how to kill a taisho/daimyo in battle?

[maresk]

i played my first assault against an enemy clan daimyo/taisho but i can't seem to kill the general in battle.

i start with a force twice his size and easily defeat all his yari and archers (well a few archers remain) but most of my force is about 80% intact. his heavy cav is reduced to 1 unit -- the taisho (a 4 star) and my heavy cav of 10 units (commanded by a 3 star) cannot defeat it. they are totally exhausted and started getting cut down by the 1 single enemy. i quit the battle in frustration cuz it was taking over 20 min just with that 1 guy and he was killing my entire army of 400.

should i have just waited longer?

[kamizaki_nurizeko]

dude yari ashigaru decimate a daimyos unit....problem is unless you encircle the fool when he finally runs away his cav outrun your ashi...try a unit or two of warrior monks to kill the bugger....attack his ashi and low moral units and in general smash up his armys moral, causing mass rout...try and isolate his daimyo/taisho from the rest of the army and remember it isnt the most important part of a battle that you kill the general, you can still beat him with or without his taisho..and now a little table that shall help you a bit

spear beat cavalry
cavalry beat ranged weapons
range weapons beat slow moving foot soldiers
warrior monks kick ass!!! http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif
also if you have the expansion pack, mongol invasion/warlord edition you get kensai, a single super warrior dude..but most just dont use it cause its so unrealistic...and battlefeild ninja they pretty good too

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The bell rings against a hollow sky; the raven caws...NO MERCY!...all samurai walk the path to nothingness.~Kuroi Sabato

[maresk]

ah i see... i'll try to envelope him with my yari guys.

thanks for the tip!

strange tho... i got his archers down to 13 men, but they weren't routing and i couldn't catch him with my infantry as they marched away and my cav was too exhausted. it's my first battle so i had no advanced units yet.

[Orda Khan]

Cavalry are advanced units
.......Orda

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[Structure]

I noticed this too. As indicated you need to surround him with spear units. The frustrating part is that it will still take them a long time to kill the daimyo.

I've seen AI daimyos kill a couple dozen yari samari before finally getting killed. It's a bit silly, but whatever.

Once I see the enemy Daimyo is surrounded by a couple spear units, I can focus my time getting my other units organized to take advantage of the enemy's reduced moral when their Daimyo dies.

[Foreign Devil]

I've often seen an enemy taisho die without me even trying to kill him, although this usually happens in larger battles. Sometimes, i can still see the gold general's banner even after i'm told he's dead.

[Mithrandir]

Aww common people...

truly the best way to kill a Daimyo is to send a Geisha after him http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif.

but in battle... seriously :
surround him wth spears,pin him down and force your archers to shoot him, you will lose some of your own men, but it's the fastest way to get rid of him...