Quote Originally Posted by weejonnie View Post
Egypt is gung-ho for expansion northwards and so the powerhouse-3 cities are very vulnerable if you can get to them.
Ain't that the truth. They are always very vulnerable to surprise attack. It seems that even if your expansion is going that way, they don't defend those cities that well. Now, I will not do what I used to do, and that is take them when the rest of my empire is nowhere near them. That only hurts financially. However, I find it very important to take those towns quickly. Usually you can take Alexandria, then Memphis (or the other way around) quickly, as it seems they don't have too many large armies in that area. Again, they seem to think nobody will attack those towns. I will take my main army and either take one, then take half of my army and take the other, or split the army and take both at the same time.