For me it is important that one stack can do a lot of damage and stay alive. This means that the stack must be able to win a battle and be able to fight an other one during the same turn.

The usual battle against the Mongols is one of your stacks against two of theirs. This means that they have more than enough heavy cavalry to destroy a line of spearmen. Together with their high dreaded generals your infantry is likely to route. Genoese crossbow militia have a 3 morale and Italian spear militia have 5 morale. This means that when they get tired they will route. You can win but it also can go horribly wrong. Fighting two battles during the enemies turn with a militia army probably won't work.

English yeomen have also 5 morale but their stakes don't route. If you deploy your units at a defensive position and back the Yeomens up by some armored swords and some heavy cavalry you can win with relative low losses. Your army van fight an other day and still be successful.

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