Quote Originally Posted by AssasinsShadow
I was playing the Byzantines on early and I decided to rush the Turks. unfortunately, they retreated from every battle, so I was left with a large Turkish stack in Syria and Edessia. Not wanting to slow down, I threw my armies at them and hoped for a win. The first battle was pretty normal, I slaughtered them, but took some decent losses of my own. The second battle had me worried. They had a few horse archers and other decent units. I sent my Treb Archers in first to soften them up, and after two volleys the entire Turkish army fled the field They out numbered me 2 to 1 and I only killed 12 of them. I'm not sure how this happened, but I thought it was kinda funny.


I've had battles before that as soon as archers inflict some casualties the enemy starts an instant route. But this was due to the enemy general having the vice always retreats wich is negative 9 morale. Well concluding from your post I believe you may have got him to abandon provinces 3 times. Almost any general with a negative 9 morale penalty will have troops that will retreat just from archer fire and as soon as 1 unit retreats it starts a chain route. Believe me I had the A.I. teach me why I should retire negative morale generals. I got my butt whooped by 200 men against my 1200. Yes the A.I. does get a sense of valour and vices of generals and understands how to use those groups of Jedi's when you do'nt know the quality of your men