just a quik report without screenshots:
Finally , Patavio is the first city that is able to recruit archers...damn I needed those. I immediatly had to test them out on the brits that attacked the city of patavio comming from the north.
Stone walls and archers
Before the 2 ladders 1 ram and the tower reached the walls heavy casualties for the brits and the battle havent even started yet
both ladder groups lost about 50% of their strenght before the finally climbed the ladders just to be welcomed warmly by Hastati swords.
The ram failed, burning oil rained down on them and they lost all men
the Tower did something weird and took a long path towards my wall causing them to lose a lot of men...when they where fighting on the wall and I killed every single one of them the chariots saw no chance of entering my city and retreated.
I was also attacked AGAIN at masalia...by 3000 men!
did I pooped myself for a moment there, I had half what they had in numbers....
but when I fought them I discoverd mostly where poor peasant and most units where ranged...Cavalery food
didnt suffer much , but the enemy siege army was pulverized.
and patched up my army back to full strenght and moved out to continue my invasion of France.
meanwhile sad news, my only barbarian Ally the Germanians where wiped off the map. also the Macedonians have been wiped away by the Brutii 2 years before. Another faction was also wiped out but cant remember which one.
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