Talk:Langshan Jiang/@comment-178.148.193.67-20180918163434

Probably not the most difficult scenario, but I'd say it's definitely the most stressful one, right alongside the final level of Saladin's campaign. You're on a timer, you get constantly attacked from all sides, you have to protect units you cannot control and the ressources within your base get exhausted quickly. Ugh. Not to mention that the enemy had a very annoying habit of attacking my base with trebuchets just as I was busy escorting the transport ships.

That said, it does get easier after the 2nd transport, as by then you should be able to start going on the offensive and gradually gain naval supremacy. Once you've destroyed their docks and ships, the enemy get stuck on their island, and their eastern base can also be decimated with cannon galleons. After that, you can simply contain land attacks from the west by building a couple of extra castles if you don't feel like launching a full scale invasion.

I thought the pirates would be more helpful, but they didn't really contribute all that much to me. At least paying them off gets them out of the way and you can trade with them and get your money back.

I love naval warfare, so I enjoyed this scenario, but man, the initial stages were a nightmare.