Last night I took control of the last few western cities holding out on me and united China, completing that particular run at RTK8. The border cities of both remaining forces were difficult to take because they were easily defended and difficult to attack, with the way they could easily receive reinforcements but each had only one route of attack from my cities, killing any possibility of my forces being reinforced. Both remaining rulers chose to use Barrage tactics against my invading forces, which involved switching most of their troops to use ranged attacks while keeping a few tough cavalry units to keep my infantry and cavalry occupied while the arrows punched them full of holes. Continue reading