Quote Originally Posted by derF

I find this hard to belive. The mogol warriors are in skirmish mode so will fall back if chased. And anyway Byz Inf cant outrun them.
The mongols' first wave consisted solely of MHC and Mongol Foot Warriors

I ended up directly uphill of their position, since I rushed my troops to the crest of the hill (only fair, since I defended). He started shuffling his troops in some kind of AI flanking maneuvre. Works great with HA, but with MHC and MFW it looks a bit odd. Anyway, result was that his MHC cover was greatly dispersed in the center and to the right, most of them standing on the left or in transit from or to. His MFW started moving too, some back some to right or left, some standing and shooting. This created clusters of his troops moaneuvring all kinds of way or standing still. Seeing an opportunity, I dispatched a Byz inf to race down the hill and attack a cluster of 3 or 4 of them, since MHC's were mostly out of reach or busy doing some kind of transit maneuvre (I had various Heavy Cav or spearmen to cover their flanks if need be). Skirmish or not, the byz infantry bumped into two MFW units, possibly hindered by others in retreating, but being slaughtered anyhow, coming out with 20-25 or so each, running away, before I pulled my inf back. The MHC were not engaged by any of my troops IIRC, nor did they get the opportunity to attack my inf (if they did, I most probably would have been ready for them).

So believe whatever you want, but this is what happened. one more battle last night in Georgia, killed more than half of his MHC, the bulk of the horde in my game consists now of HA and naphta throwers. 2 or 3 more fights and'they will be a memory and we can get on with business as usual. My goal will be the reunification of the Roman Empire, only now in purple, governd from Constantinople!