They will likely attack you anyways within 20 turns so you need to be ready. Ignore Durazzo for now - let the Venetians take it, it really isn't worth provoking them early on. Recruit 3 units of horse archers (1 each of Vards, Byzantine Cav, and Skythion) in Corinth, and send them up to Sofia next turn to reinforce Emperor Alexius.
Send Emperor Alexius and the archers in Constantinople straight to Sofia and lay siege ASAP - it is essential to capture this settlement before the Hungarians do. Turn it into a town ASAP - you really don't need a small, underdeveloped castle in Western Anatolia. You'll probably also get a mission and cash reward for taking the settlement.
Take Evangelos Extrachos and the rest of the troops from Nicaea to Smyrna. Otherwise, just wait out the siege - your troops suck at assaulting cities. If you're lucky, there will be a small Turkish army outside the city and you can attack it, and the garrison will come out to reinforce them. Hire a unit of Alan mercs and a unit of Turkopoles (if you can afford it). Take Prince John and his army, plus a few troops from Nicaea, straight to Iconium. Don't waste any money in the first 20 turns building any military infrastructure.ĭisband all but one ship (keep one in the Aegean region - you will need one to shuffle your troops around to deal with any Sicilian or Venetian attacks). Here is how I would recommend starting out with them:īuild roads in every province that lacks one.
My strategy involves first securing your borders and taking out the Turks, then taking out the Hungarians so you can deal with Venice and Sicily alone. I've been playing total war for quite some time, but I have to say, a vanilla campaign in M2TW with Byzantium can be quite fun, so long as you stay aggressive and are good at using horse archers.
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