People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 394 Kurds
He is not as confident as others think.

Leaving Jaffa all the way to the east, Lothar encountered many pilgrim teams along the way. They spontaneously joined the army and received spears and shields from the local lord or the arsenal of the monastery. Women in small towns and villages all Sew the burqa overnight.

It is worth mentioning that almost all low-level soldiers will be equipped with a shield without exception. Even if it is just a piece of wood that has been cut by an axe, it can still double their survivability on the battlefield.

Of course, just a shield is absolutely impossible to turn a conscripted old farmer into a Greek-style infantry in the classical era. This is just the cheapest way to enhance defense. time.

In the Crusades, almost everyone from the bottom sergeant to the upper lord was equipped with a shield.

These talents are qualified to say that they have mastered the skill of using shields, which can be used for defense as well as offense.

Slightly better shields will have an upper layer of leather wrapped around the edges.

Even better, iron sheets will be used to hoop the edges and the center to prevent it from cracking due to heavy blows.

The best one is the one where the entire shield is covered with iron sheets and decorated with various decorations.

Pure iron shields are only the small round shields used by the imperial cavalry, because they are too heavy and affect the battle too much.

But the cavalry under Lothar's command often don't wear shields, because their armor is good enough, especially the armored cavalry. All of them have armor and can fully resist the bows and arrows that the Saracens are good at.

The eclipse is also armor piercing.

This one-horned nightmare horse has a size that far exceeds that of ordinary mounts. Walking in front of the team, everyone who sees it will subconsciously exclaim the classic sentence: "Oh-my God!"

The armor worn by the solar eclipse was tailor-made, with scales sewn together on its black skin, and a horse helmet with a hollow unicorn, which perfectly fitted the unicorn on top of its head.

For it, such a piece of equipment provided less defensive power, more to cover up its appearance that was completely different from that of ordinary war horses.

With the strength of a solar eclipse, the weight of a pair of horse armor is really nothing.

It's just that as a dark creature, Eclipse, like Fringilla, doesn't like the sunny weather in the Holy Land all day long, so there is an extra layer of white silk horse clothes on the horse armor to protect it from the sun.

The coat of arms is painted with his double-headed eagle coat of arms, and the neck and sides are eye-catching yellow crosses, which represent the identity of the Grand Master of the Knights of Saint Lazarus.

The Knights of St. Lazarus is the collective name after the merger of the "Teutonic Knights" and "The Order of Saint Lazarus". Both are represented by a yellow cross.

Jeanna wore a silver armor and a blue sunshade cloak, and rode up to Lothar: "How does it feel to be boasted?"

Lothar smiled a little reservedly: "I really didn't expect so many people to admire me."

"Is your vanity satisfied?"

Jeanne is used to this. She also received this treatment when she led the French to defeat the British army for the first time.

"I thought more people would be jealous of me."

Jeanna thought about it and said, "Probably the gap is too big, so I can't feel any jealousy. Moreover, I think you satisfy all people's fantasies about knights."

"How to say?"

Jeanne explained: "From a landless knight without a fief who rose like lightning and was followed by a group of witches, even King Arthur was not personally followed by the fairy of the lake."

"Oh, just a lucky boy."

Lothar laughed at himself. He never felt how great he was. Without systematic help, he is at best a little baron who has just conferred a territory.

"Yes, there are so many people who respect me, but to be honest, I'm not confident that I can defeat Saladin. He has recruited many spellcasters under his command."

Jeanna raised her hand and waved to Celinina in the distance: "Don't forget that spellcasters in this world are most afraid of the anti-devil gold. With our chief assassin Celinina, as long as it is not a legendary tier... The caster of the spell, whoever comes and who dies."

The movement skills of coming and going without a trace, coupled with the choking silence, the attack power of the lone wolf and wolf poison potion, and the restraint of the caster by the magic resistance gold, even Anna, if she didn't arrange the magic circle in advance , or have the home field advantage in Constantinople, if you can teleport at will, there is a high probability that you will hate Celinina's sneak attack.

Jeanna patted Lothar on the shoulder: "Anyway, relax, let's join hands, you will be the overlord of King's Landing Levant sooner or later, and if you want to occupy Constantinople, I will fight it for you .”

The action was a bit funny, because the eclipse was a head taller than the grapes, and Jeanne was not as tall as Lothar, so she had to step on the stirrups and stand on tiptoe to pat Lothar on the shoulder.

Lothar was a little surprised: "Why are you so gentle all of a sudden?"

Jeanna smiled and said: "Aren't you used to being gentle with you? It's nothing more than seeing that you are under a lot of pressure these days, so I can comfort you."

"To comfort me, we can secretly find a place where no one is there tonight."

Jeanna suddenly asked in surprise, "Hanruo, why are you here?"

Lothar turned his head suddenly, only to realize that although Prajna in the distance was looking at him, he was still far away from the two of them.

"Hahaha."

Rang Na laughed and said, "You're so scared, why don't you do this kind of thing secretly at a time like this? Prajna is like a puppy protecting food now, she's always staring at you."

...

After half a day on the road, it was noon.

Knight Stephen suddenly steered his mount, ran to Lothar and said, "My lord, the scouts have come to report. They found a Crusaders plundering the Saracens caravan."

Lothar was stunned for a moment, and said helplessly, "Are they going to the Holy Land to do business at this time, are they crazy?"

Stephen Knight said helplessly: "Maybe I haven't heard the news yet."

He also felt a little tricky about this kind of thing.

The two countries have officially declared war, let alone looting a caravan, even massacring the city, there is no way to blame it.

He can't stop everyone from getting rich, can he?

That is easy to become the target of public criticism, which is not in line with Lothar's usual style.

"Let's wait and see what happens and don't interfere."

Lothar gave the order, rode his horse to a small hillside, and watched the battle below.

"Wait, the flags they are flying seem familiar."

Lothar carefully identified it for a while, and suddenly felt that the cavalry who were rushing to the front and fighting with the Crusaders looked familiar, whether it was equipment, combat style, or flags, they all seemed familiar.

Kurds?

He was deeply impressed by the Kurdish cavalry led by Abdullah who were skilled in bow and horse.

That is definitely a combat force not inferior to the elite Mamluks.

But didn't they go north to follow Saleh, the heir of the Zanji dynasty?

Could it be that after Saleh was defeated, people like Abdullah fled Saladin's territory and took refuge in Jerusalem?This is logical, after all, only Saladin's enemies would come to Jerusalem at this time.

Seeing that the Kurdish cavalry were fighting with the Crusader knights outside the fort made up of caravan carriages.

Lothar turned back and shouted: "Prajna, Jeanna, you two come with me, Knight Stephen, order the army to stand by and don't act rashly."

Immediately, Yiqi Juechen rushed down the hillside.

(End of this chapter)