Maximus,

It's very likely you played with an unpatched version of VI.

Download the latest (not tough, there is only 1) patch, and join the fun.

http://www.totalwar.com/community/download.htm

The 1.1 patch is for MTW, the US/ Euro patch of 5.67 MB is for VI.

You saw noone because you are the only one playing unpatched.

Louis,