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| - The player starts with a large army that has gathered over a promontory just south-east of the captured city of Toledo. The objective is to defeat all the soldiers of the Visigoth Garrison and destroy all five of their towers. This will give control of the city of Toledo to the player. The Visigoth Garrison has a lot of soldiers so the best strategy to defeat them with the least amount of casualty is this: The player should gather the entire army and keep them right outside the city walls, not in range of towers. Then, take any one of the ranged cavalry (Camel Archer, Genitour or Cavalry Archer), go into the base and attack a unit, lure the soldiers in that area and bring them closer towards the stationed army and use the rest of the army to defeat them. Repeat this from all sides of the city. If done correctly, the player will have a considerable amount of soldiers still left. Then use the two Siege Rams to destroy the five Watch Towers. After this, Toledo will come under the player’s control. Once Toledo is captured, the player should start making Villagers. Use the first few Villagers to complete the gates of the city that had been destroyed. After that, make farms around the Town Center. There are two Mills outside the city walls to the north but it is not recommended to build farms around them, since soldiers from Guadalajara may attack the villagers. There is a Relic close to the player’s city near the starting position, so make a Monk from the Monastery to pick it up and drop it back at the Monastery. This Monk can also be used to heal the player’s injured soldiers, if any. There is also another relic located on a small island at the western edge of the map, and a gaia Transport Ship near the coast, which can be used to claim the relic. Be sure to scout out the market to the northeast as well, as the trader there will sell the player Chemistry for 500 gold. While the enemies are still not attacking, the player should use their initial army to attack the small military camp of Guadalajara directly east to their base. They only have a few soldiers, two Watch Towers and a Palisade Gate. Defeating them will give the player access to a large supply of gold and stone, which will probably be enough to last the rest of the scenario. Since the mines outside the player’s base can be vulnerable, it is advised that the player send their villagers to mine stone and gold from here. After 20-25 minutes, the enemies will get aggressive and the player should expect frequent raids, mainly from Merida and Talavera. They will mainly strike the western and southern part of the player’s base (although Guadalajara will attack in the north) so it would be good if the player stations troops in these areas. 30 minutes after defeating Visigoth Garrison, Musa ibn Nusayr will give the player his large army of siege and cavalry. After 40 minutes of in-game time have passed, Seville will start building their Wonder. Even though Seville has started building their wonder, it’s better to start attacking Guadalajara first because it takes almost 40 minutes to finish the Wonder (at the latest, otherwise it will be finished around the 20 minute/30 minute mark), after which the player has another 200 years to destroy it. Defeating Guadalajara should not be difficult at all and their base will come down with a few Knights, Cavalry Archers and Trebuchets given by Cordoba. All the while, the player should take care to counter the raids on their city by other enemies. After Guadalajara, target Seville next. By this time, their Wonder will probably by half done and Merida might also have started building their Wonder. Similar to Guadalajara, Seville also has quite a weak base and should fall to a few Trebuchets along with Knights and Cavalry Archers. After Seville is defeated, Merida’s Wonder might be half done and Talavera would have started their Wonder construction. Since the objective is to defeat only 3 enemy cities, the player has an option to either target Merida or Talavera. It should be noted that Merida has four Castles, but Talavera has a navy along with a lot more soldiers, so both of them are almost equally difficult to destroy. Whichever the player chooses, they should take all of their remaining siege and Trebuchets and attack the military buildings first before going to other buildings, to prevent the enemy from making more units to counter the player. Once either Merida or Talavera have been defeated, the player will be victorious.
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