Talk:Consolidation and Subjugation/@comment-2001:E68:5444:24EB:9111:3930:74BA:6E2B-20181210182329

Put a second Town Center down right away and don't do military at first, just boom. One TC lays down farms and another cuts wood (also, research Heavy Plow straightaway).You have too much gold at the start of the game, which means...wall up, and defend with monks. Wall your north side also because it's actually open. When you have the resources, put down a third TC for gold and stone.

The enemy will "raid" you with knights and huskarls at first, which is free converts. But soon your eco will have floating resources, at this time, you train the cheap Berber knights, rams, research techs, and head to Talavera. (They don't build a wonder, but their army is the best - knights, mangonels, rams.) You will need a small garrison on defence, xbows in towers (don't forget to secure the riverbank with Heated Shot towers). and small groups of knights to pick off solo rams.

While besieging  Talavera  you should be able to Castle drop and add some Camel Archers to your army; while you are halfway through, the reinforcements arrive. This is just way too many for  Talavera  to handle, so they will go down quick. After that you just head to  Guadalajara and wipe their useless infantry base with Trebs Knights Camel Archers and take their gold.

 Seville  is still building his wonder, and two AI players have already gone down. You put a castle on the hill and treb it down while it is at 95%, spam forward buildings, and it is game, set, match, because  Seville is better than  Guadalajara but it is still shit.  Talavera is the only player that makes a quality army so you take him out first. No need to bother with the 4 castles of  Merida , who makes cute Gothic cavalry archer, because your Camel Archers directly counter them whenever they show up.