Death and Taxes... well mostly taxes...

[Keir Maxwell]

Originally posted by RyanZA:
The idea of an army passing through a perfectly happy province, and going along with an insane tax rate with no sign of the enemy is a bit far fetched.

The english in the 100 years war made a practice of moving rapidly through french terrotories pillaging as they went (no stopping to pillage) simply to ruin the local economy. The french would react with much larger forces and chase the english home but the damage is done. This is a very, very, close parallel to the Dom tactic you hate and yes the French hated it because it was damn hard for them to counter.

It is not a cheesy tactic at all - even a little bit. It is very historical. War was brutal far beyond what many seem to imagine. As for the idea that the local people have a community of interest with either empire fighting over them this was seldom the case in history .

"When Kings make war, poor little men must tremble"

Cheers

Keir