With the arrival of the last crusaders, the countdown to the decisive battle with Saladin has begun.

The army was repaired in Montreal for three days to regain strength.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, with another letter for help from Calebberg, Baldwin IV finally convened the "Imperial Council" to divide the lords and the knights' armies.

Every knight and nobleman, to a greater or lesser extent, will have his own private armies, which need to be organized into a team according to their profession.

Such as light infantry companies, engineer companies, cavalry companies, light cavalry companies, etc.

Nearly 30,000 crusaders marched towards Fort Calle.

Montreal is not far from Calleburg, which is equivalent to the distance from Jerusalem to Hebron.

But this part of the journey makes the oasis more sparse and more difficult to get supplies.

Baldwin IV was not a reckless man like Guy, and he did not rush into the army, but carried ample supplies, and emptied almost all of Montreal's granaries, clay pots for water, and pack animals.

The follow-up baggage team will successively transport supplies to the transit station in Montreal, and then replenish them to the front line.

Due to the thorough preparation, the battle of Harding in history will definitely not be staged again.

But no one knows if the Crusader army, which has only gathered 30,000 troops, is an opponent of the Saracen army, which can only dispatch 30,000 troops due to poor supplies.

Lothar rode on an Arab warhorse.

He covered his mouth and nose with a scarf, and the pervasive wind and sand ran down his neckline and sleeves into his body.

Everybody's disgraced.

Frigila sat in the carriage a little wistfully, not wanting to move.

Prajna still stayed by Lothar's side, and after the first embarrassing time, Lothar now became a little used to it.

The sun is scorching.

Every now and then, the soldiers would grab a sip or two of water bags, their steps heavy, and everyone looking forward to jumping into the clear water and taking a good dip.

He looked at the imperial chariot that was guarded by the Chinese army from afar, and sighed lightly.

Baldwin IV made a two-pronged plan for him that day, one was to make Lothar the regent of Jerusalem and oversee the city's defenses if the army was defeated and Saladin's army was badly damaged.

Second, if the army wins, the power of the victory will be carried with them, so that Renard and his wife will be "killed" in battle, and then all the counties of Outer Jordan except Hebron will be given to Lothar.

And three, Baldwin IV did not speak.

But Lothar knew very well that the three was a crushing defeat for the Crusaders, and that Saladin's army was not broken in the slightest, so he could only return to the continent in disgrace.

Jerusalem did not use the "reserves" financed by the previous king of Albion to strengthen the city's defenses, as in the history of Lothar's previous life, and he could not have held Jerusalem after losing most of his elite.

The march was dry and tedious.

Baldwin IV, who gave command of all the armored cavalry, that is, the heavy cavalry company, to Lothar.

Although his qualifications were not enough to convince everyone, the Knights of the Royal Family and the Knights of Jerusalem combined, with a total of 400 armored cavalry, accounted for half of the cavalry ranks.

With Baron Gofrey's assistance, and the fact that he spent two days in a friendly "sparring" with the knights, he was able to successfully bring this cavalry unit under his control.

The tactics of this era are actually quite simple, nothing more than a variant of the hammer anvil tactic pioneered by Alexander the Great.

With cavalry as hammers and infantry as anvils.

When the two armies are engaged, it depends on which side's cavalry wins first, to support their own infantry, and then gradually expand their advantage.

The army marched for two days.

From time to time, the cavalry of the Crusaders could already spot the scout cavalry that was far away beside the army, and the light cavalry sent out to drive them could not reach their side at all.

The falcons roaming in the sky also began to appear frequently.

With such reconnaissance methods, it is simply impossible to fight the kind of battle situation in which the Saracens stormed the Fort of Calle, and attacked from the rear.

Ahead, there was finally green shade again.

The soldiers cheered.

Baron Goldfrey also smiled: "After leaving Montreal for so long, I finally saw the oasis again, and I really want to take a dip in the lake." ”

Lothar shook her head and said, "Your Majesty will not allow us to set up camp here, the oasis is closer to Saladin's army, and no one can guarantee whether they have poisoned it or not." ”

"At the speed of our march, we may be engaged with Saladin's army tomorrow, and Your Majesty will not take such a risk."

Sure enough, the order to continue the march soon came.

The soldiers complained, but did not dare to disobey Baldwin IV's orders.

Fort Calle.

Early the next morning.

Count Renard opened his eyes a little tiredly, his eyelids almost covered with dried blood, and a hideous scar on his cheek.

It was the scar on his face by a Turkic warrior of Ghazi.

He looked around, and the once fortified city defenses had been shattered by the Saracen trebuchets.

But after many repairs and reinforcements by him, the city wall did not live up to the gold coins he threw out, and it still stood majestically.

Of the 3,000 elites guarding Fort Calle, there are less than a thousand left at the moment.

This meat grinder-like siege took a huge toll on both sides.

According to Renard's estimates, Saladin's army left 5,000 corpses under the walls of Fort Calle, at least!

Trembling and propping himself up with his sword, Reynard awoke the soldiers sleeping at the head of the city, and said, "Get up and have something to eat, this is the time for the Saracens to worship, and they will attack us when they are done." ”

The tired soldiers woke up.

There were also many wounded soldiers, who could not wake up after a night.

The soldiers had long been numb to this, and they didn't even bother to carry the corpse of the robe.

Lady Stephanie, dressed in heroic knight's armor, carries a food box to the city wall.

She and Count Renard are both politically married, but emotionally, they can be regarded as a love match.

When Renard was young, he was known for his handsomeness.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible to become the Archduke of Antioch and the Count of Transjordan by virtue of his appearance.

She looked at Count Renard with some distress, and said in a low voice, "When will the reinforcements from the Renard Kingdom arrive?" ”

"It may be that the Courier has been intercepted, they can't sit idly by and watch Cahleborg be taken by the Saracens, believe me, maybe they will be on the hillside over there soon."

Count Renard pointed into the distance and forced a smile.

Calebberg has been isolated for a long time.

The messengers were sent out in droves, but none of them succeeded.

In fact, he sent messengers to allow them to leave, just as Saladin wanted.

Because the more urgent the Count of Renard urged, the more likely it was that the crusaders would show their flaws, but the situation did not turn out as Saladin had hoped.

At this time, he found Lady Stephanie, looking in amazement in the direction of his finger, and she grabbed Renard's shoulder with some loss: "Look, that. That flag, it should be our people, right? ”

"Black, one-headed eagle?"

Count Renard's eyes widened.

A moment later, a familiar figure that he hated a little, but at this moment, it seemed to be as kind as a god descending from the earth, appeared on the hillside.

He held aloft the banner of the eagle in his hand and waved it at the head of the castle of Calleburg.

Behind him, one tall knight figure after another gradually surfaced.

Count Renard almost jumped up: "Heavenly Father is above! Heavenly Father is above! Reinforcements finally arrived, it was Baron Lothar of Jogrusburg, I know this guy, a powerful cavalry officer, he came just in time! ”

Lady Stephanie looked worried: "Even Baron Lothar has arrived, and Humphrey must be too, he is a brave knight who is pious and jealous, and will be the first to charge the infidels." ”

Count Renard pursed his lips and did not speak.

I secretly said in my heart, if your filial son was really as you said, he would have led the army of Montreal to support him a long time ago.

The cavalrymen who came one after another, dressed in various smocks, climbed the sand dunes and faced the huge camp that stretched for dozens of miles in front of the Kahler Fort.

As if he had already known the news of the arrival, Saracen's camp did not make any drastic response, still waiting for the dragon slayer warriors to come here like a dragon entrenched in the mountains, and be burned to slag by its raging dragon breath.

That's all for these two shifts today.,I'm going to adjust my work and rest.,I'm very sorry.。

(End of chapter)