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    As someone previously said, preparation is everything. As the Turks, you must a) defend against crusades, b) defend against Mongols, and c) finally defend against the Timurids. Try and find bottleknecks, such as bridges and crossings. Build defensive units, spears (in my case saracen militia and dismounted sipahi, supported by ottoman infantry and nafatun) and many archers. For my citadels (with cannon towers), I put naffatun around the gates, ottoman infantry on the walls and defensive units in front of the gates. Its pretty much a killing ground for the invader! Soon as he suicides his general, even the redoubtable mongols break like the dogs that they are...

    This time around as Turkey, I've been lucky and had very few crusades early in the game. The Infidel seemed too concerned with an outbreak of Catharism around Toulouse, which seemed to have a crusade called there every couple of decades. It allowed me to build up two large defensive centres around Antioch and the citadel to its east (which I can't remember its name offhand). As well as Constantinople, or Istanbul (praise Allah!) as we like to call it!

    While I've lost Baghdad and a few cities to the east, the Timurids seem to be content pillaging in Assyria for almost 10 turns now. Their spies have obviously seen what I have waiting for them further west! Its tying up a lot of resources, but it will be worth it if I'm able to defend my capital at Antioch from the infidels.

    As a muslim state, various jihads have kept the infidel off balance, and the great financial centres in Italia, even the home of christendom itself have fallen to the Soldiers of Allah. I'm playing VH/VH by the way.

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    Thanks for the help!

    Defending bridges around Toulouse is not very useful, unfortunately, since the enemies just go around and I can't afford to keep substantial armies at each choke point.

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    Even if you just put one unit of peasants in a fort at every bridge it gives you a minimum of one turn gained, because the enemy has to break the fort before they pass the bridge.

    Better still if your peasants are attacked you can send your main army, use them as bait.
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    defending crusades as a catholic is annoying. best not to get in this situation. but you have. i don't like to annoy anyone but my immediate neighbours so i give the crusade target to a catholic faction that lives a long way away (or sell if poss) the crusade then ends. i don't spend needless money defending. don't kill people who needn't be my enemies for a whole yet (this annoys them). then make peace with pope and get on his goodside asap. i play vh/vh and prefer to choose every crusade target myself if catholic. preferably a region on the far side (and owned by) my current main enemy. then i make as many crusade stacks as poss and take every region on route to target. usually get target too but this is a secondary consideration to exterminating one more faction.

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    Letting your king die is maybe an answer ?

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    No his death does not help much. I remain excommunicated, crusaders continue crusading and the Sicilians keep moving ever closer. Maybe its because I am at war with the pope the excommunication does not get lifted. While I was waiting by pressing end turn button a few times he also laid a siege to Marselle with two full stacks. It seems his wars are going much better than mine!

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    99% of the time, losing your king ends the excommunication and along with it any crusades against you (if you're a christian faction).

    Must have been something extra going on...

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