In a large scale battle the key to keeping your casualties low is firepower.
Archers, crossbows, horse archers and siege weaponry should all be able to fire at the same time, and if possible at the same unit. Your archers should be on a hilltop behind your spears, in line or multiple lines, with or ahead of the seige weapons. Horse archers or light (fast) cavalry should be behind or flanking the enemy, engaging/teasing the enemy first and breaking their formation by causing one or another units to chase them. The enemy should come under fire of multiple units and be at breaking point when they reach the spearwall. Taking out the enemy general, or routing a unit will often dishearten the enemy enough for total rout.


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