Finally Won!

Made some inroads of chopping up wood to get into another access point.  Head to head, I would lose, so I basically sent my military into two different directions, some up front and the rest behind the empire at their weak point.  Finally... I won! Sure it was a pain in the butt! But I had to sell a lot of wood to get to the point where I can quicken the paste of the game for me to win.  I knew when I get another access point to their empire, I would be able to defeat them easier.