Great video. Tips, avoid raising an army for an unwinnable war like that. 1 as it drains your gold to pay the men, then also to recruit and recover your men at arms afterwards, 2 puts your knights/faris at risk of being killed or injured. This leads me to my next tip, you can deny or allow access to your courtiers who can be knights/faris. Great for preventing an heir going in to battle, especially if they have low duelling skill. Not sure why you could not surrender earlier, did not see you go to the screen that lets you see if you can surrender. Regarding the letters from the Duke of Anjou, I would have jumped on that and exchanged letters. Gaining a friend that is a duke would be very good. In my humble opinion I would also had opted to get that claim on the Duchy of Brittany. Glad you got the Patriarch trait. One way of getting free people in to your court is by arranging marriages with your courtiers.
Adding to this. Have an idea where YOU want to have your battles. For instance, forcing your enemy to cross a river AND fight you on a hill gives them a lot of debuffs to their combat effectiveness, but gives you positives, more so if your army composition has Men-at-Arms that favour the terrain in which you are defending from. In most cases, given your knights prowess, and army composition as well, you can at times decimate armies 3-4X your own. Side tip. Don’t fight battles right after you land from a sea voyage onto a coastal tile with enemies on. You get a pretty hefty debuff if you do.
Great video. Tips, avoid raising an army for an unwinnable war like that. 1 as it drains your gold to pay the men, then also to recruit and recover your men at arms afterwards, 2 puts your knights/faris at risk of being killed or injured. This leads me to my next tip, you can deny or allow access to your courtiers who can be knights/faris. Great for preventing an heir going in to battle, especially if they have low duelling skill.
Not sure why you could not surrender earlier, did not see you go to the screen that lets you see if you can surrender.
Regarding the letters from the Duke of Anjou, I would have jumped on that and exchanged letters. Gaining a friend that is a duke would be very good. In my humble opinion I would also had opted to get that claim on the Duchy of Brittany.
Glad you got the Patriarch trait.
One way of getting free people in to your court is by arranging marriages with your courtiers.
Adding to this. Have an idea where YOU want to have your battles.
For instance, forcing your enemy to cross a river AND fight you on a hill gives them a lot of debuffs to their combat effectiveness, but gives you positives, more so if your army composition has Men-at-Arms that favour the terrain in which you are defending from.
In most cases, given your knights prowess, and army composition as well, you can at times decimate armies 3-4X your own.
Side tip. Don’t fight battles right after you land from a sea voyage onto a coastal tile with enemies on. You get a pretty hefty debuff if you do.