I vaguely recall that you could previously recreate your 10 Cuman mercenaries without incurring any costs.
This means that even if any of your 10 mercenaries kick the bucket, you could resurrect them for free at your castle.
This seemingly insignificant benefit won’t do much, especially with such a minimal unit count in the imperial age.
It has been some time since I last played, and now, Cumans receive five mercenaries per castle.
This indicates that if I construct 6-8 castles, I can have my hands on 30-40 kipchaks for nothing!
Does this imply that I can dispose of some of my villagers to recycle them into a more sizeable army?
However, in the midst of the fight, when my squad was facing a defeat, I pondered why I could no longer revive my mercenaries.
Consequently, I ended up biting the dust since I lacked sufficient villagers to resurrect my army.