Because as long as the knight's impact is too far, the infantry units behind them will be attacked by the Muslim light cavalry! One of the sneak attacks inflicted heavy losses on the Crusader archers, and that time it was the Arab cavalry led by the fierce king Alimu who annihilated a force of archers on the Crusaders' flank.

This makes the knights of the two major knighthoods have no force, but there is nowhere to go. They could not give up their infantry, because if they lost the protection of the infantry archers, the opponent's overwhelming shearing rain would also cause heavy casualties to themselves.

However, Saladin's troops were not doing well, and the long hours of fighting made the poorly qualified and loosely managed Arab cavalry, and some foreign troops, begin to slacken. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the opposing knights also made these mercenaries feel timid. Now there was no need to give an order, and these light cavalry would immediately turn and flee at the sight of the knights' charge, and although this reduced the casualties of the troops, the morale of the troops was greatly affected. As soon as a real general offensive is launched, this is a harbinger of the collapse of the troops!

Saladin was a little anxious, and he began to gather his best cavalry, preparing to plan an effective attack that would crush the rival knights, his troops needed a victory too badly! Let your soldiers know that these Crusader knights are not invincible, otherwise the morale of the army will fall to a low point! And I heard that the Byzantines had landed......

At this time, the return of Zhang Fan's team is really good news for the Apdu team and the fierce king Alimu. Ever since Patigul went to the Seljuk Empire, they were in desperate need of a battlefield layout for wise men. Apdu and the fierce king Alimu are discussing how to arrange a successful attack and annihilate one of the other knights in one fell swoop! Hearing Akon's contact, he immediately came to meet him on the road, and by the way, checked the situation on the battlefield to see what the opportunity was!

"It's not going to go on like this! Without waiting for the Byzantines to come to our aid, we ourselves lost first. Akon and Zhang Fan watched the scene of the battle at Cape Harding, and the combat effectiveness of the Arab light cavalry was really not worth boasting about.

"Saladin is gathering elite cavalry and preparing to organize a head-on assault against the Crusader Knights!" The fierce king said intently.

Akon shook his head, "That will only hasten our defeat!" It would be foolish to attack the strength of our opponent with the weakness of our army. No matter how elite the Arab cavalry is, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Crusader Knights! We're going to have to find another way to ......."

"What's your solution?" The King asked, "I can suggest it to Saladin." "His status in the Arab camp seems to be not low.

Akon ignored him, carefully looked at the situation on the battlefield, pointed to a relatively low-lying village in the far distance on the mountain pass north of the battlefield, and asked, "That's Harding Village, right?" ”

The Fierce King looked back and replied, "Yes." That was the way the Crusaders would attack Tiberias! 200m below Cape Harding......"

"I remember Saladin's troops, there was a baggage battalion, where is it now?" Akon asked.

"It's not far from that village." The fierce king has all questions, and he knows the situation of the army well.

Akon turned his head, closed his eyes, and calculated silently in his heart, and after a moment, he opened his eyes and asked, "Can you convince Saladin to bring the camel caravan of the baggage battalion closer to the battlefield and reach this position?" Akon drew a simple map with his dagger on the ground.

When the fierce king saw that it was very close to the battlefield, he immediately shook his head, "That's too dangerous, as long as the other party charges, it is possible to break through there and destroy our camel team." ”

"Yes, I just need them to do that!" Akon thrust his dagger into the dirt.

"What?!" The Fierce King's eyes widened like brass bells, "Without supplies, we will lose this battle." ”

Akon looked up at the Fierce King, this giant man gave a lot of pressure, but Akon smiled, he pointed to the battlefield, "Look, the other side's knight charge the farthest distance, it must be there." This was the farthest range of their archers and the best distance for cavalry to return to the defense. If they can't hit farther, there's no way we're going to separate the two classes. But if there is a big piece of our fat here, what will you say about these valiant Crusader knights? ”

The fierce king scratched his head, "They will definitely continue to charge, this distance, although dangerous, but if they suffer a little loss and defeat our baggage, it should be cost-effective." And with their speed, they will have time to rush back when we attack their infantry. On the last occasion, he took advantage of the fact that the Crusader cavalry was a little too far away and ventured into a successful attack, crushing a force of archers on the Crusaders' flanks, only to be killed and killed by the returning knights.

Akon took a stone, placed it where he had asked for the baggage camp, and slowly moved it in the direction of the village of Hardin, then took another stone to represent the Crusader cavalry, and quickly pursued it from behind. The fierce king looked at his eyes a little straight, and saw that the other party's cavalry troops were gradually moving away from the distance of infantry support, and he sighed a little in his heart, the wise man is different, this calculation ability!

"Hehe, so I can lead the elite cavalry to attack their infantry from here!" Alimu happily took a big stone and went straight to the opponent's position from the flank!

"Nope! Your position is here......" Akon put down two stones that were closed in Hardin Village, indicating that the baggage battalion had been overtaken by the opposing cavalry, but put the Fierce King's elite Arab cavalry troops outside Hardin Village.

"You just said that you can't be hard-hitting......" The fierce king was puzzled, this is to let Saladin's elite directly attack the other party's knights, but the location has changed, but what difference does it make?

Akon smiled, stood up and patted the shoulder of the fierce king who was squatting on the ground in a daze, "The difference between this and a head-to-head battle is ...... Guess what......"

The fierce king sweated, "I can't guess...... Either the terrain is more favorable to us, the terrain of Harding Village is very low, and if we charge from a high place outside the village, their cavalry will be very passive......" He was like a big boy, scratching his head in confusion.

Zhang Fan said with a smile: "If I were the commander of the Crusader Knights, I would never let all the cavalry troops pursue the baggage." The troops will definitely be divided here, and part of the troops will return to defense, and the other part will attack the baggage. So in fact, in the village of Harding, there were only half of the Knights' troops. If we were to feint on their positions with a force, they would have half of their cavalry back. Then we can annihilate half of their cavalry units in the village of Harding with superior forces and favorable terrain! ”

Akon looked at Zhang Fan approvingly, "That's right, I'm afraid that the pursuing cavalry unit will be a little less, because this may be a suicidal pursuit, and their knight commander will not fail to see such an obvious temptation." But it's just worth it. ”

"But without the baggage, we can't fight for a long time, and if the other side passively avoids the battle, we will also lose." The Fierce King has found the crux of the matter.

"We don't have to fight for a long time, we just need to consume the opponent's strength as much as possible, because ......," Akon looked west, "because our reinforcements have arrived!" ”

"Reinforcements?" The fierce king was stunned for a moment, and then understood, "You say the Byzantines? ”

Akon nodded, "Ten thousand Byzantines, maybe their heavy cavalry troops will arrive first, we just need to cut off part of the strength of the crusaders, and these Byzantines will help us solve the rest!" Their heavy cavalry was no match for the Arab cavalry. Also, let Saladin prepare contracts and gold coins, how to appease these Byzantines who came from afar to help should be Saladin's forte. After all, in the Third Crusade in history, he did just that! ”

"Yay! I'm going to propose! The fierce king excitedly threw away the stone, stood up and patted his buttocks, and was about to leave.

"Patigul is not here, you have to pay attention to your own safety, don't let her think that I lied to you to send you to death......" Akon said lightly. He knew that this would not be so easy to win against the Crusader knights head-on, even with the most favorable terrain and superior forces. Because there will be at least two hundred knights there! This should be the toughest battle!