March on Moscow | Cossacks Gain Fame Campaign Cossacks 3 Guide

Last update: 17 October 2016

Another war mission awaits you, but this time with a small catch. The enemy has larger army on the map. Luckily, you are able to attack single squads and destroy them without alarming the whole army. If you are detected, all the forces will gather in one place. If that happens, defeating the Turks will be very hard.

The situation looks as follows. In the left bottom corner (1) there is the starting position of your forces. The fords on the river are on the north (2), in the middle (3) and on the south (4). Your first target is to reach the Polish garrison at the upper edge of the map (5). Below there will be a large gathering of enemy forces (6). If you attack a group near the enemy commander on the hill, all forces will be alarmed and they will start gathering there. Similar situation will happen if the whole Turkish army is alarmed in any other way. The key to victory is to destroy as many lone enemy squads as possible and to reach the Polish group undetected. The Polish people are preparing to a counterattack. You can easily defeat all the troops marked on the map with a red rectangle (the soldiers that aren't close to the central hill).

The only condition is the number of soldiers you can transport to the other side of the river. On the north you can have 100 soldiers, 50 in the middle and 200 on the south. This isn't the number of soldiers that can get through the river. Only groups of such size can operate in specific parts of the map. This means that with a group from the upper part you can't attack the troops in the middle by attacking them from behind - this will cause an alarm. Because of that, use each group to take care of soldiers in their area. On the top you should have on marksman group (100-200 people at the back) and a formation of 100 fast Cossacks. On the south you should also have 100 marksmen and another group of cavalry. In the middle keep the rest of marksmen and the cavalry. Before you position your army, first take care of the central area.

Position your marksmen before the ford after clearing the village. Order the small cavalry squad to get close and immediately move to your men. If the enemy will come only a bit and retreat - position your marksmen closer so that they can shoot them and force them to attack. Now send your squads in proportions mentioned above. Leave the shooters and the Hetmans because the enemy can counterattack with heavy cavalry. Send some of your forces to the north and to the south.

Position your shooters at the coast of the river on the north. Don't get too close to the ford with larger forces because the game will count that as a large group passing through the ford. Once you clear the village, move your Cossacks to the enemy squad (1). Once they start chasing you, immediately switch back to your shooters. Their range and firepower will be enough to kill them before they reach you (2). You can also go as the Cossacks to the east and destroy a large squad of Turks at the tents. Don't get close to the forces under the hill. Now you will have an open path to the Polish forces, but don't go there yet.

Now your south forces should reach the village and get through the ford. Position yourself below the two large infantry squads. Ride your cavalry far enough to encourage the first squad to chase you. They will fall into the hands of your shooters and will fall to the swords of your cavalry. Now you can do the same with the second squad.

Now it's time for the final attack. You can send a squad for the reinforcements from Poland. You haven't done that before because they wait some time and then they attack. All the enemy forces will start gathering on the hill. Take the advantage of the situation and send your closest units (on the right) to combat. Attack the two medium infantry squads and the cannon (1). Then order them to join the rest of your forces. In the meantime let the forces behind the river join the battle. The middle (2) should go with the order "move and attack" Let the marksmen from the reserve join the Cossacks on the north (3). Eliminate a squad similar to the one you recently destroyed, two infantry formations and a few cannons. Now surround the hill from all sides and together with the Polish troops (4) start the final assault.