{"id":2609,"date":"2016-02-10T22:02:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2016-02-10T22:02:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:02:49","slug":"samurai-invasion-yow-ming-steam-achievement-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/samurai-invasion-yow-ming-steam-achievement-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Samurai Invasion \u2013 Yow Ming! Steam Achievement Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Samurai Invasion of Korea – Playing China (Deity)<\/h1>\n

China – this ancient nation retained the most important aspects of it’s culture over the span of thousands of years. Unity of the Chinese heartland is a constant given for about one thousand years<\/strong> by now. In 960 the Song dynasty<\/a> (re-)united China after a short period of sectionalism. In 1271 Kublai Khan, grandson of the legendary Genghis Khan<\/a>, established the Yuan dynasty<\/a> few decades after the Mongol conquest of China. Although other Mongol tribes began to see the Yuan more as Chinese than as actual Mongols, the Chinese population, led by the Ming eventually rebelled and overthrew the Yuan.<\/p>\n

The Ming dynasty<\/a> ruled China for 276 years (1368\u20131644), which by some is referred to as<\/p>\n

one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history<\/p>\n

— Edwin Oldfather Reischauer, John King Fairbank, Albert M. Craig (1960) A history of East Asian civilization, Volume 1<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eventually it had been overthrown by the Manchu<\/a>, which of course now playing the Ming we will prevent at all costs! Even more: We will conquer Manchuria!!!<\/p>\n

German and French names of this Steam Achievement:
\nDE: Oh Ming!
\nFR: Yow Ming !<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yow Ming – Strategy<\/h2>\n

First steps<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>The most essential first move I only learned in later games on lower levels of difficulty (I started playing China on Deity and only later played China on Emperor and Immortal later for the other achievements<\/a>). Here you go:<\/p>\n

\"Civilization<\/a>
Close call at the gates of Pyongyang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All units east of Beijing move to Korea immediately!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This should be 1-2 Chu-Ko-Nus<\/a> and 1 Cannon. These three units, together with the units Korea has, can defend Seoul if you make it on time and Korea plays well enough. Even if not, you can stop the Japanese Invasion at Haeju, not only at Pyongyang where it stopped in my first game.<\/p>\n

Build order and Social Policies<\/h3>\n

This scenario will be a lot easier, if you manage to build at least Himeji Castle<\/a>! It provides a +15% combat bonus for units fighting in friendly territory (which includes Korea!). So all initial production in Beijing is directed at this. You can probably get it if you start right from the start, but I also wanted to build the Porcelain Tower. So I optimized production, building<\/p>\n