Multiple bridge battle defeat

**FactionHeir** · 08-28-2009, 15:04

Yeah, ballistae and ribaults work wonders in bridge battles.

**cambovenzi** · 08-29-2009, 12:37

i have to remember that U shaped deal, and siege weapons.
my bridge battles are generally sloppy, as i like open field battles better.(and am more used to them)

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 08-30-2009, 04:19

The combination of your army deployed in an U shape and of a catapult deployed behind your units is very deadly. Fire ammo from the catapult will kill a lot of enemies and will cause an instant route of the rest of them.

**FactionHeir** · 08-30-2009, 14:46

Disagree on catapult. Its so unpredictable in its firing that you will likely incinerate a good portion of your own army

Treb is even a bit more accurate in that regard.

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 08-30-2009, 17:07

If you place the catapult directly behind your army so it can fire the length of the bridge, you will see mayhem. Your own units are save and since the ammo is flying lower then that of a trebuchet the massacre is bigger. Aim at the bridge and have fun.

**Prussian to the Iron** · 08-31-2009, 16:10

As others have said, the best thing you can do is make a 'U-shaped' formation of your infantry at your end of the bridge. I reccomend having any axe-men on the flanks of the formation, spearmen on the curves, and any swordsmen in the middle of it. Any Archers and non-skirmisher units should be positioned level with the bridge on the flanks, so that they can fire on the enemy as they come in. Ballistae and catapults can annhilate an enemy like this, but remember that trebuchets will not work very well against a bridge.

If you are attacking a bridge, I think the best way is to use the same formation, only use a skirmisher unit or cavalry as bait. Bring a skirmisher unit up to the enemy, pepper them a bit, then retreat when they give chase. They'll go right int your little trap, and Ballistae firing forward onto a bridge covered with enemies? slaughter.

**Sebastian Seth** · 09-01-2009, 13:15

I tested this with 4 papal guards and holy cross versus 5 spearman and 15 peasants. Altought I had tight line on the bridge end and peasants whre going down and panicing. They still pushed my units back a lot. I looked ver closely and saw my troops actually backing up step by step.

Another thing was that the units arent keeping thight line as they used to but spreading wide when brawling starts.