A short remark on the arrangement of cavalry archer forces on the battlefield:
I found that extreme concentration of firepower is best.
This tactic (I allow myself to name it thus, but it is not one
) I developed against other horse-archer armies. What I did was to have all HA units in one general place, let them run in circles and have all of them fire at the very same enemy unit. After 300-400 arrows, there is nothing left of that unit, so I picked an other one. Then an other one... and so on.
This way, the enemy's mobile archers were killed off in the 1s minute of the battle, while I were suffering 10%-20%-30% casualties. (note that I usually deploy half as many units as the enemy) The enemy infantry and melee cavalry was the usual walk at the market after this "process".
It is very chaotic, very inefficient, but your army is far more easier to mobilize on the battlefield and battles are won quicker too.
I like it.
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