270-odd vagier group, mixed with whatever they took from their battles, had a lot of prisoners. i kept talking to a swab army of over 100 till the vags caught up to it and did battle, then joined with my boys.... (when you talk with a group they pause before moving again on the world map, i know - a scumbag loophole).... the vags won, but they were whittled down to the 40's of functional soldiers with a lot of woundeds, so i recruited some cannon fodder quick at a town and finally won... a useless amount of loot, but over 140 troops to choose from. only time i've ever had more than 30 knights and 30 crossbow at one time. had a 70+ army of rescued's to tap later whenst i became more destitute....
speaking of the topic.. is there a cap on faction army size? more than that, i'd like to see an army/unit split when it hits a hundred or so. most times i can't fight big ones, im lucky they're slow. maw