Talk:Irregular/@comment-202.124.75.87-20100822121452

There is a card for the Chinese that ensure irregulars do not lose hitpoints.

Once shipped in that card, you can easily build an army that exceed the 220 population limit for the Chinese by constantly building town centres and calling the irregulars, before destroying and rebuilding the town centres to call another patch of troops.

I usually attempt to build an army of 600-800 irregular troops to surprise and overwhelm the enemy. Its fun to watch your opponent get overrun by your forces.

Ensure that you use your population of 220 to be populated by villagers, cav and artillery, before jumping into building you massive irregular army.

Also make sure you ship in your card that prevent the lose of hitpoints to your irregulars, before building your massive infantry army.