Do you keep your generals alive?
I don't do anything artificial to keep a family member alive...when it's their time, it's their time. Every faction gets their "Military Genius" at some point. When that happens, that's the opportunity to start a line of superior field generals. He will never see the inside of any city wall, and by the time his career is over he will have etched at least a dozen 'historical' battle markers in the sands.....

This can be done many times for one turn, but rather that interminable reloads I limit myself to the first.
It's been my experience that only the first reload changes the result. After that, no matter what changes you make prior to hitting 'end turn', the results are the same