebration to us.
The last of Bohemian armies, led by the fearsome and and near invicible Miroslav Liberec, is annihilated at Kiev!
Shortly afterwards, we switch Scientific Revolution for Espionage, to boost our spies and their efficiency.
St.Michael did his work, and he is to be praised.
Now it's time for St.Nicholas (and a level 5 Ambassador) to make us look the best once we're at the table with Bohemian regents.
In completely unrelated news, we're making inroads into Upper Nile!
The natives here are completely bonkers, but with national focus on Dar Ja'al, we can take the lands rather fast.
The provinces themselves produce either Grain or Slaves, and the more of the latter, the better.
Lithuanians and Ukrainians rejoice as they're now living independently for first time in centuries.
The eastern provinces of Bohemians will soon seize the opportunity and rebel, in hopes of joining their Russian brethren.
Bohemia is broken, and will never, EVER, get back from this. And even if they do - we will be ready!!
