Newbie Micromanagement Question

[Ironhawk]

I played Dominions 2 a while back and really enjoyed it, but as the game progressed I was turned off by the micromanagement. Ended up having like a whole set of cheap leaders whose entire purpose was to round up troops from my auxiliary provinces and shuttle them to muster points or to the front. Then when they were there I would transfer them to the real leaders who would take them into combat.

Am I missing some basic game mechanic with respect to raising troops and getting them where you want them to be? Cause it seems like way too much work.