[Edratman]

I cannot say for sure but I have always assumed that the milita and occasional flaggelants require upkeep. There are no special icons indicating that they are free or anything to distinguish them from recuitable militia, which in my mind makes them the same, and thus require upkeep.


The flaggelants are not great, but neither are they bad if you have a decent bless. I just march the milita off to battle, put them in front, script them to atack closest and put all other troops on hold and attack orders so the milita ranks can be reduced as much as possile. No matter what I do, some survive and then I repeat the above.

On occasion the militia will rout quickly and take everyone else with them. (They run backwards very well. Maybe you can figure out how to incorporate that into some new strategy.) I really don't understand the mechanics that lead to that.