Conquest without General

Nice but time consuming.. lots of work but it gives good strategic insight which probably be of big help in later ages when the adventage of generals will be less clear! Looking forward to your next 1!

Roman

Ceasar is the ruler of Classical Age Rome


14 cities and 34 armies (3 star rank: 2, World rank: 2)
Front: Enemy (3), Neutral (2), Ally (3) - Total: 7
. Ally: Greek (to turn 99?)
.Enemy: Carthage, Egypt (I’m wondering what Egypt is doing in Punic War)

Other walkthrough for Roman:

Short walkthrough for players with General:
-If you have at least a supper strong general, blitz London in the 2nd turn for England. Go for Spain and Africa after that, you may done It within 20-30 turns and the game is finished.
-For more super strong general:
1 go for 2nd turn London, 2 for 2nd turn Athens, 3 for 2rd turn Madrid, 4 for 3rd turn Carthage.
-For weak general:
You may use my no general conquest strategy, but It's a little chaostic from turn 15 to 25 due to my bad decision. I'm not even sure that will I have to remake it later as I've take the entire England and take a lot of Carthage's area. But I'm stuck in war with 4 Nation (Carthage, Egypt, Aztec and Inca). If I manage to win it later, I will write note about what should you avoid. If I lose, I will have to do it all over again, but the walkthrough will be much better.

Preparation

Move Paris to Bordeaux
Swap the Archer and Siege Tower of Marseille with the Horse man of Barcelona.
Move Rome to Naples.
Move Lyon to Toulouse to support Barcelona.
Move Toulouse to Marseille.
Move Venice to Rome to support Naples.
Move Geneva to Bruxelles.
March Munich to Brest through Bruxelles.

Now you have 3 front: Bordeaux, Barcelona and Naples. (Marching from all 3 front with decent general will help you crush Carthage in a blink, but I won’t do that.)
Get 2 Horseman in Bordeaux.
End turn as there is no good attacking now.

+Turn 2:
-Take Bilbao. I choose Bilbao because Madrid is harder to defeat and Sicily is harder to keep.

+Turn 3:
-Take Porto and get new Siege Tower there.
-Raid Madrid.

+Turn 4:
-Attack Lisbon but retreat after both of my Siege Tower are killed.
-Raid Madrid.
-Take Sicily. This will make me get more attack but I have enough money to support 2 front now. (Lost 3 units to 6 units attacks from Carthage and Egypt- this is a risky move).

+Turn 5:
-Take Lisbon. Enemy retake it the same turn, but only have 2 Siege Tower left.
-Raid Madrid.

+Turn 6:
-Take Lisbon again with 6 warrior army I left to defend Porto.
-Raid Carthage as Madrid don’t have any army. I realize that Carthage don’t have gate, so I can’t raid them.
-Lost Sicily.

+Turn 7:
- Build army to defend Rome, Marseille and Naples.
-Attack Sevilla.

+Turn 8:
-Take Sevilla. Madrid is now in the middle of a sandwich.

+Turn 9:
-Take Casablanca as it is empty and I have 3 Siege Tower in Sevilla.

+Turn 10:
-Raid Madrid from both side. (I forget to raid Madrid last turn.)
-Raid Dakar. (Why don’t I take Dakar or try to take Madrid? Because I want to save money to age up next turn, so lost a large number of army will be bad.)

+Turn 11:
-Raid Madrid.
-Attack Dakar.

Empire after 10 turn:
Cities: 14->19 (+5)
Armies: 34->56 (+22)
World rank: 2
Front: Enemy (4)
. Ally: Greek (to turn 99?)
. Enemy: Carthage, Egypt (I’m wondering what Egypt is doing in Punic War)

+Turn 12:
-Raid Madrid.
-Should raid or take Dakar but I forgot to build army in Casablanca.
-Upgrade Bruxelles. (the reason is secret. )

+Turn 13:
-Attack London and start building Medieval armies in Brixelles.
-Take Dakar.
-Raid Madrid.
(I have only 1 Army in Casablanca and 2 in Barcelona, but as the surrounding enemy don’t have large army, those city are safe.)

+Turn 14:
-Raid Madrid.
-Attack London and rebuild army.

+Turn 15:
-Raid London.
-Take Kumbi Saleh as it’s empty.
-Lost Lisbon to Aztec. My bad decision of rush London take me nowhere.

+Turn 16:
-Peace with Carthage and Egypt is now necessary as I can’t fight 4 empire at once.
-Retake Lisbon. Lost it in the same turn.
-This situation make me have to blitz London within 4 turn. Which is quite imposible.

+Turn 17:
-Make peace with Aztec, I’m starting making mistake after mistake, which might cost me the entire Spain and Africa area.
-Attack England. Move Brest to North Sea for an all in.
-Inca starting attack me too. This conquest become chaos.

+Turn18:
-Succeed in capture London and defeat England. It should be easier if I focus on Madrid and Catharge instead.
-Start rebuilding empire.

+Turn 20:
-Attack Lisbon.
-Retake Lisbon.
-Raid Madrid. The economy war between me and Carthage has last quite long but I can’t finish it yet.
-From this turn I will focus on the war with Carthage while defending other position.

Empire after 20 turns:
Cities: 19->24 (+5)
Armies: 56->62 (+6)
World rank: 1
Front: Enemy (6)
. Ally: Greek (to turn 99?)
.Enemy: Carthage, Aztec. (But Inca and Egypt also attack me if they can)

+Turn 21:
-Keep raiding all Carthage’s city while save silver to Age up.

+Turn 22:
-Reach Empire Age.
-Keep raiding all Carthage’s city while replacing Barcelona with Empire Age Siege team.

+Turn 25:
-Attack Madrid.
-Carthage is crippled now as they left most city empty.

+Turn 26:
-Take Madrid.
-Upgrade Casablanca to prepare to Siege Carthage.
-As I have a cost reduce even, I let all of my 3 Warrior in Casablanca attack Atlantic V (Carthage) to replace them by Swordman.

+Turn 27:
- Attack Carthage and replace units.

+Turn 28:
-Capture Carthage, Carthage fall. A 3 Swordsmen team did well enough to finish Carthage off after 2 turns.
-Build defend and move army.
-Attack Sicily. I’m neutral with Egypt but they keep attacking me, which make me know they are a real threat for my empire. The second threat is China that is expanding with incredible speed.

+Turn 29:
-Attack Tripoli and Sicily.
-Keep replacing army with higher tier.

+Turn 30:
-Take Tripoli and Sicily.
-Build Dublin to prepare for war with Aztec. Why Dublin? (Longbowmen.  )

+Turn 31:
-Attack Thebes.

Empire after 30 turns:
Cities: 24->30 (+6)
Armies: 62->60 (-2)
World rank: 2
Front: Enemy (5)
. Ally: Greek (to turn 99?)
.Enemy: Aztec, Egypt


+Turn 32:
-Take Thebes and Alantic III

+Turn 33:
-Attack Cairo.

+Turn 34:
-Take Cairo, Egypt move capital to Alexandria.
-Take Alexandria, Egypt defeated.
-Saving money for next Age.

+Turn 36:
-Reach Discovery Age.

+Turn 37:
-Take Allantic III again.

+Turn 38:
-Take Washington.

+Turn 39:
-Take Minami.

+Turn 40:
-Take Yacatan.

+Turn 41:
-Attack Tenochtilan.

Empire after 40 turns:
Cities: 30->40 (+10)
Armies: 60->64 (+4)
World rank: 1
Front: Enemy (2)
. Ally: Greek (to turn 99?)
.Enemy: Aztec
* As my Discovery Age army can destroy any city without having to replace too much, I drop China behind to make this become a sure win.


+Turn 42:
-Tenochtilan fall. Aztec defeated. I’m start using auto attack in this turn as I pass China far enough.

+Turn 43:
-Take Bogota.

+Turn 44:
-Take Lima.

+Turn 45:
-Attack Cuzco and Caracas.

+Turn 46:
-Cuzco fall, Inca defeated. It’s time to defeat China.

+Turn 49:
-Reach Gunpower Age.
-Attack Pacific X of China. (With 2 Age advantage, my army was able to defend it 3 times after capture it.)

+Turn 50:
-Attack Tokyo.

+Turn 51:
-Take Tokyo and Parcific IX.

Empire after 50 turns:
Cities: 40->53 (+13)
Armies: 64->63 (-1)
World rank: 1
Front: Enemy (2)
. Ally: Greek (to turn 99?)
.Enemy: China.
*Half of the world belong to my empire now, as it can be autoed, I will only update status of Empire after each 10 turn with Diplomacy table picture.


Empire after 61 turns:
Cities: 53->61 (+8)
Armies: 63->53 (-10)
World rank: 1
Front: All blocked.
. Ally: Greek (to turn 99?)
.Enemy: China, Ankor


Empire after 71 turns:
Cities: 61->72 (+11)
Armies: 53->65 (+12)
World rank: 1
Front: All blocked.
. Ally: Greek (to turn 99?)
.Enemy: China, Ankor


The last enemy.


My general is still here.


End game stat:

Persia

Xerxes is the ruler of Classical Age Persia.
9 cities and 27 armies (3 star rank: 4, World rank: 4)
Front: Enemy (5), Neutral (1), Ally (0) - Total: 5
. Ally: No
. Enemy: Huns, India, Greek.


*Persia is the worst 3-star of 4. And when I said worst, I really mean worst. =))
-Firstly, Persia isn't that strong, there are 2 2-star country that is just as strong as Persia.
-Secondly, Persia stuck in war with 1 2-star and 2 1-stars. It heard seems Persia can wreck them easily, but no.
    +Hun have 9 country and 26 army, which mean they are almost as strong as Persia. With Attila, Hun have the same number of starting army with Persia and 1 is general. Lukily, Hun have war agaist China, which make they won't focus 100% on you.
    +India have 2 weak cities that can be taken easily but it will be another open front if you take them. They are also ally of Ankor, which mean they will focus on you.
    +Greek is the weakest country of the game. But in fact they are not. They have Alexander, whose is as strong as a Tier 3 units (Empire Age's units). And the only city that is exposed is Athens, which make you can't take any city of them. Greek will also focus on you as you are their only enemy.
-Thirly, China, the strongest 3-star is exposed to you and they might attack you whenever they want.
-Not only stop at that, Persia have only 2 Archer at the start, and it stay at the front you don't want to push.
I'm wondering how the AI can defeat India playing as Persia. :/

Other walkthrough for Carthage:

Short walkthrough for players with General:
-If you have at least a supper strong general, take Delhi and Mumbai, so you can defeat India in 3rd turn. Take few city of Huns first and block Greek at the same times.
If your general is stronger, let him go straight to Vienna through Athens and Thessaloniki.
I'm not sure if that will help you win, but you will be in better position after that.

-For more super strong general:
1 for Dellhi and Mumbai. (3rd turn)
1 for Greek. (4th turn)
1 for Almaty -> Samarkand to Ulan Bator. (7th turn)
1 for Rostov to Budapest. (3rd turn)
*Even with that, your position is still risky as you stand between 2 strogest country. And only 1 of them is in war.

-For weak general:
I think it's impossible but I will give it a try.

Preparation:
-Move Ankara to Constantinople.
-Move Tehran to Tbilisi.
-Move Damascus to Jerusalem.
-Move Baghdad to Tehran.
-Add Maria to Baghdad.

Now you have 5 fronts: Jerusalem, Constantinople, Tbilisi, Mashhad, Kabul.

-Get a Horseman at Kabul.
-Get a Horseman at Tbilisi.
-Get 2 Horseman at Mashhad.
 
As I've finish 10 turns, I see that Persia have a quite big problem, I can't take a single city of Greek, Huns or India as the leader always retake them if I do. I will try to reach Medieval while pressing India and hope that I can win with Persia.

I'm at turn 25 now and only have 12 cities, I'm now stuck between Roman and China each with 19 cities. But I believe that I still have chance to will this.

It's quite normal as Mashhad belong to your enemy. In the walkthrough for China, I don't show enemy's attack but they attack me a lot. I make a lot of mistake their and it make my conquest last longer but China is still easy.
Basically, If you are not strong enough to fight everyone, defeat your enemy and the nations that are attacking your cities first.

I assume you didn't lose Shanghai and Taiwan to Japan.

This works for all the missions.
If you have a healin general do not haste to finish the battle. few turns more (ie. shooting in the walls) gives one or two healings to your team. It's better to have them in good condition before next move.
... And one more important thing. If you have strong gens go straight from one capital to another, You'll destroy the oponent from inside. So far it works 3 times faster on medieval.
(Nobu with Helmed +15 and good armor, Yi Sun Sin with good weapons, Monty and his healing on 70+ and lastly Bismarck with half of paladin set.)