Blockade the strait and then it's just a matter of hunting down the remaining Ottoman troops in Europe and sieging down the rest of their European provinces. With their troops divided in two wars, you and your allies should be able to take Gelibolu and defeat the Ottoman navy. The Ottomans typically keep troops in Europe or move them into Europe too quickly for you to cheese the strait, but this is not an issue. Then, when you feel the moment is right, declare a reconquest war on the Ottomans (I recommend making the war target Selanik). When the Ottomans declare war on Candar, wait a few months for them to move their armies and attrition their troops a bit. Note that Wallachia and Serbia have a truce with the Ottomans until 1449 so these powers really only serve to deter Ottoman aggression, though you can usually get them to join the war in 1449. Albania and The Knights have cores on the Ottomans and will join the war on the promise of land, so it not necessary to curry favors with them, which is why I favor them as allies. To prepare for the war, curry favors and improve relations with all of your allies to get them to join an offensive war. As long as the allies are comparable to the ones I just described, the Ottomans should instead attack Candar first (one time they attacked Karaman). Having these four allies (plus Athens) should deter the Ottomans from attacking you immediately. You can also usually grab Crimea if you want to, but this is not necessary and they are fairly slow to ally and give favors. Ideally you will also ally a power to the east of the Ottomans like Trebizond or Karaman, but this is not necessary. This will put you over your relations limit, but given how long you will have these allies, you should only be paying <100 extra cumulative diplo power, which is far more preferable than near-bankruptcy or the other ways of cheesing the Ottomans. However, you should secure at least FOUR alliances.
You should ally Albania, the Knights, and at least one of the Orthodox powers that will readily ally you. The same interaction can occur with The Knights and Venice, so don't rival Venice. For instance, I had Albania ally Genoa in one of my games and I had rivalled Genoa so I could not ally Albania. I recommend not setting rivals until after the Ottoman war as your power projection will be inconsequential and rivalries can screw up your potential alliances. Theoretically you can use Moldavia for this strategy, too, but they always got subjugated in the first few years of my campaign or were rivals with one or more of my allies. I also managed to do this strategy this set of allies twice with no failures: I managed to do this strategy twice with the following allies with no failures:Īlbania, The Knights, Trebizond, Wallachia It's not essential that you get mil tech 4 for this war, but it is essential that the Ottomans don't get mil tech 4 before you do.
Get a level 1 military advisor and turn on military focus. Ideally you would also conquer Epirus in a 1444 war for +1 force limit, but this is only practical if they have no allies.
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I did this with regular troops just to see if it was possible (it is), but you can also use the free company or any merc band you wish.ģ. I recommend filling out your force limit. I also strongly recommend leaving at least one nobility privilege slot open for "strong duchies" because you should release Bulgaria after the war.Ģ. I recommend maximizing nobility influence for manpower recovery. There are no required estate privileges, but I highly recommend giving the clergy the "religious diplomats" privilege and perhaps "expansionist zealotry," though I was able to do this strategy twice without the latter. No save-scumming, bankruptcy, or merc spam required.ġ.
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After much trial and error, I have found a reliable strategy for reclaiming all Byzantine cores before 1454 in the dreaded 1.33 patch.
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