So my expansion had been a bit slower than I wanted and the robots had expanded into my extended cap circle (2 provinces). It didn’t feel right, and I made the bold move to enforce that extended cap circle, thus de-facto declaring war on them.

A small conflict ensued, and 1 battle decided the fate of it, where the Fay Knights and some barbs destroyed a decently sized army [Battle Turn 18]. It was a bit expensive, but I still had a quite decent army afterwards.

We finally made peace, I kept the 2 attacked provinces but paid reparations for a destroyed fort under construction.