If a central defense is chosen, the central section of the battle map. The choice of a rear defense will place the battle in the section of the map furthest from the attacker's entry point. Once the defender has chosen his area of defense, the armies are deployed in the normal manner. The attacker is the side that just completed the map movement. Weather and time of day are rolled for normally.
All battles are in the summer in a Warm climate.
At the end of any turn, a player may declare any non-allied command to be demoralized. As with any other demoralization, this is permanent and contributes to the collapse of the army. Allied commands that become demoralized will attempt to flee into their city. If the enemy occupies the city, the entire command will surrender immediately. Next campaign turn it becomes an ally of the side that holds the city at the end of the battle.