Mission 19. A Date with History Stronghold Crusader HD First Edition Trail Me vs Wolf, Mass crossbows and monks, Wolf with 40K gold is hard to break but not that hard to hold.
to finish in just a few minutes, 1. make 40 mace men (buy the weaps and sell everything)((u can do 20 speed while building then switch to a faster speed whenever ur comfortable, doing this in fast speed right at the start allows enemy king to build his castle b4 ur ready and then ur troops will just die b4 u get to attack his king)) 2. when 40 mace men are ready, make them cross the sand that makes u slow (this just saves time as troops spend less time on the sand when crossing from right to left instead of diagonally) 3. while they're travelling, use all remaining gold to strengthen troops, create good things like those flower beds (u'll see the little green boxes above troop health to know they're strengthened) 4. send them attacking through the left side of the castle, destroy the single small gate and u'll get access to the keep ( make sure u avoid the catapults while destroying the gate) 5. at this point u should have at least 31-35 troops left, make sure they attack the king as a tight-knit group, not one by one bc then they'll just die 6. PROFIT
I attacked from the north side, 50 horse archers, 35 macemen, 35 swordsmen, and 17 catapults. Whats weird is the Wold has that giant iron ore deposit near him but insists on using the tiny strip near your base. Its laughable how easy this mission was.