The first task in the war is pretty obvious: save Languedoc from the marauding, evil Skandistani. Pere hops to it, while a loan finances the raising of a second army of 8000 men.
September 1463 is a month of maneuver, trying to contain the Skandistani army while the second army comes together to allow for the annihilation of the enemy.
A sharp battle at the end of September sees the Skandistani wiped out with minimal Catalunyan casualties.
In November, Scotland shows some signs of life by annexing Norway. Their feeble expansion, though, doesn't give much hope of providing a counterweight to the Muslim states.
The economy at the start of 1464 doesn't look too bad, although a great deal of minting, and therefore inflation, is necessary to sustain the war effort. Hopefully these economic policies don't somehow come back to bite Catalunya!
In March, Pere strips the provinces of the right of levy, permanently, he hopes, centralizing the ability to raise and maintain soldiers as a power of the crown. Nobles are infuriated, burghers concerned.
A proposal that is laughingly called a peace offer arrives from Ruma in October. The envoy is sent packing, of course. A few ducats, and an old treaty with a crusading order, are meaningless; but to sever Catalunyan ties to a fellow Jewish nation? NEVER!
A much better peace offer arrives from Magyaristan in April, 1465, which is quickly accepted. They were only a participant in name, but their leaving the war nevertheless eliminates the specter of 22,000 soldiers that could at any time have come across the border. This leaves Catalunya outnumbered by only 5:2, instead of 7:2.
Granada traitorously comes to its senses and makes peace with its co-religionists in May, rather than continuing to defend an upstart Jewish state. Catalunya is once again outnumbered by more than three to one.
Pere likes a challenge; and between September and November, wins three battles that annihilate 12 Ruman regiments.
The Rumans are not dissuaded, and 1466 starts with another army landing at Girona. The 2nd Army, already moving there for coast defense, engages in a race that will determine who can take defensive positions in the mountainous terrain. The Rumans win that race, and Catalunyan soldiers force them from their positions only at serious cost in lives.
Catalunya's position remains strong, though. Most of these victories have come with only a handful of casualties.
In March, the Royal Army under Pere invades Ruman territory for the first time.
Al-Alemand makes peace the next month.
A delegation of nobles approach the king while he is at the capital in May. Confident that growing unhappiness about the war among all classes threatens the nation, and the current concern of the burghers at centralization of royal power leaves Pere without a power base, the nobles arrogantly demand the restoration of the old powers of the provinces "in the interests of the state". Pere, health poor from constant fighting, and furious at yet another insult by the nobles and by the treasonous implication of rebellion, replies "I am the state!" The right of petition by nobles is severely restricted, who predictably respond by stirring up discontent.
June sees Pere back in the field, destroying a Ruman army. He then travels east, to join the attack on Ruman territory.
Another Ruman army is destroyed by the 2nd Army with light casualties in March 1467.
With both armies in the east, the home front begins to deteriorate. When Liguria falls in June, Pere marches to relieve the provinces that have been besieged since March. Liguria itself is siezed, and a party of colonists and administrators are dispatched to properly bring it into the Catalunyan Jewish fold.
Ferrara falls in November after almost 10 months at siege.
A catalogue of every battle fought in this war to March 1468, the sixth year of the war.
In June 1468, a company of leading burghers, long-time stalwarts of Pere and the de Lunas - and technically minor nobles, having bought titles years before - suggest to the king that perhaps if he directly appointed royal governors over the provinces, rather than having the post be one of hereditary principle, it would benefit the state. Of course, it would mean further stripping the provinces of autonomy, which would no doubt upset some people. Pere agrees. After all, he is the state.
In August, Mantua falls. The next month, Ruma proposes a white peace, which is ignored.
The economy in January 1469. Apparently the war has been good. Even with the serious interest payments on the three outstanding loans, inflation above 10%, and an increasingly expensive military, actual income has grown by more than 16% over five years ago. Most of this increase has been in production of goods, as trade income has actually fallen slightly.
Although recent Ruman peace proposals have been ignored - Catalunya has the advantage now, no sense throwing that away - in a year or two, Ruma's powerful allies will no longer be bound by truce and could potentially re-enter the war. This would be bad.
By May, north Italy is in Catalunyan hands. On the weight of that conquest, plus dozens of battles, Ruma is forced to renounce her alliances with Skandistan and Al-Alemand, potentially making future wars against Ruma far less of a problem. It isn't much, but Liguria was also acquired in this war.
September brings word that a party of colonists sent six months earlier to investigate London and potentially claim it for Catalunya were captured and killed by the Skandistani. Further attempts will be made.
Europe and the economy, which has grown by 1.5% over the last year, in January 1470.