posted 25 May 2006 10:39 EDT (US)
In this tactic, there is no need for Cavalry, just patience, and good unit control. I would usually use this style of attack when the enemy had a good number of troops, as it forces them to slipt their forces, or concentrate on one of your only. Which in turn, gives you the advantage either way! Enjoy...
1. Begin Onager fire on the walls to the left, and right of the main gate. Hold off on the Siege towers for now! 2. Once the walls start to come down, begin to move the siege towers to their locations as shown on the diagram. 3. By now, the walls should come down, and the siege towers should be at the wall, beginning their landing. Let the siege towers land, and deploy!!! 4. As the siege tower troops are deploying, begin marching your main force toward the holes in the wall by the main gate. Here you will definately face the bulk of their forces, if not all of them. But your Armoured or Spartan Hoplites will hold their ground, if not begin to push the enemy back. 5. As the main force is marching, begin moving the far most left siege squad into the streets, and toward the city center, hopefully undetected, or with little to no resistance! 6. If needed, move the middle siege squad to the main gate in order to take it. Helping your main force win the battle. You could also send this squad to help the other that is trecking toward the city center. You will know what to do by the outcome of the attack so far! 7. The rest is pretty much up to you. So far, your main force should be battling their's, and wining, and your far most left squad should be on their way to the city center. Your middle squad is basically reinforcements for either force, you must decide. Sorry if I missed anything. It all kinda gets confusing when typing it on this screen. But this tactic, which I'm sure a lot of you already do, will 90% of the time give you a complete win, suffering minor casualties. Which is a good thing,lol. Anyway, enjoy...And ideas are welcome! Unde [This message has been edited by Undefeatable (edited 05-25-2006 @ 10:41 AM).]
15 Hoplites. I prefer Spartan's or Armoured!
4 Onagers
6 Siege Towers
1 General
This is your basic diversion tactic. Basically you have 3 squads, or forces. Your main force where your General sits, is the squad that will start the siege first. Here is the order of movements I suggest you make.
*--~~~~~~~~~~~()~~~~~~~~~~~--*
(---Unde's Phalanx Strat---)(---Siege Strat---)(---Roman Strat---)(---Phalanx II Strat---)
(---Phalanx Siege Defense---)(---Ambush Strat---)(---Elephant Strat---)
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. Even if they put men on their walls where the siege squads are, they're just splitting their force too much. And your main force will overwhelm them at the main gate. And if you are worried about that, send your middle siege squad to get control of the gate while your main force moves in.
