Talk:Barbarossa's March/@comment-203.88.145.101-20160721144445

I will tell you the best way to complete this scenario. I usually win this with over 70 plus units left (and on harder difficulties).

First of all you must take the route to the south, where you find a river. This river is guarded by a Saracen galleon. Take a monk to destroy this Galleon from a fair distance.

When you pass the river, you will meet Saracen mamelukes destroying a house. Do not approach them at all, they will not attack you unless you approach them. Remember, do not take the path to Gallipoli. The Saracens will fight you everywhere and you will not have warships to defend yourself with. easier is the path to Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

Then try to ride close to the wall of Constantinople and  in the path to Constantinople, you will see many outposts, and if you keep walking, you will see the walls of Constantinople, with double fortification and eight very powerful bombard towers. The Byzantine Emperor automatically changes diplomatic stance with you to Enemy, and you must fight through the walls. Remember just approach the gate of Constantinople with a single scout cavalry and when the Byzamtine Emperor changes his stance with you to enemy run back along the wall and back across the river. The cataphracts, pikemen and the onagers. First the cataphracts will attack you so put your teutonic knights forward to face them, then the pikemen will attack, use the same for them. Then send your paladins forward to take care of the onagers. All this time keep a line of archers behind to keep firing arrows at the incoming troops. Plus keep your monks nearby to heal the injured troops simultaneously. When the attacks from Byzantine troops end, take only one trebuchet, and destroy the bombard towers, the outposts and the gates. Also destroy the castle and some of the houses inside near the inside wall to make space for your troops. Also destroy part of the inner wall as it will help you escape quickly into the trasport ships. When the gates and buildings are destroyed, get your soldiers to Constantinople. Do not attack any building, just get a scout to the  except the Wonder. When your scout is next to the wonder, the Byzantine Emperor changes diplomatic stance with you to Ally, and you can use the Byzantine ships. But at this point, you have a problem. The Saracens trade with Constantinople, and many Saracen ships will be in the Byzantine Navy station. When the Byzantine ships become yours, the Saracens will attack them. Let your galleons, fast fire ships and demolition ships fight the naval battle while you escape quickly before the sacaren army attacks from land. A Byzantine transport ship can take 20 men, so you will only need four at most. Take also the galleons to protect you from Saracen naval attacks. The Byzantine ships are extremely fast, and you will be at the Anatolian beach in 5 to 10 seconds. Get to the north side of the beach, not the south side.

When you reach the Anatolian beach, you have only one enemy, the Seljuks. Unload one trebuchet off the transport ship. Then as you move just a little forward with it a monk will approach you, let it come closer, then get a paladin off the ship and kill the monk. You will also see a watch tower, do not destroy it under any circumstances, just bypass it. Send a scout ahead and you will see a hill, approach from the right side of the hill. Then you will come across a plateau in the middle, again pass it from the right side otherwise you might end up facing the castle. Slowly pass along the the right border of the bigger plateau. When you pass along this the watch tower might attack you and one or two of your soldiers might get killed. Still do not try to destroy the tower, just bypass it and no Sejuk troop will attack you. At the end of this path you will come across a bunch of trees, destroy them using your Siege Onagers and and again while keeping to the right side slowly move forward only with your Siege Onager. Herein you will encounter some wolves but they will not attack your Siege Onager. Kill them using your Siege Onager and then slowly bring your other troops forward while keeping them along the right edge.

When all the wolves have been killed bring all your troops forward and into the Hospateliers camp. You will see that you will have maximum soldiers alive.

Enjoy!