Jagger
09-17-2002, 11:46
So does anyone watch the replays of their defeats?
I still have an Almohed campaign going on and just suffered a heavy defeat.
About a thousand of my troops commanded by a four star general in Serbia were attacked by about 1600 Turks. I felt it would be tough but I would probably win it.
The battle started off well. My arbelest, arquebuses and desert archers were in front of a wooded hill and causing heavy casualties on Turk troops that hesitated in front of my line. I was enjoying the carnage so much that I ignored Turk camel warriers and heavy cavalry moving to my left flank. I had two companies of Saharian Cavalry in a valley behind the hill protecting my left flank...but I didn't move them. I had three companies of camel warriers behind my right flank with nothing in front of them but I didn't move them to the left. The battle was going so well in front, I didn't worry about my flanks.
Then it was too late. A company of camel warriers was charging downhill vs my two companies of Saharian cavalry. I should have taken them easily but they were fighting uphill. My camel warriers on the right could have been shifted to the left. But no, I decide to do a flanking maneuver and move them forward and around my right to hit the Turks from behind. Did you know that camels are really very slow.
So my Saharan cavalry on the left was decimated because I didn't move them uphill. And on the right, my camel warriers are so slow that they arrived late. I had to commit them because my front line was started to crack under numbers. So I committed them at the nearest target and attempt to roll up the Turkish line. The nearest target was urban militia in woods fighting some nubian spearmen. I found out camel warriers are not only slow but can't fight in woods. Their attack from behind resulted in over half my three companies of camel warriers lost. It was just a pile of camels behind their urban militia.
I keep at it, but it was over. My mishandling of my cavalry lost the battle.
Although if I hadn't watched the replay, painful as it was, I wouldn't have learned some lessons.
[This message has been edited by Jagger (edited 09-17-2002).]
I still have an Almohed campaign going on and just suffered a heavy defeat.
About a thousand of my troops commanded by a four star general in Serbia were attacked by about 1600 Turks. I felt it would be tough but I would probably win it.
The battle started off well. My arbelest, arquebuses and desert archers were in front of a wooded hill and causing heavy casualties on Turk troops that hesitated in front of my line. I was enjoying the carnage so much that I ignored Turk camel warriers and heavy cavalry moving to my left flank. I had two companies of Saharian Cavalry in a valley behind the hill protecting my left flank...but I didn't move them. I had three companies of camel warriers behind my right flank with nothing in front of them but I didn't move them to the left. The battle was going so well in front, I didn't worry about my flanks.
Then it was too late. A company of camel warriers was charging downhill vs my two companies of Saharian cavalry. I should have taken them easily but they were fighting uphill. My camel warriers on the right could have been shifted to the left. But no, I decide to do a flanking maneuver and move them forward and around my right to hit the Turks from behind. Did you know that camels are really very slow.
So my Saharan cavalry on the left was decimated because I didn't move them uphill. And on the right, my camel warriers are so slow that they arrived late. I had to commit them because my front line was started to crack under numbers. So I committed them at the nearest target and attempt to roll up the Turkish line. The nearest target was urban militia in woods fighting some nubian spearmen. I found out camel warriers are not only slow but can't fight in woods. Their attack from behind resulted in over half my three companies of camel warriers lost. It was just a pile of camels behind their urban militia.
I keep at it, but it was over. My mishandling of my cavalry lost the battle.
Although if I hadn't watched the replay, painful as it was, I wouldn't have learned some lessons.
[This message has been edited by Jagger (edited 09-17-2002).]