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It would be difficult considering I had invaded Russia first. What I would do is to first win a couple of battles to better my leveraging position. I would target Prussian and Austrian armies as they are the ones who are the easiest to force into peace. Then I would offer a peace treaty to Austria, hoping they would accept it. Since Austria does not want Russia taking too much power in the region, a major defeat of the Austrian army should suffice. Then with Austria out, I would be able to pressure many of the German allies who betrayed me at Leipzig o join me and then I would attack Prussia and Russia. Since the Russians would be so far away from home, their morale would be low and communication lines stretched. Then I would jut inflict one major defeat on the Russians and then ask for a peace treaty as the demoralized Russian army would not want to go any further.

Cavalry is recommended, not mandatory. Napoleon was able to win at Bautzen and Lutzen without very little cavalry. If he could do it once, He could do it again. He also was able to win massive victories at Dresden and in his six days campaign with minimum cavalry. So I don't really think the loss of Cavalry would be that big of a deal because in France, he does not need cavalry for his lines of communication, and the use of it in reconnaissance is lower at home. He may not be able to launch a good pursuit, but a decisive enough win should still be possible for him. 

That he will need. His entire Cavalry was not wiped out, just severely cut down. He could use his Cavalry primarily for Reconnaissance and then hold them back in Battle so that they do not get wasted. He also still had his Guard Cavalry which would be pretty effective in Reconissance and would probably be able to do the work of a larger reconissance force.

If I was Napoleon, I would completely finish the Iberian Campaign once in the beginning and put into power charasmatic and well-liked rulers and governors. For example, Napoleon only invaded Spain once and left quickly after that, if I was Napoleon, I would have marched down with the army once early on and completely taken over the entire country instead of leaving a secondary army to complete the task. I also would install people like Marshal Suchet on the Crown or as governors because they knew how to take care of the hearts of the people and ensure that the guerillas do not find help with the general populace. I would also create strict anti-looting rules for my army, Marshal Victor and Soult were notorious for looting and that gave them a bad name. If there was no looting, then there would be less reason for guerillas to attack as the people would be living normally with a governor who is trying to keep its people happy.

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