The lone general assault was key to my success as Aragon in MTW, because bodyguards and their free replacements were the only troops I could afford to lose at first. A royal blitz and I could drive England off the continent and force an automatic peace before the Pope interfered, within four turns. The AI plays chess, I have a nasty habit of staring off with a round of high-stakes poker first before settling into chess mode, because it doesn't cost me much to restart early. The starting positions and AI in the TW series have never been up to the task of containing that early blitz.