how much do macadonians kick tail!!!!

[pezhetairoi]

Some factions are more suited for defensive battles... the HA factions, of course, are definitely in this category. Usually when the enemy sallies, I already have 3 rams. So if they stop coming out, I will go to them. But of course, if this happens to be a last-turn sally, then the enemy will keep rushing out at you until they are dead or the cause is lost anyway. Yummy.

[Deus ret.]

then the enemy will keep rushing out at you until they are dead or the cause is lost anyway. Yummy.

Will they? I have had sally battles in which the enemy decides so stop sending out victims (=troops) after maybe half of their army is dead, this is what I described above. So e.g. if you have a cav-only army, you're screwed if you aren't fast enough to take the gate (of wooden walls). The problem is that you have to retreat in this case and re-start siegeing since there is no battle time which could run out. dead end, that one.