Wanted to edit the post but didn't realize that I couldn't, new to the forum.

In any case the big thing I learned from that experience is about by passing enemy strong points. I completely ignored the large army and garrison at York and moved on to Nottingham and then London with great success. Since Nottingham was Englands main heavy troop production center the quality of their armies dropped as the fighting went on. All they had left were milita and low lvl castle units.

Its also pretty obvious that Nottingham and Edinbourgh served to hem in the armies at York and prevent them from distracting me in the North or sending a relief force in the South to London when it was under Siege.

I hope that yall enjoy reading my posts and possibly learn something from them, I know I enjoy reading other's posts about how their games went.