Bringing two stacks to the battlefield

[Bob the Insane]

I might have misunderstood what you said....

But.. you don't have to make all the armies around an enemy attack it...

As long as there are friendly armies (or allies) in the 8 squares around the enemy army to are attacking then they are automatically drawn into the battle.... All you have to do is move the units next to the target and then select the stack you want to actually control and perform the attack with that...

I have found a useful thing to do in a siege is to not actually surround the enemy but to place the reinforcments for my seige force immediately behind the siege force, perferably in a fort without a general... This means that when/if the enemy sally the backup troops are available as reinforcements without having to walf around the settlement...

If I follow this thread it would also be a good idea to ensure the reinforcment army is the stronger one...

[Red Harvest]

I believe he is thinking more of siege defense and bringing your reinforcements alongside, although the same could apply to other portions of the map when on defense. The AI often attacks the smaller stack. If your family member is in the larger stack you still get stuck with control of the small stack and no opportunity to command both (not logical, but, that's the way it is programmed.) It is a rude shock and is one of the few instances I have of the AI winning a battle on VH...the AI simply suicided my entire decent army as I watched.

[Slaists]

Yes, Red Harvest understood my point. I've had a few instances of very disenheartening losses due to the AI attacking my reinforcement stack leading to glorious death of the general and his main army...