Of course, guys, sorry if I made it sound like there was one particular way to play the game. I hardly find the game easy (if I did I wouldn't need to save so often so I can sometimes replay, must get VI as you can save after each battle ), and the types of AI troops I see are;

arbalesters, (pavise and regular)
xbows (pavise and regular)
longbowmen
halberdiers, billmen
chiv sergents
gothic and feudal foot knights
men at arms (regular, chiv)
knights (feudal, goth, chiv)
Lancers
jinetes
heavy, medium and light cavs

and of course the muslum equivalents (though in my current campaign, the byz are small, the turks and the egyptians are gone, so I don't see so many of those)


So I don't feel too sorry if I force the AI to rebuild on occasion (and net some cash at the same time).