Don't you really hate it when...

[Cowhead418]

Problem fixed, it really wasn't an accident. I was settling down and was going to turtle for a while, tech up, and build up my navy when the stinkin' Almohads decide to blow up one of my ships. They were my allies and I was going to spare them for a while but now I want to wipe them off the face of the earth. Death to the traitors!

I had an inn in Leon and a Crusade in Portucale. First turn of the war I invaded Cordoba with a Crusade and 1000 other troops including lots of mercenaries from Leon. I also invaded Murcia with an army led by El Cid and then invaded southern Portugal with a rather rubbish army led by my king. I had a slim chance of winning but attacked anyway and my king was killed in the battle (not really intentionally by me) so it all worked out anyway. His reign lasted three years.

The Almohads retreated in Cordoba and but stood their ground in Murcia. I groaned when I saw I had to cross a bridge and thought there was little hope of victory but I decided to not back down. I marched my army to the left bridge and waited for the Almohad army to gather on the other side. I marched a few units a little across the bridge in hope of having their army chase them across the bridge but to no avail. All I managed to do was lose several men to their archers. Not giving up hope I marched to the other bridge and began marching my troops across. The Almohads took notice and began marching towards me with a few units. I engaged a Berber Camels unit with a Jinette and managed to rout it. With the rest of the army lagging behind, the Almohad Prince in charge marched alongside a Saharan Cavalry unit and together they engaged two Feudal Seargent units. I routed the Saharans and flanked the enemy general with my Jinettes. He tried to run away but was killed. With half of my army still marching across the bridge, I prepared to engage the enemy army but was surprised to see them march right off the field without a fight. I managed to get a few volleys of javelins in on a unit of AUM before they all routed off the field.

My only fear now is the AUM. I don't really have an infantry unit that can stand up to them but it looks like they fall easily under a hail of javelins. Any other tips on how to deal with them?

[Quietus]

My only fear now is the AUM. I don't really have an infantry unit that can stand up to them but it looks like they fall easily under a hail of javelins. Any other tips on how to deal with them?

It depends on what troops do you have and how many AUM you are dealing with as well as the ratio of your soldiers to theirs.

1) Soften the AUM with arrows or javelins.
2) Pin with a defensive units (Charge with spears). Then put on "hold".
3) Quickly follow with powerful charge to the back with a good cavalry (on wedge). Switch to normal formation.
4) It will rout. That's all you need to do.
5) If it fails for any reason, quickly Halt the spear then recharge. Then back off the cavalry (back on wedge) and recharge again.
6) If there are many AUM, then time your attack such that you can rout the AUM one-by-one, without having your defensive spears breaking first.

[Roark]

Good advice there...

It's best to heavily mob those AUMs and try to break their morale as soon as possible. They're not quite as brave as Ghazis, so pin them and charge their flanks and rear with the heaviest cavalry you own.