The very first mission pits you against three Nomads with advantage, perhaps the best rusher lord out there.
You are given a Rat as a fodder, who is very unlikely to help you out by himself other than providing a staging ground for your troops, perhaps the only pro to save him.
How did you survive the initial pressure? I was kinda lucky with a double Nomad attack bothering with destroying the Rat's infinite woodcutters, rather than attacking the naked lord. Without that, I'm clueless a
in Stronghold Crusader & Crusader Extreme