king of ros

Chapter 559 Entering Egypt
While the scramble for Baghdad rages on, in the east a huge crusade is also on the move.

The two main strongholds of Muslims in Syria, Aleppo and Damascus, are under siege by the Crusaders. The situation here is different from those eastern cities captured by the Crusaders before. The influence is very deep, and the majority here are Muslims.

Although they have a mass base, in the face of the powerful crusaders, the local emirs can only stick to the city, and they can't do it even if they want to ask for help. The road to the east has been completely blocked by Christians, and the Seljuk Sultan is also busy with other In a war like this, reinforcements cannot be counted on at all.

The Crusaders plundered the villages of these two emir countries, but they found that the emirs had scraped off the underpants of the local residents before the arrival of the crusaders, and took away as many men as possible , which made the crusader feel as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly.

But even so, the Crusaders still found some villages and castles of small lords to attack. These guys belonged to the local snakes in the emirs, and they were "local energetic people" who could not do anything about the emirs. They were commonly known as local tyrants, so they could only Materials can only be obtained from these guys.

The Crusaders were happy to wipe out these local tyrants. After all, it was too unsafe for the heretics to stay behind. In the past, there were no soldiers and no one could only tolerate them. Now there are people everywhere, so we have to kill all these guys and their families.

Moreover, such small-scale battles also have another function, that is, to provide opportunities for some Sirs who want to take shortcuts. There are always some people who do not want to fight big battles, because the death rate is too high, but they must be in the Holy Land Fight, otherwise how can you say that you are a crusader.

Therefore, King Baldwin proposed the service of burning villages and fortresses. Since you are afraid of death, we will take you to fight these strongholds that are less difficult to fight and have greater advantages of the Crusaders. Finally, you will go home with the title of Crusaders.

This kind of battle is a real battle, and there is a certain degree of danger. It is enough to go back and brag after the completion. As for if you die during this process, you can only blame yourself for being too weak, and you will be killed by gold plating .

At present, there are not many people requesting this service, and most people still want to prove their piety to God through the war, but King Baldwin, who is doing this business, believes that this business will definitely become more and more popular.

Moreover, doing so would not have much impact on the combat effectiveness of the Crusaders. As long as this person had not left the Holy Land, he would have to participate in the battle. In this land full of pagans, battles could happen anytime, anywhere.

The most important thing is that those who have firm beliefs will not take this choice from the beginning, and the most reliable fighters of these Crusades will not be reduced because of this, while those who are timid and only want to gain fame, the more they do this The more these people come, although these people are timid, they all have fighting power. Who doesn't want more troops under their command?
Going back to the battle, although the Crusaders now have an advantage in strength, it is not easy to take these two cities. These are two famous and giant cities, and the walls are no less than the existence of Antioch and Jerusalem, and After these emirs knew that there would be even larger crusaders coming from the West, they were storing a large amount of food, enough to last for a year or even longer.

In short, the war in Syria is still to be seen, and it will inevitably be long-term. At this time, what needs to be competed is the endurance and supply of both sides.

As for the other side, a Crusade is also going on fiercely. This Crusade is the Egyptian expedition carried out by the Russian Crusade and the British Crusade.

Regarding the expedition to Egypt, this has always been something that Christian lords from all walks of life have been thinking about. If Egypt can be solved, the sea will be completely smooth, and the shipping between the East and the West will immediately leapfrog a level.

It’s just that for the Crusaders right now, taking Syria is more important than Egypt. After all, the former is related to the living space of the Crusaders. As for the latter, since the soldiers of Fatimid lost Ashkelon, the Egyptian army wanted to go to Holy Land city, it would have to traverse the entire Sinai Peninsula.

But now, the Crusaders who went to conquer Egypt are advancing along the coastline of the Sinai Peninsula. The large army composed of Ross and Britons is mighty, although the number cannot be compared with the Crusaders who besieged Damascus, but it looks quite impressive. For the spectacular.

These Crusaders were quite uncomfortable with the hot climate in Egypt, and they were even more uncomfortable with walking in the desolate desert of the Sinai Peninsula. If it weren't for the continuous supply of ships belonging to the Italian city-states at sea, the Crusaders would have had major problems. .

"I feel like we are now Alexander conquering Egypt, and Fatima's army is as weak as Pharaoh's army, hahaha."

Volorida rode his horse onto a cliff, and watched the marching troops of the Crusaders. The grand desert in front of him echoed the marching army, forming a wonderful scene. Fan lofty ambition.

"Maybe the army of the Fatimid Caliphate is weak enough, but I'm not sure if they will be as weak in Egypt as well." Vasiliko just rode forward now, and saw what his brothers saw, "Before Although there are few Fatima cavalrymen encountered, their performance is much better than what we have fought against before, and I checked their identities, they are just a group of civilians."

"The frontier people have always been tough, not to mention this difficult land. The tough land has cultivated strong civilians. I don't think those Egyptians living by the Nile River will have such a branch."

Volorida still doesn't care. The image of the Egyptians as weak and weak has been imprinted deep in his heart. It is difficult to change him with words alone.

"The Nile, the Nile is coming, Jerusalem, the Nile, the pyramids, Volorida, I really feel like we are in ancient mythology."

Vasiliko didn't continue the previous topic. Since the brother didn't want to hear it, he didn't say much. Instead, he looked at the scenery between the sky and the earth, expressing emotion like Volorida.

"It's a pity that we are playing the role of bringing death and destruction, ha, the stories about our evil deeds will continue to be circulated after thousands of years."

Vasilko has different opinions on this, "Not necessarily, at least one-third of the Egyptians will welcome our arrival."

"? What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about the Coptic sect, one of the Eastern churches. They still account for one-third of the population of Egypt. We will need their help in the future."

"What? Why don't I know?"

"I said... my brother, have you been in the Near East for so long, have you never cared about the distribution of Eastern factions?"

"Hey, this kind of thing is naturally handled by someone, why should I pay attention."

"Forget it, do whatever you want." Vasiliko shook his head helplessly, which is really helpless, "Then don't delay, let's set off to catch up with the team, don't fall behind too late. "

After speaking, the two caught up with the team, and not long after reaching the team, they got good news and bad news, which were brought by the Italians.

The good news is that the Nile Delta is not far from here, and they are finally coming to an end to this arduous march.

The bad news is that every crossing of the Nile is heavily guarded, and the Fatimid Caliph has mobilized his people.

The Crusaders were not surprised by this. Fatima's army must stick to the Nile River, and they must take advantage of the natural danger of this great river. Everyone has long been ready for another bloody battle.

As the Crusaders came to the banks of the Nile, they saw the flags of Fatima everywhere on the opposite side, and various strongholds were everywhere, as well as Islamic soldiers operating in it.

The Crusaders naturally set up camp very close to the Nile River, preparing to forcibly cross the river that had been crossed by many Egyptian conquerors, and in their direction, the Fatimid army gathered to meet the enemy.

"For God! Forward!"

Under the shouts of the priests, poorly dressed and even shirtless crusader infantry crossed into the shallows under the leadership of the knights. As they entered, the water splashed for a while.

The Crusaders advanced in the form of a solid shield wall, which is the formation that the British residents are best at, even for the barbarians.

It's just that as soon as they entered the water, they found that the situation was completely different from what they thought. Under the influence of the current and the sand under their feet, their solid formation inevitably became loose.

But they are still advancing firmly, and they haven't seen those heretics yet, so how could they retreat.

The pagans they had been thinking of appeared quickly, and suddenly Egyptian archers emerged from their hiding places, and arrows rained down on the crusading ranks.

Mu. S. Lin uses light arrows, so they can guarantee a fast rate of fire, and put a lot of arrows on the heads of the Crusaders. On the Crusaders side, in fact, very few people were shot to death by arrows. Few, but they managed to create panic among the crusaders.

When seeing a handful of arrows falling from the sky, and seeing the water splashed by the arrows everywhere around him, anyone will fall into panic, and this panic often results from a slip of the soles of the feet and a fall into the water.

Under normal circumstances, it would be easy for the soldiers to get up, but the current situation is abnormal. In the chaotic situation, many people just drowned alive in the water.

Finally, the rain of arrows caused the Crusaders to disperse. They left the corpses of their comrades and ran back without looking back. The knights and officers who tried to stop the deserters would also be targeted by Fatima's archers in an instant.

The Crusaders collapsed in this way, and the Egyptians couldn't help cheering. In their view, this was a victory, but from a macro-strategic point of view, this was just a small conflict.

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