And then charged in to total darkness

That battle caused a mass-extinction event among the Total War community.

• Frontal cavalry charge without any follow up

• Siege engines positioned outside the fortifications against a mobile enemy

• Projectile forces unsupported outside the fortifications

• Melee infantry inside the castle, watching and picking their noses

My wife told me to shut up multiple times during that episode as I was screeching like a monkey. The wrong side won that battle that night.

I mean by that point they had made so many other stupid decisions, I think it was just in character for them to do that.