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OOC: These quotes from Machiavelli or Sun Tzu are either the ones I followed or ones that I think were in hindsight relevant to the Franco-Incan war. I modified a few of them and added one or two, I think it is clear which ones. I would recommend The Art of War and The Prince by Machiavelli to any civ player or anyone who wishes to expand their horizons. Reading them is incredibly insightful and entertaining. It will help your game. I am a poor Civ player, but with a bit of creative thinking and the advantage of having reread The Art of War about a month ago and the Prince about six months ago, I was able to achieve this victory against a superior foe. The first two quotes are mine. Also I wish I had the luxury of following his advice on mercenaries, since he was right. I also should have followed some other pieces of advice he gave, but I wasn't thinking clearly enough because I wasn't feeling well. The screens were made after the game, since I didn’t take any during the game.
Any comments you wish make to about my "Art of War", Charlemagne or The Hundred Year war will be edited into my post in the story thread. Please contribute by commenting the work in its entirely or adding comments to the specific passages. Please keep comments to those that can be relevant to civ and try to make them IC, invent a character who at a specific moment in HOTW12 history wrote up those comments.
The Art of War
by Charlemagne
”First Incan mistake: They thought they could achieve the supreme excellence of a victory without fighting.
"Second Incan mistake: They fought our armies and not our strategies.”
"Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them."
”When fighting a superior foe remember this: To capture a city by expending irreplaceable forces is not the acme of skill. To keep your cities but expend your enemy’s forces is the acme of skill.”
"Impossible' n'est pas français."
”He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.”
”A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.”
” It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best.”
”If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
..”
”The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.”
3rd French army in the uneasy years that followed the war, monitoring Incan reinforcements
"If our troops are no more in number than the enemy, that is amply sufficient; it only means that no direct attack can be made. What we can do is simply to concentrate all our available strength, keep a close watch on the enemy, and obtain reinforcements."
” If in the neighborhood of your camp there should be any hilly country, ponds surrounded by aquatic grass, hollow basins filled with reeds, or woods with thick undergrowth, they must be carefully routed out and searched; for these are places where men in ambush or insidious spies are likely to be lurking. ”
”If the enemy sees an advantage to be gained and makes no effort to secure it, the soldiers are exhausted. ”
”There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.”
” Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot. ”
Quotes about Charlemagne
"If someone puts up the argument that King Charles should have given Juto to the Incas to avoid war, I would answer as I did before: that you should never let things get out of hand in order to avoid war. You don't avoid such a war, you merely postpone it, to your own disadvantage."
Any comments you wish make to about my "Art of War", Charlemagne or The Hundred Year war will be edited into my post in the story thread. Please contribute by commenting the work in its entirely or adding comments to the specific passages. Please keep comments to those that can be relevant to civ and try to make them IC, invent a character who at a specific moment in HOTW12 history wrote up those comments.
The Art of War
by Charlemagne
”First Incan mistake: They thought they could achieve the supreme excellence of a victory without fighting.
"Second Incan mistake: They fought our armies and not our strategies.”
"Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them."
”When fighting a superior foe remember this: To capture a city by expending irreplaceable forces is not the acme of skill. To keep your cities but expend your enemy’s forces is the acme of skill.”
"Impossible' n'est pas français."
”He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.”
”A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.”
” It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best.”
”If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
..”
”The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.”
3rd French army in the uneasy years that followed the war, monitoring Incan reinforcements
"If our troops are no more in number than the enemy, that is amply sufficient; it only means that no direct attack can be made. What we can do is simply to concentrate all our available strength, keep a close watch on the enemy, and obtain reinforcements."
” If in the neighborhood of your camp there should be any hilly country, ponds surrounded by aquatic grass, hollow basins filled with reeds, or woods with thick undergrowth, they must be carefully routed out and searched; for these are places where men in ambush or insidious spies are likely to be lurking. ”
”If the enemy sees an advantage to be gained and makes no effort to secure it, the soldiers are exhausted. ”
”There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.”
” Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot. ”
Quotes about Charlemagne
"If someone puts up the argument that King Charles should have given Juto to the Incas to avoid war, I would answer as I did before: that you should never let things get out of hand in order to avoid war. You don't avoid such a war, you merely postpone it, to your own disadvantage."