I wouldn't really try to set records, I just played the game as it is, but it seems I'll have to just sit and accumulate troops now. I don't really like doing that, but I don't see another option here. Even looking at Chinese screenshots didn't really help. In those screenshots, the problematic hero has a significantly larger number of ranged units, and I don't really understand how that was achieved, since there's only one external tavern in a not very convenient location, and the enemy hero reaches our castles in 3 days. And I really don't want to give them up without having the ability to buy important units.