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The main concern I have here is that while you've given the Left Wing the armoured Liang 1st Levy and Ce Family Irregulars that's only 110 men. Obviously, as armoured units they're the best placed to face a cavalry charge but they're up against at least 150-170 cavalry so they're outright outnumbered and you need numbers and depth in the ranks to hold against a cavalry charge. They need at least another Infantry unit to stop them from simply being encircled or bypassed thereby exposing the crossbow unit behind them.
I'm also not hugely convinced that Zhang Liao needs Mu Shun aiding him compared to the considerably more outnumbered center.
I like this, which I guess is unsurprising as it's the plan I suggested. The only problem is you've not specified what units to put on the Left Flank to counter the cavalry charge.
This is fine, although it also doesn't take advantage of the fact we can directly specify what units to place on the Left to counter the cavalry, and also references Lu Lingqi's 'cavalry detachment' without actually assigning her one. Unless you're just referring to her Family Guard Unit which is only 15 men...
Maybe you've got the right of this and I'm the one who's misunderstood @Gaz but you've got a Left and Right Flank comprised of cavalry which you've said are to be commanded by Liang Shu and Lu Lingqi. But you've also said Zhang Liao is to lead the Left Flank and Gong Su & Mu Shun are to lead right flank? Do you mean to split the Infantry center in three, each section commanded by a different person?
I've also been thinking a bit more about Archer placement which is why I didn't mention it in the above feedback. Plan Turn The Flank has them behind from the start, Plan Superior Range does what I was initially suggesting and places them in front with orders to retreat when the enemy moves.
As I said, it does make sense to put them in front of the Infantry so they can be as accurate as possible and do as much damage as possible, and then pull them back behind when the enemy starts to charge. This should be safe as it's going to take the enemy at least 2 mins to cover the distance.
But I was thinking about it a bit more this morning and if we put the Archers at the front it seems likely they would be targeted by the enemy archers which - even though we outnumber them considerably - probably isn't something we want since our Archers don't have shields and most aren't armoured. Our Infantry, on the other hand, all have shields and so should take less damage from the enemy archers whereas the majority of their infantry don't have shields. So now I'm leaning towards putting the archers to the rear from the beginning.
[] Plan Smash the Right, Hold the Left
-[] [Cavalry] Place them all on your right flank. Have them chase off the enemy horsemen on that side, and expose the bandit left flank/rear to a hammer blow. Place more spearmen on your left flank to deter their cavalry.
--[] [Cavalry] Cavalry only to charge after the enemy has been forced to engage us by our ranged units.
-[] [Infantry] Hold fast and allow the enemy to come to you.
-[] [Ranged] Position them at the very back of your army, and fire over the heads of the rest of your infantry. Crossbows to be placed behind the Left Infantry. Archer Units to be placed behind the Center Infantry.
-[] [Liang Shu] Personally lead your cavalry, as you always have done before.
-[] Sub-Officer Usage
--[] Zhang Liao to command the Left Flank with Gong Su aiding him.
---[] Liang 1st Levy - 80 - Adept - Spears, Swords, Shields and Armour
---[] Ce Family Irregulars - 30 Adept - Halberds and Armour
---[] 1st Infantry Unit - 84 - Trained - Spears and Shields
--[] Zhu Fang to command the center with Mu Shun aiding him.
---[] The Boars Chargers - 75 - Regular - Axes, Armour and Shields
---[] Liang 3rd Levy - 100 - Trained - Spears and Shields
---[] Liang 4th Levy - 100 - Trained - Spears and Shields
---[] Liang 2nd Levy - 100 - Trained - Spears and Shields
---[] Yu Family Levy - 200 - Trained - Spears and Shields
--[] Yu Zhong to command the ranged units with Cao Xing aiding him.
---[] Shangdang Sharpshooters - 100 - Regular - Bows, Swords and Armour
---[] 1st Archer Unit - 50 - Adept - Bows and Bludgeons
---[] 2nd Archer Unit - 50 - Adept - Bows and Bludgeons
---[] 3rd Archer Unit - 50 - Adept - Bows and Bludgeons
--[] Lu Lingqi to aid us.
This means there would be 194 men (110 armoured) plus the 150 Crossbows to deal with the 150 to 170 cavalry on the Left Flank. With 575 Infantry and 260 archers to hold the center.
One unit I'm not sure on is the 1st Mounted Scouting Unit. We could give them to the Left Flank to harass the enemy cavalry and prevent them from being flanked themselves. We could also just lump them in with the rest of the cavalry on the Right.
Additionally, it might be worth handing over command of the Crossbow Unit to Zhang Liao on the Left and just having Yu Zhong and Cao Xing command the Archers in the center. Or even having Yu Zhong command the archers alone and putting Cao Xing under Zhang Liao?
Anyone have any thoughts before I finalise this?
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