Pretty much. Though it needs more screams of anger.
Pictured above: That moment when you come for a siege battle and then the Russians surprise you from behind with Polish Hussars and Canons and liberal amounts of Dues Vult
Hey if Ashford survives this battle he will most definitely gained the Inspirational Leader modifier.
Our Trickster leader is on the other flank. And they're currently stuck in a grind of morale. Switching our center's forces to go on the offensive would come at a penalty, as would doing anything other than breaking the Mongol Lancers with our cavalry.
Yes, the moment when you got a bunch of Russian Peasants to start screaming Latin words they probably can barely even pronounce is very much worth that trait.
That was something I hoped someone would notice. YAY!
Yep... Your gonna love that modifier.
That penalty wouldn't do much harm considering the fact we have 100 morale in the centre to their 30 with a commander with very few bonuses outside of a siege. So it's more than worth it and can win the battle, especially as our Hussars haven't caused much damage overall to enemy Morale. And they have the numbers to tank the damage we've done to them on the flank.
If we don't fuck it all up by doing something stupid that is. But with Vasily's competence, and the dice loving you, you'll probably be fine.
The Trickster general perk grants a bonus to changing tactics for other commanders.
So we actually can switch things up without too much trouble, especially if none of the enemy commanders are tricksters (which, considering two of them are dead, is very possible).
In hindsight we shouldn't have been so confident in our mass cavalry charge on the Right, we hoped it'd smash them to pieces and let us roll them up. But they put elite Horse Lancers there. Which hasn't helped them mitigate the casualties caused by heavy European Cavalry charges. But they have numbers to tank it and way higher morale than we expected.
It's not weird, you choose the tactics, formation and troop composition that totally outmaneuvered this army on a strategic and tactical level, and played to the strengths of what we had and made them pay so far. The opening looks promising, so exploit that promise and secure victory.
*kills 200,000 Mongols, almost double what Ghenghis could put into the field in many of his campaigns*
But the Rus and Eastern Europe won't be safe, they can still move south through Ukraine.
No, but Chinese mercenaries and Chinese imperial troops could be involved.
Well I'm stupid.
here's the issue though:
The key is EXPLOIT. Not 'throw more men at the problem'. We need to think about following up our gains, not trying to fix our problems. Fight like Prussians, not like Frenchmen.
Their Right is not going to break. We slaughtered ten thousand of them in a single charge and barely made a dent in their morale. These are elite Mongol Lancers and Knights. These people will fight to the bitter end and our Right Flank can kill them faster and easier due to its immediate breakthrough, but that's not going to help much if they still refuse to break before the Left starts to crumble under the pressure its facing.
I'd be willing to go for another bombardment before we make the charge. I just don't think our skirmishers alone will be enough support.
As long as it breaks their centre I'm fine with it.
On the other hand, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Our cavalry and cannons are our biggest strengths right now, but if that left flank winds up breaking, we'll be leaving our flanks open to the same exact tactic that you propose using against the Mongols. Plus, we can't afford to suffer heavy casualties right now, since we're going to have to fight more armies in the future (and one of those will likely be commanded by the Khan of Khans himself). At the very least, we've got to make sure that the left flank is able to stand their ground long enough for one of our other flanks to clear things up with their counterparts, so that they can reinforce the left.
She has twins this time, not triplets.
