Is the AI cheating or what?

[incognitus]

I have been attacking the troops in Modena for some time now (23%) and they just, while being attacked, started an attack on my troops that had just arrived in Reggio (the red arrow). I don't know about you guys, but I cannot start attacks with troops that are themselves being attacked. Why can the AI do it?

 

[Wraith11B]

Check to make sure that they haven't retreated from the contact (ie, "fallen out of") your initial battle.

 

[incognitus]

You mean they were retreating already before my troops reached that sector and then when they arrived, the retreating troops attacked the new arrivals? That could be! Thanks.

 

[Paglia]

You mean they were retreating already before my troops reached that sector and then when they arrived, the retreating troops attacked the new arrivals? That could be! Thanks.

That's exactly the case you are describing
Retreating units are considered as attacking units... this said, they have probably 0 org at this point and they will fail and die if you take the province they are in