Quote Originally Posted by Sir_Hawkwood
I've sallyed out once, and got them all back in for a draw.

I tend to only sally out now if my walls are taking fire from artillery and my towers (ballista or cannon) are taking their time to deal with the threat.

As soon as you put units outside the gate the enemy stops his bombardment and throws his cavalry towards you (often his Generals unit)

And so I've left a unit of light cavalry in every town that might be besieged in order to take the bad guys best mounted units on a personal tour of my towers/archers/mortars. Then, if any are still alive back up the map to charge their gun crews.

Many thanks
SJR

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