Chapter 129: The East Storm
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The fire shone brightly in the night, and the solemn Orientals watched as if they were watching their friends go, as the raging flames devoured their comrades.
They had to do this, or the large number of corpses would cause the plague, and the first day of combat was easy for mechs to fight, and because of this, the flat terrain took a heavy toll on the ground. Of course, the revived Crescent Empire was not hurt at this time, and the sudden attack of the Crusaders did not take any advantage.
But the fierce fighting and heavy casualties still brought a heavy atmosphere to the army, and the Orientals dug deep tunnels with shovels to bury the revitalized bodies of the fallen soldiers, and each batch of charred corpses was thrown into the pit, and the Oriental soldiers dressed in black buried them.
Even the Orientals, known for their iron will, could not hide the turmoil in their hearts, their companions had left them forever, and even if they wanted to believe it, these warriors had finally returned to the temple of the true god and enjoyed eternal peace.
Under the moonlight, an Oriental man in a shabby black robe stood on a low hill and sighed slightly, if he had met him for the first time, no one would have imagined that this man was Saladin, who had been a headache for the whole West for more than ten years.
The man who founded the Ayyubid dynasty was once again united in a decade after the Crescent Empire was torn apart and the Western Crusaders were watching. At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Saladin actively learned advanced technology, especially new weapons such as mechas, which made the entire West have to face a new East in a short period of time.
In the past few years, the defeat of the West in the East is the result of this man, especially after the defection of the Duchy of Antioch, the Crusaders once completely lost all their gains in the East. It wasn't until Baldwin IV turned the tide and concluded an alliance with him that he was stopped.
However, such a man was respected by the whole West, from the monarch to the knight, and everyone admired this man.
Unlike the West's hatred of the East, this Eastern man has always been neutral and impartial, and Saladin has never ordered the massacre of civilians, even for the infidels in the breached cities. In a sense, Saladin was more chivalrous than Westerners.
"Sultan, we ······ now" The Oriental man next to him was Saladin's right-hand man and his half-brother Adil. Unlike his brother's calmness at the moment, Adil seemed worried at this time.
The war between the East and the West began thousands of years ago, and both sides have always won and lost each other, and neither can gain absolute overwhelming superiority, even if the later conqueror once swept the East, but his empire still collapsed because of his death. Even in the old Roman Empire, the vast empire that unified the entire West was finally deterred by the vast plains of the East. Even if the East was torn apart, the West did not penetrate its hinterland. After that, the new Roman Empire faced Sassanid Persia was even more entangled for a long time, each with its own victory and defeat, and when the new moon flourished in the south, even the new Rome could only retreat to Asia Minor, and the entire west felt the humiliation and fear that had not been seen for a long time in the face of the new moon army.
This situation was not reversed until after the collapse of the Crescent Empire.
The Western powers united with the New Roman Empire to launch the First Crusade, which brought the West once again to the land of the East.
Later, the discovery of the remains of the Holy Sepulchre completely changed the original balance of power between the East and the West.
Soon, the new Roman Empire regained its lost territory in Asia Minor, and the Crusaders conquered the cities around Jerusalem and even the ancient city of Antioch in the north. For the first time, the West completed its suppression of the East after the conquest of the king.
To the surprise of the arrogant Rastins, however, during the ensuing twenty-year war for supremacy with New Rome, the East quickly emerged from the shadow of defeat and moved towards a revival. The Orientals were no less studious than they were, and when the Holy See finally isolated and defeated the ancient New Rome by all means, they found themselves with a formidable adversary behind them: under Saladin's leadership, the Crescent Empire was once again united and had its own mecha power.
The thousand-year-old nightmare that was supposed to end in the West has returned.
Almost everyone, both in the East and in the West, believed that Saladin would be the worst enemy of the Western world.
The same is true of Adil, who is not questioning Saladin's abilities, but this time they are facing an unprecedented enemy, compared to the previous king of Jerusalem, who caused them great trouble. Although one of the three kings fell, this time King Jaime was not inferior to Emperor Frederick in his twilight years, and his years of fighting with the Moors made him even more experienced. In a sense, the king of Aragon was more threatening than the other two. And no matter how powerful Saladin was, in the eyes of his younger brother, it was unrealistic to fight three with one. Any one of these three is capable enough to take on Saladin.
"Adil, this is our thousand-year war with the West, which determines our fate with the West, and only the victorious side has the right to live. At this time, we can't avoid the bad luck. Didn't that person already tell us that the Holy See also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to destroy us? Saladin said blandly, as if indifferent to the bloody war that was coming.
"But why did you do this, Sultan!" Adil could not understand his brother's intentions, and the previous man had already told them that the regular army of the Holy See was about to arrive at the Heithing, and by that time they had completely lost their numerical superiority, and even threatened total annihilation. Why, even that man didn't even have the idea of stopping Saladin's decisive battle.
"Adil, you should understand that there is never a way back for the king, I am not an emotional person, but I am not an unscrupulous person to achieve his own goals, and the West must pay the price for their arrogance." Saladin glanced coldly at the sleeping ancient city of Jerusalem in the distance, turned and quickly got on the horse waiting for him, the man's face full of stoicism. This lone king has his own bottom line, and he will definitely fight for his oath.
“······” Adil was also silent, knowing that this time he would not be able to stop his brother's decision no matter what. A fierce battle is bound to unfold in the land blessed by the true gods! (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please browse w to read for a better reading experience.