Basic Battle Tactics?

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Originally Posted by Ironhawk

Oh and about commanders: Usually you want to pack as many men as possible under a single commander with a lot of leadership. Since most of your commanders are mages with low leadership anyway this is the natural way of things. The only time you want to break this format is when your commanders are being assassinated. At that time, it is more valuable to put fewer men under more commanders to ensure that as many of them as possible arrive at the battlefield.

I think it's safer to assume your commanders are always being assassinated, or if not this turn then starting next turn. Putting all your troops under one leader is asking for your armyless support mages to arrive on their lonesome in enemy territory.

There's no advantage I can see to putting everyone under one leader, except less micromanagement, maybe. You can't even break your army into smaller squads (if you like small squads) because you only get five squads per commander.