Empire Earth II/Korea United

For the last level of this campaign, you will have to kick the Chinese out of Korea for good (well, almost). The mission is pretty straightforward: conquer ten territories or destroy/capture China's capital (Shanxii).

But if the objectives aren't really complicated, the same cannot be said of this mission. Korea starts with four territories, and China with six. There are two neutral territories, but they will soon belong to China. What's worse? Your territories are spread all over the map, and surrounded, which makes defending them quite difficult. And while you will be trying to manage your four different bases at once with your two arms, the AI can do it without hassle. Lastly, China still has a technological advantage, as it starts at the seventh epoch (Renaissance), while you will be stuck in the Middle Age for quite some time.

The path to victory is thus pretty clear: rush the enemy early on so he cannot overwhelm you, advance to the next age and take his territories one by one if needed. While trying to do all this, you will face one, two, or possibly three overwhelming attacks, comprising of dozens of musketeers, cannons and artillery.

Note that for the first time, your population limit increases greatly (to 475 units). At least that sets the tone of the mission.

Mission information
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 * Primary Objectives
 * 1) Capture or destroy the enemy capital Shenyang in Shaanxi or
 * 2) Control ten territories


 * Secondary Objectives
 * 1) Destroy China's docks to halt their sea based attacks
 * 2) Capture any Chinese university to gain the secrets of China's gunpowder (access to Epoch VII)

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 * Defeat Conditions
 * 1) China controls ten territories
 * 2) Kim Yu-Sin dies
 * 3) Pyongyang city is lost
 * Factions
 * 1) Korea - Blue (Player)
 * 2) China - Red

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 * Epochs Available
 * 1) VI - Middle Age
 * 2) VII - Renaissance (unlocked)

Walkthrough
You should get used to it by now: as soon as the mission begins, make sure that you have enough citizens gathering each resource. While doing so, check your main city, Pyongyang: three or so citizens are exploiting iron and tin nods that are way too far from your city center. Relocate them to Sinuiju (just up north), where the nods are right next to a Warehouse.

Once that is done, immediately start producing units, in all your buildings. Avoid making any spearmen, as they won't evolve when you reach the next Epoch (and won't put up much of a fight anyway). Medieval Cavalry, archers and men-at-arms will do the job in a first time, as long as you bring heavy rams along.

Now, have a look at your bases. Sinuiju will be attacked by the west (the AI will build a bridge) and by the north, while Hyesan will be attacked by the west (where you have a wall) and by the north (through another bridge). If you can prevent China from building the bridges, that is a plus, though she will send the units at you anyway.

There is no real way to definitely protect yourself against these attacks. Most of them will be harmless, but every once in a while, China will send at you a huge army, consisting of dozens of musketeers, with several cannons and a Military Leader that can stun surrounding units. When that happens, hope you have an army nearby and focus the Military Leader before getting rid of the other units.

Early on, your two Docks will be attacked by big fleets. Don't even bother defending or rebuilding them. Don't bother about destroying China's docks either: apart from burning down a few towers, her boats won't do any harm.

What you will want to focus on is capturing a Chinese university. The nearest one is in Dandong, just west of Sinuiju. As said earlier, the AI will build a bridge from Dandong to Sinuiju. By the time it happens, you should have enough units to take out this city. A couple dozen units, supported by three or four Heavy Rams will quickly turn it into ashes. Before ordering your men to capture the university, make sure the Chinese is not counter-attacking.

When the university is yours, you will automatically advance to the next Epoch, which unlocks gunpowder units. Tin becomes useless, so make sure your now idle citizens work on gathering saltpeter (there is a nod in Sinuiju). From now on, you can hire Hand Grenadiers and Musketeers only. They will deal with cavalry and artillery easily enough. Note though that you cannot produce Rams or Siege Towers anymore, which somewhat lessen your anti-building capacities.

Build a City Center and a town nearby your new university, as well as one or two fortresses if you have the Stone to spare. In the meanwhile, you should have produced enough units in Pyongyang to take out Wonsan, to the east. The city is lightly protected and shouldn't put much of a challenge. Even better, once you take the territory, you won't need to defend it.

Once that is done, both you and the Chinese will own six territories. Two strategies are available. You can either gather a huge army in Dandong and try to destroy Shenyang, or slowly take territories from the Chinese.

If using the second option where you gather two huge armies, use one to attack Jian and Badaojiang, while the other destroys the two northwesternmost provinces. Make sure to build a City Center in newly conquered territories as soon as the Chinese one is destroyed, or the AI will start building a new one out of your line of sight.

If you are having some issues, remember: all your buildings must be producing units 24/7, from the first minute until victory.