Jerusalem, a city in the middle of an infinite world, is guarded by towering sand-yellow walls, as if it were some kind of evil taste of the Creator, and Jerusalem is surrounded by four different landforms, as if it were the meeting point of four different worlds!

To the north is a barren prairie, covered with withered yellow hay that stretches to the end of the skyline. A few baobab trees can be seen faintly, as well as antelopes and elephants, which inhabit the area.

To the south is a world of yellow sand, and the noisy hot wind blows through the hills, rolling up billowing sand and dust. The walls of Jerusalem must have been taken from the yellow sand! It's hard to imagine how the people of the League came to Jerusalem through the rolling sands and obstacles! Presumably, the camel must be a great hero~

To the east, there is an endless, rolling green hill, the highest of which is only a few hundred meters, and the shortest one may be a small hill of more than ten meters.

The western part of the country, where Han Xinglai came from, is a mix of grasslands and forests, and the ruins of towns and cities that can often be seen during this period can be seen from the ancient Roman Empire.

When the German Crusaders, who had come from afar, saw the outline of Jerusalem, they were first overjoyed, and this arduous long journey had finally come to an end. But seeing the *** soldiers waiting at the head of the city, they were suddenly deflated, after two months of long journey, what was waiting for them was not a grand and grand welcome ceremony, as well as delicious food and wine, and a welcome in the middle of the road, but a hard battle!

As a last resort, Prince Henry could only choose to camp in a nearby ruin, and the collapsed ruins and ruins may not play much of a protective role, but relying on this, some of the camping work can be reduced.

Faced with the low morale of the Crusaders and the well-prepared defenders of Jerusalem, Prince Henry convened a pre-war meeting at his residence and invited leading figures, including Han Xing, to discuss countermeasures.

After receiving the notice, Han Xing immediately felt the temporary residence of Prince Henry, as the commander of the German Crusaders, he was probably the only person who lived indoors. Prince Henry's temporary residence is an abandoned two-storey marble building with intricate carved patterns on the beams and pillars, indicating that there was once a noble owner. But the empty interior, and the foliage that playfully protrudes through the huge gaps in the walls, indicate that it has been abandoned for a long time.

"Your Excellency in Germany! I have summoned you here to discuss the next steps! Prince Henry looked at the German leaders sitting around the long marble table, and sat down at the main table.

This long marble table, with a somewhat greenish surface, is probably the only intact piece of furniture in the entire room! Those wooden desks and wardrobes are rotten and rotten, and they will break when you touch them!

"We are faced with a difficult choice, and the decisions we make will affect the belonging of the Holy City for the next 100 years! The choice is: should you take the lead in the siege? Or wait for the allies to arrive at the rendezvous before making plans? "Prince Henry is colorful.

The question is simply as follows: Shall we go first, or should we wait for someone to come and go together?

The implication is: "This decision is very important, if something happens, I can't take the blame alone!" That's why I'm going to have to pull you all over here! ”

Among the nobles present, Han Xing and Duke von Babenburg are the highest and the oldest (this is also one of Han Xing's most painful things, unconsciously, he actually mixed into the queue of the elders~ He has always felt: We are still a good young man!) ）。

The Duke of Babenburg immediately spoke, "Your Highness, I think we should postpone the attack and wait until the allies such as Britain, France, and Spain arrive one after another, and then make plans!" After all, after a long journey, people are sleepy and tired, and fighting alone, it is really unwise! "Like most middle-aged and elderly people, he pursues a steady, cautious way of life.

"I don't think so!" But he saw that Sir Johenheim of the House of Hohenzollern stood up and denied it. Now, he had taken off his exaggerated barrel-shaped black-maned winged helmet, and Han Xing was able to see his true face of Lushan:

This is a Germanic young man with scattered black hair, a pair of black eyes flashing with a cold light, and his thin, fleshless, angular cheeks add a bit of coldness, and no one can approach. However, the thick lips made him look a little more loyal and upright.

"As the Duke of Babenburg said, we are new to the city, and the soldiers are tired, and we really need to rest! I don't deny that~" The words that came out of the mouth of Sir Jornheim made it difficult to associate him with the grim image of the barrel-shaped winged helmet, wooden and taciturn.

"However, I don't know if you have noticed that there is already a kind of war-weariness among the knights, and the knights are like arrows, and the soldiers are complaining! If you don't take advantage of the high morale, launch an attack early, and dilute this mood with a victory over ***, I am worried about ·····" Sir Joenheim did not go on, but the nobles present understood.

"That's the first reason why I advocate attacking as soon as possible! Second, I am worried that if it drags on, the defenders in the city will be further reinforced! When the time comes, if you want to recover the Holy City, it will be even more difficult! "Sir Johenheim is worthy of being from the Hohenzollern family, which is rich in military strategists, and his tactical vision is clear and vicious.

After he had said this, he did not continue to speak, but sat down quietly and gave the congregation some time to digest.

"I agree with Sir Jornheim!" Heinrich, Duke of Hesse the Younger, agreed. He was a rough, heroic typical medieval aristocrat, and Joernheim's views were clearly to his liking. In addition to this, there was also a large number of young, impulsive noble knights who chose to join their camp.

"What do you think, Duke Segaard?" This fire quickly burned to Han Xing's head, and Prince Henry didn't seem to want to attack the city so impulsively, so he hoped that Han Xing would speak out to dissuade him.

"Actually, I agree with Sir Johenheim!" Even Sir Joenheim was ready to fight a verbal battle with Han Xing, but Han Xing blurted out, but he agreed with him.

"On the one hand, as Sir Jörnheim said, a long delay will only make the siege more difficult! On the other hand, have you forgotten that we have a siege weapon - cannons! ”

The German nobles who heard the rumors were all bright-eyed, such as the Duke of Babenburg, the main reason why they opposed the siege was also because they were worried about excessive casualties.

The next day, the German Crusaders, who had rested all night, began shelling Jerusalem. Han Xing claimed that he had brought 20 cannons, and Prince Henry, with the 50 cannons provided by Han Xing, had a total of 70 cannons to participate in the operation to destroy the outer wall of Jerusalem.

The 12-pound solid bullet rained down on the towering walls of Jerusalem, making a low "knock~knock~" sound like a hammer hitting the wall. In an instant, the sandstone wall was filled with depressions, and cracks spread out like spider webs around them. Rubble, debris of sand, rustling from the cracks, it was clear that even the majestic walls of Jerusalem could not withstand the ferocity of artillery.

The black-clad *** soldiers in the city fell into a panic amid the thunderous sound of artillery, but after a loud "Long live Allah", the momentum disappeared in an instant.

To Han Xing's surprise, the head of Jerusalem was actually equipped with a stone thrower, and after the first round of shelling, the defenders of Jerusalem began to counterattack!

The boulder was thrown high into the air, smashing into its artillery position like a meteorite or a meteor, and the number of artillery was suddenly reduced by one-third! According to Han Xing's visual inspection, there are more than a dozen catapults in Jerusalem, which can throw boulders with a radius of meters.

"Quickly let the artillery retreat, open the distance, the range of the catapult is not as far as the artillery!" Napoleon duly reminded. Napoleon's journey to the world was coming to an end, so he could find time to watch Han Xing's "liveliness".

I have to say that Napoleon is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield and the god of artillery, and just one sentence solved the crisis in front of Han Xing.

There is artillery, and Jerusalem is so big, are you afraid that you won't be able to hit it?

After two hours of shelling, the battle between artillery and catapults finally came to an end, and the walls of Jerusalem were bombarded to pieces, and three or four large openings were opened.

Just when the German nobles were proudly looking at the devastated outer walls of Jerusalem, the *** cavalry actually killed them!

It seems that the commander of the other party is not an idiot waiting to be killed!

"Quick, quick, array, with archers and musketeers in the front, spearmen on the left and right sides, and swordsmen behind. Knights protect the wings! Prince Henry immediately decided. A decent military formation has begun to see its scale in this way~

"Duke Segaard, I want you to lead your men to the right flank, and I give you full command of the cavalry and artillery units on the right flank!" Han Xing nodded when he heard this, then waved his hand, took the troops, and rode away.

"Sir Jon Heim, I want you to go to the left flank and lead the hoplites, be sure to wait for my orders!" Sir Joenheim, with his barrel-shaped black-maned winged helmet, nodded heavily, and struck his horse toward the left flank.

"Duke von Hesse, please go and assist Sir Joenheim as deputy commander of the left flank!"

You may think, "Isn't it a shame for him to be a duke, to give a hand to a knight?" ”

The little Duke of Hesse didn't think that Sir Johenheim was the heir to the Hohenzollern family after all, and the Duke of Brandenburg was one of the Electors of the Empire, and the Duchy of Hesse was just a barren little Duchy in the Black Forest of Teuton! What's more, the little Duke of Hesse still has a lot of respect for this Sir Jornheim!!

"Duke von Babenburg, I appoint you as the commander of the Chinese army, coordinate the archers, the infantry, and maintain the front of the Chinese army! This is the most important thing~" Although Prince Henry is young, his skills are already quite flexible, and he knows that he can't snub Duke von Babenburg. After all, people are the ones who can vote for the emperor~

So he was specially appointed as the commander of the Chinese army, and also emphasized the "top priority". But this is not bad, isn't there a saying in the King of the Crusaders that "if the Chinese army can't withstand it, the battle will end"~