I like to start out with a very mobile army by having a decent amount of calvary. I line up my line troops/militia in the center, use calvary to harrass enemies flanks, take out their general, take on their artillary, and to hit them from behind (as I am sure most people do). I find that launching a calvary attack out of the trees where they were hidden seams to still work great as in past TW games. I always keep some pike near my general, especially if I am using all my calvary to harras the enemy, since the AI has been throwing a lot of cav sneak attacks trying to take out my leader. I also play very patient. If I have cannon in range, I will let them fire away even if the enemy is far enough away that it takes a lot of shots to get a direct hit. Weakening the enemies line troops by even just a few seems to give me a huge edge when I engage with my line troops, so be willing to milk the clock to launch as much artillary at them as possible. Also, I have had mixed success but am getting the hang of trying to draw the enemey where I want them by using my general as bait. If I micro enough, I can lure out units as they go for my gen and I can skirmish the enemy and try to split their forces up a bit. When I get home after work I plan to start learning how to use more hit and run tactics with my fast infantry units to harras the enemy as they either approach my main forces or my main forces approach them. The goal with this is to get an enemy unit to break formation and go after my fast infantry and then take them out with calvary before the enemy can react. I also want to work at taking more advantage of cover, as I bet I can cut loses by another 10 percent per battle by just making better use of the surround fences, buildings, hills, ect....