Dread has filled many Christian hearts in Rome as huge armies of infidels led by Turkish Sultan Jalal, filled also with many Christian mercenaries marched through the highway of East Italian coast and towards Constantinople. If all three Sultans and many minor lords join the Jihad, only God himself will be able to save the Pope.Army I gathered in Rome was not up for the task of stopping Sultan Jalal, so as soon as I've seen them make armies gathered in Rome embark on ships and lay siege to Genoa, at least making sure infidel general Moussa there won't be able to gather any mercenaries and join this horrible expedition.I first hoped to take Ajaccio on the way to link Genoa with Rome, but Venetians moved first. It's best to wait for Venetians and Corsican rebels to bleed each other, and then move to clean up the leftovers. The only risk is than Venetians might have enough money to upgrade Ajaccio's walls. No matter.Lopo Periz has been tasked with following Sultan Jalal to Constantinople, and reporting on the developments. Unfortunately without our best spy I had to sit in the field waiting for the siege equipment to come.Even though army I gathered was far greater than Moussa's, but walls of Genoa are strong, his Desert Archers have far better range than what Crossbow Militia I was able to gather, and my cavalry would not be of much use in city fighting while walls of stone and arrows stood between them and the city.And then time for attack came. Since Crossbow Militia would be nearly useless in the siege I had them stand near North and South gates with siege equipment and behave threateningly, which worked perfectly at driving the enemy away from the main assault at the West gate.Then as soon as the fell the cavalry formed into three groups - I cut Desert Archers near North Gate, Mailed Knightes and one unit of Jinetes cut them at South Gate, while two units of Jinetes were meant to kill unbeliever bodyguards with javelins while the infantry moves in as backup.That didn't work entirely well, the bodyguards attacks the Jinetes and in narrow streets of Genoa they inflicted upon them heavy losses. Archers turned out to be far stronger than I expected, and fought long enough for enemy spearmen to caught up. At one point I was even surrounded by spearmen on all sides, but soon enough Moussa died, and my brave companions routed despairing enemies.The victory was clear, and other than politely asking all imams to leave the city and never come back, we left it as undisturbed as possible in war. My army suffered moderate casualties, especially the cavalry, but it's ready to finish off what's left over from Egyptians, and then advance to Milan.