Show them the might of Rome, Hunter!
I have started a campaign in Medieval 2: Total War, Kingdoms. I am the Teutonic Order, and early in the campaign.
I started by claiming Bialystok, a small rebel town between me and the pagan Lithuanians. The loss of men was light.
I then allied myself with Poland, which pissed of the Danes somehow.
Then the Lithuanians decided to strike first, and sent a large force from Palanga, towards Königsberg, one of my larger cities. This had to be countered, so I dispatched my main army from Marienburg and met the Lithuanian force before they got to Königsberg.
My army:
The attack is launched from all sides with cavalry and infantery, and the enemy flee.
The enemy general is cornered and duly beaten:
The Lithuanians took a beating against my professional army (and they turned down my ransom demand, so all prisoners were executed):
... and my force is now on the way to lay siege to the city they came from, Palanga.
Unforunately an ever greater enemy force is heading towards Riga, and I dont have alot of soldiers there, so it will probably fall.
Hmmm ... need more men.