In bringing the exploits of Napoleon to the Total War series, Creative Assembly have dealt with it in the same way they've always dealt with reality. Military history is the Plasticine from which they roll out alternative time-snakes. So, Napoleon starts out as he was – a fully-trained artillery commander, commanding an army of artillery-strong, but badly trained soldiers. The new units are true to the time – all 351 of them, created just for this sequel. But what you do with them is up to you. Napoleon, after all, made mistakes.