The 1 guy alone in the back no retreat strategy ...

[Cohen]

Well, I've noticed is commonly used to put a single man in the back, usually crippled, or to have a lot of single-unit group to fake the arrows, area spellcasting and so on.
This is usually done with massed mages behind or such things.

These forces are so minimal and insignificant that seems me an exploit of the fact the commanders won't retreat if there's a troop platoon in the battlefield.

I'd like to see this corrected in the next patch, to see having this platoon a minimal starting size, to be effective to prevent the rout of the commanders.
Or based on numbers or on the hitpoints of the troops or on the cost/resources. (if we put minimal number to 10 cercatin nations like Ulm or Abysya could have great problem in starting expansion with troops).

I hope I've explained myself.