{"id":2607,"date":"2016-01-17T15:30:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T15:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/?p=2607"},"modified":"2016-01-17T15:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T15:30:34","slug":"samurai-invasion-emperor-fu-manchu-steam-achievement-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/samurai-invasion-emperor-fu-manchu-steam-achievement-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Samurai Invasion \u2013 Emperor Fu Manchu Steam Achievement Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Samurai Invasion of Korea – Playing Manchuria (Deity)<\/h1>\n
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Imperial portrait of Nurhaci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fu Manchu does not have any relation to Far-eastern culture. Unlike other Steam achievements, Emperor Fu Manchu does not do an as good job combining historical facts with pop culture.<\/p>\n

As a quantum of solace \ud83d\ude09 here’s yet another thrilling chapter of Chinese and Far-eastern history: China, as we know it in the west had been conquered entirely<\/strong> several times in history. But instead of suppressed, Chinese culture prevailed and eventually (time and time again) made the conquerors become Chinese themselves.<\/p>\n

Same with the Manchu. Nurhaci, whom you’re playing in this scenario, unified the Jurchen tribes and established the Eight Banners<\/a>, an organizational structure for both military and society. In 1616 after proclaiming himself Khan of the Jin-Dynasty, he launched his attack on Ming-China. His sons completed his conquests<\/a> and renamed their people to Manchu.<\/p>\n

Ironically: After Beijing fell and Ming-China was defeated, though not completely conquered, many Han-Chinese joined the Banners<\/em> of the Manchu. In the end, when the newly established Qing dynasty claimed the rest of China, it’s Bannermen <\/em>were only 16% Manchus and 75% Han-Chinese.<\/p>\n

The Qing dynasty ruled China for almost 300 years from 1644 to 1912 and mostly adopted Han culture. Not forgetting their origin, they protected the Manchu way of life in the respective provinces.<\/p>\n

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German and French names of this Steam Achievement:
\nDE: Kaiser Fu Mandschu
\nFR: La Mandchourie sourit<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emperor Fu Manchu – Strategy<\/h2>\n

First (failed) attempt<\/h3>\n

Playing the Manchu in the “The Samurai Invasion of Korea<\/a>” scenario seems very straightforward: You are the only civilization who can build settlers and found new cities, so overwhelming your enemies should be easy.<\/p>\n

Especially after seeing the Deity AI play the Manchu I had high expectations. So you’ve got your capital, improve it in the best possible build order, use workers to build city improvements around and connecting roads to the existing Chinese-Korean road network. Your initial army is big enough to take out plenty of surrounding Barbarian encampments. Thanks to your unique trait, those defeated units join you and fight for the Manchu! This way I could attack China already in turn 12!<\/p>\n

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Declaring war on Ming China <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Battle of Beijing <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Heavy Losses at Beijing <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Getting stronger and stronger with every promotion and every newly produced unit, I fought for Beijing already in turn 63, which is 1623 AD. Although suffering heavy losses, Beijing fell in turn 67, July 1625. Overall I didn’t even produce many units, because I had assumed with China, the strongest opponent falling so quickly, the rest of the game would be a walk in the park. I was wrong.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Beijing captured in turn 67 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Pyongyang captured too late <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Failing to conquer Seoul I lost the game <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

I had underestimated several things:<\/p>\n