[QUOTE=Kamakazi]Yes one can only hope the eggys or the byz dont ahaniallate you turkish force with a surprise attack and you lose.[QUOTE]

No big expert with the Turks but it always seemed to me that blitzing the Byz ASAP is the only viable option. If let alone too long they will produced loads of slavs warriors who, together with the odd Byz Inf and Vagarian Guard, will be difficult to stop. On the other hand if backstabbed by the Egyptian after the Byz have been dealt with or minimised, you still have a good chance to prevail if they still fied too many peasants and camels for their own good (once they spam saracen infantry and leave their expert attacker general in charge, you are in for a much tougher fight).