Grab as many as you can as fast as you can. A reasonable choice seems to be straight out, then clockwise with the first scout. Scout aggressively! This seems to be more important than usual in this scenario. About five scouts, plus a couple of monks to start seems about right. Where to go, what to explore first? There is no way of knowing, but you certainly need a lot more scouting capacity, so build that up immediately. The map is comprised of a lot of islands, all connected by bridges and river fords. The difficulties go down when the Mongols join you, because by that time, you should have some static defenses and some secure territory, you have probably knocked out one enemy, and you have just acquired a strong mobile force, at a bargain price. Save the game frequently! You need to do like Napoleon did and use those internal lines of communication. You need to micromanage a lot of units all over the map continuously for a long time, otherwise they just commit suicide. You don't control any secure territory, and you need to be engaged all over the map. Until you build up, you will be stretched thin, and you need to accomplish a lot. The scenario is fairly hard at the beginning, as a lot of AoE scenarios are. This scenario is not particularly straightforward, so there are more spoilers here than usual. Sure, it has great melee armor, but how often does it actually catch something that it can beat? The Teutons do have several advantages, such as conversion resistance. Furthermore, the Teuton unique unit is not useful. There are many important missions for combat-capable light cavalry, and the Teutons just can't do them. Another major weakness is that their scout is not only relatively slow, but weak. This means, among other things, that it will have difficulty running away from a superior force. The biggest one is that their cavalry is slow. However, their total force has significant weaknesses. Frederick Barbarossa, after being elected the Holy Roman Emperor, attempts to force the squabbling German fiefdoms into his Holy Roman Empire, which he then must defend from the invasions and manipulations of the Italian city states and the pope in Rome.
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