Art De La Guerre

[MalcolmDove]

We had a situation where 2 units on each side fought a melee and the rightmost on each side routed.
XXX XXX
YYY YYY
Leaving

...... XXX
YYY.......

It is Y's turn does his unit (that is only in corner contact) have to conform by sliding right, or can it attack the flank of X ?

[chris6]

Without being absolut sure i say "sliding" is the right move because rule S.51 Sorts of contact. A contact on the flank of the opponents unit is only allowed if at least part of the front of your unit is directly to the flank of the oponents unit.

We had a similar issue last night:

xxx xxx player A (phasing player)
yyy yyy player B

After players A phase the following situation because the right unit of B routet and the right unit of A pursuited.

xxx
YYY xxx

Now player B the phasing player has to fight the left unit of A who gets +1 support from his right unit in the flank of yyy. Result: DRAW

Still same constellation but now player a phasing. Letting his right unit conform to YYY without spending a CP (Site 55 Conforming after melee) to this constellation:

xxx
yyy x
x
x

Now yyy is automatically losing a cohesion for being conacted in the flank. If this doesnt rout yyy we have a combat were xxx gets a+1 for the flank.

I hope we had this right?

[Apa]

Malcolm,
You can’t attack the flank because to do so your front has to be partly on the flank as Chris said. Now Y can choose to slide on the right to match X’s front, or not.

Chris,
you’re right.

[chris6]

@Apa THX

[Soranon]

Y can choose to slide and conform if isn't a impetuous troop... If Y is one of this , it must slide and conform !

[chris6]

Yes, always remember the impetous have to get into the fight....easy to forget in the heat of the battle.

[Mad Max]

[Soranon]

You can't have flank attack here ! Units X and Y are "corner at corner"

No one is on the flank of each other. For a flankink attack, a unit must be on the flank at the begining of the turn.

(sorry for my english)

[chris6]

@Soranon: No matter about your english, you are welcome.

Please read the whole example i posted up there. The unit which is to contact the flank of yyy is already in flankcontact by the side edge. The unit advanced 2 phases before when they did win a combat and routed the neighbour unit of yyy.

[Soranon]

I spoke about the first case.

You'll rigth for the second one.

[chris6]

@Soranon: Thx for the conformation! Now its clear.

[Michaelen]

Have you conform to a policy with which you did not agree?
Give me a specific example of a time when you had to conform to a policy with which you did not agree.

[belinconnux]

everytime and everywhere
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