Enemy Generals

[Luckybluemoon]

So I'm wondering what happens when you manage to shoot down an enemy General in the game?  I know they are removed from battle so I deprive the enemy of their buffs, but are they out the whole campaign?  Maybe we can capture them and trade them for more good stuff?

[JJPettigrew]

haven´t managed to capture any of them, your own generals dos not suffer any ill effect by being shoot down (though sobordinates at division/brigade level does) so I suspect its same rule for opponent.

On a somewhat related topic...you can use your general retinue as a cavalry unit to capture supply trains (at least to recapture)

[Luckybluemoon]

A general and his staff raiding supply lines... now there's an image.

 

[Butch]

4 hours ago, JJPettigrew said:

haven´t managed to capture any of them, your own generals dos not suffer any ill effect by being shoot down (though sobordinates at division/brigade level does) so I suspect its same rule for opponent.

On a somewhat related topic...you can use your general retinue as a cavalry unit to capture supply trains (at least to recapture)

Your general unit has a health bar. If it the health bar goes down to zero the unit will disappear from the battle so be careful! I've had a general disappear on me more than once and didn't realize until much later that he was being shot and disappearing.