Quote Originally Posted by DensterNY
Uhm... aside from Khazar which are the other provinces that the Golden Horde will appear in?

In my game its 1218 and I have about 6000 men stacked in Khazar and perhaps 3000 in Kiev. I threw a Hail Mary against the Hungarians, decimating them, and using the advantage of the sea hit the Egyptians in their weaker regions and caused a civil war. Now everything is devoted to producing Arbalesters, Halbardiers, Chivalric Sergeants & Men at Arms and also Chivalric & Feudal Knights to force the Horde. I've also been collecting extra Peasants to load the province and I figure by 1230 I should have 10k of them to load the region as well.

Damn, I hope I get a ridiculous turnout from the Golden Horde... this should be fun.
Thrash peasants, use at least vanilla spears as junk units... They can still help if the battle turns bad for you and makes decent arrow fodder

If I play as the Hungarians there are usually around 6-8k spears ready to support the heavies, they saved my butt more than once...