Weekend up date!
I have established a wet link for my King in Constantinople - hasn't seemed to make much of a difference. The plus side has been a lot of the provinces which went rebel had loyalist uprisings, so i have gained a load of troops for nothing just where I need them!! Admittedly theu are mainly peasants and vanilla spears, but there are some royal Knights and longbows sprinkled in. In Mercia the rebels were lead by Richard of Loxley, a 4 star Hobilar unit - shouldn't it be a longbow!! - still I drove them into Northumberland, then got beat by Robin and his boys. Better get him sorted before Sherwood progaganda machine gets going.
2 years to Horde time.