FrenchYou can't stay in feudal as Rus against French. You have worse knights than French, and your economy will get outscaled by faster French villager production.
French have no healing mechanic in feudal, so early harassment with scouts can be effective.
Against French, there's no hope in trying to steal their deer packs; go for castle age instead. That is where Rus will die if they attempt.
Rus knights with Boyar's Fortitude are comparable to French knights in Castle Age.
Every second you delay towards horse archers, you make your life more difficult. If French gets to Castle Age with 10+ Knights, horse archers will not work initially. Horse archers are very ineffective in small numbers against Knights.
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