One last thing. Give command to any general with a virtue bootsing morale, otherwise spearmen could run after the first casualties. Once I lost something like 800 men after I had killed ... 23 ...

Moreover that glorious defeat triggered a nasty chain reaction, all provinces revolting at once. Five turns later, I was left with my own little kingdom of Tyrolia and my mighty horde of 400 brave spearmen and archers ... Not a good starting point for world conquest

Ok, it that kind of defeat teaches you humility but it is not the aim of a game designed to make you feel like the mightiest warlord ever, ruler of all ...