Quote Originally Posted by Martok
I've always been a little curious about this myself, so I'm happy to let this one sit where it is.

I have to wonder if it really is possible, though, as one would think this issue would've already been addressed in the various mods. I can at least vouch that in the XL Mod, re-emerging armies are about as silly as they are in vanilla MTW/VI -- and I'd like to think that VikingHorde would've changed that if he could've. Still, it's a good question.
While that is true, I recall (its been a while) that when VH was in development of this mod part of his goal was to take out peasants as they truly had minimal value, and VI had them coded to be the primary force in the reemergence config.

He upped the quality of troops at the price of quantity but it was something that couldnt be removed completely. So as Martok says here and other posters have replied, its a question of balancing the file to get what you personally want. VH did it in his mod already, and while not ideal its certainly better then nothing.