My threat score is through the roof and fighting the Abbasids and Tulunids at the same time for Jerusalem doesn't appeal.Īt the end of the last king's reign when he was incapicated by a blow to the head, the council pushed through an obligation law that lowered the levy I can call on, but increased the tax.
If the Italians don't manage to liberate Sardinia soon, I think that will be my next target. Otherwise, my vassal Kings continue to expand, conquering the rest of Alania and expanding into Azerbaijan. I liberated Damascus and put the exiled King of Georgia on his throne. That did take a bit of intervention by myself. Most importantly I've cleaned up all the border gore. I instead spent most of my time and resources reestablishing the Byz position in the Balkans and the Mediterranean.īy the current date of 936, the Black Sea is a Byzantine Lake and we're knocking on the gates of Jerusalem. My eastern Dukes quickly overran Armenia, Georgia and most of Alania while also making in roads into Syria with only a minimal amount of assistance from me.
The conquest of Cilicia was enough to topple the rest of the dominoes. Just conquered Cilicia, Galilee and half of Antioch. I actually hadn't had to do much holy warring in the East up to this point. Doing pretty well in my latest Byz 867 game.
