The turn is in! Erikk learned something today! Cavs cannot retreat when they attack an army of Musketmen
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On email, Erikk told me he spend 17 cav on my biggest stack, only to be enraged seeing the army at one point redlining to ONE HP! The rest of the stack was big enough to protect the very wounded army, losing only 5 cav and the knights. The Southwestern stack near Kua was completely left alone. The tiny stack near his Capitol lost its elite knight, the pike and the vet knight survived. The northern stack, with the amry of knights was completely left alone.
I will go by the stacks one by one, preturn and postturn:
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This stack is the one that recieved the biggest hits. Only 4 Cav are full health. Erikk's musket holds his wounded cav, about 9. I could attack that but it would leave me without a way back after that. I decide to attack Alleppo, Eretria and try to kill the single Elite (4hp) cav in his stack. I succeed losing anothe rtwo cav, gaining 2 workers and Razing Aleppo (6) and Eretria (1). I retreated 8 cav and the musketarmy to my ships, to let them fight another day!
The explorer, yes there was one of those too, set out to pillage the iron, and take a look at his core
86.28KBhis core.
As can be seen, three heroic cavs were not able to reach the ships in time, they will probably die. I also have a dozen frigates on the way, these will bombard his roads.
The second stack:
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Unharmed! After the attack;
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I razed both cities giving me 6 workers! The bad thing was, that I also lost 4 cavalry on Enkidu's. The Cav in the open will probably not live another day, but their sacrifice was well worth it.
The 3rd stack, only postturn, nothing fancy:
30.79KB
The frigate bombards the cav to 2 hp, the Pikeman pillages, the knights attacks and defeats an Enkidu on a hill.
And, stack 4!!:
47.06KB
Kutallu AND Birka are EMPTY!!!
65.35KB
I raze both (5 & 6) using a Mounted warrior and a knight, netting me 4 workers. The army takes on Trondheim (9), defended by a single enkidu. I lose no HP and raze the city. 4 workers to be shipped home!
In total, I razed 7 cities, took 16 workers and got the best troops on a transport home for some R&R. I estimate I will need 4 turns to begin a second invasion. In all fairness, things look not so well for Erikk with Steam Power in 6 turns....
