The Siege of Jerusalem

The Siege of Jerusalem is the fourth scenario of the Saladin campaign in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. It's based on the the 1187 Siege of Jerusalem.

Scenario Instructions

 * Starting age: Castle Age
 * Starting resources:, , ,
 * Population limit: 75
 * Starting units: Four Villagers, one Light Cavalry, four Heavy Camels, eight Mamelukes, eight Archers of the Eyes.
 * Gaia units: None
 * Enemies: Jerusalem (Byzantines), Hospitallers (Teutons), Knight Templar (Teutons)
 * Allies: None

Objectives

 * Do not allow any Jerusalem Monastery or the Dome of the Rock to be destroyed.
 * Destroy the 5 towers defending Jerusalem so that Saladin's army can occupy the city.

Official hints

 * Cut off Jerusalem's food supply by raiding outlying farms.
 * The two Orders of Knighthood have outlying bases that should be dealt with before assaulting the city.
 * Trebuchets can make short work of towers from a distance.

Strategy
To win this scenario, you must destroy all five towers in the City of Jerusalem which occupies a large citadel at the center of the map. You will lose if you destroy a monastery or the Dome of the Rock. This is the first mission in the Saladin campaign in which you can research everything in your civilization's tech tree.

Your opponents are the same as those from the previous mission, except there are no British. All three will attack with heavy cavalry. Jerusalem will also use Pikemen, Crossbowmen, Mangonels, and Cataphracts. The Hospitallers will use Teutonic Knights and Scorpions, while the Knight Templar will attack with Battering Rams. All three will start in the Castle Age, but Jerusalem will advance to the Imperial Age and may upgrade its units.

Construct your own village there. Although heavily fortified, you do not have to break open the walls of Jerusalem and raid the city to destroy the towers.