
u/HistoryNerd264bc

how do i win?
i have 72 spearmen with metal helmets, and 5 retinue 2 are Polearm with plate. im facing a force of 72 crossbow mercenaries, and 108 militia spearmen, and about 5 retinue. can i win?
Manor and its land, includes orchyard, stable, grainary, and garden, aswell as pigsty
Lime Kiln, and Stonemason's Station for the nearby quarry.
Im mainly looking for critique, since i kinda suck at making villages look realistic and nice.
while i was Propsering with my small town, the Warmongering Baron, and the Greedy Neighboring Village leader, decided to lay Claim to two out of my 3 Regions, which inlcuded my only settled region, so i had to fight or be conquered. at the start i had just 156 troops: 36 crossbowmen, and 108 Spearmen, and 12 Retinue in Plate Armour. i knew i would lose any normal battle because my men, were wounded and tired from a very recent battle with the Barons mercnary and retinue army. so i devised a plan, since i knew from memory this ai's army before took the shortest way which was along the shore, so i planned a ambush. by the end of the battle i had lost about half of my remaning army, but the enemy had lost every single man they had sent to conquer my land.
the Enemy Ai is preventing the delivery of my large shields... im so screwed
On the Hill to the left near the church, or lower at or around the stream, somewhere?
any critique for a realistic layout and stuff? also i think hildebolt is gonna burn it down soon.
its my first castle ever, and supposed to be mainly prestige building for the nobles, it should also be okay at being a castle, im planning to expand it with another courtyard at the front and another gatehouse. what do you guys think of my budget castle?