rebels keep bribing away my armies

[Mikeus Caesar]

This is really starting to . Countless times i have built an army, only for it to turn to the rebels once i have finished it. A shining example would be just now where i was playing as Venice.

The Mongol Hordes are banging at the gates, laying siege to Durazzo, and my large army of Venetian Archers, Venetian Heavy Infantry, Feudal Knights, Dis Men-at-Arms and the crowning glory, three Bombards and a Mortar had finally been completed to face up to the threat once and for all. So the turn i had finished them i set them off from Ragusa to go and fight the Mongol Leader and his mighty army at Durazzo, and what happens next turn?

THEY GO OVER TO THE REBELS AFTER I SPENT WHAT LITTLE MONEY I HAD LEFT ON BUILDING THEM!

Now the campaign is as good as lost, but this isn't the first time it's happened. It happened in my Danish campaign, when i was about to stand up against Poland and HRE, it has happened in more than half the campaigns i have done, and it is bloody well making me lose my rag with this game.

And don't tell me this is a 'feature' of the game. I have tried bribing over rebel peasants with no loyalty only to be told they won't, or if they will it will cost 10000 florins, so then the bankrupt rebels manage to get my army first time round and can somehow afford it.

I'm sorry, but this doesn't add-up, and if it happens one more time, i can tell you this - MTW2 had better be good for firewood if not for playing!