How much impact does a generals death have on army morale?

[John the Mad]

Enemy generals have a bad habit of staying out in foreign territory for years, getting the "low supply" traits by the armful. They can also get more traits that disintegrate morale, leading to circumstances like this.

A bad cheat i found out was to send your army out ahead of the general in enemy territory then move him into it when only needed.So say if you are sieging a town that takes 11 turns to fall,leave a genarless army to siege it,then on the ninth turn move a general into it.

I hate doing this but the game seems to go only by seasons besieging and disregards wether the army has devestated the tile underneath...so you get starving troops who have been looting the countryside.

Another bad hiccup seems to be Generals out of supply a turn or two after taking a city.