Crusades are usually alot of fragmented units such as peasants and UM and a few Order Foot Soldiers and maybe Order Knights, plus alot of slav warriors and javelins that they pick up on their journey east. They rarely pose much of a threat and can be regarded as "training". In one memorable campaign as the Turks I defeated 2 french crusades that were sent at Constantinople and watched the french desintegrate into civil war. The following year an Italian and German crusade were declared and they too were sent home. Crusades are not as dangerous as people assume. It looks bad having that huge army und the cross heading towards you, but when you actually face them they're not much of a threat, especially in the desert.
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