Best I could manage to do about Maghreb is finding some still Catholic relative of previous kings who took vows of celibacy, and pressing his claim.
Both issues then merged, as Aztecs decided to declare invasion war for Maghreb in addition to Ireland - doubling their total invading force to 165k, split halfway between both invasions.
Aztecs got completely wrecked. Facing whole might of HRE, Arles/France/Aquitaine, king of Scotland/Ireland, supported by two Holy Orders. We faced them in a glorious battle of Dundalk faced 41k Aztecs against 27k defenders, where half of them fell on the field, with barely 3k losses on our side. They might be numerous but they know nothing about fighting.
Soon even greater battle of Tara took place, with full might of 64k of good Christians, vs just 55k of the heathen invaders. And they got completely smashed again. And in many smaller battles. It was mainly their lack of cavalry and poor leadership that doomed them.
Unfortunately their invasion of Maghreb went a lot better - the infidel ruler got overthrown with nobody to help him, and my claimant's CB became invalid because there was no kingdom of Maghreb left.
The best thing about fighting in Ireland is that we can drown them in so many places
Too bad the Kaiser decided to accept Aztec surrender instead of continuing until all are slain
The end result was turning Ireland into a mass graveyard of troops from both sides of the Great Sea, with invaders having only 70k left of their initial force. Aztec Emperor died of severe stress seeing all the carnage, with his much less capable relative taking over. Soon that relative died of depression, leaving their realm to a different infidel dynasty.
Overall, it was a draw. Only one of their invasions succeeded and half their troops were dead, but they took over 11th largest country by development, and still had second largest army after the Mongols ready for further aggression.
The Kaiser was celebrating victory, but I had none of that. I gave a big speech where our policy was clearly stated:
- No Peace with the Aztecs
- No Recognition of the Aztecs
- No Negotiations with the Aztecs
We will drive them into the sea! We will drown every last one of them! And one day, we'll build great ships able to cross the Great Sea, and drive them into the next great sea as well!
Before I could deal with the Aztecs, I had some other issues to attend to. Queen of Georgia was fighting more traditional infidels. Unfortunately her marriage to my brother ended, as he died of gout at ripe old age of 16. Seriously, this DLC is so stupid sometimes. Since there was no real point in that war, I recalled my troops, even though I was technically still in it.
I also had to defend my wife Queen of Sicily from 3 simultaneous wars.
My vassals were really tired about those wars, and were conspiring, but I had no time to waste. Aztec Emperor got into fight with his vassals, so I had to help them. Aztec ruler got overthrown, and half of his remaining troops were dead, but they were still far from defeated.
As soon as new one took the throne, he declared a conquest of a county in Andalusia. You know, you could at least wait until my troops are going to leave right? Only 18k of their event troops was left afterwards. They even suffered a Waldensian uprising, but that was an embarrassing failure.
We might have failed to prevent Aztecs from establishing themselves, but they're now merely a strong unstable regional power, they do not pose existential threat to Christianity.
The Aztecs at least had the balls to attack strongest Catholic power, and what used to be one of the strongest Catholic powers before that Yazidi takeover.
The Mongols didn't have a single war with anyone who mattered, just some smaller hordes and minor tribes
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