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Dragon's Head, Serpent's Tail
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30,000 samurai. 3000 militia. A battle to decide the fate of three kingdoms.

From the designer of the African Kingdoms Portuguese campaign, The Last Neanderthal, and Tristan & Iseult comes the epic story of Korea's most desperate moment. Their armies destroyed and their lands pillaged, a small band of Koreans held firm against an invincible Japanese army, winning the victory that would turn the tide of the war.

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In 1592, Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded the Joseon Kingdom of Korea with 158,000 crack samurai and ashigaru. The mighty daimyo had consolidated his power in Japan laying the foundations for what he hoped would be an Asian empire. Before conquering China and the lands of Southeast Asia, Hideyoshi needed to establish a foothold on the mountainous peninsula of Korea. This small kingdom was almost an after-thought to Hideyoshi and his generals. Neither the Japanese nor the Ming Chinese who came to Joseon's aid expected much from the hermit kingdom. Known for their long-sleeved scholars and jade-glazed pottery, the Koreans were unlikely opponents to challenge Hideyoshi's elite samurai hardened by a century of war. What were a kingdom of bureaucrats and potters to the samurai clans?

The Japanese were relentless, seizing the Korean capital in mere months. With the kingdom on the verge of ruin, the Ming Emperor Wanli dispatched a Chinese army under Li Rusong to slow the invasion. In January 1593, however, this army was defeated by the Japanese at Byeokjegwan. With Korea's defense now reduced to militias, 30,000 victorious samurai continued their northward advance to a small mountain fortress on the Han River known as Haengju. There, a fifty-five year old civil servant turned militia leader named Kwon Yul and 3000 Koreans prepared the defenses.

This small band would be the last stand of a hermit kingdom. Their destiny would decide the fate of all Asia.

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Optional custom Asian-inspired soundtrack from various artists and mixed by He Tian Heng (DOWNLOAD HERE)
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DoomedPaul772 9 Aug, 2020 @ 8:40pm 
Been playing on medium, i've beaten a lot of campaigns on that difficulty but i've been wrecked. I destroyed the sapper hut and saved. Lost my monk, haven't gotten the monks or bandits yet, your army's never large enough to defeat all the units they send to protect kaesong, but I've slipped a few units in before.
=SM= MEOW 12 Jun, 2020 @ 10:06am 
can I make a Coop ver in which replace p3 as human
okikoki 20 Feb, 2019 @ 4:30am 
Is it intentional that enemy bombard towers and castles do not attack?
okikoki 20 Feb, 2019 @ 3:15am 
There is a hint to upgrade your archers.Why should you even bother with it if you garrison them inside a tower?
okikoki 19 Feb, 2019 @ 5:33am 
Noticed that all enemy has double hit point buildings so a petard rush cant be done.Purple castle and siege vs should be enough to take out.
okikoki 19 Feb, 2019 @ 4:36am 
I need help on hard the enemy has lots of soldiers and the objectives are so fast.Plus have to watch multiple sides and against trabuchets.Tried petards but didnt work out too well.
Filthydelphia  [author] 2 Jun, 2018 @ 11:52am 
Neky, the book "The Imjin War" by Samuel Hawley was an indispensable resource. Glad you appreciated the attention to historical detail. I think players would also appreciate the biographies of famous Japanese samurai present at the battle unlockable by killing these heroes.
Neky 1 Jun, 2018 @ 5:01am 
Wow! It was great! You made very specific people such as Kim Cheonil, who is normally even Koreans havn't heard of! Great job!
Poxo 23 Apr, 2018 @ 8:25am 
Won it on hard on the 1st run, could only grab one relic and didn't use any trade cart.

My final pop was 8 11111, I killed 1888 so not bad :)

Entertaining scenario, however I played it in a safe way, I guess trying to go out would have made it much harder.
gregory615 18 Jan, 2018 @ 1:05pm 
I spent a whole week to deal with this campaign. The difficulty of this campaign worth a 5-star rate. Besides killing all enemy leaders, I managed to accomplish almost all challenge :)