Whenever wazirs bakeries been burning, it's been the caliphs defense to cause it 😂. Only your own pitch fire can't burn your houses in crusader. Your allies pitch fire will light you like a hay ball.
The four Dukes from Stronghold 1 (Rat, Snake, Pig, Wolf) vs the three lords that use Knights (Philip, Marshal, Fredrick) would be fun. Maybe you would need 2 Philips to make it fair.
If Frederick gets to tank the wolves attack, yeah. With Marshall between 2 Phillips or even just 2 Marshall's ( marshal beats snake because armour). Though that's a secure victory for the knights. If wolf is farthest from Frederick, its a clear win for the dukes. Wolf steamrolls through Phil and marshal
It seems that, while creating the teams, you were inspired by one of my last comments :D In the beginning I thought that upper team will win. And it did - but its victory wasn't certain!