I am a huge El Cid fan and so I would make sure he joins my faction every time I play as Spain or the Moors. Sometimes I even send a diplomat across the world to bring him into my service outside of Iberia and away from the ungrateful rulers there. Just as you can do the add_money you can also do force_diplomacy when trying to bribe him and acquire his army or city. You can do anything really, even force a win on any auto resolve if you truly wish. Unfortunately, I may be 15 years too late with this reply for some but perhaps it will help others now that medieval 2 gained a little popularity again when the mobile version came out. There are many other ways that involve going into the games files if you wish to as well but I am by no means an expert as my experience only goes as far as a few things with SF Editors for the new total wars. Lastly, the best way to get El Cid to lead your armies to glory is to harass CA until they come out with a medieval 3 total war lol
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