Best Anti Mongol stack

[Askthepizzaguy]

Who really fights mongols in open fields?

Ramses and I do. Check out my England and anti-Mongol threads. It's more effective that way. I've never lost a battle to the Mongols.

I personally consider seiges to be heavily favored to the attackers. If the AI weren't stupid, you'd be killed. I even allow enemies to take a city if I cannot defend it, then use my garrison to trap them inside the city and force them to sally.

I destroy them easily even with half as many forces.

I routinely take settlements with equal army size/quality. This helps out on The Long Road.
Most of your initial battles are seiges with superior garrisons, and you MUST win. Archers/artillery are your friends. So are massive amounts of seige towers and 2 rams.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=88887 Anti-Mongol thread.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=87236 England (see last page or so) here is where I use the Anti-Mongol tactic in practice.

So there are other options besides seiges.