Grifman
11-11-2002, 23:26
Ok, you can't play the Mongols, but the Russians can get pretty close to that style of combat. Fought off a rebellion this afternoon in Livonia. I had an entirely cavalry army, 780 men, half and half boyars and steppe cavalry, with a couple of mounted xbows too (I am starting to love those units!http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif The enemy had close to 1,300 men, almost all infantry, peasants, spearmen, and 3 units of big bad halberdiers, some archers, and some Lith cavalry.
It was such a cool battle My boyars and xbow cav shot up the peasants as they advanced, falling back again and again as they approached, leaving them rather disorganized. Then I focused my xbows on the halberdiers, slowing them down a bit. All 3 halberdiers were on my left wing and not being stopped though, so I threw my steppe cav at them, while my left wing of boyars and steppe cav swept across the field, taking out his unsupported spearmen and archers. His Lith cav charged my center, but the boyars ate those guys up, then fell on the rear of the halberdiers who then broke. Finally tally:
Killed 439
Taken 648
Lost 153
Just about my best victory yet - and I'm not a great tactical fighter, sometimes I just use brute force, not being patient enough to exercise finer tactical skills http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif But this time, playing horsearcher style worked like a charm.
(FYI, I have also done this with the Byzants against Western chivalric armies, using Byzant cav and horsearchers to great effect)
Boyars rock
Grifman
It was such a cool battle My boyars and xbow cav shot up the peasants as they advanced, falling back again and again as they approached, leaving them rather disorganized. Then I focused my xbows on the halberdiers, slowing them down a bit. All 3 halberdiers were on my left wing and not being stopped though, so I threw my steppe cav at them, while my left wing of boyars and steppe cav swept across the field, taking out his unsupported spearmen and archers. His Lith cav charged my center, but the boyars ate those guys up, then fell on the rear of the halberdiers who then broke. Finally tally:
Killed 439
Taken 648
Lost 153
Just about my best victory yet - and I'm not a great tactical fighter, sometimes I just use brute force, not being patient enough to exercise finer tactical skills http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif But this time, playing horsearcher style worked like a charm.
(FYI, I have also done this with the Byzants against Western chivalric armies, using Byzant cav and horsearchers to great effect)
Boyars rock
Grifman