War plan

dutchfire

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Considering Lincoln now has knights, a serious threat to our armies, I think we might want to reconsider our attack plan.

I propose this plan:
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Our current new giruvegan stacks takes the western path, through Dur-Kurigalzu. Our current Edorai stack takes the eastern path, through Nippur.

This attack takes 6 turns of movement, and probably 4-8 turns of bombardment and attacks. That should take out 3 Babylonian cities, with 34 population and several wonders, all in one turnchat.

You'll be wondering why I'm now suggesting this plan, while I was previously advocating attacking the flanks. During the troops counts I noticed that most of the Babylonian troops were placed in the fringe cities, while I was expecting them to defend their core.

If we decide to follow this plan, I think we can go once our stacks have moved to their starting positions, and once the current samurai, horseacher and scout in Babylonian territory have been evacuated to a safer place.
 
I undersand better now, thanks.
 
Sounds great, any basic idea on where to go from there?
 
Either east or west, depending on their defences. I'd say east, but we'll only know for sure later.
 
Whats the news on the Babylonian army Northwest of NG?
 
From the latest troop count:
<dutchfire> Borsipa: sword + axe
<dutchfire> horsearcher, chariot, chariot mace, outside the city
<dutchfire> knight outside the city
<dutchfire> opis: 2 longbow, 1 crossbow
<dutchfire> Eshnunna: 2 longbow, 1 crossbow
<dutchfire> Mari: longbow, sword, axe
 
Ha! The one NW was just a bunch of workers...jokes on me. But I got to see that on my own screen for the first time in awhile, so its good.
 
Ha! The one NW was just a bunch of workers...jokes on me. But I got to see that on my own screen for the first time in awhile, so its good.

Yeah, a knight protecting 4 workers, I believe
 
I think we should have a force to head for the knight with the workers, since they may speed up the economy, a special task force for that particular job.
 
Provolutions right, 4 workers would not only give us a possible economy boost, but also make a pillaging campaign much more effective in destroying Lincoln, especially if we plan on facing his more powerful forces later in the war.
 
We can surely send some forces to take out that Knight and block for reinforcements from that direction.
 
Well, we're not at war yet, so there's no way of knowing if those workers will still be there 5 turns from now.

Also, Lincoln will probably run those workers to the safety of one of his cities, and we'll capture that city, including workers, anyway.
 
Also, make a crab deal with the Babylonians in the interim, so that Edorai can grow one more in 3 turns only.
 
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