I’m a vasal with the Khuzaits and I feel like the AI is not doing me any favors. We were at war with Sturgia and the Aserai at the same time which was a nightmare because everyone was running north and south. Not at war with Sturgia anymore but as soon as we made peace with them Monchug went and declared war with the western empire. I have 15 fiefs and they all border the western empire. So while every place I own is getting attacked Monchug and all the other assholes have been fighting over Shibal Zumr Castle. One side takes it and back and forth so most of the army is over there. And I’m in the same situation over at Onica castle. I own it but they take it and then I take it back. No one is getting anywhere. I want to go on the offensive and take Zeonica but I just don’t have enough people and I don’t think I can get anymore. Any tips for this stalemate? And where do all their troops keep coming from? They keep coming with 1100 troop armies and I keep destroying them, shouldn’t the...
I play on max difficulty. I absolutely obliterate any army that’s 1.5x my size or less, but I’m always trying to get better. Current formation/tactics:
40% archers, usually a mix of fian champs and xbows 20% infantry, usually heavily weighted towards legionary 30% cavalry, almost entirely druzhniks or elite cataphracts 10% mounted archers, don’t really care what they are so long as they’re t5
Tactics: shield wall 10-20 paces in front of archer wall, preferably lower in altitude so archers can fire over Archers spread (f2+f3) Horse archers immediately behind Cavalry immediately behind, also spread
Everyone on hold fire till 185 distance Horse archers and archers fire Usually knock out a significant number of troops. 100 distance before enemy cav hits, horse archers on f6 - they usually distract enough that there isn’t a full charge wrecking my infantry, and my archers are slaughtering horses anyway 20 distance before infantry meet, infantry fire 10 distance before infantry meet, cavalry full charge. As soon as it crushes thru, send cavalry on to archer line (if it still exists) or send it to a point so I can bring it immediately back for another organized charge against infantry If they pull back to regroup with reinforcements, I move my archers to the gap between archers and infantry to inevitably pick the 100-200 arrows up, rinse and repeat
My question: people seem to be more nuanced than me, using things like shock troops (what are those and why would I use them?), light cavalry (what’s the point also?). Would love thoughts on other unit types, as well as general strategy for maximizing victories/minimizing casualties.
Last time I actually lost an open, pitched battle I was outnumbered 3.5:1 and there were absolutely zero hills to use. TIA!
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