"The infidels in the desert are so hard to deal with!"

In the Imperial Academy, all the high-ranking generals were listening attentively to what the liaison officers stationed in the expeditionary force saw and heard. Fastest updates

The defeat of the Seljuks made the Emperor ** general even more contemptuous of the enemy, but the subsequent Mamluks were extraordinary.

"The enemy's elite cavalry is stationed on the high ground overlooking our troops, and they will not attack lightly until the moment of their flaws."

"Saladin's army consisted mainly of the lower class of pagan warriors, accustomed to the difficult desert marches, and when the prince of England tried to attack their rear, we were surprised to find that the enemy did not carry any baggage at all!"

The Empire had lost Syria for so long that the current generals only knew the tactics of the Normans and Seljuks, and it would not have been so easy to win against Saladin's Mamluks in the future.

The Expeditionary Force's liaison officers can bring first-hand information about the enemy to the generals stationed in the Imperial Capital, even if they don't see the Expeditionary Force fighting the infidels.

However, the liaison officer's face-to-face account of his own experience is enough to let the emperor's top leaders understand this enemy who is also unfamiliar with the industry.

"Saladin's army consisted only of horses and camels, and they were ready to slaughter them to quench their thirst when the battle was bad, so our enemies did not need to carry a large amount of food and grass on the march."

The generals below began to whisper despite the fact that the emperor was also listening.

This is undoubtedly a difficult opponent, and if the future emperor ** wants to go deep into the desert to capture Saladin's main force for a decisive battle in the future, then it will undoubtedly be a tough battle.

Theodosius, Khayyam, Edmund, they all knew what Alexios was thinking.

The emperor has more than once offered to restore the empire's old frontiers in the east, so it is clear who their enemies will be.

Without exception, all of them were the strongest of the pagans, and Saladin, who was famous, was the most formidable enemy.

"The Saracen cavalry moved very quickly, and if it weren't for the longbowmen placed on the periphery by the prince of England to stop them, I'm afraid that the Latin knights would have been defeated in the first round of the assault no matter how hard they fought it."

The liaison officer stationed in the expeditionary force spoke highly of the enemy, Saladin's army had been tempered for a long time and was a veteran of the battlefield, and the commander was also sophisticated in seducing the expeditionary force, hoping to hang out their reserves.

But Richard was not a mediocre man, and the infantry, even if they were tired, would not abandon the wooden horn fences they carried with them, which could be used at any time in the event of an enemy attack on the march.

Lancemen will hold the front line under the protection of the fence, longbowmen and crossbowmen will take on the task of holding back, and the final counterattack will be carried out by the French hoplites, the core of the principality.

"Prince Richard made few big mistakes in the battle, and the heretics could only give up the pursuit after following us to Taileba."

The army sent by the Count of Tripoli arrived, and the old wolf, who had lost interest in his prey, had no choice but to leave in a huff, spitting out the fat almost to his mouth.

Silence, silence, everyone was thinking, if you change a commander, change an army, and change the main force of the emperor, then can you still bargain in the attack of the infidels.

It's not easy!

Even after thinking silently for a long time, the generals were not sure that they would be able to survive the pursuit of the Mamluks and Saracen cavalry, especially when the emperor was not fully prepared to easily enter the desert and take risks.

That's a death sentence!

"Our men didn't observe Saladin's famous Mamluk cavalry?"

Theodosius sat in his own chair and asked, the strong soldiers who were on an equal footing with the Ghulam heavy cavalry among the pagans were definitely the object of attention, and it was impossible to say that the emperors and generals did not pay attention.

Everyone quietly pricked up their ears in the hope of unveiling the mystery of the rival in the observer's account, but in the slightly embarrassed expression of the liaison officer, everyone quickly knew that they might not be able to learn the truth.

"The defense of the Prince of England is very good, and the infidels have not been able to put their real cards into it, and we have not been able to see this elite since His Highness Richard disengaged with the Aleppo army."

"Is that so?"

The generals all sighed, and the enemy's commander-in-chief was quite cautious, and he was not in a hurry to bite in the face of such a fat-looking hard bone as the tired expeditionary force, hoping to slowly wear down the fighting spirit of the Latin army until the final decisive blow was struck.

It is a precious way.

"Have you figured out who the last enemy commander is?"

At this moment, the liaison officer stationed in the expeditionary force turned serious: "Saladin! Saladin Ayyub Ben, (Arabic name). ”

The name of the pagan monarch pronounced in Saracen seemed to have magical powers, and all the generals stood on end.

"Richard must have escaped."

Before Saladin's forces were in place, he escaped with his life before he could grasp the victory.

Alexios clearly understood the reasons for the fall of the future kingdom of Jerusalem.

The Battle of Hattin, the Achilles' heel of the Latins.

Saladin lured the foolish Guy into the Tereba Desert, and the new king, who did not listen to his advice, had blind confidence in his abilities, but he did not know that he had only seen the vague face of the Sword of True Residence under the protection of the Leper King.

The real Saladin was a gluttonous beast capable of devouring the flesh and blood of the Latino armies, and unsuspectingly, the two knights and elite knights drawn from various castles entered the enemy ambush circle.

Under the double torture of desert drought and scorching sun, the Jerusalem army lost seventy percent of its combat effectiveness, and the Mamluk cavalry fought their way out in the stunned eyes of the Latins and defeated them.

The Knights Templar fought valiantly, and yes, they did not dishonor God's name, but Guy, Gerrard, and Reynard, the three biggest fools, became Saladin's prisoners together.

To sum up this battle, it is an oriental-style copy of the Tumu Fort Change, not that the enemy army is too powerful, but that our army has a traitor, or the king and the Grand Master of the Knights.

Reynard, who led the battle, directly lost his head and paid the heaviest price.

But in other words, Saladin's generals and the Saracen cavalry under his command were definitely commendable, and it was imperative to cooperate with the Kingdom of Jerusalem to defeat the Lord of Egypt when the empire was crushing the Seljuks and preparing to go south.

Therefore, the emperor specially summoned the generals here, so that they could know in advance what kind of enemy their future opponent would be, so that they would not be ignorant when they arrived at the battlefield.