Kurikara



Kurikara is one of the scenarios in the Battles of the Forgotten in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten. It is based on the Battle of Kurikara. Lead Minamoto no Yoshinaka to victory against Taira and conquer the city of Kyoto.

Scenario Instructions
Objectives: Main Objectives: Secondary Objectives:
 * Starting age: Castle Age
 * Population limit: 200
 * Minamoto must survive
 * Protect Yoshinaka's palace in Kurikara
 * 1) Bring the suply cart and at least one soldier to Yoshinaka's palace(marked by the blue flag)
 * 2) Defeat the Taira army (Orange) and slay the 5 Taira Princes (Red) commanding it
 * 3) Conquer Kyoto from the Taira by destroying all millitary buildings, slaying all defenders, and killing Emperor Taira no Kiyomori
 * Bring carts arriving from Kamakura to your palace in Kurikara to receive 1000 gold per cart
 * Kill Taira no Kiyofusa and his personal guard and capture the lighthouse (monument) so your ships can sail through the rocks unscathed
 * Bring one millitary unit to the Hojo palace to negotiate an alliance
 * Bring 2 trebuchets to Hojo Tokimasa's palace to earn his alliance

Allies

 * Hojo Clan (Yellow)
 * Yoshinaka (Purple)
 * Locals (Gray)

Enemies

 * Taira Warlords (Red) (briefly an ally)
 * Taira Guards (Green)
 * Taira Army (Orange)
 * Kyoto (Cyan)

Strategy
The player starts in the east of the map with 11 military units and a trade cart. Immediately you should meet a small enemy force (5 halberdiers, 3 crossbows, 3 samurai and 1 Light Cavalry). After defeating them you should go across the bridge and directly to the town. Try to avoid patrols from Green (3 Halbs, 3 samurai) as there is no need to fight them right now. When you arrive to the palace you will be given control of Purple town and given some resources.

Your next objective is to destroy four Orange camps and kill 5 red captains(samurai). Four of those captains are residing in Orange camps and the last one is residing beside the palace in the north, which you need to capture to complete the side quest and enable your navy access to the rest of the river. You should prepare a small force to guard the villagers as the gold, stone and wood need to be gathered outside of your walls. Defense should be the priority until you advance to the Imperial age and make trebuchets as there is no point attacking the camps without them. You should logically first take care of the camp in front of you and then move on to the palace in the north. Just in case, you should send a few ships to take care of the small fleet near the palace. Also, don't forget to make fishing ships when you take control of the town as the Japs have faster work rate.

In the mean time, you should get the quest to ally with Yellow. Just send a random unit and then 2 trebuchets and they will start to send their troops to attack your enemy. I think this is a good investment as they will provide constant distractions. After you destroy the remaining 3 camps and kill 3 captains, Minamoto will arrive from your starting position along with 30 Elite Mounted Samurai (very powerful unit). Your quest will now be to destroy the city of Kyoto (cyan) on the bottom of the map. You won't have problems collecting resources for your army as you will control most of the map by now.

Kyoto is a heavily fortified city with 6 castles and at least 30 towers! You should prepare between 10 and 20 trebuchets and fill the rest of your population with military. After taking down the main gate and two castles beside it you should task your villagers to build military buildings in front of the walls so you can keep a constant stream of units flowing. You will need a lot of units as the enemy will produce troops constantly from all their production buildings, so it's not a bad idea to focus those buildings down with your trebuchets. After you destroy all military buildings, the Emperor, who is next to the wonder, will switch stance to enemy. Kill him and you win the scenario !

