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| End of the Rope If you withdraw your heavy infantry before enemy missile troops, the enemy will become "frustrated" and will discontinue useless missile volleys against a retreating target. They will instead, try to rapidly close with your heavy troops for hand to hand combat. This is a terrible waste of missile troops which makes them easy meat for your heavy legions. The tactic can be
done with missile or cavalry troops as well. I have often
lured enemy missile forces to chase, instead of firing
upon my javelins, simply by retreating during the
intervals between my volleys of fire. This works
especially well with the bounding overwatch retrograde
technique described earlier. With all units, start your
retreats at the enemy's maximum firing range, so the
enemy has to keep moving, rather than firing in order to
close range enough to even try firing. Before they do
reach a close range, retreat again. Step 1
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