Getting roads up and running.

[King_Course]

How do people do this. I mean I build a trader, and I send him to my second city, only for the sake of getting roads. But then he is bound to that trade route for a long time right?

Later, I specifically am annoyed with a lack or roads from one minor city to another. Do I have to run a traderoute from these 2? I tried, and the trader used a long detour going through a city state, because there was already a road there.

Has anyone come up with a smart way of getting the road network they want?

Bonus question: Why can't my battering ram attack a city?

 

[Mort_Q]

WHICH UNITS CAN FIGHT

Any military unit may attack an enemy unit. Civilian units such as Builders, Settlers, and Great People cannot initiate attacks. If attacked while on their own, these types of units are sent back to their territory of origin. Builders may be liberated by the original owner if they get captured. Support units, such as the Battering Ram or the Siege Tower cannot initiate attacks, but they help other units they are grouped with. If attacked while on their own, they are destroyed. A city may attack an enemy military unit that is within the city’s Ranged Combat Range and a combat unit may in turn attack an enemy city.