Quote Originally Posted by Czar Alexsandr
Any nation that get's horse archers is cool if you ask me. But I've noticed that all the main horse archer countries that aren't me, Russia, look like they have it a lot easier! Maybe it's just my missmanagement of resourses but it seems to me that Russia bears the brunt of the Hordes the worst. I haven't beat them yet but I have fought them. Fortunately the game was "accidently" deleted so I could have a hounurable withdrawl.

Well anyways, If you don't have a good economy you could very well have a bit of a problem dealing with the Mongols. The situation is vastly different in my Egyptian game....

Well, I never have had problems with the Mongols playing as Russia. If you secure all the steppe provinces and try to keep peace with Poland, Denmark and possibly the Turks, you will be able to concentrate on the Mongols alone. I usually field just one all cav army and use the open steppe terrain to attack Mongol stacks when they are not completely together, like at bridges or on the edge of forests. Since they have foot archers etc. too, it means you will always be able to move a greater distance than them, so it's easy to withdraw and retrain your army, whilst they can't replace lost troops. Usually they head for Kiev, so if you keep a full stack in that city too, you can wipe out 4+ stacks easily if you let them attack the city while moving in your cav army at the same time to seal off their retreat.
As for the Egyptians, actually that was harder for me since it was the first time I had to deal with the Mongols in M2TW. When they showed up, I was busy fighting the Turks and 3 crusader stacks were moving on Jerusalem. I lost a couple of cities but was able to hold Aleppo with just 6 units against several siege attempts. These futile efforts gave me time to assemble the Sultan's elite all cav army which lead the counter-attack and allowed me to recapture the cities lost and eliminate the Mongols for good.
However, I have to say the Timurids pose much more of a problem due to their elephants, if you don't come up with ways to take down those, you will have a hard time winning any field battle. In my experience, it's often best to let them siege a well defended city with gun towers, or to spice up your armies with mercenary elephants.