Desterters stealing troops?

[Hazzardevil]

Floris: 2.53 Gameplay
Warband: 1.153

This morning I was playing as a Vassal of Swadia, I consider myself to be in the late game due to how Swadia has barely any fiefs left, mostly taken by the Nords.

So I went raiding on a village when some Deserters come and beat the crap out of my army, being low on men due to having already fought a mixed army of forest bandits and Farmers. So I get the crap beaten out of me by some Tier 5 Deserters, so I escape, come back with mercenaries and other troops to fight the deserters, only to find they recruited my whole army from before.
Is this normal?

 

[2s1ckk]

I must admit, I have no idea. But: lol 

 

[Lorca]

Floris: 2.53 Gameplay
Warband: 1.153

This morning I was playing as a Vassal of Swadia, I consider myself to be in the late game due to how Swadia has barely any fiefs left, mostly taken by the Nords.

So I went raiding on a village when some Deserters come and beat the crap out of my army, being low on men due to having already fought a mixed army of forest bandits and Farmers. So I get the crap beaten out of me by some Tier 5 Deserters, so I escape, come back with mercenaries and other troops to fight the deserters, only to find they recruited my whole army from before.
Is this normal?

Lol, cool story bro. I guess your treacherous troops applied the good ol' tactic of, "If you can't beat them, join them." lol.

 

[Glycerius]

It would be nice if deserters come from defeated armies and are not spawned randomly. Maybe they are.

 

[Caba`drin]

Deserters are spawned randomly. There's no creation of them after a battle.
What could have happened in this case would be the deserters took your men prisoner, lost to bandits who then had your men join the bandit party? I dunno...seems odd.

 

[Hsuan]

your soldiers: DEATH TO THE DESERTERS
*someone shot you in the head*
your soldiers: wo wo wo! we surrender!