Quote Originally Posted by DisgruntledGoat View Post
Yep because you lost the siege. BEfore the battle there probably was a red square with a skull in it by your army stats. Which means if you lose you lose your entire army.
Frederick Barbarossa died in Asia Minor either of drowning or a heartattack (or perhaps both), while crossing a stream slightly ahead of his army. In actuality, the army of the Holy Roman Empire split into factions and was mostly ineffective during the Third Crusade. Perhaps the idea was that a defeat would be morale breaking.