Here is where it all starts. I am at war with Macedon. Their military is stronger than mine. At first, all of my units were spread across my tiny little nation. So I mustered every infantry unit in Laconia. I had a fleet of three Bireme units, but I did not see any practical use for them. Not to mention Biremes suck. If I keep them, all they will do is drain my income. So it's time to disband them.
That helped out my projected profits a bit.
Then I recruit three units of Militia Phalangites to bulk up my feild army a bit.
That was the end of the first turn. And I stayed above budget. I would hate to start the campaign bankrupt.
Then I adopted this guy.
Now I have a fairly reliable feild army and I can still maintain a healthy treasury. I'm facing a tough war with Macedon and I don't want to lose money due to over recruiting or building. So I didn't recruit or build anything just to save money.
My first plan of attack was to capture Corinth. But that wouldn't have changed the fact that the Macedonian military is still capable of launching a counter attack. So I laid seige to Thebes. Not primarily to capture the city, but instead to lure the Macedonians to attack and destroy their feild forces. This will also keep their stacks away from my settlements in the Pelopennese.
And the plan worked.
As you can see, the Greek AI recruits Phalangites more than skirmishers now.
I didn't have enough phalangites to deploy in an echelon or reinforced line formation. So I drew the conventional phalanx line in the center, Peltasts and Hoplites to the left, Cretan Archers in the rear center of the phalanx, and Athenian Hoplites and the Spartan Royal Guard on the right.
The Macedonian phalanx was deployed on the ridge of a hill infront of me. Of course, attacking a phalanx planted on a hilltop is suicide. But there was another hill just to my right. As the Macedonians advanced, I deployed my phalanx to the hill on the right.
I think I remember Dime Bag saying phanlanx units now have trouble fighting in wooded areas. Which makes since. So I drew my army past the tree line.
This was a classic Greek battle. The strongest part of both armies were on the right flank. Which caused a whirl wind effect. When the Macedonian phalanx was about ready to strike, they sent a unit of Hoplites to my right flank. I countered this with my Athenians and Spartans. I then sent my two generals far around the right flank.
Tidal waves are about to collide.
The Macedonians sent a unit of Thessalian Cavalry to my right to reinforce their hoplite attack. I sent my generals after them.
Now the center of both armies greet eachother in blood.
My generals crush the Thessalians, then wheel back and smash into the Hoplites on the right.
After breaking the the Macedonian left, I sent my Athenians and Spartans into the left flank of the enemy phalanx. My generals swung far around their rear.
The Macedonian right applies alot of pressure on my left.
My generals run down some peltasts and archers.
After chasing off some skirmishers, my cavalry then charges into the left rear of the Macedonians.
The Macedonian phalanx begins to route.
The General that garrisoned Thebes now enters the fray. I sent my cavalry after him.
My phalanx was victorious, but my left guard was on the verge of collapse. I sent my phalanx to reinforce the left.
As my infantry did it's part, I sent my cavalry after the enemy's skirmishers. But they put up a better fight than I had expected. So I had them pull out and give aid to my left.
Meanwhile, the Hoplites I routed on the left regained their valour and attacked my vulnerable Cretans.
More action on the left flank.
The Macedonian army finally breaks.
My plan worked. I destroyed a large part of the Macedonian military and captured one of their cities as a bonus. Unfortuantly, the Macedonians didn't have enough time to build even a level 1 barracks. So I could not retrain my feild army. But on the bright side, I gained a good profit this turn. I used a good part of that profit to raise half a stack of infantry in Athens. The Macedonians will no doubt lay seige to Thebes. I can then send the my Athenian force to relieve my trapped feild army and hopefully route another part of the Macedonian military.
The Germans and Indie Gauls stopped fighting eachother. Just thought I'd share some world relations.
Yet another Greek AAR
That way the battles are big and epic.
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Originally Posted by dirty_M
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You can imagine how it is in the thick of battle. They fight over which one gets to behead the Macedonian general.
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I say unite Greece up to Salona and Byzantium then invade Thrace, which you can follow up with a black sea raid on Scythia. If you do decide to invade Scythia, land a stack in Crimea, take Olbia, and make for there capital ASAP. But keep your eye on Rome....
