Quote Originally Posted by LuckyDog Trojan
I second this - motion carried.

The 'leaving the hole in the wall' trick does sound interesting.

Adding my own two cents: keep plenty of diplomats in the back-water regions of your territory (with watch towers for illumination) to bribe off all those annoying rebel armies that constantly pop up. This keeps your main armies free for continued conquest and you don't have to fight all those little, time consuming battles (if you don't want to).

To everyone else: as always - a plethora of sound ideas and strategies.
I like to use those small battle to raise the quality of young generals.