Quote Originally Posted by Wasp View Post
Takeda overwhelmed my one-season temporary garrison with about thousand troops. Guess he had very good intel on that one, since I made sure that the province only would've been underprotected for one measly season..
It's important to remember that in STW/MTW the AI can see the moves you're going to make and can react to them accordingly. This is why it will leave an emissary in a province for years on end and then suddenly pull him out when you decide to target him with an assassin. It's also why the AI often inexplicably moves in reinforcements to a province on the very turn you try to invade it. In short: The AI cheats.