Don ' t know why but I hate spurs much more than any other rival team , even Arsenal . I hope we beat the shit out of them . <| sep |> R 5 Got a PU on France before 1450 not sure of exact date , and got them loyal by 1451 . This is possible in the new patch , as France demands your new provinces , and you can simply deny it and go into an offensive war to claim the french throne . Here ' s a mini might not end up being mini guide 1 . Prewar Alliances . Firstly , Castile NEEDS to rival France . This is key . If they don ' t , restart . Castile will join your war with a promise of land . Austria is a great ally to get as well , however , austria will not join as they have no interest . Now the next step is to stop France from getting big allies . As France will be on the defense , their allies will join almost always . If France gets an ally such as Aragon , you might be better off to just restart . But to stop many alliances , you need to keep an eye . If France is getting happy with Savoy , then ally Savoy . France allies the Papal States very often , so allying them is usually a very good idea , as the Papal States ' troops can be enough to swing the war . Note that it is likely possible to use Aragon as your call to arms ally instead of Castile , but I have not done it personally . 2 . War . Ship your army to Caux and build to force limit with mercenaries . Don ' t build regular troops , your manpower is already going to be hitting rock bottom . When the war starts around 1447 , hire a military advisor that is useful morale or discipline and send your 3540 k stack into Paris . France keeps half of their army 15 k 18 k in Paris . This should be a stackwipe . Now , siege down Paris . Keep an eye on the rest of France and his stray weak allies in my game , he had Genoa and Cleves . If they are going for a full blown attack on Castile , you may feel prompted to send some help . Just be sure that you aren ' t outmanuevered , because resetting your siege in Paris would set you back a lot . The War of the Roses might be coming up around now . In my opinion , you should go over force limit and take a few loansdebase currency in the homeland for the event spawned ones . For the supports opposite dynasty ones , wait until they are at 90 %, and then increase autonomy to stop it .