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I just had a nice surprise in my Seleucid 2-player PBEM that I have to share. I'd just taken a settlement and sent my general and a few troops to build a watchtower. When they got to the border they ran out of movement points and a full stack Brutii enemy army appeared out of the fog. I ended my turn praying that the Brutii army would not attack but the gods were not shining down on me. As the AI took it's turn the Brutii army attacked my much weaker force. I could not retreat as my small force had run out of movement points. I decided to personally fight the battle even though I thought I would lose badly. I had 267 men against the Brutii's 1373. The Brutii's full stack had many legionary cohorts and a few units of cavalry. My small force consisted of my general, 4 cataphracts and 2 half units of armoured elephants.
Anyway the map had a light tree-line with a road running through the middle. I placed my elephants to the left, half my cataphracts to the right and half the cataphracts in the middle with my general. The Brutii lined up in 2 lines and instead of coming straight on turned slightly towards the elephants on my left. I was worried my elephants would get swamped so charged my cataphracts on my right into his left flank. At the same time I charged my elephants through his lines. Soon after I charged my general and his cataphracts into the centre. Every time my troops got bogged down I would charge my elephants past the biggest group of Brutii. I could not believe it as unit after unit of the Brutii army routed or was destroyed. The final count was 1271 of the Brutii killed and 20 of my own of which 3 were later healed.
I have had many good victories in RTW many down to missiles but not won so well from such an outnumbered position. I don't normally go into battles outnumberd 5 - 1 if I can help it. I know obviously that it was down to my super cavalry and elephants but the Brutii had good quality troops too.
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