Lionheart's History of Russia: A One-Off France has gone too far. Decades into the great French hysteria which has set Europe aflame, the revolutionary anarchists continue to refuse to back down. The excitable Latin crowds have made a demonstration before the world of the perils of giving any man the chance to grasp absolute power. Even the great Napoleon Bonaparte, chief among enlightened men, has been seduced by the tantalising prospect of dominion. God knows it takes greatness to rule, a quality in which Europe is sorely lacking of late. Upon whom can we rely to stop the French threat? The mad King George of Britain? Charles of Spain, despised by his own people and ready to be supplanted by his son? Prussia’s Friedrich Wilhelm, a man so meek he takes orders from his wife? I think not. Even the Austrians appear lackadaisical in the face of this crisis. Are these the men with which we are to defend Europe’s monarchies? No. The old order is dead. But in death comes rebirth. Opportunity, where there is loss. For Russia - marginalised, disregarded, unappreciated Russia, the death of the old order makes way for something better. Much belongs to the Romanovs, more than the Germans are willing to acknowledge: Poland, by rights an extension of our western border, was divided up unfairly to mollify better kings. Now Prussia sits upon lands they claim for the Germans, but the Junkers are as leaves upon an ocean of Slavs. Slavs in need of a homeland. Slavs in need of a liberator. If the Prussians and Austrians should prove themselves incapable of keeping the French at bay, who will protect the subjugated Slavs? And the infidel turks, who sully Christendom’s holy places with their ungodly ways - there is no power who would intervene to save them now, in the name of petty games of politics. The experiments of enlightenment are over. Someone must step in to restore the balance, to return Europe to its natural order. The world needs greatness, now more than ever. They need a man who was born to rule, of good pedigree - they need a man who was not afraid to remove weakness, even his kin, from the throne for the good of the empire. The world needs a man untouched by the western madness, who will stop at nothing to do God’s will on earth. The world needs Alexander. The world needs Russia. “There’s been a change of plan.” Field Marshal Kutuzov was practically murderous. You could tell because of the tone of his voice, light and almost friendly. The field marshal was the great bear’s great bear, a lumbering powerful mass of a man, too much of a mythological hero to be real. You didn’t have to believe the stories about Kutuzov to be in awe of the man; the wounds where he had been shot through the temple, twice, were testament to the fact that the man could not be killed. His blind scarred right eye, terrifying even in its sightlessness, fixed itself on Dmitry Dokhturov over the brim of a letter which he held in one tight meaty fist. “Sir?” Dokhturov asked cautiously. The sounds of the camp beyond the tent filtered through the canvas in the brief silence that followed. “The young tsar” Kutuzov rumbled with a hint of bitterness beginning to show itself in his voice “has seen fit to change our direction east.” Dokhturov cocked an eyebrow “East?” “East.” Kutuzov’s mouth was working noiselessly, tasting the words for Tsar Alexander, the patricidal ruler he quietly disdained, that he might have used if he were alone “The tsar wishes us to abandon our allies to Napoleon in favour of some border dispute with the turks instead.” Dokhturov acknowledged the news silently. What could one say? If the tsar wished it, there could be no question that it must be followed “Bennigsen is..” “...No further west than Minsk, yes.” Kutuzov cut in “One would think that a man with his reputation could be trusted to see off whatever threat the Mohammedans might pose.” “Then… why, sir?” Kutuzov grimaced “Tell the men outside that no-one is to enter, Dmitry. I don’t want this overheard.” The order given, Kutuzov discarded the letter onto the cluttered table between them “It is unwise to try too hard to understand the mind of our young tsar.” He grunted and stood, pressing his weight onto his knuckles clenched on the table “There could be any number of reasons; I half suspect that idiot Dolgorukov put this scheme into his head. What I fear is most likely, however, is this: I look too likely to succeed.” “Sir?” “You are not to breathe a word of this so long as you live, do you understand me?” Once Dokhturov had given a hesitant nod, the field marshal continued “Alexander does not like me, and God knows he has not yet earned my respect. He has placed me in charge of a hastily assembled army which is to lead a fractious coalition against a French army which rumour has it is unbeatable. Horseshit, of course, but I tell you Dmitry the tsar has far too much respect for that bastard Napoleon. Oh I’m sure he’d be delighted if we pulled it off, and I have every confidence that we would have done, but more than that he would be ecstatic to have a reason to replace me with someone he likes more.” Dokhturov didn’t know what to say to that. To cast such aspersions about the intentions of the tsar was unthinkable, and yet… Unbidden, his eyes found the map lying at the centre of the table and the Pratzen Heights that had been marked out. Kutuzov caught the direction of his glance and grunted. “Put it out of your mind, Dokhturov. I know we would have crushed Bonaparte at Austerlitz, as sure as Swedes are swine. There will come another time, another battlefield, where we can put the French to flight. Who knows, it may even work out for the best - no reason to share the glory with the Austrians if we don’t have to, eh? Now get the others in here, I want preparations for our new Turkish campaign to begin immediately. God knows what we’ll tell the Austrians, maybe this is all a ploy to get the Prussians to get off their arses.” He chuckled to himself, and then seeing that Dokhturov was still standing there added “Well, what are you waiting for, a kiss on the cheek? Get on with it, I want to be in Constantinople for my birthday.”
Kind of funny considering the Habsburgs were supposed to supply the Russian Army with a new pair of boots for each soldier because they had been marching to aid them all the way from Russia, the Habsburgs refused and many Russian soldiers marched into Austerlitz shoe - less
"Walter, these Russians are up to something!" "Whatever would you be revering to, mylord?" "Do not play dumb! You are seeing the same things i am seeing, are you not?" "Yes, mylord, i am. I can, however, not comprehened how their resent activities could lead you to the conclusion that they are planning something." "Watson, tell me what tey are doing." "Building roads mylord." "EXACTLY!!! Russians do not build roads, unless it is for nefarious purposes!!!"
@@holdencross5904 I literally stayed neutral and traded with everyone I could for a while until I was making 16k a turn. Ireland doesn’t get any universities so I literally bought almost all of the technology from France. Then once France conquered 70% of the map I started attacking them. Now I make like 80k a turn. So I demanded a bunch of land from France in exchange for peace. I also liberated a lot of places so I’m also getting money from them too.
Hearing that someone else likes the Empire and Napoleon province and region system brings me such joy in my life. I've always felt like it was a guilty pleasure, but I could never help myself! Glad to see you return to Napoleon, Lionheart. :D
I do too! I think it gives extra emphasis on the smaller locations and makes them more unique, rather than having small province regions which you just stack with what you need. For example, in the UK in this game, there are a whole amount of smaller locations such as Portsmouth and Oxford which makes me just so happy, particularly being from Portsmouth. Idk, there’s something about it I suppose
Me too. I got empire and napoleon total in sixth grade as a bundle, because I thought the history of those time periods was interesting. I loved theses games, but I heard from the community that these weren’t that good of games.
I'm not going to lie my eyes blurred there for a second and what I read was I hope we get some epic River dance battles and was so confused but had to laugh at the mental image hundreds of thousands of troops lining the shores of a river ready to fight and die for the glory of their king and country only for someone to bust out some violins on one side and some drums on the other and the leaders of both armies to break out in dance lol
Interesting fact, while winter finished of the troops most of Napoleon’s losses were due to summer diseases. Epic History TV has a good video on the topic
Yeah I read a book about this. Typhus ripped through Napoleons army even before Bordino. Marshall’s under reported the casualties because they were concerned their corps may not be used, so Napoleon didn’t realize the severity of the issue until it was far too late.
Also the Russian steppes are just complete ass year round. Hot with little shade. Very few rivers and lakes for water. All bad. Russia’s best ally is the terrain.
Most armies of that age had problems with diseases' being a major cause of death and troops being not fit to fight. Look to the record's of Washington's army at Valley Forge and while he sat in NJ and NY for 2 yr The go to Willington's in Port and Spain Remember they had no idea what caused Disease's or how to stop them other then to Quarantine once someone had one
So cool to be here right at the start of the campaign. This era was the focus of my grad school study, and I love when I get to this period in the college classes I teach.
Things that you should consider in Napoleon: Total War -> Religion, Infrastucture, Population, Minor settlements within a region, Historical Grievances, Betrayal is especially brutal!!
Lionheart you may not see this but the Prussian campaign is what got me started watching you so just so you know it’s really good to see this you know?
I remember trying to play a campaign as Belgium and desperately fighting back against the French war machine. Watching this is making me want to jump into another campaign
🦁♥️, just came from Prussia, and America prior to that. I'm looking forward to this! I still hope you will play as France next! Just for fun! While I'm sure your tactics will drive me mad, I enjoy your one liners! Keep it up, you "cheeky sod"! 😂😂 You crack me up with every episode!!!
So glad to see an empire video series again and to see the cavalry butcher back in action. We've been spoilt with your calvary usage from the your high elves video. Looks like horse burgers are back on the menu boys.
Lionheart, Firstly, CONGRATS AND WELL DONE for returning to Napoleon Total War with Darthmod and playing as the Russians. This was also the first faction I played as on my own, and with Darthmod enabled as well. Quick tip: NTW cavalry CANNOT be left in combat with infantry, not even the melee Hussars. They're best used for cycle charging, especially the lancer Uhlans, and disrupting enemy formations and artillery. Watch out for their stamina as well, they do not last well in terms of energy if you run them halfway across the map before they engage with the enemy, and they take a long time to recover back to being fresh or at least active in a battle. You haven't seen it happen yet so far, but once you go up against European powers like France, Prussia and potentially even Great Britain in future, you will see a lot of square formations happen. DO NOT ENGAGE them with cavalry, it is sheer suicide. Squares are your best friend in countering enemy cavalry flank charges, make sure you keep an eye on the bigger battlefield picture at all times. A well-timed triggering of "Form Square" can gut any cavalry unit that strays within firing or melee range. Artillery is king in this game. Always try to have firepower superiority over your enemy whenever possible. Use and abuse canister shot to the hilt, and do whatever you can with your infantry formations to funnel enemy troops straight into the maw of your guns. Very important to remember this once you start going up against Napoleon's Grande Armee infantry columns which are by far the largest and densest in the game.
Very nice to see a return of Napoleon :D I never did enjoy playing either this game or Empire myself, but I might give it a go with Darthmod as this series shows it off quite nicely.
First episode : Russian casualties : 760 men (176 from friendly fire), 1 ship. Ottomans : 4246 men (215 from friendly fire), 0 ship. France : 0 man, 0 ship. Ratio : 5,5 kill/death on land. 0 by sea.
Quick name suggestion: "Perun's Wrath" (Perun being the Russian god of the sky lightning and war.) "Dead man's guard" (inspired by the attack of the dead men during world war 1.) "Red's royal Reserves" (even though they aren't the red army yet it might be cool to have a city defense unit named after them or something like that.) Thanks for the great content so far, love the series keep it up.
Russia going to war with the Ottomans... *Flashbacks to the Crimean War (The one in the 1800s)*... That went well throughout history... Ah yes, attacking the Underbelly of Europe, a very British Strategy.
I could not agree more about appreciating the towns that are spread out across a region that can develop and grow. I also audibly sighed at your suggestion of an Empire II: Total War-it’s something that I want so much. The number of hours I have invested in Empire: Total War is low-key embarrassing 😅😓😂
As someone who loves the gun powder total wars the most, it suprises me I haven’t actually tried out a darth mod for them. Welp. There is something to do tomorrow.
If you want a correction, when Napoleon invaded Russia it was during summer and he lost half the army in the heat of summer to attrition not due to winter. Mostly summer related diseases.
Great to see Napoleon again !!! I too have been waiting for a new total war Empire it would be fantastic with all the new graphics that are about now !!!
Hi Lionheart, yesterday I dislocated my left knee cap so today while recovering from moving my knee cap back into place I was looking if you had any new videos. I really in joyed this video so thank you. I hope to see more total war. I hope the mighty Russia can defeat the French empire. P.s I wish to see more total war three kingdoms after this series or when you have time
4:58 my little native town Belgorod in the right side of the screen. In those days the population was only 3k people (now 300k). We are famous, УРА! :D
*Товарищи! Это ваш момент, которого вы так долго ждали! Сегодня вы встаете и падаете за Родину! За Большую Медведицу! ЗА ЦАРЬ! УРА!* *Tovarishchi! Eto vash moment, kotorogo vy tak dolgo zhdali! Segodnya vy vstayete i padayete za Rodinu! Za Bol'shuyu Medveditsu! ZA TSAR! URA!* ((Comrades! This is your moment you've been waiting for! Today you rise and fall for The Motherland! For The Great Bear! FOR THE TSAR! URAH!))
I've been re-watching Lionheart's Napoleon Prussia campaign for weeks now. Then I saw he finally made the return LOL. I was watching the his Empire Total War campaigns before this. Fun times all around. It's great to see how much better he's gotten at this game over the years.
Vladimir's Diary, part 1: My father fought in a war. He was a captain who had seen action against Italian and French navies. Now, I continue on his legacy as a foot soldier moving towards Bucharest. My good friend Dimitri had already angered the Major. We all have hopes of drinking vodka in Constantinople before the year was out. Anything else would be an unbearable let down. But for now, Major Abramov wants us ready. For should we succeed, the Persians will probably strike back with a vengeance.
MAN that is nice that you came back at old total war .... plus since i'v been watching you it's like a drug dude i swear i will not be able to live longer if you stop !!! By the way incredible tactics and management , since you did the right thing wipe out those turcks from Europe.... an advice you should be fast and hit Athènes soon because it's a major hub of recrutement for ottomans love ya take care !!!
Love this game so much thanks for the video. Please don’t forget about the trade nodes in the Black Sea. The easiest to get to from your Crimean trade port. You asked about the best Russian artillery. The unicorn is definitely up there for their big range but the howitzers and rockets are the most useful in my opinion. Anything where you can worry less about terrain and line of sight because they fire over your troops is a bonus cause sometimes the terrain just isn’t there and that can help cut down on friendly fire incidents. Also the rockets have the terror factor.
Unit suggestion name: The Lumbering Guns (Cannon unit, heavier the poundage the better considering the name) or The Eastern Wind Woooooo we're back in NTW!
More suggestions for unit name’s, also would love an update or Army check on all the named units so far As you liberated the Dutch they’d sure provide some musketeers or foot - 1st Dutch Brigade 2nd Dutch Brigade 3rd Dutch Brigade 1st Catalan Company 1st Moscow Fusiliers Shaw’s Scottish Volunteers Engebretsen’s Danish Foot Kamchatka Foot For some cav - 1st Pamplona Guards 1st Catalan Dragoons 1st Guard of St Andrew (raised by the Church) 1st Kurdish Troop - (from your ottoman territories, sire) 2nd Kurdish Troop 3rd Kurdish Troop And finally some arty - 1st Catalan Scouts 2nd Catalan Scouts Princess-Tsarina’s Troop Novgorod Company
Nice, not too much Napoleon Total War out there. And yes, I was pretty sure I would see cavalry slaughter and friendly fire, and I was not disappointed (or rather, not surprised). ;)
Remember: "Bullet - stupid, bayonet - sharp" I won't suggest names for army troops, but I recommend name for a Battleship: "Don't touch Me" ( real historical name).
(I would love to submit a Unit named “Tachankas Finest) The Lords Beginning 1...... Another day, another time to be alive in the Motherlands glorious empire. Alexie “Tachanka” woke up in his small room as he quickly got up and dressed as he was within the city of Minsk . As he looked out his window as he put on his officer uniform of white and green and put on his side his saber, he would not have an easy day he knew. Napoleon Bonaparte, new Emperor of France, was on the move and thus the Bear of Russia was stirring from its hibernation. But he also knew that his Motherland was in danger from the Ottomans to the South and old grudges with the Swedes from Carolus Rex certainly were a thing. Alexei quickly got out of his room as his saber bounced against his leg and hip as he went to his current commander as he walked by other Russian officers having just woken up. He passed the halls of his military quarters full of candles and pictures of either officers or battles before he came to his commanders War Room and knocked for entrance. “Come in.” Came a rough voice as Alexei headed in. His commander looked at him with a cigar in one hand and papers in the other as Ivan Rigrobtriv looked at Alexei and said, “Alexei.... your new orders have come. We prepare war with the Ottomans...” “The Ottomans? Have we finally had enough of their influences to our south?” Asked Alexei. “Correct... we have substantial troops moving south to start taking the city of Iasi. But we need good leaders and since you’ve just gotten out of Officer School, I have secured you some new troops to lead.” Said Ivan. Alexei saluted proudly before Ivan as he said, “When shall I go?” “As soon as you can... the men will need officers like you to lead them.” Said Ivan. “Then I shall prepare my bags!” Said Alexei and he smartly saluted again before he did an about face and left the room to begin prepping to leave for the new front.
Yes, Unicorn Guns are the artillery you want to work up to for the Russians. Russian Lifeguards are also quite good in melee, although I believe they are outclassed slightly by the guards of other major nations in a firefight.
Some Unit names! I've been studying 19th Century Russia and I find it very fascinating. Hope the Unit names are alright and if I've made spelling errors please correct me. Artillery - The Tsar's Thunder Artillery of Autocracy Cannons of Catherine Chesma's Fury Infantry - Serfs of Estonia Serfs of Lithuania Serfs of Latvia (Russia would conscript serfs to the army) Slavonic Pride Malishenkov's Troopers (Grenadiers) 6th Finnish Conscripts Kagul's Protectors Ukrainian Loyals (Light Infantry) Caucasus Mountaineers (light infantry) Elites of Moscow (Grenadiers) Black Sea Crimeans Tenguinsk Musketeers Somov Infantry Kopor Grenadiers Tavriches Grenadiers ^Murom Musketeers Dniepr Regiment Mogilev Musketeers Pavlov Regiment Rostov Musketeers Yelets Regiment Kostroma Musketeers Polotsk Regiment^ * ^calling all these musketeers would be boring so this mixes it up* Lieb Grenadiers Tauride Grenadiers Cavalry - Snow-footed Siberian Horsemen Lancers of Alexandr (Lancer Cav) Steeds of the Motherland Alexandr's Own Cavalry Alexandr's Mounted Blades 1-5th Isoum Hussars Efromov-V Cossacks Grodno Hussars Malakov Cossacks Sissoiev Cossacks Andronov Cossacks Ships - Might of the Tsar Catherine's Beauty Speransky Korabl (Ship) Monarkhiya (Monarchy) Gordost Rossii (Pride of Russia) Misha Sergei
Unit Suggestion: Rename the 11th Regiment of Foot Musketeers (their current name in-game) into the 11th Musketeers "The Old Stubborns" for their surprisingly solid fight in melee in your first battle against a decent melee unit. Edit: It actually also got 300 kills, not bad from a basic Musketeer Regiment
In all fairness to people daft enough to invade Russia, none of them have invaded in winter! It's just invading the place seems to take much longer than expected🤔😞
I want empire 2 so badly. I love the map size and such in empire, but o think the battles feel a bit better in Napoleon. A modern version of empire would be amazing. I think this time period lends itself really well to total war and is a ton of fun.
2 tips for Napoleon TW. First off, militia give a garrison policing bonus, each militia gives +1 repression, so they're and easy way to keep happiness. I find also that it's well worth lowering taxes by 1 on both classes first turn. First off it makes it much easier to keep places happy. Even more importantly though, by turn 20+ it starts more than paying for itself. Lowering taxes increases the growth per turn of towns, making it so around turn 20-30 you're making more money from each town than you would by keeping taxes at the starting level.
Hey if you are taking unit name suggestions I have a couple: musketeers: Awesome squad (throwback to Prussian campaign) Artillery: Moscow’s Pride Cavalry: The Imperial Guard Great series so far. Looking forward to Monday!
Unit suggestion: how about “Smiths of Eregion” or something similar as you probably won’t get any out before you defeat Isengard in the high elves campaign so you can live through them in this one lol 😆
Possible Unit names (feel free to change/edit as you please, whether for clarification or space): Legionaries of the 3rd Rome, Enforcers of Russkya Pravda, Cossack Tribesmen (Cav name), Tatarian Riders (Cav name), Orthodoxian Guard (as in the Orthodox Church), Pan-Slavic Liberators, Russian Raiders, Eastern Horde, Northern Bear-men, Ivan's Terrible Footmen, The Great Bear Claws, Tsar's Fist, Winter's Warriors, Muscovian Might, and the Last Kievan Rus. Also, some artillery names I would like to see, but probably wont because they are Russian no-no words, is Suka and Blyat (this is the English spelling, by the way). Love the content, and I hope you like at least one of these names :)
Lionheart's History of Russia: A One-Off
France has gone too far. Decades into the great French hysteria which has set Europe aflame, the revolutionary anarchists continue to refuse to back down. The excitable Latin crowds have made a demonstration before the world of the perils of giving any man the chance to grasp absolute power. Even the great Napoleon Bonaparte, chief among enlightened men, has been seduced by the tantalising prospect of dominion.
God knows it takes greatness to rule, a quality in which Europe is sorely lacking of late. Upon whom can we rely to stop the French threat? The mad King George of Britain? Charles of Spain, despised by his own people and ready to be supplanted by his son? Prussia’s Friedrich Wilhelm, a man so meek he takes orders from his wife? I think not. Even the Austrians appear lackadaisical in the face of this crisis. Are these the men with which we are to defend Europe’s monarchies? No. The old order is dead.
But in death comes rebirth. Opportunity, where there is loss. For Russia - marginalised, disregarded, unappreciated Russia, the death of the old order makes way for something better. Much belongs to the Romanovs, more than the Germans are willing to acknowledge: Poland, by rights an extension of our western border, was divided up unfairly to mollify better kings. Now Prussia sits upon lands they claim for the Germans, but the Junkers are as leaves upon an ocean of Slavs. Slavs in need of a homeland. Slavs in need of a liberator. If the Prussians and Austrians should prove themselves incapable of keeping the French at bay, who will protect the subjugated Slavs? And the infidel turks, who sully Christendom’s holy places with their ungodly ways - there is no power who would intervene to save them now, in the name of petty games of politics.
The experiments of enlightenment are over. Someone must step in to restore the balance, to return Europe to its natural order. The world needs greatness, now more than ever. They need a man who was born to rule, of good pedigree - they need a man who was not afraid to remove weakness, even his kin, from the throne for the good of the empire. The world needs a man untouched by the western madness, who will stop at nothing to do God’s will on earth.
The world needs Alexander. The world needs Russia.
“There’s been a change of plan.”
Field Marshal Kutuzov was practically murderous. You could tell because of the tone of his voice, light and almost friendly. The field marshal was the great bear’s great bear, a lumbering powerful mass of a man, too much of a mythological hero to be real. You didn’t have to believe the stories about Kutuzov to be in awe of the man; the wounds where he had been shot through the temple, twice, were testament to the fact that the man could not be killed. His blind scarred right eye, terrifying even in its sightlessness, fixed itself on Dmitry Dokhturov over the brim of a letter which he held in one tight meaty fist.
“Sir?” Dokhturov asked cautiously. The sounds of the camp beyond the tent filtered through the canvas in the brief silence that followed.
“The young tsar” Kutuzov rumbled with a hint of bitterness beginning to show itself in his voice “has seen fit to change our direction east.”
Dokhturov cocked an eyebrow “East?”
“East.” Kutuzov’s mouth was working noiselessly, tasting the words for Tsar Alexander, the patricidal ruler he quietly disdained, that he might have used if he were alone “The tsar wishes us to abandon our allies to Napoleon in favour of some border dispute with the turks instead.”
Dokhturov acknowledged the news silently. What could one say? If the tsar wished it, there could be no question that it must be followed “Bennigsen is..”
“...No further west than Minsk, yes.” Kutuzov cut in “One would think that a man with his reputation could be trusted to see off whatever threat the Mohammedans might pose.”
“Then… why, sir?”
Kutuzov grimaced “Tell the men outside that no-one is to enter, Dmitry. I don’t want this overheard.” The order given, Kutuzov discarded the letter onto the cluttered table between them “It is unwise to try too hard to understand the mind of our young tsar.” He grunted and stood, pressing his weight onto his knuckles clenched on the table “There could be any number of reasons; I half suspect that idiot Dolgorukov put this scheme into his head. What I fear is most likely, however, is this: I look too likely to succeed.”
“Sir?”
“You are not to breathe a word of this so long as you live, do you understand me?” Once Dokhturov had given a hesitant nod, the field marshal continued “Alexander does not like me, and God knows he has not yet earned my respect. He has placed me in charge of a hastily assembled army which is to lead a fractious coalition against a French army which rumour has it is unbeatable. Horseshit, of course, but I tell you Dmitry the tsar has far too much respect for that bastard Napoleon. Oh I’m sure he’d be delighted if we pulled it off, and I have every confidence that we would have done, but more than that he would be ecstatic to have a reason to replace me with someone he likes more.”
Dokhturov didn’t know what to say to that. To cast such aspersions about the intentions of the tsar was unthinkable, and yet… Unbidden, his eyes found the map lying at the centre of the table and the Pratzen Heights that had been marked out. Kutuzov caught the direction of his glance and grunted.
“Put it out of your mind, Dokhturov. I know we would have crushed Bonaparte at Austerlitz, as sure as Swedes are swine. There will come another time, another battlefield, where we can put the French to flight. Who knows, it may even work out for the best - no reason to share the glory with the Austrians if we don’t have to, eh? Now get the others in here, I want preparations for our new Turkish campaign to begin immediately. God knows what we’ll tell the Austrians, maybe this is all a ploy to get the Prussians to get off their arses.” He chuckled to himself, and then seeing that Dokhturov was still standing there added “Well, what are you waiting for, a kiss on the cheek? Get on with it, I want to be in Constantinople for my birthday.”
Thank you for the one off history return they’re always spectacular and a delight to read! :)
Glad to see you back again
@@lionheartx10 Is the advisor Princess Leia?!
Oh man how I've miss reading A Humble Pear. I still have your Maratha Confederacy pdf saved on my phone. Its so amazing!
Please,man, dont make this a one off. I love your stories, they're an incredible and enjoyable addition to lionheart's videos.
“Sir we need shoes urgently”
“Why?”
“To walk bear-footed on the bear-en ground is un-bear-able”
“Shut up Dimitri!”
Triple pun lol
Dammit Dimitri!!!
Ha very punny Dimitri
Kind of funny considering the Habsburgs were supposed to supply the Russian Army with a new pair of boots for each soldier because they had been marching to aid them all the way from Russia, the Habsburgs refused and many Russian soldiers marched into Austerlitz shoe - less
"Walter, these Russians are up to something!"
"Whatever would you be revering to, mylord?"
"Do not play dumb! You are seeing the same things i am seeing, are you not?"
"Yes, mylord, i am. I can, however, not comprehened how their resent activities could lead you to the conclusion that they are planning something."
"Watson, tell me what tey are doing."
"Building roads mylord."
"EXACTLY!!! Russians do not build roads, unless it is for nefarious purposes!!!"
Oh God! Why are they building roads?!
You know what else they are doing Watson?!
They are building SHIPS! Russia doesn’t build ships!
What Russians??
I read War and Peace over last summer, and was elated when I found out Russia was the next Napoleon campaign. Can’t wait to see the Cossacks in Paris!
For Skirmishers or Light Infantry, you could call them "The Cub Scouts" and the milita could be called "The Bare Minimum".
you mean the "bear" minimum? ;)
@@mynameisunknown8002 damn it you beat me to it
I played as Ireland and rushed the trade routes and spammed militia. Not even the most skilled army can stop a horde of 50,000 militia
Wait how?!
@@holdencross5904 I literally stayed neutral and traded with everyone I could for a while until I was making 16k a turn. Ireland doesn’t get any universities so I literally bought almost all of the technology from France. Then once France conquered 70% of the map I started attacking them. Now I make like 80k a turn. So I demanded a bunch of land from France in exchange for peace. I also liberated a lot of places so I’m also getting money from them too.
@@A-VeryJudgemental-Guy I meant how did you play as Ireland
@@holdencross5904 get darthmod and launch the darthmod campaign
@@A-VeryJudgemental-Guy I would but two things. 1. I don’t have a PC at the mo. 2 are there unique Irish units
I saw Princess Leia and got really confused until I remembered “darth mod”
Hearing that someone else likes the Empire and Napoleon province and region system brings me such joy in my life. I've always felt like it was a guilty pleasure, but I could never help myself! Glad to see you return to Napoleon, Lionheart. :D
I do too! I think it gives extra emphasis on the smaller locations and makes them more unique, rather than having small province regions which you just stack with what you need. For example, in the UK in this game, there are a whole amount of smaller locations such as Portsmouth and Oxford which makes me just so happy, particularly being from Portsmouth. Idk, there’s something about it I suppose
I loved the way provinces work on total war empire, i hope they stick with it for these games. It makes so much historical sense.
Its the superior system. No doubt
Me too. I got empire and napoleon total in sixth grade as a bundle, because I thought the history of those time periods was interesting. I loved theses games, but I heard from the community that these weren’t that good of games.
@@Njordin2010 shame no one with new intel processors can play this game anymore
I hope we’ll get some Epic river defence battles. Those were my favorite moments from your Prussia Campaign
I'm not going to lie my eyes blurred there for a second and what I read was I hope we get some epic River dance battles and was so confused but had to laugh at the mental image hundreds of thousands of troops lining the shores of a river ready to fight and die for the glory of their king and country only for someone to bust out some violins on one side and some drums on the other and the leaders of both armies to break out in dance lol
Interesting fact, while winter finished of the troops most of Napoleon’s losses were due to summer diseases.
Epic History TV has a good video on the topic
Yeah I read a book about this. Typhus ripped through Napoleons army even before Bordino. Marshall’s under reported the casualties because they were concerned their corps may not be used, so Napoleon didn’t realize the severity of the issue until it was far too late.
Also the Russian steppes are just complete ass year round. Hot with little shade. Very few rivers and lakes for water. All bad. Russia’s best ally is the terrain.
@@taylorjohnson6548 don't forget cossacks spawning all around your supplies
Most armies of that age had problems with diseases' being a major cause of death and troops being not fit to fight. Look to the record's of Washington's army at Valley Forge and while he sat in NJ and NY for 2 yr
The go to Willington's in Port and Spain
Remember they had no idea what caused Disease's or how to stop them other then to Quarantine once someone had one
Lionheart's cavalry commander;
I cannot "bear" this any longer!
As Lionheart fires canister into his own unit.
So cool to be here right at the start of the campaign. This era was the focus of my grad school study, and I love when I get to this period in the college classes I teach.
regiments' names ?
1) the " I can't grizzly bear Napoleon"
2) the " Try to Putin a joke here"
3) the " Try a vodka stration"
lol
For unit names
Bolkonsky’s Grenadiers, and Rostov’s Hussars.
Hurray for culture!
Things that you should consider in Napoleon: Total War -> Religion, Infrastucture, Population, Minor settlements within a region, Historical Grievances, Betrayal is especially brutal!!
ARTILLERY MOUNTAIN is back haha... Good to see Napoleon back on the channel been watching since British Napoleon series
Napoleon is so intense with the amount of buildings spread over map, love trade and navies, plus land battles are huge and exciting, more lionheart 😍
These bear puns are going to be unbearable
Both you guys have to stop . We can't bear much more of it .
Lionheart you may not see this but the Prussian campaign is what got me started watching you so just so you know it’s really good to see this you know?
Thanks :)
Extremely hyped for this series, finally a new supplement to my obsessive viewing of the High Elves campaign
Lionheartx10 without friendly fire is like Michael Jackson without hair
Oh my God YESSSS! I've been waiting for this for a while! Thank you so much Lionheart!!!
I remember trying to play a campaign as Belgium and desperately fighting back against the French war machine. Watching this is making me want to jump into another campaign
This Campaign is going to be epic.
🦁♥️, just came from Prussia, and America prior to that. I'm looking forward to this!
I still hope you will play as France next! Just for fun! While I'm sure your tactics will drive me mad, I enjoy your one liners! Keep it up, you "cheeky sod"! 😂😂 You crack me up with every episode!!!
Put your hands in the air if u love lionheart
I love him with all of my normalheart
Blimey...long time no Napoleon. This was when I started watching your Channel, it was the Prussia Campaign...been hooked since 😊
So glad to see an empire video series again and to see the cavalry butcher back in action. We've been spoilt with your calvary usage from the your high elves video. Looks like horse burgers are back on the menu boys.
Finally another Empire/Napoleon series! Super excited for this
Bringing back all of the historical Total Wars I grew up to love. :D
Lionheart,
Firstly, CONGRATS AND WELL DONE for returning to Napoleon Total War with Darthmod and playing as the Russians. This was also the first faction I played as on my own, and with Darthmod enabled as well.
Quick tip: NTW cavalry CANNOT be left in combat with infantry, not even the melee Hussars. They're best used for cycle charging, especially the lancer Uhlans, and disrupting enemy formations and artillery. Watch out for their stamina as well, they do not last well in terms of energy if you run them halfway across the map before they engage with the enemy, and they take a long time to recover back to being fresh or at least active in a battle.
You haven't seen it happen yet so far, but once you go up against European powers like France, Prussia and potentially even Great Britain in future, you will see a lot of square formations happen. DO NOT ENGAGE them with cavalry, it is sheer suicide. Squares are your best friend in countering enemy cavalry flank charges, make sure you keep an eye on the bigger battlefield picture at all times. A well-timed triggering of "Form Square" can gut any cavalry unit that strays within firing or melee range.
Artillery is king in this game. Always try to have firepower superiority over your enemy whenever possible. Use and abuse canister shot to the hilt, and do whatever you can with your infantry formations to funnel enemy troops straight into the maw of your guns. Very important to remember this once you start going up against Napoleon's Grande Armee infantry columns which are by far the largest and densest in the game.
Very nice to see a return of Napoleon :D I never did enjoy playing either this game or Empire myself, but I might give it a go with Darthmod as this series shows it off quite nicely.
First episode :
Russian casualties : 760 men (176 from friendly fire), 1 ship.
Ottomans : 4246 men (215 from friendly fire), 0 ship.
France : 0 man, 0 ship.
Ratio : 5,5 kill/death on land. 0 by sea.
Wow, the battles are so much more beautiful than I remembered
Also, medieval 3 should have a nearly ck3 level campaign experience
This will give us a taste of the inevitable bear puns we will get with Kislev Bear cavalry!
Quick name suggestion:
"Perun's Wrath" (Perun being the Russian god of the sky lightning and war.)
"Dead man's guard" (inspired by the attack of the dead men during world war 1.)
"Red's royal Reserves" (even though they aren't the red army yet it might be cool to have a city defense unit named after them or something like that.)
Thanks for the great content so far, love the series keep it up.
Name for artillery squad: “we don’t care which side you’re on”
Lol true
Russia going to war with the Ottomans... *Flashbacks to the Crimean War (The one in the 1800s)*... That went well throughout history...
Ah yes, attacking the Underbelly of Europe, a very British Strategy.
I was just thinking about doing a Russian camaign after my British one and you came out with this, the timing.
Yes, love these campaigns and makes me want to pick up the game again
I could not agree more about appreciating the towns that are spread out across a region that can develop and grow. I also audibly sighed at your suggestion of an Empire II: Total War-it’s something that I want so much. The number of hours I have invested in Empire: Total War is low-key embarrassing 😅😓😂
Just in time for me to get off work ! Now I know what I shall watch with my post work brew. Thanks as always LH !
As someone who loves the gun powder total wars the most, it suprises me I haven’t actually tried out a darth mod for them. Welp. There is something to do tomorrow.
Have you tried it yet? I just did and wow, life changed. Love darth mod
If you want a correction, when Napoleon invaded Russia it was during summer and he lost half the army in the heat of summer to attrition not due to winter. Mostly summer related diseases.
Great to see Napoleon again !!! I too have been waiting for a new total war Empire it would be fantastic with all the new graphics that are about now !!!
Lionheart starts a Russian campaign by kicking the crap out of the ottomans? And who said total war games are historically inaccurate
Heck yes. This was one of my favorite TW. Good on ya LH!
*Gets lots of own troops killed with bad tactics.
Man he is really taking this Russia Campaign Seriously!!
*Stalin happy noise*
Hi Lionheart, yesterday I dislocated my left knee cap so today while recovering from moving my knee cap back into place I was looking if you had any new videos. I really in joyed this video so thank you. I hope to see more total war. I hope the mighty Russia can defeat the French empire. P.s I wish to see more total war three kingdoms after this series or when you have time
Feel better soon!
I feel your pain my dude. I dislocated my right knee 2 months ago and the process wasn't great but wasn't terrible. Hope you are doing better 👍
4:58 my little native town Belgorod in the right side of the screen. In those days the population was only 3k people (now 300k). We are famous, УРА! :D
I’ve always been a warhammer guy but my god I love this I’m so excited for this
Same
Yay, another napoleon series! These have always been my favorite!
*Товарищи! Это ваш момент, которого вы так долго ждали! Сегодня вы встаете и падаете за Родину! За Большую Медведицу! ЗА ЦАРЬ! УРА!*
*Tovarishchi! Eto vash moment, kotorogo vy tak dolgo zhdali! Segodnya vy vstayete i padayete za Rodinu! Za Bol'shuyu Medveditsu! ZA TSAR! URA!*
((Comrades! This is your moment you've been waiting for! Today you rise and fall for The Motherland! For The Great Bear! FOR THE TSAR! URAH!))
Not comrades yet, that'll only come with the USSR
@@TheR00k We all are comrades
@@awesomefinnbro6190 if only there was a way to give the Finns their first Constitution as Alex I in N:TW
@@TheR00k What I would do to get *2nd Club War*
As a Russan I can confirm that in 19th century we fought for the Ursa Major
I've been re-watching Lionheart's Napoleon Prussia campaign for weeks now. Then I saw he finally made the return LOL. I was watching the his Empire Total War campaigns before this. Fun times all around. It's great to see how much better he's gotten at this game over the years.
Finally the wait is over! Unit suggestion for any cannon unit: Peter the Great's Great Guns
It is good you are going back to the older games. Napoleon and Rome are the two games I have wanted to get to fill out the TW time lines.
Vladimir's Diary, part 1:
My father fought in a war. He was a captain who had seen action against Italian and French navies. Now, I continue on his legacy as a foot soldier moving towards Bucharest. My good friend Dimitri had already angered the Major.
We all have hopes of drinking vodka in Constantinople before the year was out. Anything else would be an unbearable let down. But for now, Major Abramov wants us ready. For should we succeed, the Persians will probably strike back with a vengeance.
I love the crackle of guns in the morning. Bear puns, I could do with out those.
Let’s goooo! Finally I’m so excited
Let's have a great new series! Can't wait to watch this
Amazing. Great to see some Napoleon and what not again. Love Warhammer but nothing like the nostalgia of empire/napoleon and Shogun.
MAN that is nice that you came back at old total war .... plus since i'v been watching you it's like a drug dude i swear i will not be able to live longer if you stop !!! By the way incredible tactics and management , since you did the right thing wipe out those turcks from Europe.... an advice you should be fast and hit Athènes soon because it's a major hub of recrutement for ottomans love ya take care !!!
Unit suggestion name: Rasputin's Love Machines/Machine Gunners
Surely Rasputin’s Orphans would be more fitting? 👀👀
@@troygrindley3793 Rasputin's Magic Men. Also Rasputin came much later
Rasputin was born in 1869 but i see yur point
@@holdencross5904 I’m aware, but still not exactly a bad name.
But Rasputin was Russias greatest love machine....
I love how princess leia is the announcer.
Russian Great Bear Infantry: Subjecting all enemies to a "grizzly" fate since 1805.
Love this game so much thanks for the video. Please don’t forget about the trade nodes in the Black Sea. The easiest to get to from your Crimean trade port. You asked about the best Russian artillery. The unicorn is definitely up there for their big range but the howitzers and rockets are the most useful in my opinion. Anything where you can worry less about terrain and line of sight because they fire over your troops is a bonus cause sometimes the terrain just isn’t there and that can help cut down on friendly fire incidents. Also the rockets have the terror factor.
Unit name: Lenin Lovers
(And yes I know this is over 100 years early) and the Tzarters
Unit suggestion name: The Lumbering Guns (Cannon unit, heavier the poundage the better considering the name) or The Eastern Wind
Woooooo we're back in NTW!
My unit name sugestions for any unit are:
The hungry wolves
Winter is coming/here
Napoleons bane
The tsar's finest
Yea nice. Also the stompy bois would be sweeeet
Just got around to this video and I'm exited to follow it to the end.
As I remember, the arty in empire & Napoleon tends to aim at the side of a unit, targeting the ground in front of a unit can do a lot more damage
More suggestions for unit name’s, also would love an update or Army check on all the named units so far
As you liberated the Dutch they’d sure provide some musketeers or foot -
1st Dutch Brigade
2nd Dutch Brigade
3rd Dutch Brigade
1st Catalan Company
1st Moscow Fusiliers
Shaw’s Scottish Volunteers
Engebretsen’s Danish Foot
Kamchatka Foot
For some cav -
1st Pamplona Guards
1st Catalan Dragoons
1st Guard of St Andrew (raised by the Church)
1st Kurdish Troop - (from your ottoman territories, sire)
2nd Kurdish Troop
3rd Kurdish Troop
And finally some arty -
1st Catalan Scouts
2nd Catalan Scouts
Princess-Tsarina’s Troop
Novgorod Company
I do love this though friend :)
Mate the intro reel for this series is INTENSE!!
The horse butcher returns
Nice, not too much Napoleon Total War out there. And yes, I was pretty sure I would see cavalry slaughter and friendly fire, and I was not disappointed (or rather, not surprised). ;)
I'd hate to disappoint! :P
For a cavalry unit: The Mounted Bears
BTW Love your stuff lionheart.
Remember: "Bullet - stupid, bayonet - sharp"
I won't suggest names for army troops, but I recommend name for a Battleship: "Don't touch Me" ( real historical name).
If you like good ship names, go and look up the names of "Culture" ships from Ian M Banks' sci-fi books
(I would love to submit a Unit named “Tachankas Finest)
The Lords Beginning 1......
Another day, another time to be alive in the Motherlands glorious empire. Alexie “Tachanka” woke up in his small room as he quickly got up and dressed as he was within the city of Minsk . As he looked out his window as he put on his officer uniform of white and green and put on his side his saber, he would not have an easy day he knew.
Napoleon Bonaparte, new Emperor of France, was on the move and thus the Bear of Russia was stirring from its hibernation. But he also knew that his Motherland was in danger from the Ottomans to the South and old grudges with the Swedes from Carolus Rex certainly were a thing.
Alexei quickly got out of his room as his saber bounced against his leg and hip as he went to his current commander as he walked by other Russian officers having just woken up. He passed the halls of his military quarters full of candles and pictures of either officers or battles before he came to his commanders War Room and knocked for entrance.
“Come in.” Came a rough voice as Alexei headed in.
His commander looked at him with a cigar in one hand and papers in the other as Ivan Rigrobtriv looked at Alexei and said, “Alexei.... your new orders have come. We prepare war with the Ottomans...”
“The Ottomans? Have we finally had enough of their influences to our south?” Asked Alexei.
“Correct... we have substantial troops moving south to start taking the city of Iasi. But we need good leaders and since you’ve just gotten out of Officer School, I have secured you some new troops to lead.” Said Ivan.
Alexei saluted proudly before Ivan as he said, “When shall I go?”
“As soon as you can... the men will need officers like you to lead them.” Said Ivan.
“Then I shall prepare my bags!” Said Alexei and he smartly saluted again before he did an about face and left the room to begin prepping to leave for the new front.
Yes, Unicorn Guns are the artillery you want to work up to for the Russians. Russian Lifeguards are also quite good in melee, although I believe they are outclassed slightly by the guards of other major nations in a firefight.
Some Unit names! I've been studying 19th Century Russia and I find it very fascinating. Hope the Unit names are alright and if I've made spelling errors please correct me.
Artillery -
The Tsar's Thunder
Artillery of Autocracy
Cannons of Catherine
Chesma's Fury
Infantry -
Serfs of Estonia
Serfs of Lithuania
Serfs of Latvia (Russia would conscript serfs to the army)
Slavonic Pride
Malishenkov's Troopers (Grenadiers)
6th Finnish Conscripts
Kagul's Protectors
Ukrainian Loyals (Light Infantry)
Caucasus Mountaineers (light infantry)
Elites of Moscow (Grenadiers)
Black Sea Crimeans
Tenguinsk Musketeers
Somov Infantry
Kopor Grenadiers
Tavriches Grenadiers
^Murom Musketeers
Dniepr Regiment
Mogilev Musketeers
Pavlov Regiment
Rostov Musketeers
Yelets Regiment
Kostroma Musketeers
Polotsk Regiment^ * ^calling all these musketeers would be boring so this mixes it up*
Lieb Grenadiers
Tauride Grenadiers
Cavalry -
Snow-footed Siberian Horsemen
Lancers of Alexandr (Lancer Cav)
Steeds of the Motherland
Alexandr's Own Cavalry
Alexandr's Mounted Blades
1-5th Isoum Hussars
Efromov-V Cossacks
Grodno Hussars
Malakov Cossacks
Sissoiev Cossacks
Andronov Cossacks
Ships -
Might of the Tsar
Catherine's Beauty
Speransky
Korabl (Ship)
Monarkhiya (Monarchy)
Gordost Rossii (Pride of Russia)
Misha
Sergei
How you toggle deployable defense ? 28:56
Yes! Been looking forward to this!!!!!
Well I just found this and gotta say I’m loving what I’m seeing
Unit Suggestion: Rename the 11th Regiment of Foot Musketeers (their current name in-game) into the 11th Musketeers "The Old Stubborns" for their surprisingly solid fight in melee in your first battle against a decent melee unit.
Edit: It actually also got 300 kills, not bad from a basic Musketeer Regiment
In all fairness to people daft enough to invade Russia, none of them have invaded in winter! It's just invading the place seems to take much longer than expected🤔😞
Maybe the most logical thing to do in that is to actually invade in winter?
I want empire 2 so badly. I love the map size and such in empire, but o think the battles feel a bit better in Napoleon. A modern version of empire would be amazing. I think this time period lends itself really well to total war and is a ton of fun.
I have been waiting for a Napoleon/Empire campaign eversince the premature end of your Empire TW USA campaign. And here it is
2 tips for Napoleon TW. First off, militia give a garrison policing bonus, each militia gives +1 repression, so they're and easy way to keep happiness. I find also that it's well worth lowering taxes by 1 on both classes first turn. First off it makes it much easier to keep places happy. Even more importantly though, by turn 20+ it starts more than paying for itself. Lowering taxes increases the growth per turn of towns, making it so around turn 20-30 you're making more money from each town than you would by keeping taxes at the starting level.
My horse got mauled by a bear, it was a little Winnie for the bears
Napoleon total war's intro was legendary gave me chills ngl
Hey if you are taking unit name suggestions I have a couple:
musketeers: Awesome squad (throwback to Prussian campaign)
Artillery: Moscow’s Pride
Cavalry: The Imperial Guard
Great series so far. Looking forward to Monday!
Yuri`s Yogi`s, they`re better than the average Bear!!!! Great to see a Napoleon series back Lionheart, gotta be one of my favourite games
In Napoleon attacking a nation you have a trade agreement with doesn't affect your reputation at all
Darthmod Napoleon was how this game should have released. I played hours and hours, looking forward to the series.
We're Smarter than the Average Great Bear. For a Pun. And then unit the Jellystone Rangers, The Yogi' Bears, and The Hannah Barbearahs.
What about Boo Boo we really need an Arty called the Mad Boo Boo's and make them a howitzer
Mad Boo Boo's has to be a Unicorn Howitzer
In Napoleon, regions do develop however because the timeframe is so short towns very rarely actually appear. Also a name suggestion:
URAAAHHHHHHHHHH
I love the opening, almost like Monsieur Macron rehearsing for his LARP club evening meet
Unit suggestion: how about “Smiths of Eregion” or something similar as you probably won’t get any out before you defeat Isengard in the high elves campaign so you can live through them in this one lol 😆
Possible Unit names (feel free to change/edit as you please, whether for clarification or space): Legionaries of the 3rd Rome, Enforcers of Russkya Pravda, Cossack Tribesmen (Cav name), Tatarian Riders (Cav name), Orthodoxian Guard (as in the Orthodox Church), Pan-Slavic Liberators, Russian Raiders, Eastern Horde, Northern Bear-men, Ivan's Terrible Footmen, The Great Bear Claws, Tsar's Fist, Winter's Warriors, Muscovian Might, and the Last Kievan Rus. Also, some artillery names I would like to see, but probably wont because they are Russian no-no words, is Suka and Blyat (this is the English spelling, by the way). Love the content, and I hope you like at least one of these names :)