When you have the AI on very easy
Posted Apr 16, 2019, 11:34 AM UTC
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i am really fascinated by the austrians. they built a huge empire but everytime there was a battle they got their asses handed to them. still they maintained power over centuries. this baffles me.
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They had great riches in mining precious metals. They (Habsburg and other Austrian merchant nobility) persuaded the whole Holy Roman Empire for what it's worth.
The HRE system was kinda like a fragmented beehive, and queen bee was Austria.
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Wait, how can this happen, did the Swiss use a weaponized avalanche?
From the wiki:
As they retired, the Austrian army spread out to plunder the villages and farms. The Glarners now emerged from the snow and fog to take the Austrians by surprise as they were preoccupied with looting.[1][2]
Following a brief battle, the disorganized Austrians broke and fled toward Weesen, but the collapse of the bridge over the Maag or Weeser Linth dropped much of their army into the river where they drowned
The element of suprise and a badly buildt bridge.