Good to hear from you ! Was peeping in to look for updates.

Sounds awesome.. and you're right about attacking them.
Aggression and fighting spirit MEANS SOMETHING in combat !

How are the SM holding out ? Are they any use at all or just cannon fodder ?

I've had to revert to an earlier save, because I accidently loaded an older save and then quicksaved over the newest one by mistake. So I'm about 4-5 hours further away from the Mongols yet. Ugh.