Tips for Zheng Jiang

[Slaye1R]

Hey,
I'm having really hard time with this campaign.
If you have any tips ill be glad to hear.

[EmotionallyBroken]

artmoney xD

[aribetdetka]

The other day I replayed the campaign for her on very hard. It took 200+ moves, instead of the usual 100. The secret of success is a good start, expansion to the north and further to the Liaodong Peninsula. In the armies, green and gray generals each have 6 special units of the faction (hidden axes, I don’t know how it was translated in your localization) and 1 strategist (trebuchet, repeating crossbow and crossbowmen).
If you get involved in wars on opposite flanks and there is not at least one army on each, then something went wrong. Even a friendly AI will declare war on you if it does not see troops on its borders.
It is better to immediately sell settlements that you cannot defend to your neighbors or even to the enemy in exchange for peace (if you are not at all ready for war on this front). This will give you time to end the war on the other flank and transfer troops to steamroller through your old lands.
Very often, just one general of 4+ level with 6 swordsmen + the actual militia of the settlement is enough to fight off a full enemy army. Therefore, all my governors are gray/iron and every turn armies are recruited/disbanded to cover problem areas (but this is already in the middle/late game).

[Nero]

Her unique tribute diplomacy option is key to having a fun campaign. People got insanely rich with it.