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• Second Mission

Build your town center near resources, there should be a herd of animals further inland. Gather resources from the treasure ship and have it produce crates of wood. In all Chinese scenarios where the treasure ships are present, you should have one villager near the ships, gathering the resource crates. They may be idle for a while, but it will save you a lot of trouble.

In this scenario, you're best off fishing as much as possible. Claim the treasures on the island, but don't go attack the few enemy units nearby. Send the Wokou Junk again if you selected it in your deck. With it, you should be able to take down the enemy units on the island. Destroy the tower first, then the barracks. Get some units from the shipments too, to finish off the enemy units. Take the irregulars and sentries from the town center as well, you won't be needing them anyway. Build a second deck, keep training villagers and fishing ships to expand your economy. Build a market for upgrades and don't forget the fishing upgrades at the dock, either.

A few catamarans will attack your treasure ship - your junk can deal with them easily. Go to 3rd age when you have the resources. Porcelain Tower and Temple of Heaven are both good choices here. Once you reach the 3rd age, you shouldn't be too far from 4th age either, so don't hesitate. Build a couple of Fuchuan ships and clear out the sea. Don't stray too close to the enemy castles though - take them out with monitors.

Depending on how evil and how fast you are, you can even destroy the enemy wonders while they're being built - the enemy won't be able to age up since he may build them close enough to the cliffs. With luck, you may be able to finish the scenario before the enemy even reaches Fortress Age! If your ecnomy is good enough, you can actually go to Imperial age too, but that's not necessary. Upgrade one army as much as possible, for instance arquebusiers and iron flails. Level the beach with fuchuans and transport a few villagers over there. Build a couple of war academies and start building armies. Build a castle there as well.

Your units should be so superior to the enemy units, that you can basically push through his defenses while just replacing a few inevitable losses. Rescue the admiral and you'll receive the task to destroy the enemy town center. Now in theory you could keep pushing on land, but there's also another approach - using your two monitors. Unless, of course, you already took it out earlier, in which case the scenario ends there and then. In any case, you've just finished the 2nd mission.

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