War at the North Cossacks 3 Guide
Last update: 07 October 2016
It is a pretty uncomplicated mission in which you will have freedom to build and to select targets. It's pretty close to a skirmish with the computer on a random map, only with a less aggressive opponent.
Start with expanding your base, nearby you will have all three resources to gather from the mine. Build a few barracks and start recruiting pikemen and musketeers. The mission is divided into 2 phases: The first one is destruction of Polish settlements and the second is destruction of two Swedish settlements on north. Remember that the longer you play, the computer becomes stronger and will have more forces. However, he starts as weak as you (almost, since you have more soldiers and they will have more expanded settlements). From time to time the Tsar will ask you for small supplies of food, iron and coal. Produce large numbers of these resources.
If you fast enough, you can take advantage of the situation. Before you start building anything, gather your soldiers and send them through the path north, to the enemy settlement. Now queue construction of objects you need, assign the peasants to works and start training soldiers. In the meantime your group should reach the enemy settlement. First attack the city hall, then the mill and the peasants working around. Now destroy/take over the nearby buildings. You won't be able to take over the barracks, but if you cleared the city around them, this won't be a problem. If you had small losses and you trained at least more than a dozen of soldiers, move towards the central computer (Lithuanian). If you were fast, he will train only one squad. If the squad will be of similar size to yours (especially if it is a formation with a commander, retreat and create a formation as well. Remember, the longer you wait, the more enemies you will have to destroy. Instead of building slow cannons, first build a diplomatic facility and create a squad of grenadiers. Send them to destroy the buildings you previously left behind.
Once you defeat the Poland, a small change will occur in your allies. Now you must fight against the Sweden. They have larger settlements and many units since the beginning of the mission. Create strong forces and if you still have grenadiers, now you can use them. Get close to the settlement on the right side and order destruction of the building after the troops are defeated. Be slow and thorough - don't assault the inside where there might be great forces. Do the same with the nearby barracks. If you have cannons, simply shoot down all the production buildings from far away and start attacking after that.
The last opponent can be quite challenging. He has large army and he keeps training additional soldiers and cavalry. First position a shooters squad and a small group of pikemen before the bridge on the north (1). Then position most of your forces on the south, especially the grenadiers/cannons (2). Now you can take advantage of the computer's weakness - his love to chasing the opponent. Move your musketeers close enough for them to start shooting the enemy. Once they start chasing you, retreat from the bridge and start a fight that you will lose. Despite winning, the computer will leave his armies where they fought you. In the meantime you should destroy the production buildings and take over the mines, as you did in the previous settlement. Once you lure away the enemy forces, you can take his city halls with ease. Now decimating the remaining enemies shouldn't be hard.