People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 112
With the arrival of the last crusader, the decisive battle with Saladin has also entered the countdown.

The army spent three days in Montreal to recover its strength.

In the early morning of the fourth day, with the arrival of another request letter from Kaleburg, Baldwin IV finally convened an "imperial meeting" to divide the lords and knights' armed forces into affiliation relationships.

Every knight and noble, more or less, will have their own private armed forces, and these private armed forces need to be organized into a team according to their occupation.

Such as light infantry company, engineering company, cavalry company, light cavalry company, etc.

Nearly [-] crusaders marched towards Kaleburg in mighty force.

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

But during this journey, the oasis is more sparse, and it is more difficult to obtain supplies.

Baldwin IV was not a reckless man like Guy. He did not march rashly, but brought sufficient supplies, and almost emptied the entire granary, water pots, and pack animals in Montreal.

The follow-up logistics team will continue to transport supplies to Montreal, a transfer station, and then replenish them to the front line.

Due to adequate preparations, the historical battle of Harding will definitely not be repeated.

But no one knew whether the crusader army, which was only able to gather [-] troops when it was dispatched out of all its nests, was the opponent of the Saracens army, which could only dispatch [-] troops due to poor supplies.

Lothar rode an Arabian warhorse.

He covered his mouth and nose with a gauze, and the pervasive wind and sand penetrated his body along his neckline and sleeves.

Everyone is disheartened.

Fringilla sat on the carriage somewhat sleepily, not wanting to move.

Banruo still stays with Lothar, and after the initial embarrassing time, Lothar has become a little used to it now.

Scorching sun.

From time to time, the soldiers would take a sip or two of water bags. Their steps were heavy, and everyone was looking forward to jumping into the clear water and taking a good swim.

Looking at the imperial chariot guarded by the Chinese army from a distance, he sighed softly.

Baldwin IV made two plans for him that day. One was that if the army was defeated and Saladin's army was seriously injured, he would make Lothar the regent of Jerusalem and supervise the city defense of Jerusalem.

The second is that if the army wins, it will bring the power of the victory to "death" the Leonards and his wife, and then all the Earls of Transjordan except Hebron will be sealed to Lothar.

There are three more, Baldwin IV did not say it.

But Lothar knew very well that the third was the disastrous defeat of the Crusaders, and the army under Saladin's command was not injured at all, so he could only return to Europe in despair.

Jerusalem did not use the "reserve fund" funded by the former Albion King to strengthen the city defense as in the history of Lothar's previous life. After losing most of his elite, he could not hold Jerusalem.

The march was dull and tedious.

Baldwin IV handed over command of all armored cavalry, that is, heavy cavalry companies, to Lothar.

Although his qualifications are not enough to convince everyone, the Royal Knights and the Jerusalem Knights alone have a total of [-] armored cavalry, which accounts for half of the cavalry.

With the assistance of Baron Godfrey, and the fact that he spent two days in a friendly "discussion" with the knights, he was able to successfully bring this cavalry unit under control.

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

Cavalry as the hammer, infantry as the anvil.

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

The army marched for two days.

From time to time, the cavalry team of the Crusaders could find the scout cavalry of the other side wandering far away beside the army, and the light cavalry sent to drive them could not touch their side at all.

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

With such investigative methods, it is simply impossible to fight the battle from the rear when the Saracens stormed Kaleburg.

Ahead, there was finally a green shade again.

The soldiers cheered and jumped for joy.

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

Lothar shook his head and said: "Your Majesty will not allow us to camp here. The oasis is closer to Saladin's army. No one can guarantee whether they have poisoned here."

"According to the speed of our march, we may meet Saladin's army tomorrow. Your Majesty will not take such a risk."

Sure enough, the order to continue marching came out soon.

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

Calleburg.

Early the next morning.

Earl Leonard opened his eyes wearily, his eyelids were almost stuck with dried blood, and there was a hideous scar on his cheek.

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

He looked around and saw that the once fortified city defenses had been destroyed by the Saracens' trebuchets.

However, after many repairs and reinforcements by him, the reinforced city wall did not fail to live up to the gold coins he had thrown out, and it still stood majestically.

Of the 1000 elite guarding Kaleburg, there are less than [-] left at this moment.

This meat grinder-like siege battle caused huge losses to both sides.

According to Leonard's estimation, the army under Saladin's command left at least [-] corpses under the walls of Kaleburg!
Leonard tremblingly propped up his body with his sword. He loudly woke up the soldiers sleeping at the top of the city, and said: "Get up and eat something. This time is when the Saracens are praying. We're on the offensive."

The tired soldiers woke up one after another.

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 Pao Ze's body.

Lady Stephanie, wearing a heroic knight armor, climbed up the city wall with a food box.

She and Earl Leonard are married politically, but emotionally, they are also like-minded.

When Leonard was young, he was famous for being handsome.

Otherwise, it is impossible to rely on the advantages of appearance to become the Grand Duke of Antioch and the Earl of Transjordan.

She looked at Earl Leonard with some distress, and whispered: "When will the reinforcements from the Kingdom of Leonard arrive?"

"It may be that the messenger was intercepted. It is impossible for them to sit back and watch Kaleburg be taken by the Saracens. Believe me, maybe they will appear on the hillside over there soon."

Earl Leonard pointed into the distance and forced a smile.

Kaleburg has been an isolated city for a long time.

The messengers were sent out batch after batch, but none of them returned successfully.

In fact, he sent messengers, which was exactly what Saladin wanted, so he allowed the messengers to leave.

Because the more eager Earl Leonard urged, the more likely the Crusaders would reveal their flaws, but the development of the situation did not go as Saladin hoped.

At this time, he found Countess Stephanie, looking at the direction of his finger in surprise, and she grabbed Leonard's shoulder with some worries: "Look, that...that flag should belong to us, right? "

"Black, one-headed eagle?"

Earl Leonard's eyes widened.

A moment later, a familiar figure that disgusted him a little, but looked like a god descending from the earth, appeared on the hillside.

He raised the single-headed eagle flag in his hand and waved it towards the city of Kaleburg.

Behind him, one tall knight figure after another gradually emerged from the "water surface".

Earl Leonard almost jumped up: "Father is above! Father is above! The reinforcements have finally arrived. It is Baron Lothar of Fort Joglius. I know this guy. He is a powerful cavalry officer. He came just in time! "

Countess Stephanie showed a worried look on her face: "Even Baron Lothar is here, and Humphrey must be there too. He is a brave knight who is devout and hates evil. He will definitely be the first to charge the heretics."

Earl Leonard curled his lips and said nothing.

I thought to myself, if that filial son of yours really told you what he said, he should have led the Montreal army to support him long ago.

The cavalry came one after another, wearing all kinds of blouses, they boarded the sand dunes, facing the huge camp that stretched for tens of miles in front of Fort Kale.

It seems that they have already known the news of the coming person, and Saracen's camp did not respond violently. It is still like a giant dragon entrenched in the mountains, waiting for the dragon slaying warriors to come here and be burned by its raging dragon breath into dross.

　There are only two updates today, I have to adjust my schedule, I am very sorry.

　
(End of this chapter)