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| - In the beginning, if at war with the Khergits, they may lose Ahmerrad or Durquba and perhaps a few castles. They may rush to take Swadian or Khergit lands, and three things may happen. One is, they rush in and take a castle, while a larger enemy force rushes in and captures them or captures a city. Two is, A large fight between nations is fought, which Swadians they may win, or possibly Khergits, but most times a Rhodok force will win. Third and least common is that they will rush in, take over a fief, and come back flawlessly. Their infantry can make this happen with powerful throwing weapons, but their archers won't be too much help.
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| - In the beginning, if at war with the Khergits, they may lose Ahmerrad or Durquba and perhaps a few castles. They may rush to take Swadian or Khergit lands, and three things may happen. One is, they rush in and take a castle, while a larger enemy force rushes in and captures them or captures a city. Two is, A large fight between nations is fought, which Swadians they may win, or possibly Khergits, but most times a Rhodok force will win. Third and least common is that they will rush in, take over a fief, and come back flawlessly. Their infantry can make this happen with powerful throwing weapons, but their archers won't be too much help. The Sarranids have a unique advantage: they start out with four cities like the Khergits, Vaegirs, and Swadians, but only border one other nation. This means that you will almost always fight only one significant opponent at a time. Better yet, your main rival are the Khergit - the most easily conquerable nation in the game. Your enemy will harass you in open fields and constantly loot your villages, but the extremely weak Khergit infantry will not be able to capture well-fortified important locations. You, on the other hand, should travel in tight war-bands (either with your marshall or with nobles who are friendly to you) and use your better balanced units to quickly take over Khergit towns and castles. Unlike the Khergits, Rhodoks could pose a serious threat should they come near your cities, especially because the closest city to their land is your capital, Shariz. Therefore, you should switch tactics and engage the Rhodoks as if you were a Khergit - use more horsemen (to counter their infantry) and attack them in the open, looting their villages and harassing them at every turn. Initially you should only try to buy time until a ceasefire is declared, but once the Khergits are out of the picture, you could advance to Rhodok lands using either better infantry recruited from other kingdoms, or simply with much larger numbers (bolstered by your newly acquired Khergit towns - but remember that Khergit troops are merely there to overwhelm and act as a meat shield for your Mamlukes). Eventually even the powerful Rhodok Sharpshooters will have to yield to your relentless onslaught. The same strategy can be employed against Swadia, Vaegirs and the Nords.
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