yea man that same thing happened 2 me pretty much i erased and started over and u when u do make sure u buy mercenaries and stuff and level them 2 wiverns and mabey mammoths but yo u should try leaving ur archers in the corner and if u wait the storm riders will go straight for them, so kill them head NORTH first, if u head west ull be overwhelmed and killed lol and dogg i wuz in the same position as u for almost ****in a month lol its hard, but the rest of his levels are bad ass its worth it however u do it. newayz yo jus try 2 let ur men at least weaken the troops, and wut troops and wut levels do u have? cuz i might be able 2 think of sumthing, but mainly stick in the corner, and then after the first set of storm riders is defeated go north, then go west staying north and kill the archers, the rest of the troops youll have 2 try and position ur men 2 keep them off ur archers, cuz u can constantly use their healing tree when ur in melee 2 pretty much be invincible, if ur fighting, and ur constantly gaining sp, then u can constantly put a healing tree in the fight, u can have 50 troop on just u and be invincible lol newayz goodluck and i would just asdvise 2 startover cuz its easy, unless u had trouble with the first level, but star over and look at the troops job list 2 see what skills u need for wut and everything when u hire ur mercenaries and get just wut u need so u dont spend unneeded exp then when u get 2 the level again youll be surprised on how u squash them especially if u have a storm rider troop and scorpion with u lol i had 2 scorpions, me, dark archers, and stormriders and i squashed them lol good luck