Quote Originally Posted by Eucarionte
About the ashtounding numbers of casualties in ancient battles, many historians also agree in the fact that most of them were caused in the final stage of a battle, meaning one side fleeing with the other side striking them from behind
Many historians also agree that ancient historians were overly fond of massive hyperbole Particularly the victors...

In RTW I really get bored of chasing defenseless routers. The routers don't even need to be struck much of the time, just touched, and they never fight back. The reason why a man runs from a battle is that he is desperate to survive, and he'll do so by any means; whether it be fighting his way out or running faster than he's ever run before (if you've ever been chased by a bear you know exactly what I mean ). That is why many of the ancient military methodoligists recommended being wary of fleeing enemies.

From a gameplay perspective, it just gets boring chasing down and massacering all of those helpless routers, there's just no sport in it and it takes up too much time.