I was CHALLENGED by Reddit to SAVE this IMPOSSIBLE Spain | Historical Ruined Campaign 

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"I am firmly convinced Spain is the strongest country in the world. Century after century of trying to destroy herself and still no success." Otto von Bismark

>37k Loan Zlewikk: We saved Spain!

you didn`t wear the construction hat. please redo

I love how the only chance to win is to not fight Napoléon, this is historically accurate.

The reason for the weirdness with the independence wars is because Paradox hasn't updated most non 1444 starts dates since EU4's release. Colonial nations weren't a thing in the game until the release of the first DLC. To simulate the independence wars Paradox just made them already independent for this start date.

A cool historical note would be that term "guerrilla" has it's roots coming from this exact rebellion. Spanish called this guerilla, (guer=war, guerrilla=little war) , since usually they couldn't decisively fight against napoleons battalions in battlefield but they tired them down with cutting supply and picking skirmishes here and there until British and Portoguese armies gain stronger stance and French driven away for good.

18:40 Zlewikk goes "do they (France) have any artillery though?" Bro it's Napoleon, ofc he has all the artillery

Zlewik: I use everything to win the battle Spanish order for +1 dice in the state: Am i a joke to you?

Since I am spanish and we get taught this in school I can share some of the history behind this. Basically Spain was a french ally, the gave them military access to invade Portugal since they were a Brittish ally but Napoleon betrayed Spain and invaded it. Fernando VII and his father gave away the crown to Napoleon's brother in exchange for some palaces in France. The spanish didn´t like the french at all at this time and weren´t happy a french was ruling them (quite ironic taking into account the kings were from house Bourbon). In 1812 Spainhad its first constitution made by the Cortes of Cadiz (who were opposing the French). Fernando VII promised to mantain the constitution if he got back in power after the revolts. The Spanish independence war had a important rol on the Napoleonic defeat. It was also at this time that the colonies seized the opportunity to become independent. After Napoleon was defeated Fernando VII returned to power, and stablished an absolutist rule, thus, breaking his promise to mantain the constitution, and this is how he became the most hated king in spanish history (and is still like that today). PD: Some of the things have more depth but it already is quite a long comment. Any corrections or additional context is welcome :)

We need more ruined campaigns. An infinite supply. Please.

One of the very few people who could've saved this campaign, I'm not gonna lie I thought there was no way you could've won the war against France. Really, really impressive!

Fernando VII was one of the biggest jerks in Spanish history. During the napoleonic ocupation he was imprisoned in Valençay, France and when the Cortes created the Constitution of 1812, they were expecting him to come back after the war to swear the Constitution, which would establish a constitutional monarchy and even saw him as a hero, calling him Fernando "the wished". But, since he wanted to be an absolutist monarch, instead of going to Madrid, he went to Valencia, where the monarchist were waiting for him and abolished the Constitution, destroying one of our earliest efforts of modernisation and democratisation and submerging Spain in almost 20 years of poverty, unrest, feudalism, illiteracy and sorrow, and many more to come. He was also one of the main reasons we lost our colonies.

I fucking LOST IT when Columbia became blue and you were flabbergasted lmao. That whole situation was fucked lol. These is my favorite series you do. So different from our normal games and even to regular saving your ruined campaigns. Please keep em coming!

Zlewikkk

Napoleon: Destroys Continental Europe in battles Austria: Ol' Reliable *starts marrying peeps off*

"We can fix the economy of Spain" - this is what's called "foreshadowing"

Gabriel Suchet's Anti Guerrilla Warfare tatctics are studied too this day, he was the only Napoleonic Marshall in Spain who managed to keep the relative peace and gather support of the peopple, by estabilishing order and law, paying his soldiers and forbidding looting, and gaining over the population by making deals and cooperating with local leaders. He was so beloved that when he died, one of the villages he occupied erected a statue to that stands to this day. Think about it, someone enforcing the will of another nation was beloved enough to get a statue of his own!

The Peninsular War started with uprisings in Spain after Napoleon invaded Portugal. Because of the drain on resources the fighting caused, Napoleon referred to the war as his "Spanish ulcer."

Hey Zlewik, Portugal should have it's capital in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil during that time, the royal court just went to Brasil so Napoleon couldn't capture install a pupet government basically. Portugal should get a decision to switch capital to Rio de Janeiro in the case of occupation with issues long term wise like a disaster, in the European possession if it does not switch back to Lisbon after a war

All starts with a petition from Napoleon for crossing through Spain to conquer Portugal. Fernando VII (Spanish Ruler) accepted, then the french started conquering spanish land instead Portugal's. Obviusly, french army was way better and bigger than the spanish one at this period of time, so the french occupied the majority of Spain and Napoleon forced Fernando VII to abdicate in favor of his brother (Jose Bonaparte). The idea of being betrayed and controlled by french people didn't like to the majority of spanish people (except a small group of people, called "Afrancesados" here in Spain). The result of this unrest was the start of something called "guerrillas" here in Spain (small groups of spanish peasants ambushing french armies and cutting off their suplies). During that years the french army lost their first battle (during the Napoleon period) and it was the start of the Independence War.

Damn, what an epic challenge issued by u/AChickenOnReddit

Great to see him manage it. I think he should have checked to build ramparts first in the main 3 forts in the north. The +1 dice roll would help a lot, and the attrition isn't negligible. Also, the Canadian in me can't help but notice that the war of 1812 was mentioned. It's such a silly thing, but hey, we won, so we're proud.

Everybody's at war, cause its the war of the Sixth Coalition. I'm pretty sure this is the one where they finally beat Napoleons ass

Well done, but those miltech 23 African mercenaries probably hurt more than they helped, probably explain a good chunk of your devastating battlefield casualties

Wanted to see you play anbennar or ante bellum. There are some difficult starts in those two. The Nestorian assyrian nation in ante bellum is VERY difficult.

1:11 That's better than what you get if you start in the bookmark selector.

The general that was helping Zlewikk fight the pretenders in Spain, Field Marshal Suchet, was so highly regarded by Emperor Napoleon that he once stated: "If I had two generals like Suchet, I would have won the war in Spain." When asked who his finest commander was after his final exile, he said "It is difficult for me to say, but it seems to me that it is Suchet." Suchet was the Governor of Aragon during the Peninsular War, and was the only French commander establish and maintain order within his province and within his army. He forbade his troops from looting and pillaging, even when such actions were commonplace throughout the rest of French occupied Spain. After his death, a prayer service was held for him by the people of Aragon, so highly respected he was even there.

I didn't know you could continue playing after 1821, thought you could only do that with ET mod. Guess you learn something new after thousand of hours as usually with this game.

Ahh yes, playing with Spain at any point since the Napoleonic wars. Thats the definition of "Ruined campaing" xD Even in Victoria or HOI xD

Will there be Diplo idea groups tierlist? The Admin one was very helpful

Historical France in 1813: Oh God, not another f*cking Coalition! I can't take this anymore! *surrenders* '' EU4 France in 1813: ''Dont you worry pal, here's a spare army until i smash those fools in Europe. *proceeds to smash the fools in Europe* ''

As another EU4 survivor of Independence War from France as Spain this deserves one and only thing: GGWP!

OH NOOO I guess I'll just cross that off my video plan for next week :( :( Seriously, the moment I saw that thumbnail, I just KNEW :( Looking forward to watching how you saved it though :D

4x income in deficit and 37k loan with a looming bankruptcy Zlewikk: We saved Spain!

Revolutionary France has Napoleon God-tier general. Guillermo Elcano "Hold my beer"

Napoleon a 6 6 6 2 general, you know the guy famous for his artillery skill, is a 2 star siege.

you had a napoleon, maybe not in the game but he was sitting in front of the computer 👉👈

I would have probably just left the rebels win xd

Meanwhile at the British court: - My liege, our enemies of old, the Spanish, they've just beaten Napoleon. The Napoleon. - They did what now? o_0

suchet was a brilliant general in the peninsular war, very underrated

I don't know exactly, but you are right with what you are saying that Spain was give Napoleon problems once they turned against him.

this is the end of most of my campaings. often in the late 1600s or early 1700s.

Clash with Napoleon was amazing 😎👍

To be honest I would just integrate colonial nations via console if I had enough war score if there is no proper peace option.

7:36 bro chill

Man didnt got rid of José Bonaparte, but saved the country, weird feelings I have

I need to send you my NA native american campaigns. I get to a point where I'm stuck with no money to fight the brits, spanish or porteguese. I usually play as Quizquiz cause they are already at gov ref 3.

Crazy. We saved the city :D

could you do a fall of the Ming historical ruined campaign?

27:08 - Victory against Napoleon: +2 Prestige. +1.34 War Exhaustion. Napoleon: +30 Army Tradition. I bet he retreated like "Actually, I didn't retreat. I merely got bored of the battle and decided to come back and f*ck my wife." And ordered that to be published in every continent.

This is historically accurate

A bit late to the party but would you be interested in saving Hungary from the Ottomans in 1526 August? A bit of historical context: Just before the battle of Mohács which left the nation in two (and a bit later three) pieces: Royal Hungary controlled by the Habsburgs (western Hungary and most of modern day Slovakia) and The Ottoman occupied territories (Central Hungary, in hungarian Hódoltság) (And a bit later on the principality of Transylvania as an Ottoman vassal). It is one of the biggest disasters in the history of Hungary as it is esentially Hungary's fall from grace, not long before it was the golden years under king Mathias Corvinus and after it Hungary became a subject of the Habsburgs up until 1918. The hungarians had fought several independence wars against the Habsburgs if you are interested, such as between 1703 and 1711 (if I recall correctly) with Ferenc Rákóczy II as leader in an anti-Habsburg insurgency (although I am unsure if this can be found in EU 4).

Couldn't you have sortie'd in the first battle against france? Well you still won, well done!

Will you be taking part in the Grandes Lan Party this year?

Solid play thru

How has Mexico got those fogged up provinces... surely the Terra incognito would have been cleared if they were a colonial subject

Que fane Fernando VII es bad ending y que ganen los franceses también, no hay manera de salvar esta partida.

eu4 should really just stop pretending it has other start dates

hey, at least stability didn't start negative

Zlewikk vs Napoleon who is better general?

I am very sorry Zlewikk, but you left José Bonaparte on the throne. Other than that, better than historical Spain.

-loses 130k troops in 1 battle “This is fine guys”

Prussia, smallest Italy I've ever seen, massive france. Looks like a fun game

Why would Joseph Bonaparte (Napoleon's puppet on the Spanish throne) be at war with France? The rebels are at war with him, not joseph.

playing as the brother of napoleon ( king of spain) being a subject but still be considered at war with france WTF ???

AI France did save herself from the turmoil lol

Hey, I'm not a pro EU4 player or anything and am just genuinely curious, why didn't you just delete the fort in Burgos, so the french just go to the fort in Nevarra with mountain terrain so they would get -2 to their rolls?

I love your hat where did you get it?

Love u zlewikk 🎉❤🎉❤🎉

Would letting the pretenders win make you independent?

Historically i think it was pretty stupid for the spanish to fight the french, they lost their whole empire because of it.

23:23 a jakbyś zrobił Sortie to skoro wcześniej mówiłeś że to fort 8 to garnizon nawet ma + powiększony o idee defensywne a Francja miała też już artylerię samą na pierwszej linii to czy bitwa była by wygrana ?

I think in independence wars you only need the subject to accept defeat and it will remain a subject. Am i wrong?

Rebels cant break a country if your at war, so as long as your at war, the rebels cant force demands even at 100%

Hey, Zlewikk please we need a campaign where you are playing as Taiwan (real China) and liberating it's lands

At the moment you kept being a french vassal you lost the challenge for me

huh? why would you fight France while still having Napoleon's brother on the throne? Thats the weirdest roleplay ever

I am subscribed to hats.

part 2 pls

SAVE this IMPOSSIBLE

YES!!

im a simple man i see zlewikk i like comment for algorithm and share with my friends :D

Do you intentionally not use movement cancelling or forgot about it? I guess it is kinda an exploit

¿cómo puedes jugar ese escenario? ¿es un mod? A mi nunca se me rebelan tantos enemigos.

Guys if you have excess manpower when you're at peace forcefully spawn the rebels after 50%. I do this every run and never have rebel problems and all my provinces have the lowest autonomy possible after lowering it throughout my run.

Damn, you can't even make jokes anymore

O bratku

7:34 kinda sus ngl

Delete Burgos fort to force mt. Battles, no?

Zajebisty!

Bankrupt and lose junior partner france

Pierwszy. Polska gurom

If you white peace subject, shouldn't he remain subject?

Жалкая пародия на воеводу😂

Where are you form ZLEWİK? You like a russian

I have never played untill the end screen. Can you still get achievments past it? Also all the modifiers that are ''untill the end of the game'', do they expire?