rising taxes

you can rise you taxes as the regions are yellow and also one turn you can use the red color but after that they will clam reform

Blockade ports Advanced

as we know that there is no power full navy in the world more than us there is no place for fear and you can also Blockade the land ways as shown in below by your ships

taking advantage

as you and Austrian army are fighting other nations are planed for economy development . so they never needed prestige in the game at the first place as you ?

I think Napoleon was too great to touch every mans heart in the Europe !!

but it means also that they are focused as you are , to defeat you. in hard mode .

defend in total war

Because of the penalty of cold you can use this kind of defenses to have advantage in south with Austrian army. the pictures explain and you can calculate. that Austrian army would suffer from cold and fight with your home region and cant stay outside ether. in total war thanks to the great simulation there is no need to fight in winter for poor soldiers.

As planned before you had to construct ships in your southern dockyards to have all south for your nation .

How to capture a ship in total war 2

Before i explained how to capture the ship . in Napoleon total war . now i show how to kill the people in the ship and capture it easy .

we have three gun shot types 

first round gun shot that it would destroy the enemy ship and guns

two chain shot witch used to aim the sails and the third is the grape shot that used to kill enemy soldiers on the rival ship as shown as below you would need it several times to kill as much as you need . otherwise you are too lucky .

the sea fight pictures in napoleon total war

 pictures about shooting to bot ships as they are turning to the shooting way.

How to capture a ship in Napoleon total war

When you want to capture a ship in total war you must Keep two things in mind:

First. your capturer ship must have more troops than the target.

Second. You must kill and lower they number but don't damage the ship as much as possible. For that you need to pin the enemy then use grape shots from close distance to kill the soldiers and sailors.

It is better to destroy the sail first to lower it's speed so you can catch them in case they run. If you want to know how to pin a ship click HERE.