Each unit is a Warband of 30 men
It takes one day to march into another province, and as such, only troops in an adjacent province can reinforce.
Unit strength is divided into 6ths, and will be rounded up or down after the battle, this will determine cost to reinforce. (which will essentially be the number of 6th's of the original price)
You may raise levees, but note that the larger your kingdom becomes, despite being able to raise more levees, you will generally be able to raise less per province, as well as encounter more uppity nobles. So be careful if you go on a distant campaign, for, as the saying goes, "Usurpers gonna usurp." Similarly to levees, you may call for mercenaries, and the vultures who feed off of death and destruction will come to your aid for a price. That price and their quality is dependent on relative wealth and the like, and their presence in your army will give you a number of events which will affect availability of mercs in the future, as well as AI (and possibly player) factions opinions of you. (eg: If you sack a monestary, the mercs will be happy because gold, but other Christians will be rather P/O'd)
An addendum in regards to fortifications: You may garrison your troops in fortification, but be careful, as each level of fortification can only suppirt 100x its level in troops (a level one can support merely 100 men, etc.) Otherwise, you will begin to starve and men will both desert (possibly to the enemy) and die.
Notes on sieges:
To successfully carry out a siege, you have several actions you may wish to take.
[*]Build Sanitation - Build sanitation for your army so that disease does not affect your attacking force.[*]Surround settlement - Completely surround settlement, which will damage morale and affect food supplies. Otherise, the enemy can hold out nearly indefinitely in a planned siege. Also take into consideration provinces that have ports.[*] Build siege equipment - This will take a full day, but afterwards you will be prepared for an assault, if you dare.[*] Be a smart commander. Think about good ideas, if you are besieged, try to counter the enemies moves, think of what will destroy morale, I won't hand feed any more options, but be creative and be practical. And it never hurts to outnumber the enemy. |