How to defeat Byz in early

[ichi]

Sometimes in Early you can simply be facing a superior army, and its usually a Byz group led by Obi-Wan Bobbaganoush.

Think of the Byz as a tank, you don't want to stand in front of a tank and get run over. Going toe-to-toe in this case should be the final option.

Use lighter, faster units to draw ByzInf and VG away and isolate them, swarm the isolates with 2-3 units and be sure to get them flanked. Use cav archers, archers and LBs (pick up some hybrid Turkish mercs maybe?) to shoot as many as you can.

Don't sacrifice your high star gen unless you can replace him easily. The only thing worse than having Uber-Gen die now is having him with a -6 morale cowardly runner who wets his pants vice.

Take the long view. Wear them down, hit the province repeatedly, or get them to attack over a period of several years to simply outproduce them and wear that army down.

Of course, the easy and best way is to get rid of the high command star gen you face, so maybe drop every assassin you have on him and then use cav archers to deplete his unit, then hit him with your best troops.

ichi