Micromanaging armies and commanders

[Elmo]

Yeah I've lost troops to my own arrows when they are pursuing a routed enemy. Just chalked it up to fog of war but I'm going to experiment with the full game when I get it to see if micromanaging can reduce those losses. Just thinking out loud here but can you put the archers out front so they fire and then retire back through your lines?

I also have not had a problem with replay speed but most of my battles have been realtively small. I just hit "Q" once the outcome is obvious and then go read the final re**** to get the head count. Maybe I miss something doing that though?