Tips With Terrain

How to Protect Your General

The 3 Don't's  Where to Place   Where to Place Your Cannons 
 * 1) Don't charge infantry (or cavalry) with your general bodyguards... EVER!!! (Charging cannons is OK as long as no units are protecting it.)
 * 2) Don't place your general in open terrain. (Easy for enemy cannons to destroy.)
 * 3) Don't place your general in the front of the battlefield. (Keep him behind the advancing forces.)
 * 1) Place your general behind a cliff.
 * 2) Place your general in a valley. (Not in battle zones.)
 * 3) Place your general in a fort. (If you control one in battle.)
 * 4) Place your general in as far away from the battle as possible.

 Do   Don't   Where to Place Your Infantry   Options   Where to Place Cavalry 
 * 1) If possible, place your cannons on the highest point in your starting zone. (If no tall terrain, place 1-2 units around it for protection.(Not in front.))
 * 1) Place in a forest of patch of trees.
 * 2) Place in a steep valley where it can not see it's target.
 * 1) Place your infantry in the biggest line possible.
 * 2) Place your infantry in a large group like a square. (Not very reliable, unless protecting general.)
 * 3) Place in a patch of trees for "Ghost" kills.
 * 1) Place with general.
 * 2) Place on your flanks. (sides)
 * 3) Place in front (Best to wait for your cannons to start firing.)