when possible, I keep my general at the border of my own territory in a fort and send him to lead the final assault (or the last year of a siege when waiting for enemy to sally).
reminds me of blackadder goes forth
"ΜΗΔΕΝ ΕΩΡΑΚΕΝΑΙ ΦΟΒΕΡΩΤΕΡΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΝ ΦΑΛΑΓΓΟΣ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΗΣ" -Lucius Aemilius Paullus
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