"A few hundred paladins defeated an army of thirty thousand ******?"

Wu Tianyuan was idle and had nothing to do to check the secret files given by the Pope, casually looking for some clues to the holy relics, and found a shocking news. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In 1177, the Kingdom of Jerusalem had planned to unite with Byzantium and invade Egypt with a navy, but Count Flanders arrived earlier that year to organize the operation, but the plan was abandoned.

At the same time, Saladin was planning an invasion of Jerusalem from Egypt. Upon learning of Saladin's plans, Baldwin IV left Jerusalem with about 500 knights and came to Ascalon in an attempt to strengthen the region's defenses.

Saladin believed that Baldwin IV would not dare to follow with such a small army, so he executed Christian captives and marched to Jerusalem. He sacked Ramallah along the way, besieging Lüda and Assuf, but not seeing Baldwin as a threat, he allowed his troops to disperse over a wide area in order to loot and resupply. However, Baldwin and the Knights Templar had managed to break through and march along the coast, hoping to return to Jerusalem before Saladin.

Baldwin's mixed force, which consisted of about 500 cavalry, 80 Templars, and thousands of infantry, was caught off guard by an encounter with Saladin in Mongisa, near Ramallah, as he was completely unprepared for a pitched battle.

But after witnessing the overwhelming superiority of the ****** army, the Christian army felt great fear. Baldwin IV dismounted and instructed the Bishop of Bethle Hengda to raise the Christian holy relic, the "True Cross", and the king fell down before the cross, pleading with God to grant victory. After praying, he asked his men to charge.

The Saracens retreated, most of them killed. Saladin was able to escape thanks to his swift camel. It is said that the young leper king Baldwin IV was at the forefront of the Christian charge, next to the "True Cross", which shone like the sun.

Later generations studied this incredible war through oil paintings, and believed that the battle may have started at noon. "The sun is at the zenith", "the shadows of the world have dissipated" - it looks more like the noon of the summer solstice. Painted with sparkling streams and knights' armor glistening in the sun.

Some people say that he is wearing a horse all over his body, but this statement does not seem to be credible. A more realistic version is that the Crusaders originally planned to use a sedan chair to carry Bao Si, but they did not find the sedan chair in the panic of evacuation, so they simply carried out the large wooden bed in the castle's dormitory, let Bao Si sit on the bed, and everyone ran with the bed on their hands.

Bao Si ordered the Bishop of Bethlehem, who was with him, to carry out the Christian holy relic, the "True Cross", the same cross that Jesus was crucified on. This cross was found by the Byzantine emperor in the Holy Land, so people believed that the cross was real and it was placed in the church of the royal palace in Jerusalem for a long time.

It's hard to explain why the cross was here at this time, and why it had been running with the army for so long without anyone else noticing. Some say that the true cross itself is small and is kept in a suitcase; Some people say that this true cross was nailed out by Bao Si by temporarily finding a pair of oars; It is also said that holy things, anything is possible.

In any case, the "True Cross" immediately lifted the crusaders. All the Crusaders were moved to look up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle and burst into tears, and Bao Si prayed before the true cross, and then led all the knights to charge in the direction of Saladin's banner.

Saladin's camp was completely caught off guard, without any forces or strategies to withstand the Crusader knights' assault. The assault was so successful that at the very beginning of the battle, Saladin's own camp was devastated. It was a one-sided massacre in which the Crusader knights knocked over tent after tent, pursued almost unarmed Egyptian civil servants and accountants, and ripped Egyptian flags and heralds off flagpoles. For a time, the Egyptian army even believed that Saladin was killed. During this raid, Saladin was so embarrassed that it took a long time for the Egyptians to discover him running out on a camel.

The battle on the battlefield ended, and in the originally clear sky, as night fell, an unusually thick dark cloud drifted from the sea. A huge rainstorm poured down on Mongiza, accompanied by catastrophic winds and lightning. This sudden torrential rain interrupted the plans of the two armies to continue fighting, and even interrupted the plans to treat the wounded on the battlefield.

Both sides believed the rainstorm to be the wrath of their gods, and both spent the night in prayer. The wounded, who had not yet died, were abandoned on the battlefield and could not be treated at all in this weather. A large number of wounded were soaked in water and bleeding profusely, and many were abandoned in waterholes, and a single thunderbolt into a waterhole could reimburse a large number of people.

The victors of the Battle of Mongisa crossed the seas and spread false rumors in the mouths of the people. The True Cross is depicted as a glittering relic, "shining like the sun", spewing light purple flames at enemies, burning everything to the point of dregs.

The Templars are depicted as warlocks who summon thunderstorms and pray for God to send down a storm of thunderclouds to sweep away enemies, pointing their greatswords at the sky to guide thunder, and then using their other hand to launch lightning at their enemies.

However, compared to the clear records of the Egyptian army at Cape Hardin and Acre, the Battle of Mongisa has no record of either the Crusaders or the Egyptian side.

The reason is that certain secrets are involved, and these secrets will affect future generations and destroy the stability and unity or peace of mind of future generations, so although they were originally recorded, they were erased afterwards. In this case, people at the time generally felt that it was nothing, but later generations felt that it was dangerous, and if there was a distortion, it would not make sense, so they had to erase the whole paragraph.

"Sure enough, in order to cover up the existence of the true cross, the Holy See has sealed off this history so that future generations will not know any details!"

If Wu Tianyuan hadn't had the secret file given by the Pope himself, he wouldn't have known the inside story of this battle, the real cross, which is one of the sacred relics of Christianity, and is believed to be the cross of Jesus Christ. It is a relic of Jesus.

From the point of view of historical events, the reason for Jesus' crucifixion is very simple, the Jews believe in God and they do not allow anyone to blaspheme God, and Jesus committed blasphemy by claiming to be the Son of God.

This seemingly simple fact has a deep meaning, according to the biblical cross the cross represents God's curse, and everyone is a sinner and is cursed by God. But God showed God's love by choosing a subset of people according to His divine purpose and crucifying Jesus to atone for their sins. (To be continued.) )