OK - so this delay business - I've been too busy killing/getting killed to pay this any serious attention - I've had the usual delays in archers stopping firing, and the occasional troops who refuse to move where I asked, but I don't think either is related to the delay you're on about... Am I missing something here?

Is the delay related to distance from the general? So the further you are from him, the longer the delay? Or isn't it that fiendish?