Quote Originally Posted by Del Arroyo
IMO the time limit definitely plays into the AI's hands, with its tactic of constantly shifting positions as you begin to approach them. If you're too slow to charge once you get them cornered, you can lose due to time.
That sums it up for me, too. The battles I had where I used up most of the time tended to be ones where I was slow in getting off the starting block on an attack, or when I spent too much time crapping around getting my men in perfectly straight lines or manuvering my cavalry.