Help! Ming is trying to kill me!

[Connor Compton]

Now I'm quite new to this game (around 200 hours) and still haven't figured out strategy yet, but I'm playing Korea at the moment and after many decades of having an alliance with Ming allowing me to rapidly expand and conquer Manchuria, Mongolia, and Japan, Ming has suddenly broke their alliance with me and set me as a rival.

I have roughly 50-60% their military strength but because of my skill I get thrashed in a war with them, so I allied Bengal and Delhi to help defensively and built a huge wall of castles covering 80% of the border but we still got destroyed.

Does anyone have any tips on fighting a defensive war against Ming and/or causing Ming to collapse?
I believe it is around 1620-ish.

 

[Connor Compton]

I should probably also say I am playing with no DLCs or mods.

 

[ShahanShah]

I should probably also say I am playing with no DLCs or mods.

without MoH Ming is a absolute monster, instead of passively ruining games he actively pursues aggression and will never collapse

 

[herrhals]

1. Buy DLCs
2. Get good
3. ???
4. Profit

Seriously though. Someone recently posted a strategy against Ming you can use within first 10-20 years as Korea and win
1. Gain naval dominance
2. Wait until Ming is busy against northern hordes
3. Use your navy to transport troops to the south
4. Siege down provinces and castles, while avoiding combat at all costs. Ferry your troops up and down the coast.
5. win?

The idea is to split up the Mingian forces between the north and south, because MIng is so dang huge. You can even get military access from someone in the west, and park a few troops over there to distract Ming further. Taking advantage of Ming's size.