I am Vaegir.
My Town (Halmar) is being besieged by the bulk of the Sultanate Army. I was traveling to meet the Vaegir Marshal when the notification came through. While in the field I encountered three separate Emirs, the smallest party being 80.
As a result, my standing force is down to half its strength, and I've been shoring up shortfalls in my Vaegir army using local Khanate recruits. Halmar only has a 70 Man Garrison, but that Garrison includes 5 Swadian Knights, 10 Rhodok Sergent, and a compliment of Nord Warriors.
I'm down to 30 men, the majority of whom are very much "Walking wounded" (14 ready for battle).
My two options are thus:
Ride Halmar down in flames or gut the Garrison and flee with the choicest units to strike at the Sultanate. Halmar is going to fall regardless - the armies at my door are 200 strong. I'm just curious if there's anything else I can really do. Vaegir took in all the orphaned Khanate Noyans when they conquered their lands, so I really don't want to compete with other Boyars for lands. I expect no assistance, as my lovely Marshal is assembling our forces clear on the opposite side of the Sultanate to hit Ahmerrad in four days as opposed to the Sultanate which are hitting Halmar now.
If I flee, there's no way the revenue from Sultus and two Breweries (Assuming the one in Halmar survives the siege) can support a force of Swadian Knights, Rhodoks Sergeants, Nord Warriors, and Vaegirs Marksmen, Guards, and Knights.
Is there another option open to me that lets me keep Halmar? Can I defect to the Sultanate, perhaps? (Swadia-held Narra is between me and the Vaegir controlled Steppes, and Rhodok controls the castle beyond Halmar)
If it helps, I've only begun to cultivate relations in Vaegirs, and the King isn't too thrilled with me that I took it upon myself to end the Khanate as a governing body (Sanjar Khan was just SITTING there with ten guys and nowhere to go!).
In Hindsight, I wish I hadn't done that.