Thanks! Finally a Spanish crusade showed up near Antioch but they just sit there having coffey with the Turks taking their time. The Mongols mopped the floor with me. I do not recruit or attack without a general and I lost my 2 10 star generals in the war against Egypt. So there is no hope for the Middle East. I double checked and my spear militia and town militia have absolutely the same stats except for recruitment cost and upkeep.
On the bright side, I have managed to eliminate the Danes, so I am only fighting the Milanese and the Portuguese in the West and the Russians just attacked my Finnish holdings.