Spontaneous unit replenishment

[x-dANGEr]

That is if you merge your units. But he didn't, considering that it was the only Scutarii unit in the army, how did he get it to 1 man without merging or anything!!

[Barbarossa82]

It was because it was the only unit of that type in the army that it was able to survive with just one man. If a unit is reduced to a small number of men during a battle (I don't know what the threshhold is but it seems like about 6), then it will be merged upon completion of the battle if there is another unit of that type for it to merge into. But if it is the only unit of that type, it cannot be merged. It survives as a single unit with a small number of men, at least if it did not rout during the battle. If they end the battle routed, I think they may get disbanded.

Below is a screenshot of two units in my current Macedonian campaign who are in the same situation as the Scutarius from my Spanish campaign. The Cretan archers and macedonian archers both finished a battle with 1 man left, but were not routed (due to their high experience level I guess). There are no other units of that type for them to merge into, so they survive as 1-man units.

[Atilius]

x-Danger and Barbarossa82,

I was only trying to clear up what appeared to be some confusion about the conditions under which you can have fewer than the minimum number of men in a unit. As for the spontaneous unit replenishment, I have no idea.

I can only conclude that Barbarossa82 has been leading an exemplary life and is receiving divine favor.