Few things to help in early game (didn't read what Takeda wrote as I have a huge hangover, so sorry if it's said already), dont become vassal immediately, take the mercenary jobs and use a small army so you can actually get some money. Trade iron from Curaw, also flax seems to be pretty good option. Pick one faction you want to associate later on and save money so you can start building the 10k costing factories to their cities.
As for combat, I go mounted with a mix of lance and 2h sword/axe. Just keep circling the main battle and pick off any who gets separated.
Can't say much about army composition, still experimenting with it. I know what units are good for different factions, but I tend to go with non-archer army, sarranid mamlukes mainly. Costly, but they are like the King Tiger tanks of WWII, except with the mobility of a medium tank.
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