I had a good idea last night , why would only knights fight in armies.

Well this could be fixed by some soldiering system.

We could hire patrols in our shires (counts) , so basicly is that we enlist maximum of 5 peasants for some turns (scorings) , in an example an count hires 5 peasants to be basic recruits to be an patrol for 4 turns , he has to pay 50 silver in advance and 10 silver per scoring , the patrol acts like an defensive army (can't move or can go only to their states territories) , the patrol would be a bit stronger than village peasants but weaker than town militia.

Mercenaries would serve an almost same role, but will vary in strenght (the amount of money spent) but could be attached to an army , or an army of itself , but there is a chance if they are left alone that they just disband or cause some damage to the shire that they are on now. Mercenaries cost more than the patrol and the price varies from shire to shire (random!)

Soldiers now they are the real deal , they would vary from expirience , they would be several levels of them , starting from raw recruits to seasoned veterans. At first you will recruit regular soldiers that cost about each 15 silver (yes pretty nonexpensive because there is an 75% chance that they will die on the battlefield when they are killed in the battle) that gain levels by training (if implemented an army can set an order "Train" to get a little bit of experience) and when they would get to some xp they would be upgraded to the next rank , note that they can't be stronger than a knight only a bit of competition to him. This would increase the battle size and made it a bit more realistic. also note that soldiers have a max of 10 per army (so if you have 5 armies you can only recruit 50 soldiers an so on).

Note: when recruiting patrols you can select peasant archers or peasant soldiers (example you hire 2 soldiers and 3 archers) , mercenaries are random and soldiers are also an selective.

This system would just add a bit more fun to the game and a source to spend more silver on. also Patrols when enlisted give a line of sight just like knights.

I hope you liked the idea , comment and critisize it.

If its to uniplementeble i will be really sad XD.