I had one recently in a XL 2.1 Seljuk campaign: the Golden Horde had been decapitated and gone Rebel, with massive stacks (almost 14k) in Khazar. I had an elite force (about 3600) in Georgia, under a 7* general, and thought it would be fun to bloody their noses - maybe even gain a nice province if things went really well.



Long story short, I totally dominated the early going as long as my missile supply kept up (archers withdrawing as soon as arrows exhausted), killing/routing large numbers of Mongol Heavy Cavalry and Mongol Warriors. But after my reserves of Futuwwa ran out, the tide started turning. I retreated in stages to a nice slight hill, under constant pressure, but there were simply no good wooded areas to hide in from the Mongol Horse Archers, etc. I'd win every melee, but the longer my forces stayed in place, the greater the attrition from the arrow storm became. Finally, with even melee reserves growing short, I decided to withdraw what forces I could (save that good General!) for a rematch later on. After all, the Rebels weren't going anywhere, nor would they be able to rebuilt troops with their negligible income.

The final tally:


Killed a little under 7k, lost a few less than 2k: not the greatest kill ratio, but still heavily in my favor. And I still have the core of my army, so that with quivers refilled we can bloody them up some more next time! Revenge will be sweet...