Tips on starting as Golden H. (Great Kahn Ach)

[Petrucci]

i am playing 1.8 without AOW on ironman. maybe I was luck but all went well. I can even take screenshot to confirm.

 

[hitchens]

Also, try to field as many mercenaries as possible to preserve manpower. It's good idea to use mercenary infantry, as they suffer most casualities, while using your own cavalry to reduce army maintenance costs. Eventually, Muscovy will run out of men, and your vassals will be able to finish the job.
7. With Muscovy defeated or crippled, you are now free to dominate the rest of Asia. Reform the government to get muslim units, and then westernize when you get decent ruler (at least 7-8 monarch power in each category per month).

I'm having issues here. I'm carpet sieging and taken most of their provinces, but I cant criple them in peace deal. Their provinces cost too much and so does force release of vassals.

 

[anomalacaris]

I'm having issues here. I'm carpet sieging and taken most of their provinces, but I cant criple them in peace deal. Their provinces cost too much and so does force release of vassals.

Not going to be a short struggle.

 

[donmolu]

I'm having issues here. I'm carpet sieging and taken most of their provinces, but I cant criple them in peace deal. Their provinces cost too much and so does force release of vassals.

Get as much as you can, then repeat after truce timer runs out.