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Old 08-28-2004, 03:02 PM   #173
Memnoch
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Join Date: February 28, 2001
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Good to hear mate. I've just taken over Anatolia after a pretty tough battle to oust the Turks...this was the first battle where I felt I executed my tactics to perfection - my van surged in early with crossbowmen raining death on their spears, then they had to break to chase me, so they lost their formation, then I sent my chivalric men at arms in a long double rank to wrap around their spearmen and chop them to shreds. As their Ghulam bodyguard cavalry charged I then moved up my chivalric sergeants to take the charge, which basically gutted their cavalry, then my feudal knights then took them in the flank, basically wiping out the Ghulams and taking two Turkish princes and the Turkish general prisoner in the process. As the Ghulams disintegrated their reserve force routed, and I then unleashed my steppe cavalry to run them down.

It was an excellent battle - I was outnumbered but I felt like I really got a handle on my tactics and they worked to perfection. I executed all prisoners, of course.
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