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The goal of this battle is to take the hill quickly, crush the small enemy force, and then slay their King.


The uphill charge.


Time to get Medieval 2: Total War on their candy asses.


Clean-up on aisle four.


I charge into the lone patch of Polish Nobles.

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Their King leads the charge... into a trap!


Never charge with your general in the lead. That's just dumb, dumb, dumb.


I finish mopping up what's left of them.

They technically should have beaten me... they had far better troops than I did. I was playing with milita archers and some weakened cavalry, and they had Polish nobles and good infantry. Not to mention 2 generals.


The last Polish stronghold. Stettin can wait.


Riga will be nabbed next turn.


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This is what happens when you leave your forces 'safe' inside a castle.


Here comes double trouble.


My spy infiltrates their castle, and it falls this turn.


Ghandour, or Gandy for short, slays the son of the Turkish Sultan.


Iconium wants to die. Call me Kevorkian.


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Filling the gap.


A nice new castle for my Prince.


As you can see, I am down to mostly mercenaries here.


Another one bites the dust.


I burn Riga to the ground.

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At long last, I reach the target of my Jihad... Novgorod. This is the last epic battle of this particular holy war.


Asia Minor quickly falls before the might of the Sultan's armies.
The Turks will pay for their treachery. They attacked me first by the way.

And to think I was going to ally with them...

Might as well grab Vilnius.


Venice actually threatens my cities. It's about time someone did.


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Wow...I must say...I really admire your aggressiveness in waging a war against the world and in your quest of expansion.

Can you go a little bit more into depth on how you won this battle? I'd like to learn our battle tactics.