In the following period, the fighting on both sides was lackluster. Zhao Haier, who was assigned by Saladin to make meritorious contributions, led his light cavalry to attack frequently, but the final result was a loss of troops. Only a small number of camel cavalry achieved unexpectedly good results - the stench of these camels was unbearable for the Norman horses during the battle against the Norman hussars. The normally well-trained war horse No. 4 became difficult to control. As a result, I suffered some small losses.

After learning of this, Egil strictly ordered that in the future, when encountering camel cavalry, he would not send cavalry into battle unless there was an accident. Try to scare the camels with the Heaven's Flame Canister and Iron Cannons to keep the enemy troops in ruin. At the same time, a large number of long-range projection classes are used.

However, things are not as serious as Egil thinks. A small number of desert camel cavalry units, although they did well in skirmishes. But the Arabs do not seem to have any intention of using such troops on a large scale. The vast majority of camels are still used as means of transport and as baggage caravans. This kind of information made Egil somewhat relieved.

In addition to this, another problem is the steady stream of jihadist armies from all parts of the Islamic world. Saladin, who controlled the Arabian Peninsula, owned the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and had the title of caliph. He is the undisputed supremacy of the entire Islamic world - not even the Turkish Sultan nor the Timurid Khan. The monarch of such a theocratic country issued an order, and at the same time mobilized the secular armed forces in the country, he also launched a general mobilization order for religion.

"This is a general mobilization between two civilizations, two races, two religions, and a general war. The believers on the other side gathered in large numbers. And why is this not the case with us?" At that time, Egil made a similar feeling: "If the Christians of the whole world were armed, and the Muslims of the whole world were organized, and the two sides fought a general decisive battle, then the scale of this war would be more than ten times greater than it is now...... However, it was most likely that Jesus Christ would come back into the world and Muhammad would be resurrected. ”

That being said, Saladin was not as prestigious as the Prophet Muhammad. There were also no radio fax machines, airplanes and trains in this era. And there are indeed many Muslim believers, but not all of them are willing to abandon their families and careers to come here to die. However, the number of Muslim jihadist legions gathered in Al-Quds Al-Sharif still exceeds 100,000 and is increasing every day.

These men had come in response to Saladin's call and had great respect for the benevolent caliph. But this did not mean that they were willing to obey Saladin's orders, a situation similar to that of the spontaneously organized rabble that was entangled in the crusaders. They usually use geographical ties as their connections, and select the most prestigious of them to be their conductors. Enjoy a great deal of autonomy. After a simple repertoire - or skip the process and make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, after which you will leave the Holy Land. Alone looking for an opportunity to engage the Crusaders.

And the rabble among the Crusaders usually did the same. The closer they got to the Holy Land, the more restless they became. They didn't understand Egil's steady tactics, let alone Egil's strategy behind the scenes. I don't even understand things like proper camping, scouts, patrol passwords, etc. In other words, their extremely weak brain capacity and the shallow connotation of not knowing a single word make them unable to understand what these things are.

And for what they don't understand, smart people learn and try to understand. And the fool is afraid, and denounces heresy - these rabbles cannot be called wise men in any way.

Therefore, a large number of crusaders did not say goodbye. They left Egil's army and marched alone towards the Holy Land. Driven by chaotic brains and blind optimism, they think that with a small army of dozens, hundreds or hundreds like them, they can save the world. The outcasts may not be able to tell the difference between a decisive battle between two civilizations and a battle between two villages for water. And the knowledge of those wandering knights is also limited, although it is said that there may be a lot of places, but the encounters are usually small-scale battles, reaching 1,000 people. ...,

Of course, to be honest, these two kinds of people are a little better, and even worse is the third type, fanatical believers, these guys think that as long as they have the protection of God/Allah, they are invincible, and open all kinds of golden thigh hanging protagonist mode. The kind of army of millions that can be wiped out with a single look.

But then again. Those Islamic Jihad and whatever, basically all of them are of the same level. The two sides are half a pound and eight taels, and no one is much better than the other. Thus, in the battles on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the two sides won and lost half and half of them. No one is much worse than the other.

One side shouted, "Allah!" and charged under the cover of the compound bow, while the other side shouted "Yahweh!" and charged under the cover of the heavy crossbow. Dressed in tattered hoods, armed with clubs and crude shields, the Crusaders' fanatical followers engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Islamic soldiers in short shirts and armed with axes and scimitars. And the knights of the Crusaders gathered together and launched a powerful charge. The camel cavalry and tribal cavalry of the Jihad Army caught up with them and struck them with maces and scimitars......

Such scenes do not stop all the time, all the time. On the road of more than 100 kilometers from Tripoli in the north to Jerusalem in the south, such scenes are played out several times, a dozen times, or even dozens of times a day. Countless spears were broken, countless flags were stained with blood, and countless Christians and Muslims died. Roads, villages, fields, oases. Every place with a little value will be fought for repeatedly and fiercely. Then, in a wave of bitter curses and wails, the victor trampled on the corpse of the loser and raised his own flag, either a cross or a crescent moon.

Although the main forces of both sides did not move, in fact, the war was already raging. There are more than a dozen small villages and two small towns within the 100-kilometre route. At this moment, it has been torn down to rubble by fanatical believers of both sects.

And the main force of the crusaders, after a period of rest in the Count of Tripoli, also began to march again, and gradually approached, approaching Jerusalem!

At this time, he suddenly woke up, and the Muslims, who knew that these guys, these heavily armoured, well-organized soldiers were their worst enemies, had organized a rebellion. However, this kind of group, barely reaching a thousand men, could not touch the main body of the Norman army, and was wiped out early by the forward forces of the Crusaders - the Hussar Legion under the Norman Emperor, the Vadateri Archery Legion of the Eastern Romans, and the Hungarian Ranger Legion, which took turns as the vanguard. An army is on duty for one day and then rotates. In this way, the infidels who were blocking the front of the Crusaders were to be driven away.

The Crusaders' elite and large archers were able to crush the disorganized and small light infantry units of the opposing side with great ease.

"The other side is simply unstoppable. ”

"It's like an invincible beast. ”

"The brutal demon king, the Norman emperor, all the people were killed by his savage army, and then tied to the cross, to be devoured by crows and wild dogs!"

"It's terrible! The Crusaders are coming!"

Thousands of dead bodies, and the thousands of foul-smelling crosses erected from them, were like a basin of cold water that chilled the hearts of fanatical Islamists. Let these rabble understand what is called a dignified and upright teacher, what is the momentum of Mount Tai's topping, and what is called hitting the stone mantis arm with an egg as a moth to fight the fire......

In this way, Egil, along with the other Crusader generals, emperors, kings, and dukes, were glad to say that these Baga heretics were no longer to be worried. We can do this all the way to Jerusalem. And when Jerusalem was brought down, they became rich.

However, after looking at the map of the Near East produced by the system, accurate to the eighth decimal place, it was only when Egil understood that he was still thirty kilometers away from the Holy Land. Accidents - or long overdue things - still happen. The Sicilian, who had been defeated by Egil once and survived, had his eloquence and charisma in bringing together a large number of jihadist troops, plus part of Saladin's regular army and part of the Arab tribal army. A large force of more than 50,000 men was formed!

Such an army crossed the crusaders and the holy city of Jerusalem, encamped and stopped the advance of the infidels!

"Cannon fodder troops, ......" Looking at the position chosen by the other side, Egil muttered to himself - on the rocky, sandstone Gobi Desert, the opposing army is waiting for it. Light archers and crossbowmen lined up in close array, followed by large numbers of shield spearmen and light infantry. On the flanks, there were not very many units of light cavalry, camel cavalry and archers.

A very small number of heavy infantry, heavy cavalry. There are no ornately equipped elite Praetorian Guards, and exaggerated assault infantry. Such troops look somewhat shabby. So much so that Egil said something like this.

In fact, it's basically the same as Egil imagined. Saladin heard that outside the city, a large but unorganized jihadist force had been wiped out by the enemy without much effort because of the tactics of dispersing and fueling. There was such a plan.

"Even a dead rat is to make rot stink and make pagans feel disgusting. That's how it works......" Saladin muttered to himself as he gave the order for Zhaohail to integrate the Holy Army......