Well I did do that and still failed epically since once I hit the 20 region mark most my allies betrayed me <_< even the Muslim ones.

Suprisingly im at perfect standing with the pope and the moors O_o....

offcourse the real problems are I have looked and still doesn't help me much since I have done the wipe out, made buddies, and offered huge sums of gold and still refused <_<.