Quote Originally Posted by Knight Templar
you can expect al least 10 full stacks in Khazar.
Their armies are composed of Mongol heavy cav, Mongol horse archers, Urban militia, Mongol warriors (foot archers with good melee stats), Spearmen and catapults.
I'm playing in VI and the Horde also has several mortars and an organ gun

I'm all for letting other factions spread out in the far east and having them deal with the Horde (or vice versa) to begin with. If you are having problems with a powerful Byzantine, Turkish or Egyptian faction, just gear yourself for the changes that 1230 will bring to the map of Europe.

Check out the thread titled "How does one deal with the Mongols" for various strategies once you are at war with them.