... But again, because of how the game was set up with the ability for units to kind of, you know, route other units and then that unit's no longer targetable, while it's no longer in combat and it's trying to reform, you aren't allowed to target them. ...
You can wipe out the entire enemy force, sure, but other than that, if you just take out the general, or whatever they call it, the head unit, you'll also win the combat immediately.
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... "Now we're going to give each of these units, if you want to, some commands to start with." You can say, "Go attack this specific unit," or, "Take this unit and have it go attack a different unit," or, "Have a set of guys defend your general," You can wipe out the entire enemy force, sure, but other than that, if you just take out the general, or whatever they call it, the head unit, you'll also win the combat immediately. the rest of the army routes, and you win immediately, that's it. I was like, "Okay, I now see the core of what I'm supposed to do, but there's a lot here." I probably played that second level and tried to learn this game ...