Castle garrison?

[Devotion]

So basically, I decided to have fun by trying to go solo as a rebel (Polish) with no allegiances to the rebel leaders. What is a good amount of troops to garrison into captured cities so that factions I am at war with won't attack it? (currently "hated" by Crimean Khanite).

Also, is there a fast, cheap way to garrison a city/fortress/town? I mean, sure there are militia troops, but I can't seem get a lot of them.

- I currently have 800+ troops at my disposal (In garrison), mostly mercs and faction troops, few militia.
- These mercs are really wage hungry... 
- Also a lot of these troops are "fresh troops", few veterans, due to a recent costly set of battles.
- Getting a little short on thaler, only enough interest to pay for troop wages, supplies, and upkeep with little extra.

 

[Vermillion_Hawk]

I say good luck to any enemy who dares attack a 800-man garrison. They usually don't attack a castle unless the odds are heavily in their favor, and it's rare when any king or lord will be able to mobilize enough armies to fight a garrison of that size.

If you are running low on thalers, my advice would be to try and reduce the garrison size to somewhere around 400 or 300, it's still a formidable force that an enemy would think twice about attacking. Ditch the green troops and the throwaway militiamen first as well, so that you're not paying wages for what is essentially grist for the mill.

 

[Devotion]

Ah, okay.

I currently have about 1400+ troops (did a lot of trading before checking the forum) and two fortresses, now I can throw these extra troops at the walls of my enemies instead of letting them exhaust my treasury. 

-This will be fun.

Thank You for answering my question!