I should preface this by saying I'm on 1.6.5 beta, so IDK if this is the result of that or not. I'm doing a South empire playthrough right now, and we're locked in a constant battle with the Western empire. We've taken every town except Lageta, Ortysia and Rhotae. The Vlandians took all their westernmost castles, and the Battanians took Veron castle as they always do They're down to only 2000 manpower as opposed to my 9000, but because they've recruited so many mercenaries (more mercenary parties than actual lords), villages get constantly raided (30 times in the last war alone, which lasted around 2 weeks, compared to the 3 south empire did), but not villages in general, there's only 4 villages they constantly attack Because of their overwhelmingly large raids thanks to the Lake rats, Forest people, Wolfskins, Brootherhood of the Woods, and the Golden Boars, we can't end the conflict without paying them 3000 gold daily at least, despite only having