Ah, reestablished my borders, and have my economy close to equal with the mercs just gone (hope the bonuses won't be too high). Retook Champagne, Aquitaine, and Britany. Am having a go at the Spanish ships now, they are based out of Ireland as I damaged much of the Spanish capacity down in Africa, holding the borders with Aragon and its neighboring province below Toulose. Retreated out of Syria and Tripoli in the south east, now holding Edessa, Trebezoid, and Armenia as a border aganist the now reemerged Golden Horde. They attacked in Trebezoid, but I managed to hold them off with them losing more units out of their all cav army.

Don't have time to head North, also this is a GA campaign, so I wll focus on retaaking Northumberland, and also may take Ireland (points for homelands), though I usually find Ireland a mixed blessing to hold.

Hope to also get a cease fire with the Germans eventually as well as the Spanish (especially the Spanish as they will be my largest trading partner when I can re-establish peace again). At the moment I am much more dependent on farm income, so with my income possibly balanced, hope to beef up my farming again. May build more churches when I have a chance in my troop producing provinces as well.