Water Margin people

Chapter 1640 Killing the Enemy

"Fight it! Fight it!"

The leading Arab general raised his scimitar and roared.

"kill!"

The Arab cavalry also roared. They were extremely excited and believed that the opportunity to achieve great things had come.

"General Qin, you lead the vanguard! Tang Bin and Hao Siwen will flank us from the left and right! Erlang and I will advance in the center!"

Seeing that the enemy was foolish enough to charge directly, Lu Zhishen did not hesitate and immediately ordered an attack formation.

"Look at me!"

Qin Ming laughed and waved his mace.

Qin Ming took the lead and rushed to the front. He summoned the heavy cavalry in the team to break the formation.

The two armies got closer and closer, and the Arabs' crazy shouts became more and more arrogant. Their 30,000-strong army was facing only more than 10,000 enemies.

"Push it to me!"

As Qin Ming swung his mace, the foreign troops on both wings accelerated and rushed forward.

The two armies collided, and the first cavalrymen who came into contact were knocked to the ground, but the Arabs had the advantage in numbers, and the rest of them quickly rushed forward.

"kill!"

At this moment, Qin Ming had also arrived. He swung the mace in his hand and smashed the heads of the Arab cavalrymen in front of him one by one. The heads flew out like broken watermelons, with red and white splashing everywhere.

The heavily armored cavalry around Qin Ming also withstood the attack of the Arabs. The fully armored cavalry were not afraid of the Arabs wearing linen robes and directly broke through the Arabs' attack.

"Kill me!"

Qin Ming swung his mace, and the surrounding enemies were knocked off their horses one after another.

The Arabs did not give up and still wanted to win by relying on their numerical advantage.

"These people are so stupid!"

Wu Song, who was leading his troops forward, sneered when he saw the enemy doing this. The light cavalry had no momentum to charge, so they had to use their advantage in mobility in a roundabout way, but the enemy in front of them wanted to win by relying on their numerical advantage.

"Just a bunch of barbarians!"

Lu Zhishen also laughed. If these Arabs were placed in the Central Plains, they would be even worse than bandits.

Lu Zhishen and Wu Song arrived with the infantry. Facing the Arab cavalry riding on short Arab horses, which had lost their speed advantage, they were like chopping melons and vegetables.

The battle between the two sides was one-sided, with Qi having an absolute advantage. Not only was the Arab cavalry unable to move, they were also forced to retreat again and again.

"Go around from both wings!"

At this time, the Arab cavalry remembered the advantages of their cavalry and immediately wanted to go around from both wings.

"kill!"

The armies of Tang Bin and Hao Siwen had also arrived at this time, and they stabbed the Arab cavalry into the rear with two sharp swords.

The attack from both sides caused the Arab cavalry to be in chaos. Their originally arrogant spirit was now replaced by fear. They turned around and wanted to run away regardless of any orders.

The defeat happened, and the chain reaction spread quickly to everyone.

The Qi army had no intention of letting these enemies go, and continued to divide and strangle them.

……

The northern part of the Mesopotamian Valley.

The Crusaders crossed the river and headed towards the Qi position.

“The Lord will bless them!”

The cardinal held a cross in his hand and led people to pray by the river.

Baldwin IV stood by the river, watching the army going away. He did not say anything, but his eyes were full of complexity. He knew that these people were going to die and had no hope of winning, but he could not stop it.

"With 30,000 troops, we have done enough. Saladin should hand over the other two relics!"

Conrad III said that this time they had sent 30,000 troops to attack the Qi army, which was considered to have completed the deal with the Arabs.

"Send someone to the Arabs!"

The cardinal nodded and said that nothing was more important than finding the holy relic.

Everyone turned around and headed back to the camp. Their camp was a hundred miles away from Baghdad. They had no interest in Baghdad, and were even unwilling to get too involved in the war between the Arabs and Qi. So they didn't pay much attention to the war, just waiting for everything to end. "Your Majesty, how can we get our holy relics back from Qi?"

The cardinal looked at Boxudewin IV and asked, there are holy objects in the Manichean treasure, so the Qi State must have some as well.

"When everything is over, we will offer gold, silver, jewels and stunning beauties, and we should be able to exchange them for the holy object!"

Baldwin IV spoke.

"Is it that simple? The Emperor of Qi only wants gold, silver, jewels and beautiful women?"

Louis VII said in disbelief that it was a sacred object of their church and its value was inestimable.

"The holy relics are very important to us, but they are meaningless to them. The emperor is a pragmatic man. It is meaningless for him to keep the holy relics. If he can exchange them for enough gold, silver and beautiful women, he will definitely agree."

Baldwin IV spoke.

"So he likes gold, silver, jewelry and beautiful women. If we give them to him, will he be willing to help us destroy the Arabs?"

Conrad III immediately said that it would be much easier if a person could be bribed.

"It should be possible, but considering the emperor's character, I'm afraid he will charge per person. I wonder how much His Majesty can pay?"

Baldwin IV looked at Conrad III and asked, Sun Lei is not a philanthropist. If he is angered, he will turn into a man-eating demon.

Conrad III just smiled. He couldn't afford such a huge sum of money.

After returning to the camp, everyone had nothing to do. They were just waiting for news from the front line.

"Report, bad news, Baghdad has been breached!"

At dusk, a knight came hurriedly to report.

"what?"

The faces of those who were having a dinner changed drastically. They had never thought of capturing Baghdad because the city was too difficult to attack. There were more than 200,000 soldiers alone. How could they defeat them with more than 50,000 people?

"Qi State has only so many people. If they are divided into two teams, can they capture Baghdad?"

Louis VII said that he did not believe this. Although Qi was strong, attacking a city was not something that could be accomplished by just the strongest person.

"Have you looked carefully?"

Conrad III looked at the knight and asked.

"Look carefully, the city of Baghdad is already a sea of fire!"

The knight said quickly.

"When did this happen?"

Baldwin IV asked quickly.

"It was already like this when I went there, probably a day or two ago!"

The knight said that they were not close to Baghdad and did not get the news first.

"How is that possible? That's the capital of the Abbasid Empire, and it's full of bandits, with an army of more than 200,000!"

Louis VII still didn't believe it.

"Where are the Arabs? Where is Saladin? Didn't they go to rescue?"

Baldwin IV suddenly had a bad feeling.