Yeah, I've messed with some SS 4.1 battles and it's pretty incredible how jedi-like our bodyguards are, significantly more so than in vanilla. Spearmen are horrible against them. I don't see us having too much trouble with these rebels beyond the next turn or two.

In fact I'll wager that the rebel bodyguards cause more casualties on their own than all the rest of their troops put together. Find a way to deal with them and you've got the V. I have a feeling the pace of things will pick back up in a hurry afterward, especially since we have to put together some big armies in order to put down the rebels. We aren't going to absorb huge losses, and those troops are going to have to do something after the rebellion is smashed...