What is the best way to garrison newly conquered fiefs?

[wargodwar]

I have both a city and a castle (i am a vassal) and I want to fill them up with garrisons that will protect them. How do I do that?

 

[m1tchell23]

If you go to the town you should see manage garrison and you can move troops from your party into the town.

 

[wargodwar]

If you go to the town you should see manage garrison and you can move troops from your party into the town.

But how do you recruit so many troops? The AI has 150+ in every castle. It would take forever to recruit and train all these men.

 

[Seven of Spades]

Some mods help you with that, Diplomacy is a good example as it let you to send recruiters to villages and hire patrols who in turn once they spawn you can command them to reinforce a garrison (yours or other's).

In Vanilla you have to do in the old way, keep your army in the city and then go in a travel village after village. You can train your peasant rabble faster with a group of companions where each had a fair level of trainer skill. Have it yourself if you can spare the points.

Is usually better to have a great number of tier 2-3 troops in the garrison than a fewer number of top units, as the AI take more the numbers than quality deciding what fief attack.

 

[RitoDurito]

If you go to the town you should see manage garrison and you can move troops from your party into the town.

But how do you recruit so many troops? The AI has 150+ in every castle. It would take forever to recruit and train all these men.

I always just put troops I dont want in towns, all the excess and spare units that I wouldn't want in my party, the fief eventually fills up over time