Quote Originally Posted by Ramses II CP
As England (Or any faction with archer stakes really) I prefer to face the Mongols in the field. Bring a stack with only Yeoman or Retinue Longbowmen and a general with night fighter to split stacks. Construct a stake fort on the high ground, turn off skirmish for your men, and turn on guard for your general and leave him sitting behind the line, to shore up morale. Unless you get the passive AI reinforcements bug, the Mongols will almost certainly come to you.

The enemy lancers and bodyguards are useless, dead meat on a hoof. You outnumber his archers, and his infantry will be scattered and easily broken when they try to charge through the stake line. When they flee, your arrows will go in their backs. If you're fighting 2 or more stacks position your stake fort so that you have a protected position to withdraw when you run out of arrows.

Don't try this against the Timurids unless you've already picked off all their artillery, or you can field superior artillery yourself.
I vaguely remember Jannisary Archers having stakes as well so I'm guessing that would work with the turks. Also with lithuanian archers which also have stakes though I'm not sure if they're good enough to beat the mongols in archery.