Advice needed, About to be annihilated.

[zonks40]

My boy and I started a Radious head to head game a week back while waiting for DEI 1.1 to be released, I've got myself into a situation, and I have a plan that may or may not work, depends a lot on the mechanics and to a large degree luck, the screenshot below shows my opponent, who is the Romans, and me The German Confederation.

I have managed to hold off any siege as when he moves a few legions up, and initiates the siege, we come out at night, giving me two armies + Garrison of 20 units against his 1 Legion, night attack nullifying his reinforcements, and he retreats.
The two Legions you see to the East are being sent around to engage my reinforcing army North of Casurgis, if they can destroy my reinforcing army, they can hit the city with 5 Legions against my 1 army + garrison.

So my plan is to bring the half stack down from Lupfurdum, they are in range of the two Legions to the East, also move my two armies East and engage the Two Legions and hopefully defeat them with enough men intact to hold off the 3 Legions to the south, the city has a 20 unit garrison + 2 scorpion and 2 ballista (wall mounted), thats if they appear.
As far as game mechanics, if I engage the two Legions to the East, will my armies have movement left after the battle to make it back to the city? furthermore, can anybody think up a strategy that may work better than the one I have?

It's basically an all or nothing plan, in moving my half stack south, if my forces are defeated, then my Capitol Lupfurdum is left undefended except for the garrison, which will not hold and the game would be lost.
If this was DEI 1.1, I'd be going for his supply lines

[Dresden]

You..you..started a RADIOUS CAMPAIGN??!?! WHHHHAAAATTTT!!!!

Just kidding Looks like you have to attack one direction and hope for an overwhelming victory. Then, be lucky enough to have movement left to reinforce the city.

[zonks40]

You..you..started a RADIOUS CAMPAIGN??!?! WHHHHAAAATTTT!!!!

Just kidding Looks like you have to attack one direction and hope for an overwhelming victory. Then, be lucky enough to have movement left to reinforce the city.

LOL
It was only while waiting for 1.1 (cowers in the corner with arms covering head)

[Tyso3]

Attack south, The river to your east will take most of your movement points away. A southern attack (if he takes the bait) will leave you enough movement to get back to the city.

[Daergar]

Advice? You abandon that campaign and download 1.1. Problem solved; now get over to the whipping-post.

[zonks40]

Advice? You abandon that campaign and download 1.1. Problem solved; now get over to the whipping-post.

I downloaded 1.1 about 5 hours ago and we are very eager to play, but we want to see the campaign to it's conclusion, especially my opponent who thinks I'm about to get steamrolled.

[Heinz Guderian]

your people should know when they are conquered zonks. Rome is the light.

[zonks40]

your people should know when they are conquered zonks. Rome is the light.

Seems you are right, game over.
I pushed his Eastern legions back and held the city, but he just ground me down with 3 attacks all on the same turn with fresh legions, in the end, my one decent force that was re-enforcing the city came on to the map that far away, that by the time they got to the fight the Legions were half way into the city, and my re-enforcements were tired from the run.

So now it's on to 1.1 for some Germanian revenge

[Tyso3]

Nice to see you didnt take my advice and lost your city.


Had you listened to reason lol >_>

[zonks40]

Nice to see you didnt take my advice and lost your city.


Had you listened to reason lol >_>

LOL
To be honest if 1.1 had not been released the other day I would have tried a lot harder, that said, for the guys giving me some curry about playing a Radious campaign while waiting for 1.1, you cannot really appreciate how good DEI is unless you have played other mods.