Quote Originally Posted by Mailman653 View Post
It's not till they are a stone's throw away that I realize my reinforcements only consisted of the general unit and maybe some dragoons (with no ammo). I then rush my calvary to try to save them but it was in vain. My champion of three battles was needlessly killed because for some reason the computer figured of all the units it could send to reinforce me it sends my general and an ammo-less dragoon unit.
Why would you let your general get caught? Just tell him to run away... the enemy is never going to catch him.

Anyway:
You can determine the order in which the units of a reinforcing stack enter the battle.

In the window where the battle is being presented, simply click and drag the units in the reinforcing army to rearrange the order. That will then be the order in which they will enter the battle (hint: always send the infantry or cavalry in first).