awesome guide. this will help. only thing is, I've got about 1k warriors, and only 500 or so archers, 5 scouts (i didn't think about killing other scouts) 50 swordsman, 60 pikemen, 50 cavalry, and 1 or 2 days left in my protection, and lvl 1 embassy.
on the good side, I do have about 6 nearby allies, 2 already out of Protection, and one of those right next to me.
Hey doesn't it also work if I just get all my troops to transport all my resources to some ally city?