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"Ah."

Fulingira asked in surprise, "My lord, what are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at Rauf for being reckless, and Zayn is not wise. If he wants to gather reinforcements and lure snakes out of the cave, he shouldn't intercept all the scouts. In this way, fools will know that there is a problem."

"If I were him, I would intercept some scouts and release some scouts. It would be best to spread the news that Rang Na and the hussars were surrounded and urgently needed support."

Banruo frowned slightly: "It's not easy to surround Rang Na and the hussars and force them to ask for help."

"indeed."

Lothar paused slightly, and asked, "Hans, how many militiamen have we recruited now?"

Hans replied: "There are only about 800 new farmers and soldiers who have gone through simple queue training and converted to righteous faith, and the rest have more than [-] people who volunteered to help us defend the city."

Lothar nodded slightly.

Among the more than 1 people in Ella Port, [-] militiamen were conscripted from the majority of the converts, which is a normal ratio for the city defenders.

In some city-states, all adult males can be recruited for military service.

Because even if it is a war in Europe, everyone is a Christian brother. On the day the city is broken, there must be a lot of looting and massacres.

Like Lothar, after occupying Port Ella, he almost did nothing to the civilians. Looking at the whole world, it is definitely extremely rare.

Everyone's interests are bound, so they are naturally willing to die.

"It seems that Rauf's brutal reputation has helped us a lot."

Hans whispered: "My lord, don't you think your reputation is very good?"

Lothar has a series of positive nicknames such as the generous, the guardian of the holy land, and the brave.

But these are the fame in the world of Christ.

In the world of Zoroastrianism, there is no one who does not fear his cruelty and violence if he has a certain wealth and status in the local area.

The land was occupied by the rest of the Crusader princes, and they still have the possibility to continue to maintain their rule by donating money and becoming taxpayers.

And if Lothar occupies the land, they will either have to leave their homes, or they will definitely be cleared.

This is confirmed by one bloody example after another.

Lothar sighed lightly: "I know, so in the short term, I have no plans to continue to expand externally at all."

Hans said in a low voice, "But my lord, the timing is just right now. It would be a pity if you don't eat the meat delivered to your mouth."

Lothar said with deep conviction: "Indeed, if most of the enemies can be wiped out in this battle, Rauf's territory in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula can almost be said to be at your fingertips."

"This is not a big cake. Even if the Sinai Peninsula is completely unified, it is not as good as Trans-Jordan, but it is still difficult for us to swallow it in one bite."

Lothar's existing power is still a bit thin when it is distributed among the various territories.

He needs a period of stable development.

Standing aside, Coors, who was as silent as a ghost, suddenly said, "Perhaps, you can consider bringing the rest of the nobles from Transjordan to the table."

"People who like to eat alone are not so likable."

Lothar gave a "hmm", nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."

"In fact, I already have a rough plan for this. After defeating this enemy army, I will recruit the vassals of Transjordan to attack the Sinai Peninsula."

"At the same time, I plan to recruit the noble children of Transjordan, that is, the second son of the family who has no right to inherit the territory, to swear allegiance to me and become an imperial knight."

"The newly conquered territory, I will give it to them to repay the price for inviting them to send troops."

Coors was taken aback.

Hearing this, Lothar's plan can already be seen in full.

If the fiefdoms were entrusted to unrooted knights, it would be difficult for them to control their fiefdoms. Single-handedly, they would not be able to make those fierce Bedouin nomads submit.

This makes them have to rely on Lothar's strength.

This helps Lothar to centralize power, but Lothar chose to enfeoff because there was no excess power to distribute to the newly occupied land.

And entrusting these well-established knights—the families they came from will definitely do their best to help them grasp the newly acquired territory.

Even if the family business will be passed on to the eldest son in the future, they don't mind seeking a fief for their second son.

Because the more titles a family has, it is very beneficial to the inheritance of the whole family.

Werner's ability to match Otto with a marriage with the Duke of Lower Lorraine is also related to Lothar's prestige in the Holy Land to a certain extent.

In this way, not only does Lothar not have to spend administrative resources for the newly occupied land, and bother to integrate the territory, he can also recruit these knights and his attendants when needed, and the army will fight for himself.

It can be called an empty glove white wolf.

Moreover, there is no need to worry about loyalty issues.

Your system does not allow me to use soldier templates to transform vassals, so you can't control me and prevent me from promoting ordinary knights to vassals, right?
The enemy army under the city has already begun to build camps.

The artisans accompanying the army unloaded the disassembled siege equipment from the truck and were assembling it, while the conscripted peasants and soldiers put down their weapons and went nearby with axes to cut down trees.

At this time.

In the enemy camp, dozens of Mamluk cavalry guarded a man wearing exquisite scale armor and a big red flame cloak as he drove out of the camp.

A black-armored Mamluk cavalry galloped out, came to the bottom of the city, and shouted: "Let your leader come out to meet the great Lord Rauf."

Lothar snorted, frowned and said, "Hans, at this distance, can the trebuchet installed on the tower hit Rauf?"

He didn't want to waste his mouth with Rauf.

This is not a war between nobles in continental Europe. Before the battle, there will be a wave of duels, and civilians will even be held accountable for killing nobles.

This is holy war.

Never die.

Hans came back soon: "The distance is not enough, but it is more than enough to shoot the Mamluk cavalry."

Lothar looked at the figure surrounded by Mamluks in the distance, and said with a sneer, "Forget it, there is no need to expose the accuracy of our trebuchets and ballistas just because of one person."

"Wait until they assemble the siege equipment and plan to attack, then fire."

He held down the saber at his waist, and murmured in a low voice: "Rauf, my subjects who were impaled by you are still waiting to be reunited with you."

in the wilderness.

Jeanna looked at the three huge manticore beasts gradually appearing in the distant sky, with a contemptuous smile on her face: "It's just that three beasts can't solve us—the enemy is coming soon!" .”

"Send the order, everyone, and prepare to meet the enemy."

Rauf is not an idiot, of course he is prepared to deal with the army of hussars.

Only by swallowing up this hussar cavalry who had already achieved great fame in the Holy Land, could Rauf completely relax and attack Ella Port.

Otherwise, let this lightly armed and heavy cavalry wreak havoc on their supply line, and before long, they would have to withdraw their troops because they ran out of food before the city was captured.

It seems to be in response to Jeanna's words.

In the distance, smoke and dust billowed.

Hundreds of light and heavy cavalry wearing black scale armor appeared on the hillside.

On the back road when the hussars came, there were also many Bedouin nomads riding dromedaries and wearing large desert robes, holding spears and round shields, approaching slowly.

Behind the sand dunes on both sides, there are also flags fluttering at the same time.

The light and heavy cavalry sent by Rauf to encircle and suppress Ronna totaled nearly a thousand people.

Of course, this includes a considerable number of Bedouin nomads.

They are just like the Magyar bandits that Lothar faced when he debuted. They have loose discipline and can only fight with the wind.

Jeanna's hearty laughter sounded: "Ha, these heretics actually want to surround us!"

The hussars looked contemptuous.

Surrounding means stretching the front line.

The line of defense against the powerful impact of the hussars will become thinner.

"Pierce them!"

The hussars shouted one after another.

The servants, who were still a little nervous at first, couldn't help but breathe a little bit of relief when they saw the hussars so high-spirited.

Jeanna raised her holy spear and shouted: "Husbands, listen to my orders, and charge in the name of the Heavenly Father and our lord Lothar!"