Defending a bridge with longbowmen and packs of heavy infantry - one of the few ways t beat Mongols in the field.Field battles are fun, as that is when tactics can have a large impact on the outcome, as you have space to move your troops around, and also the terrain plays more of a role.
My absolute favorite battles are when I am defending during a bridge battle. I purposely engineer these on the strategy map because of how effective they are. It might seem too easy to some people, but there is something fun about seeing a few units of spears, with a few units of crossbows, and an artillery unit completely destroy a full stack with less than 10% casualties on vh.
Siege defense is also something I really enjoy when I am prepared for it with a decent size garrison. Some of my most enjoyable battles have come from defending antioch from multiple stacks of hordes with a full stack of English.
Conversely, I absolutely despise siege assault, I just don't understand them. Tactics seem to make next to no difference, and it turns into a meat grinder where I lose at least 50% of my men even when I far outnumber them.
The art of war, then, is governed by five constant
factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations,
when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.
These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth;
(4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.
Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
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