Wha Happened?

[miserable09]

Playing as the Turks, this happened yesterday... Feature or bug?

1. I take Antioch from Rebels.
   
2. My "Ally" Egypt, declares war on me and besieges Antioch...
   
3. Then someone calls a crusade on Anitoch, (even though I'm allied with 90% of the catholic countries including the Vatican...)
   
4. Facing 3 crusading armies (Venetian, Polish and French) and Egypt, I gift the city to the Venetians so I can at least get my army out.
   
5. Venice crusaders take over the city for one turn, but then it turns to Rebel ownership again and suddenly I have an extra army of what looks like mercenary Turkomans just appear!!!!
   
6. Poland and France then both message me, and ask for a ceasefire.
   
7. The French army leaves.
   
8. The next turn, Venice attacks the army I pulled out of Antioch, but the Polish led crusade joins the fight...
   
9. I high-tail it out of there and wait for all the crusading armies to leave.
   
10. A few turns later Poland again begs for forgiveness.
    
11. I go back and re-take Antioch from the Rebels...
    

So, I think a few strange things happened in there. Is that pretty much how the AI manages diplomacy?

[Silent Assassin]

Poland was probably allied with Venice so they had to join their army was close, even if they didn`t really want to. They really wanted peace and that`s why after they have asked for peace so no the diplomacy is fine not perfect but fine....

[miserable09]

Poland was probably allied with Venice so they had to join their army was close, even if they didn`t really want to. They really wanted peace and that`s why after they have asked for peace so no the diplomacy is fine not perfect but fine....

That makes sense. But then I wonder why the Venetians (with a full, unharmed crusading army) were expelled from the city after one turn, and it reverted back to rebel rule?

And why was I suddenly awared a half stack of Turkomans for free?

[thecactusman17]

Because of the Distance-to-capital unrest increase in most settlement distress levels, it's nearly impossible to hold a middle-eastern crusade target unless you exterminate the populace. Since most crusades end up with the army just sacking the city, the enemy army probably had a one-turn riot. I only held Baghdad because my remaining force of Moorish Jihadis didn't have to deal with religious unrest on top of nearly full DTC unrest, for example. I gave Jerusalem to the Pope once for the same reason playing as the English (it's a win condition, even.

[Silent Assassin]

Because of the Distance-to-capital unrest increase in most settlement distress levels, it's nearly impossible to hold a middle-eastern crusade target unless you exterminate the populace. Since most crusades end up with the army just sacking the city, the enemy army probably had a one-turn riot. I only held Baghdad because my remaining force of Moorish Jihadis didn't have to deal with religious unrest on top of nearly full DTC unrest, for example. I gave Jerusalem to the Pope once for the same reason playing as the English (it's a win condition, even.

The big problem with unrest is not from the distance from capital but more religious unrest thats why I always bring atleast 3 priests with me on my crusade