With the MP campaign, is there a way to host a match in which I can still play the battles against the CPU with out having the other player play them?

It seems all I have been able to do is, set the options so when I attack a CPU controlled country, it either forces me to auto-resolve, or if I choose the option that the other play may fight as AI, it forces the other player to fight as the AI. Is there not an option to fight the CPU with out auto-resolve?