Can't move while raiding

[FlowiXx]

What really annoys me is seeing "the villagers have joined the battle on your side" when you attack a looting lord - even if he's run some distance from the village. When I'm fighting a couple of hundred Rhodok sergeants and sharpshooters, having my elite cavalry street fight while diluted by a bunch of peasants isn't helpful.

I've started to assign villagers (male and female) to a different group, named it Rabble.  That way I can either send these guys charging while I organize my troops or use them as a bit of a buffer in the face of heavy missiles.

Just take the time to reassign them when you rescue some prisoners from a party.
Not as good as having a proper field battle, but at least you have to mix your infantry with these buggers.

Not bad idea, but, I think you know those (almost) useless peasants eat food and decrease your morale.

[kevindrosario]

^I think he meant reassign them after rescuing them and then immediately disband them.

[Mods]

You can also put all your infantry in a special groups (like 'infantry 2, whatever) and just let 'infantry' charge then (= all the peasants)

[Filou]

^I think he meant reassign them after rescuing them and then immediately disband them.

You don't even need to rescue them proper, you can reassign their group when they're still on the left side of the screen.