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Quote[/b] (Vlad The Impaler @ Nov. 11 2002,17:03)]u cand disband the rebel leader's unit and bring ur own leader or even ur army; is not necessary to give to the rebel leader the dignity from that province;
sometimes when he's a good general u can send him in the other part of ur kingdom;is not necessary to assasinate him
I know you don't have to assassinate the old leader -- that's my point: it's too easy to just bribe a leader then just bury him in a stack commanded by a new leader. That strikes me as being very unrealistic, besides being too easy.

In reality, the King couldn't simply "fire" a duke, baron or other noble and take his troops. The feudal loyalty of the fighting man was, first, to his lord, not to the King. If you wanted the men belonging to the Duke of Whatever, you had to take the Duke too, warts and all. Or think of some devious way to get rid of him. You couldn't just demote him; he's a fellow noble and the troops are his.

My way, you have to deal with that relationship.