I've experienced these kinds of things almost everytime I go into battle. I've even had the enemy general's unit approach my archers, stop for a few moments, take on heavy casualties from my arrow fire, then flee the battlefield with the rest of his army following. How stupid is that?!

What level of the game do you play on? I've seen these kinds of things happen while playing on the "normal" level, but have never played on "hard" or "expert." I'm about to move up and start playing my next game on "hard." I'm hoping to meet a more challenging AI.

I'm also wondering if there have been any improvements made to the AI in latter mods of MTW/VI or in RTW. It would be interesting to fight a more intelligent AI - perhaps one that would even deploy certain battlefield tactics that have been used throughout history, such as the pincer movement or double envelopment (or even better yet, an AI that can detect when I'm using a certain tactic, then take counter measures to try and stop it).