Quote Originally Posted by Zarax
Try piling up 8-10k troops in Khazar and you'll face the longest battle ever possible in MTW... beware that it can be a very tiring experience!
Agree completely. My longest battle was as the Poles defending the bridge to Kiev against the Horde. It was about midnight and I compulsively decided to hit the end turn button one more time before going to bed. About four and a half hours later it was finally over and I was completely spent. Classes the next morning were not as fun as usual!

Very tiring and also very repetitive. It didn't really get dull because I was always on the edge. I hadn't really prepared for a horde assault though I did have a very large army. I soon ran out of arrows and good infantry and was left with mostly medium cavalry. After awhile I started wondering if the new waves of enemy troops on the horizon would ever stop coming!