The Defense of Mogliev Cossacks 3 Guide
Last update: 07 October 2016
Now you will face a hard mission about defending the city. The enemy will be strong in numbers and he will shoot and siege the exterior part of the wooden walls since the beginning of the scenario. You won't stop the enemy on any part of the stronghold, so retreat everyone to the fortified upper part of the city (1). Here you will defend yourself longer. Order your men not to move from there so that they won't attack the stronger enemy on their own. There are cannons and production buildings (2) in the interior part of the stronghold. Start the training, focus on pikemen and cavalry. You can position the cannons at the wall on the left side so that you can shoot down enemy that will get close or set for attack. You can also retreat to the interior part of the stronghold if the enemy floods the upper part of the stronghold. Once the forces on the right coast are evacuated, the enemy troops will start occupying that side and they won't move from there soon (3). However, they don't have cannons there and they will stand idly until your reinforcements arrive. Once that happens, you will be given an order to free the peasants escorted by the enemy. They will be getting through the ford and moving towards the bottom right corner of the map (4).
At some point a scripted event will occur - the southern gate will be blown up. You won't be able to prevent that and the only thing you can do is position your pikemen behind the pass and as much shooters as possible around them. The enemy will throw his whole southern group there. If you see that he is trying to break through your pikemen, retreat your ranged units to the interior part of the castle - sacrifice other soldiers for that.
Once you receive reinforcements from the west, send them immediately to the northern part of the city. Destroy the troops that occupy the right coast of the city on your way there. Now enter the upper city and at the same time pull out the shooters from the interior courtyard. The forces you received should be big enough to easily clean the city.
The last part of the mission is about saving the peasants by destroying the previously mentioned escorts. You will receive two large cavalry forces. Send them to the south as quickly as possible. After destroying them the mission is won.