I like to bring 3 of my longest range artillery units to try to force the enemy to move off their defensive position. Terrain denial is where you force the opposing army to move to a (hopefully) less favorable position. I build my armies in such a way that the three units missing are not sorely missed on the attack. Then there are the times where the AI just sits there and takes the pounding, which is just fine with me.

I’ve never had a problem with the enemy running around and tiring my troops out. In less there is a steep incline I usually just march my army right up in front of them and fire away. I also don’t have the timer turned on because I like using missile troops and prefer to finesse my troops on the battlefield. Guns also tend to be much more effective against the Jinette menace.