Quote Originally Posted by littlebktruck
I've noticed that, if you allow it to pass, a crusade can use your shipping routes. So perhaps they're going to a port province to jump onto your fleet network.
That's what I thought the first couple times, but NO they would ZIG into my provinces, and run through a couple, then ZAG back toward the goal - LOL

Now, whenever tactically viable - I reduce armies in potentially travelled provinces to as little as possible - but often times the political realities prevent that from being a realistic option

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