How to not have my ally take over land during war?

[mss73055]

As Castilla I made a dash for Morocco. I deployed 30 units, Portugal comes to my "aid" bringing 12 units. While my armies fight Morocco's scattered defenses Portugal promptly seizes Tangier/Fez/Casablanca/Marakkesh/Ceuta/Melitta. They only leave me the crappy desert provinces. What puzzles me most is how Portugal could snatch my beach head Tangier from under my feet.

How can I stop an ally from poaching land?

[Dreamers]

Two ways either allow them to get killed or leave 1 unit in each province you want so the leader of the siege is you.

[Gandolf]

As Chrnno mentioned, try to get at least one unit to the provinces you want. Even if they cannot siege them themselves, as long as you get there first the siege will be yours in the end.

If your ally is faster than you, try to siege as many provinces as possible until your opponent is completely sieged and wait. Your ally will seperate peace out after some time and normally, as long as they don't have many provinces sieged and no claims, they won't take any provinces. So you can siege them and take whatever you want.

[Sir Slasher]

make sure u got the wargoal

[Two-Piece]

You have to be the one who occupied the area to get it.

There are 2 solutions:
* Don t ask portugal for help when you start the war.
* Occupy areas before Portugal does.

Unless Portugal peaces out early you get to decide what lands they get if you are the warleader.

[VoiceGS]

Hey

One thing that I have noticed is that if your ally is sieging a province that you want, you can move a army that is bigger than what they have sieging and they usually move out of the way to let you continue the siege. That usually happens in my games.

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[EQCR]

Well, you dont have to call them in right away, prepare the invasion, declare the war (uncheck call allies) Land at least 1 troop on each place you want to keep (mercs are good for this as they dont drain manpower) then WITHIN 60 (30 to be safe) days call your allies.