Great spot for killing the mongols - bridge east of Aleppo

[KARTLOS]

I found this bridge a good spot for taking on the yellow horde. on the the western edge of the bridge has banked hills which make it an excellent perch for your archers.

here is a few screenies of a battle I had there. It was total carnage with their horsemen charging into my spearmen in the confinement of the bridge whilst being rained in arrows.

This is the view from the westside:



This is the carnage left behind on the bridge - I think around 800 dead mongolians.



mean looking dismounted normans covered in blood watching the mongoloids run away:



end result - heroic victory ~ 1000 dead with losses of ~ 280



It is possible to have a similar result against twice that number.

You need to make sure you have alot of spearmen as you will suffer fairly heavy casualties- and after you have won one battle another mongol stack is likely to try its luck straight after - and when you run out of spearmen you are fucked.

for army composition i would suggest mostly inf and archers. you dont really need heavy cav- but a few units of light cavalry are useful for chasing their stragglers at the end when they route. Horse archers would be the best as they can chase down routing enemy units at the end, but are also able to serve a useful function during the rest of the battle.

before the battle arrange you spearmen around the entrance of the bridge. when the battle starts run a couple of your spear units onto the bridge and get them to guard- you dont want the mongoloids to be able to get off the bridge as they can overwhelm you with their numbers. as soon as the mongol charge hits start throwing in the rest of your troops from behind - it ends up being a chaotic mincer but it works.