Saved by the AI?

[ULC]

I hate to admit it, but I to have been saved by the AI, and as the HRE to boot. My wars with France during the 1100's-1140's were going badly. The French had driven thier iron fist of an army south, and thanks to a massive crusade and an excomm. Spanish (a rather humorous moment, I must add), were in complete possession of the Iberian cash cow. Their armies were well supplied and armed, easily rivaling my own. In a terrific defeat in Lorriane were I lost a third of my forces, the tide turned, and the French were prepared to raze and sack my interior. But then the strangest thing happened: the English and Danes began raiding the French coastal provinces. The French pulled back, giving me breathing room. A few years later, they came to my aid again, and in the most spectacular fashion! I held Paris at the time, but barely. As expected, the French invaded full force with 2300 men, and quickly put it under siege. But to their suprise, and to mine, my force of 420 hardened veterans was quickly complemented by 900 Danish men from Flanders and 1400 Englishmen from Anjou. Neither force by itself could have dreamed of beating the French army (okay, maybe the Danes) The defeat was utter and total, and not a SINGLE frenchman escaped. The French never really recovered after that.

But it doesn't stop there! During the resurgence of the Spanish, the English helped me directly inummerable times, and were key to my victory over the well trained Spanish army and thier Byzantine turncoat ( I know he was Byzantine, even though he had a spanish name. Their's no way the Spanish could ever have sired a 8 star General with a 2 influence King!).

During my "Drang Noch Osten", the Danish and I fought side by side against the Polish and Russians! They were crucial in distracting the Russians, raiding and smashing every coastal province they could feasible attack, and in one instance saved my crusade of all things while it was moving through heavily manned Lithuania.

Even till the end in 1350 something, the English Empire (it really was one) and the Danish trading empire went to war with each (god knows over what) instead of me, making the end game more of a clean up then an actual conquest.

[The Unknown Guy]

Playing as the Almos, the french (my allies) let a crusade through, which struck by sea at an undefended Castile. In the next turn, my allies invaded it and routed the besieging crusaders...