By the Royal decree, the Army shall go forth and grab the province of Augas from Kingdom of Parsia! FOR GLORY AND LOOT!!
5
The army does excellent job in all aspects. The offense catches the Parsians by surprise and before the Augasian governor can mount any effective resistance, your soldiers already occupy most of the strategically important areas and keeps.
The Augas province, the crossroads of trade routes of many kingdoms, is now yours!
806 AD, Autumn
Already the revenues from mercantile taxes in Augas are filling up Luathbas' coffers!
806 AD, Mid-Autumn
You can't help but notice that your wife, so fertile once, did not bear you any children in last two years, and of course you don't shrink from your marriage duties. The royal healers determine that your wife is, in fact, barren. They do not understand why she suddenly lost the ability to produce babies, but they promise to investigate and try to help her.
806 AD, Winter
One of the factions in Parsian Civil War have begun a counter-offensive to regain Augas for themselves!
4
The fighting is intense and Luathbas army sees many casaulties, but you remain in control of the province!
806 AD, Mid-Winter
A prominent general arrives at your court.
"Sire! We demand more men so that we can maintain security in our glorious country as well as to man the garrisons of Augas!"
A) Spend some of Treasury's wealth on procuring mercenaries and adventurers to boost Army's ranks.
B) Draft some Luathbas peasants into the Army.
C) Do nothing as you're certain that the ever-victorious Army can do well as it is right now!