Historical Campaigns

[wallace]

Hello,
Total Noob and all that and about to make an embarrassing post but here goes.
I can cope with the campaigns on "easy" pretty well thanks to the manual and frogbeastegg's excellent guide. I had a go on "expert" just for a laugh and was amused at how my troops routed so quickly!

My question is about Historical Campaigns - and I am stuck on Hundred Years War as the French in Loire Valley! How do do you win this fight! Also Richard Lionheart at Jaffa(?). Any tips?

Thanks.

[TonkaToys]

Welcome to the Org Wallace , you've come to the right place for expert advice... but not from me!

Anyway... can you remind me, which battle is the Loire Valley? I guess it is the one where you are Joan of Arc and you are chasing down an English column?

[{KotR}Lionheart]

Ive never really played hte historical campaigns, are they good? I tend to stick to single palyer campaign or online multi palyer.

[_Aetius_]

Jaffa is the one outside the castle isnt it?

If so what you do is create a perimeter with your spearmen and other spear units get them in a corner and and form a semi circle with everything behind them, as the egyptian cavalry attacks, your archers (firing at will) cut them down and they cant break through the line of spear class units, aslong as you dont break formation the egyptians will attack and rout attack and rout until they just plain rout and leave the field its actually very easy just cram your army into the corner of the walls of the castle (yes im aware your outside)

[wallace]

Thanks for the Jaffa advice and for the other replies - BUT what I really want is a kind of walkthrough for Loire Valley. You have to get 100 men MORE than the opposition into the castle. (I assume into the INNER wall of the castle.)
As far as I can see, it's a complete bastard!

[TonkaToys]

Hey Wallace...

IIRC this is the one with your troops surrounding the castle...

First thing to note is that you have to get into the inner walls of the castle.
Second thing to note is that most of your troops in this scenario should act as a decoy!

Look at the castle. At the rear of it, both walls converge. This means a breach here will allow you to enter the inner walls without having to fight through the outer walls.

But, you don't want the troops in the outer ring to move inwards, otherwise you are buggered. Really you want to draw them outwards, reducing their threat and reducing the enemy headcount that you have to exceed.

So... breach the front walls and use fast troops to draw the English out, pinning them with foot to prevent them moving back in.
Simultaneously, breach the rear walls and send troops in there to flush out the enemy and win the day.

Good luck.