At that time, when Egil said such things to the crowd with a spring breeze, some people had already begun to pray for the people in Jerusalem - according to Egil's character, after saying such words in public, then do not expect any living creatures to be left after Jerusalem is breached.

Throughout the process, titles such as liberator, deliverer and the like are out of favor with Egil, and a slightly neutral conqueror is already the best evaluation. The vast majority of the inhabitants of the Norman Empire today also identify with this title. Consider your emperor to be a legendary conqueror born by nature. However, on top of the ruins of many more cities razed by Egil, the survivors of the countless areas ravaged by the Norman Iron Horsemen preferred to refer to Egil as "Demon", "Destroyer", or similar titles. And as one of the most emperors on earth, Egil's deeds naturally spread far and wide. There is basically nothing that the group of people standing in front of Egil today does not know.

"This, this seems to be ......," Philip of France tried several times to open his mouth to dissuade Egier. But less than five seconds after meeting Egil's gaze, the guy lost his armor in a shameful defeat.

"Then that's it, the city walls, the city, the residential areas...... Tear it all down. Just leave the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. All others were rebuilt. So it was decided. Still smiling, Egil uttered words that made the kings shudder. And at this moment, no one dared to ask Egil: "So...... What is going to be like this city in the future, is it owned by you, Your Majesty?" or something like that. In fact, the kings and dukes could not find a better way to deal with it at this moment than to remain silent.

"Alright, alright guys. Egil clapped his hands: "Now, the Christian warriors of our Crusaders are still fighting on the front lines. This is not a good time to chat—soldiers, warriors of Christ, follow me, and kill the infidels!" Egil's last words were shouted to more ordinary soldiers farther out. And got an enthusiastic response from them. The soldiers chanted the names of God, the Son, the Virgin, all the Holy Spirit, the apostles and saints. Raise in your hands scimitars, swords, battle axes, spears, knight spears. It's like a festival, it's like receiving a salary, it's like a pilgrimage, it's like a rally. In an instant, the Christian soldiers burst into a terrifying zeal!

"Well, maybe you have a point. Your Majesty Egil. "In such a situation, even Philip, the king of France, did not dare to fight against the soldiers. To a large extent, these ignorant - or pious soldiers - are more loyal to God than to their king.

"All right, let's go!" shouted Egil as he continued to beckon to the soldiers, and remounted his horse, drawing his saber. Then he lowered his head and looked condescendingly at the kings and dukes, and asked, "My friends, how do you answer my question?"

"Of course I'm going to be with you. Immediately, Lucivid, Duke of Hesse, said. The low-eyed and pleasing appearance made people have an illusion for a while. It was as if Egil was his lord at this moment. It's not the one who is dead, half of his head is gone.

“...... For Jesus Christ. The King of France said with a blank face, as if to indicate that he was not inspired by Egil. but because of their own beliefs...... and so on. But whatever he is, he did not deny Egil's orders, which can also be shown from the side, he is ready to give in to Egil. At least in the recent period, during this period of the Crusades. ...,

"At least, this man was very fair in the last league...... Hopefully he'll be able to do that well this time. Philip consoled himself with the last time he waged a crusade against the Eastern Romans. But in fact, he didn't know what would happen to Egil this time. After all, in the last time, Egil's army, although strong, was not invincible. He had to rely on other Crusader states to compete with the Eastern Roman Empire.

However, this is not the case today. Over time, Egil's own strength was much greater than it had been during the last crusade. His own army, his wife's army, and his allies, quasi-allies, vassals, quasi-vassals...... In addition, Basil, who is now being toyed with by Egil and applauded, is still dreaming of restoring Rome's hegemony around the Mediterranean...... Egil's power is not what it used to be. Will he still be as fair as he was last time, in order to elevate his authority and achieve his goal of mastering the entire crusade?

"Sooner or later, I'll kill you. The corners of Egil's mouth turned up, and an amiable smile appeared. It seems that he does not care about Philip's resistance to such a mentality. However, the killing intent in the Norman Emperor's eyes almost condensed into substance. New hatred, old hatred - Sonya's injury once again arouses Egil's desire to protect the girls associated with him. Well, as Philip, who had hurt Joan of Arc, the most heinous sin. Egil's hatred for him has risen to a whole new level.

But now is not the time. Egil reminded himself. After that, he took the lead and rushed out of the camp again. Egir was followed by tens of thousands of Crusader troops. Soldiers from Eastern Rome, from France, from Burgundy, from the Holy Roman States, from Italy, and from the Norman homeland, and from the Empire's conscripts from its Eastern European territories, and even from further afield, from Iberia, from Moscow, from Armenia - some of these soldiers, some of them Catholic, some of them Orthodox, some of them even pagan. But at this moment, all these soldiers gathered under the crusader banner of the red cross on a white background - and at the same time, under the white phoenix banner!

The soldiers cheered and opened the gates of the camp, and some even rushed to tear down the fence of the camp. Then he strode out.

As he marched forward, Egil reluctantly sorted the soldiers - the assault infantry armed with two-handed axes, halberds, Swiss halberds, two-handed swords, hooked sickles, and long-handled war hammers were placed in the front line, and behind them were large numbers of phalanx infantry armed with extra-long spears and shield spearmen armed with large shields and spears - these infantry numbered between 20,000 and 30,000, and Egil deployed them at the front of the battlefield. The infantry, armed with one-handed weapons such as swords, maces, and tomahawks, and the pauper's crusades, who spontaneously organized themselves and carried farm implements and even clubs, were further behind, as reserves. Their number exceeds thirty thousand.

On both flanks, hoplites were deployed in the first line. Their number is between four and six thousand. The feudal knights, ranger knights, knightly mercenaries, and the knights' followers, as well as the national knights, the Black Dragon Knights of Brandenburg, the Knights of the Golden Fleece in Burgundy, the Gendarmerie Knights of France, and the heavy cavalry from the Italian city-states, all belonged to this sequence. It was a pity that the Eastern Roman Ironclad Paladins, Praetorian Cavalry and Lancers, the professional units of the Eastern Roman Empire, refused to participate in the campaign on the grounds that they had not received orders from the emperor. This makes the heavy cavalry sequence look more Western.

These heavy cavalry from continental European countries are usually equipped with Western-style plate chain composite armor, heavy chain mail or chain mail. Rather than Western-style piercing and scale armor. Armed with a Western-style heavy cavalry gun and a kite-shaped shield. Hanging from his waist were swords, swords, and half-swords—a rare number of Oriental-style heavy cavalry, all of whom were improvised by the Norman Empire's Eastern European nobles. They wore heavy scale or piercing armor in the Oriental style, and were armed with spears and round shields. These distinctive pieces of equipment make these noble cavalry stand out in the heavy cavalry sequence. ...,

The light cavalry were deployed behind the heavy cavalry. Among them were irregular cavalrymen from Western Europe, dressed in leather armor and armed with various tattered weapons, and were not uniformly equipped. There were Balkan, Hungarian, Polish, and Lithuanian cavalry from Eastern Europe armed with teardrop shields, maces, scimitars, or war hammers, as well as Tatars, Cumans, Rus's, and Slavs from the steppes further east, armed with fur armor and fur hats. steppe light cavalry straddled with compound bows, and Islamic-style archers from Asia Minor and Syria. Their number is about eight thousand to eleven thousand. The same exists as a reserve.

This improvised army was large and morale-high, but it didn't seem to be much organized and slightly chaotic. This, of course, is a common problem in the army of this era. But Egil, who is accustomed to advancing and retreating in a measured and well-organized professional army, just can't get used to this. In fact, the Norman emperors, after seeing such a chaotic army, did not feel like the feeling of the Achaeans who went to fight Troy, as described by the bards. Instead, he felt that this army was more like the army under the evil ancient Persian emperor Xerxes, which was also a multi-ethnic army to conquer Greece.

"Whatever...... Speaking of which, we are indeed more like the evil faction. While complaining in his heart, Egil continued to raise his saber and shouted, "For justice, truth, faith and glory!!" to encourage the morale of the army......