Chapter Seventy-Four: Under the City of Jerusalem

Seeing that the battle was a failure, Egil was so angry that he did not forget to command the army and change his tactics again. (Novel.com!. a.) The knights of the Guards scattered in all directions, and immediately conveyed Egil's order. The Crusader army immediately changed tactics. Instead of advancing forward, we will hold on to the spot and rebuild the line of defense. This made Saladin on the other side very angry, he originally thought that under such a sudden counterattack by the Arab army, the other side would be caught off guard. Let yourself take advantage of it a little. However, Egil reacted immediately, so that Saladin's little conspiracy did not succeed.

Of course, the thinking of the commanders of both sides did not affect the soldiers at the bottom. Encouraged by the top brass on both sides, both Muslims and Christians fought desperately, squeezing the last bit of strength out of their bodies, vowing to split their enemies in half. There are even many soldiers who died of exhaustion under such high-intensity battles. Or lose their strength and faint - and then such a soldier will immediately be swarmed by the other party and cut into meat sauce.

After another tug-of-war, the sun finally set slowly. The light grew dimmer. Soldiers on both sides were somewhat affected. In some places, there have also been cases of accidental wounding of friendly troops. After this, Saladin led his army and began to retreat steadily. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Crusaders had no intention of chasing after him. He began to turn around and retreated in the direction of the Holy City.

"Really...... Do you think that's the end of it?" Egir snorted softly, turning his head to look at Alpha, the captain of the Death Knights, who had rested for a while and had regained some strength slightly.

"Use your exploits to make up for your mistakes. Egil said lightly.

"I see, my lord. "In a short period of time, Egil gathered a total of six hundred knights from various countries, who still had the strength to fight. He handed them over to the Alpha and instructed: "Attack when you see the enemy slackening." If you can't find a chance, come back. Alpha replied, which was a kind of agreement.

After giving this to his knights, Egil shouted to the knights who had participated in the battle: "Warriors, you are participating in a bright and holy battle. And I promise you that you will be rewarded for your bravery - I will reward you with a hundred Norman Gold for killing a heretic, and if you kill a heretic officer or captive, the knights will be promoted to a higher rank, and the knights will be promoted to the royal knights, and the royal knights will be promoted to the Janissary Knights, and the Janissary Knights will be able to join my personal guard! If he doesn't, I'll give him a thousand Normans!"

Before the knights could rejoice, another word from Egil drove them into a frenzy: "Besides, if anyone can kill Saladin, I will canonize him as Prince of Jerusalem!! and !!I will have faith in my word."

When Egil said this, the enthusiasm of the knights was completely ignited! Become the ruler of Jerusalem, the kingdom of heaven on earth?! Such an opportunity to ascend to heaven is not the most desired by these knights who have participated in the holy war? Such a reward, let alone let them pursue a tired enemy. Even if they were to face all the armies of Egypt head-on!

"Ahhhh!!!!!h

Twenty minutes later, the advance of the Arabs had entered the city of Jerusalem. Saladin's troops behind the palace could also see the outline of Jerusalem vaguely from afar with the help of torches and the light of the stars and moon. ...,

"This time the battle ...... It's a tie. However, the performance of the other party is indeed remarkable. It seems that you will need to be careful when fighting those heretics in the future. Feeling out of danger, Saladin breathed a sigh of relief, though physically and mentally exhausted and hungry. But he still laughed at Zhao Haier next to him.

"It's all up to you, master, to command. I am sure that under your command, the infidels will definitely return in vain in the end. Under the dim firelight, Zhao Haier said expressionlessly.

"Hahaha...... It's up to you and the efforts of others. Saladin laughed, and then said this—however, at this moment, when Saladin's army was less than five hundred meters away from Jerusalem, and the soldiers had completely relaxed—even the soldiers who were walking at the back had given up their guard. Suddenly there was a violent sound of horses' hooves behind them!

"Enemy!" the Arab soldiers immediately became panicked. Some tried to turn around and resist, while many more quickened their pace, hoping to take refuge within the impregnable walls of Jerusalem early. to escape the Crusaders. Such contradictory behavior exacerbates their confusion.

"Don't panic! Don't mess up!!" Saladin's face turned pale, and he swung his scimitar and slashed several soldiers who were scattered and ran in succession, but he could not gather his army again - the soldiers were exhausted after a day of fierce fighting. Coupled with the proximity of the city of Jerusalem, it was very difficult for them to turn back and continue the battle at this time.

At the next moment, when the five or six hundred knights of the crusaders launched a fierce charge at them in a loose formation, the fear and confusion became even more intense - after a charge, the hundreds of Arab soldiers at the back fell to the ground screaming, and the knights immediately released their knights' spears, brandished long swords, half-swords, battle axes, maces, and other weapons, and scattered and slashed in the chaos of the Arab army.

At this moment, Alpha is in the lead, rushing to the forefront with a sense of revenge, and his goal is still Saladin's head-

"I know him, he's the Black Knight of the day! Kill a lot of people! We can't beat him!" shouted some of the Arab soldiers who had seen the valiance of the Alpha battlefield during the day, and then dropped their weapons and began to flee.

"Flee!!" Led by example, coupled with the fierce charge of the Crusader knights, the Arab army completely collapsed. The people howled in fear and fled into the city of Jerusalem. And Saladin had no way to inspire their courage. This caliph, the great hero of the Islamic world, was also infected by the atmosphere of terror at this time. Under the protection of the remaining cavalry of the 200-odd Cassaji Guards, they also fled to the city of Jerusalem without their lives.

Saladin, however, was in a further position, with thousands of Arab soldiers standing in front of him, and if they wanted to enter the city, they had to be allowed to go first. Saladin, however, was not so patient.

"Get out of the way, Caliph here, get out of the way!" shouted the Kasaji Guard's cavalry, trying to get them out of the way. However, life and death mattered, and the name of the caliph was nothing compared to his own life. No matter how the guards cavalry shouted, the soldiers just pretended not to hear it, and still squeezed forward desperately.

"Kill them—they're a rebellion!" shouted at the critical moment, Zhao Haier gritted his teeth. The cavalry of the Casaji Guard also had red eyes, and began to wield maces and scimitars, desperately killing the soldiers in front. Open the way for yourself, and for the caliph. ...,

In this frenzied and desperate atmosphere, the rest of the Arab soldiers reacted and began to slash and slash everywhere - slashing and slashing the friendly troops in front of them, or striking first, turning around and cutting down those who wanted to kill themselves in front of them. Although there was no courage to face the mighty knights of the crusaders. But it's very powerful to deal with your own people. The gates of Jerusalem were suddenly bloody.

"Rush, rush, kill Saladin!The Emperor has already ordered whoever can kill Saladin to be canonized Prince of Jerusalem!" In contrast to the panic of the Arabs, the Crusader knights frenzied and tirelessly attacked the enemy. Desperately fighting, he rushed in the direction of Saladin, just wanting to cut off Saladin's head in exchange for a lifetime of glory and wealth!

Along the way, from the Jerusalem gates to 500 meters outside the city, this section of the road has become a tragic battlefield. The soldiers who ran back into the city were pale and trembling, but they were all smiling. Because they know that they have saved a life. Outside the city, Arab soldiers are still trying to flee and kill, trying to earn their lives.

"Look! That's Saladin! Kill him!"

In this way, in the end, the Crusader knights caught up, and Saladin, who was under the escort of the Casaji Guard. The knights who rushed to the front shouted loudly, blushing with excitement, and rushed towards Saladin - and then engaged in a fierce battle with the cavalry of the Cassaji Guard behind him.

"Don't look, master! Hurry up and run back!" Seeing Saladin's way of wanting to speak and stopping, Zhao Haier was furious - Saladin didn't care if he didn't die. But Saladin didn't run away, and he couldn't run away—and even if he did, Jerusalem had no one to command, so what was going to go? He couldn't handle that......

"Ah—yes, go! Surely!" Saladin nodded his head and rode forward, and the Kasaji fought their way out of their own soldiers, and at last escorted him in.

"Close the gates!" ordered Saladin as soon as he returned to the city. The Arab soldiers who had entered the city immediately carried out the order and cut the ropes of the gate, which was made of iron and smashed down from top to bottom, crushing the few Arab soldiers who had not had time to enter in two. At the same time, it cut off the survival of the Arab soldiers outside......

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