Bukhara

Bukhara is one of the scenarios in the Battles of the Forgotten. You play as the Sassanid Persians lead by their Shah Khosrau I trying to make up for the humiliating defeat by the White Huns and regaining the land that was lost.

Scenario Instructions

 * Starting age: Feudal Age
 * Starting resources: None
 * Population limit: 150
 * Starting units: Khosrau, Scytian Scout, (spawn: 3 elephant archers, 3 villagers)
 * Gaia units: 8 camels
 * Enemies: Hun Raiders, Gokturks (changes alliance), White Huns (Not attack-able at start)
 * Allies: Persia, Khorasan

Objectives
Optional:
 * Khosrau must survive
 * Follow the guide to the place where you can set up your base.
 * Reach the Imperial Age and wait for your army to arrive.
 * Defeat the White Huns.
 * Defeat the Gokturks.
 * Protect the Persian villages.
 * Pay 400 gold in tribute to the White Huns within 5 minutes.
 * Pay 600 gold in tribute to the White Huns within 5 minutes.
 * Pay 1000 gold in tribute to the White Huns within 5 minutes.
 * Send a messenger to the Gokturks to form an alliance.
 * Destroy and replace the towers guarding the Silk Road.
 * Send 10 villagers to the Fire Temple.
 * Tribute 1000 wood to Khorasan to earn access to their fish supply.
 * You can train ten Savarans by clicking on the main pavilion (costs 1500 gold)."

Official hints

 * Protect the local villages to ensure a steady flow of tribute.
 * Paying the tributes the White Huns ask of you isn't obligatory, but the White Huns are a dangerous adversary and placating them early on would be wise.
 * Forming an alliance with the Gokturks will help you in defeating the White Huns.
 * If you are low on gold, you can earn a great profit through trade with the trading post at the other end of the Silk Road.
 * Cavalry Archers dominate these plains- countering them with Halberdiers and Elite Skirmishers will be the most cost effective solution. The Persians have excellent cavalry so be sure to use them as well. War Elephants, on the other hand, aren't very useful in this situation.
 * Savarans are Persian heavy cavalry that can regenerate. They come at a price but they are worth their weight in gold.

Strategy
At the start you should try to build a town as fast as possible. Protect the allied villages from being raided to make sure you keep on getting resources from them and make it to imperial age. The White Huns will ask for tributes several times and it's a good idea to keep on paying them as long as you don't have a decent size army.

Once you get to the imperial age war is declared on the White Huns and you'll have to defeat them. Watch out for their strong Mongol mangudai and hussar combination. They'll also make other troops like elite skirmishers, monks and trebuchets but in smaller amounts. The best way to counter them is by making halberdiers and elite skirmisher with some heavy cavalry (you can buy Savarans a heavy armored regenerating cavalry unit). Also a couple of castles near their base will aid you in your fight. There's also the possibility to ally the Gokturks. The Gokturks have excellent heavy cavalry archers and hussars so they'll help you distract the enemy and raid the enemy towns. Once you've destroyed all their castles and their military the White Huns will resign and not much later the Gokturks will betray you. However they're not that strong as the White Huns and should be easy to get destroy. Once their base is destroyed as well you'll have won the scenario.