Overextension - Anticipating loss of infuence

[Jxrc]

From what I can tell, your eastern border is made up of Pomerania, Poland (you're playing Vanilla, right?), Hungary and Croatia.!

I'd leave the rebel provinces in the SE to the rebels - take the risk. Even if the Huns re-emerge, chances are they might be forced to stay in place with your armies on one side and the Byz on the other. .!

Will try that but my garrisons have become pretty small due to constant castle assaults to avoid excom. Pumping up what I can but nothing fancy (no cash to spare really since I have basically no trade network ... only connected Flanders, Friesland and Saxony with Denmark and Finland ... the rest has no port or is hostile). It will be mounted x-bows and spearmen for a while .... With a little luck the rebel provinces will create a distraction for the Byz.

Moreover, I wouldn't worry too much about the Byz, actually. Their stacks, and specially in Bulgaria, tend to consist of really lousy units (Slav infantry, mostly). Have you checked what kind of troops they have?.!

We here they have ships in the black sea so that there is a long of coming and leaving each turn (no idea what is happening in asia minor but the Turks are gone and there is no eggy-byz war). Sending agents to make sure but plengty of cutthroats arounds there seems since they get killed pretty quick ... The army composition varies a lot with time ... One year it is just the usual rabble you describe, the next it is improved with a large addition of Trebizon archers, quite a few Byz infrantry, the usual Katatank plus the odd vagarian guard ... They got a bit more than one stack in Greece and Bulgaria but two or four (depending on the year) in Moldovia

once in Bulgaria, I fended off 2000 Cumans with one unit of Halberdiers, one Boyar (general) and two Arbalesters at a bridge. ?.!

Respect but I am not that good

Other than that, I don't think I can give any more precise advice other than the usual (develop your economy, initiate trade routes, make sure your army is ok) unless I know more about the situation. ?.!

If things stay idle for about twenty years, I should be great since I will have the time to get some money rolling and will get a few additional heirs. The things is that the rythm of this campaign has been very fast so far (I war with every faction I connect with basically - except the Danes !!!)

Good luck!

Thanks !!! Many thanks for the tips too.