First moves as Huang Shao?

[Morindacil]

I'm somewhat a bit confused. I'm surrounded on all sides: by Yuan Shao, by the Peach Garden gang (dunno if I can take them considering how strong Yunchang and Yide are), Kong Rong (though I noticed he's not as aggressive as the two I mentioned), and some other southern neighbours. Also noticed Gongsun Zan is up north.

Where should I go with this Scholar? Also noticed the two generals he has are veterans... I'm not a fan of veterans. I rather have Vanguards or Champions, maybe even Strategists (the Yellow Turban types though).

[ionflare413]

Abandon your first town then make your way to north east china(edge of map) by sacking all towns and villages in your way. Build your new base there and counter hostile forces by ambush.

[alation13]

Originally posted by ionflare413:

Abandon your first town then make your way to north east china(edge of map) by sacking all towns and villages in your way. Build your new base there and counter hostile forces by ambush.

No way, fill out your eastern stack with another general and a spear captain and use that stack to kill off Kong Rong. Station your other stack in Dong and build it up the same way, slowly as you can afford it (to deter your enemies from attacking your back). You may or may not lose Henei, but it really doesn't matter as food will not be as much of a problem as income. When the second army stack is built up and you have completely wiped out Kong Rong, use your "defensive" stack to take out the Dong iron mine.

Then it is just a matter of moving both stacks to within one turn of Langye (preferably try to end them in ambush stance). Then come at Lui Bei from both directions and siege Langye with BOTH armies and trap him inside. He should attack you or suffer massive attrition from the siege.

Either way once he is taken care of Yuan Shao should probably be knocking on your door by then and have taken Henei farmlands. He will probably have one and a half armies that are easily defeated with your two armies, kill them and take his land. By then you should have enough land and economy to build a third army and be both the dominant power in China and have killed off/crippled three of the biggest late game threats.

That is the way my game is going on normal/normal difficulty and I am finding it easier than any other faction to play.

[Morindacil]

Originally posted by ionflare413:

Abandon your first town then make your way to north east china(edge of map) by sacking all towns and villages in your way. Build your new base there and counter hostile forces by ambush.

Gongsun Zan is on the Northeast part of China. I'm not sure if I should go there.

[ionflare413]

The way my game is going on hard difficulty. Reform to get additional army as soon as possible. At first just sack and occupy their towns in order to harvest money and replenish your army. set highest tax rate then continue moving to LIAOXI. ex owner usually take their town back instead of chasing you. Continue playing cat and mouse while recruit more army until you reach LIAOXI. Once you are there you should be strong enough to take LIAOXI (owner is not Gongsun Something not Zhan). Then begin to take out pursuers by baiting your weakest army with the rest army ambush nearby. Expand your empire across eastern side of yellow river.

[Darklordnj]

Hijacking this thread since it's talking about Huang Shao, but how are you supposed to use his special assignment that gets characters? Is it something you gotta research? Haven't seen it for whatever reason....

[TangSuijin]

Originally posted by ionflare413:

Abandon your first town then make your way to north east china(edge of map) by sacking all towns and villages in your way. Build your new base there and counter hostile forces by ambush.

FCK no. go south to the current honk kong or taipei island. it's only occupied partially by the weak Han empire or abandoned. has a lot of food production regions