"The enemy flee like frightened goats! Hunt them down, and slay them all!"
Uhm, yes. What do you usually do with routing troops? Which troops do you chase them with? What 'tricks' do you use to kill as many of them as possible before they leave the field?
I normally keep my light cavalry (militia cavalry, equites, round shield cavalry, etc.) in reserve to keep them fresh so that they can mow down the routers. It may be just me, but I find militia cavalry to be especially deadly rout-chasers. I've gotten single silver-chevron militia cavalry before in my Greek/Seleucid games, almost purely from killing routers. They've killed far more than their fair share of cowardly kings and princes.
If hard-pressed, I may commit my skirmishers to chasing the routers, but they aren't usually that effective, unless they happen to be fresh.
My friend says that putting rout-chasers on loose formation kills more routers faster. Is that true?
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