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Stop stacking horse archers.

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Stop stacking horse archers.
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>this kills the horse archer cucks
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>>2101466
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>>2101466
>using siege machinery to win cavalry duels

Do you want Huns?

Because this is how you get Huns.
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>>2101501
That's how you get hunnic pie à la romaine.
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>>2101466
No, no it doesn't.
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>>2101521
Say that to my artilleryfucker and see what happens
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If only you were all as brilliant as the samurai.
>this triggers the horse archer.
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>>2101534
A ballista would actually be a better weapon than the catapult you first posted, though, against mounted archers, since it's significantly more accurate.
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>>2101466
>>2101534
>artillery might take out some horse archers if they ain't moving too fast
>rest of the horse archers charge the artillery
artillery is too slow and unwieldy
>the operators of the artillery are faced with the choice to run or be killed
>even if the artillery is protected by other troops the horse archers are moving targets
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>>2101545
This.
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>>2101568
>constant artillery spam
>in multiple directions

RIP in piss Gengis
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>>2101455
Let them stack horse archers. Just be sure to stack field artillery (scorpios mostly) and slingers.
Look up Ventidius absolutely destroying the parthians.
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>>2101559
>accuracy
>mattering
Given that horse archers tend to attack in a massive cloud, "accuracy" is irrelevant. Fire into them and you will hit someone.

>>2101779
Foot archers and armored infantry.

Or you take civilized men, armor them, and train them as horse archers... who also have lances and swords.

Steppeniggers btfo.
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>>2101824
>Foot archers and armored infantry
This. Its not fancy but there is basically nothing the horse archers can do
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just fight in a forest hahaha like put up some stakes nigga
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>>2101613
Easier said than done. Whoever's in charge of all that better know his shit about artillery better than anyone.
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>>2101466
>Titus and Cassius fire one rock
>horse archers evade
>Titus slowly winches arm back down
>Cassius loads another rock
>Oh wait no they're both dead from arrows in every orifice.
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dude just hire horse archers to fight them lmao
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>>2101559
Alex used them to cover a river crossing, in the face of Scythian horse archers. So yeah, it works.
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>failing exams
>shit shit what do I do now
>hire horse archers
>get straight A s
>graduate from uni
>no one wants to hire me
>hire horse archers
>get CEO job instantly
>fuck now I'm wanna get laid
>hire horse archers
>suddenly acquire all the pussy in town
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>>2102035
You realize that rome routinely stomped armies with horse archers, right?
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>>2101613

why are you on a history board if you don't know anything about history
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>watching your men in stationary testudo melt away
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