Re: storming castles
I think the OP was talking about actually taking the castle, not breaking down the walls. This can be a big problem for the tougher castles which only have a narrow entrance gate or barbican - if you have slow, lightly armoured troops (like flagellants) they will get massacred while getting into the castle to fight. Two solutions to this:
1. Get flying troops from somwhere. They get straight in and start pounding the defenders.
2. Put *fast* troops at the front, like cavalry, and charge straight in. Knights of the chalice would be particularly good here. Then follow with your slower troops.
Small squads will get through a bottleneck quicker than large squads (but small squads also rout more easily).
It can still be tough though, taking a big castle which has lots of mages in it. You lose a lot of units simply getting inside.
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