how does really route works ?

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Army rout is automatic when one of these conditions is met:

- all your squads (not counting bodyguards) are routing.

- you have only leaders and bodyguards and a leader is slain.

To prevent the kind of early rout you describe, put a crippled or limp militiaman in a separate squad in the rear with 'hold and attack' orders. Or better, you can use a single archer to the same effect.