Wars of Ertha, REBOOT: Jerusalem defends against hordes of Ottomans, Byzantine's send aid!

The Teutonic Order, now freed up from the Lithuanian campaign, they began sending the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Antioch reinforcements. However only a few forces arrived in time to help defend against the incoming Ottoman invasion. While the crusaders prepared, they received word of the Byzantine Emperor, Constantine XI, was sending forces. His messenger also sent a message addressed to King Baldwin.

"King Baldwin, I understand that Orthodoxy has been at odds with the Catholics and Protestants...but I hope we can quite our petty quarreling, starting here with this aid I will send for you."

King Baldwin, a wise and noble king, recognized the Emperor's intentions as true and so the Byzantines would stand with their European brothers. As the battle began, the ottomans sent fourth a larger invasion into the Byzantine Empire, their TRUE target. The invasion of the Holy Lands had been a faint to redirect European forces south of Asia Minor. And so the Byzantines, who defended bravely, were pushed back far...so far that even Constantinople was threatened and soon put under siege.