2 simple questions about desert fighting

[mfberg]

If you are stuck in the desert with heavily armoured units the only way to win a battle is to hit hard and fast. Take the battle to the enemy immediatly with your heavy units.

mfberg

[bretwalda]

Somehow Almohad Urban Militia does pretty good job in the desert despite it says "heavily armoured"... How come?

What I also observed in playing with Almos: Spain attacked, decided not to fight the battle - and the next message was that the Pope asked a crusade against me. Funny, because I did not touch a christian soul at that moment, in matter of fact only took one rebel territory (easily killed El Cid). Oh well, since then Spanish and Aragonese are history...

[EvilNed]

Somehow Almohad Urban Militia does pretty good job in the desert despite it says "heavily armoured"... How come?

They do? Cause whenever I used them in the desert, they tired just as fast as any heavily armoured knight. That's why I kept them far away from the desert, only using them when fighting in Europe. In the desert I was forced to use Militia Sergeants instead.

[bretwalda]

They do? Cause whenever I used them in the desert, they tired just as fast as any heavily armoured knight. That's why I kept them far away from the desert, only using them when fighting in Europe. In the desert I was forced to use Militia Sergeants instead.

Well, that was my first time with Almos but AUM did pretty well. That was without any further armor upgrade. Not for chasing but did fairly good job on the first impact. I was careful enough only run them at charging.
It might have been because of my general, or the poor enemy general, or whatever.