Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
I fought the most epic battle in RTW last night!
The setup was hardly inspiring: I had a one-star general on my quiet eastern border, building some watchtowers. He was escorted by a unit of principes and two units of town watch. All told, it was about 260 men.
On the inter-turn, a Thracian army of nearly 1200 men attacked! I groaned as I clicked "fight the battle", thinking it would be an ignominious defeat.
When I got to the battlefield, I discovered that we were fighting around a river ford! I set my men up near the center of the map, and the AI started crossing directly across from me. They had a lot of Peltasts and Hoplites. They only got a couple of units across, and then they got all clogged up halfway through the river -- their Peltasts stopped midriver to shoot at my men.
With them clogged up like that, I managed to pin the first couple of Hoplites with my infantry and mount a flanking maneuver with my general. I lost one of my Town Watch units, but the enemy routed!
From there, it was a frantic running battle back and forth, having my general chase down Peltasts until they'd rout, then coming back to charge the rear of any Hoplites fighting my Principes. Using those tactics, we utterly crushed the enemy army!
Final tally: 20 Cavalry with the General, 35 Principes, and about 20 Town Watch (returned to camp after routing during the battle). It stands out as the most amazing battle I've ever fought in the TW series!
The setup was hardly inspiring: I had a one-star general on my quiet eastern border, building some watchtowers. He was escorted by a unit of principes and two units of town watch. All told, it was about 260 men.
On the inter-turn, a Thracian army of nearly 1200 men attacked! I groaned as I clicked "fight the battle", thinking it would be an ignominious defeat.
When I got to the battlefield, I discovered that we were fighting around a river ford! I set my men up near the center of the map, and the AI started crossing directly across from me. They had a lot of Peltasts and Hoplites. They only got a couple of units across, and then they got all clogged up halfway through the river -- their Peltasts stopped midriver to shoot at my men.
With them clogged up like that, I managed to pin the first couple of Hoplites with my infantry and mount a flanking maneuver with my general. I lost one of my Town Watch units, but the enemy routed!
From there, it was a frantic running battle back and forth, having my general chase down Peltasts until they'd rout, then coming back to charge the rear of any Hoplites fighting my Principes. Using those tactics, we utterly crushed the enemy army!
Final tally: 20 Cavalry with the General, 35 Principes, and about 20 Town Watch (returned to camp after routing during the battle). It stands out as the most amazing battle I've ever fought in the TW series!
