If you see an attack coming pull all your scouts and reg Calvary from that city except 1 of each

The bad guys come running at you and your troops run at them the first thing that the bad guys run into is your scouts they attack your scouts and kill them  buy kingdoms of camelot gems  you then attack with your ranged troops  and your Xbows The bad guys lose a bunch of troops and move forward. then then run into your Calvary and kill them you now get a second round to attack with your ranged troops and Xbows.if u have any field defenses then you would have gotten even one more round of attacks before the bad guys reach your walls or archers.

Now it does not matter if you have 1 scout or 5000 scouts running out to stop the bad guys  cheap kingdoms of camelot gems  the result is the same… the bad guys have to stop and kill all the scouts before they can advance and kill your walls the following is used to take out maximum troops with the fewest losses as possible.

If you see an attack coming pull all your scouts and reg Calvary from that city except 1 of each  move these extra scouts and horses to your closest city not under  cheap kingdoms of camelot gems attack as soon as the first wave has hit your city return 1 of each  back to that city so you are ready for the next wave of bad guys.