The Empire has never been sacred 7, and the Empire has never been sacred 5th Alliance of Saladin (Please vote for the second update)

The Norman Hussars who first landed, had more than 4,000, respectively, from the First Hussar Legion, and the Norman Emperor directly belonged to the various thousand-man teams of the Hussar Legion (high-quality text starts, all in %). They were not of different origins, and they did not mean to gather together. In fact, the orders given to them did not engage in a head-on position war with the Arabs. Egel just wanted to use the actions of this group of elite Hussars to let Saladin, Egypt, and everyone in the holy land know the arrival of him, the emperor of the Norman Empire and the commander of the crusades.

And even in this case, Saladin sent tens of thousands of Arab light cavalry several times more than the Normans to fight to drive away the enemy. The desert king also understood Egil's meaning. He also understood that the Crusaders and Christian pagan army had not arrived. What he did now should not be the entire army to be dispatched. He exposed his true strength - although many of his subordinates thought so. They believed that they should take advantage of the faction and department level before the other army had been assembled, and sweep the entire holy land with superior forces. All Christian territories that refused to surrender were destroyed to rectify the interior of the holy land.

However, Saladin didn't think so. The cunning Egyptian Caliph had already anticipated the prosperity of the crusades. Even if he fought for his family, the best result would be a loss. Even if he could win, it would be no good for the country - after all, not everyone wanted Egil to have a cheating device with a systematic violent soldier. The soldiers of other countries were all adult men in China, but they were all valuable production labor. Nowadays, except for the large empire that occupied a huge area and had a huge number of soldiers, a large number of troops could be drawn to fight, and he didn't care if he lost a hundred thousand, or a veteran power like Tang, or a country like Marathi, located in the densely populated South Asian subcontinent. Other countries, except for a few particularly powerful princesses, cherish their soldiers very much and do not want to lose too much in the war.

Although Saladin now looks like a glory on the surface, the halo and glory of the Saladin, the messenger of the Holy Land, the Great Muslim hero, etc., are pressing towards him one after another. However, in fact, the situation in Egypt is not actually very good.

Although Saladin is Egypt's well-deserved king, and even the Sunni Caliphs are in great power. In fact, within his country, just like other feudal countries of this era, there are also a large number of separatist forces - although, the most prosperous and densely populated areas of Egypt such as Cairo and Alexander, as well as the developed agricultural areas of the Mesopotamus, Mecca and the Holy City of Medina, these most essential areas in the country are all managed by the governor directly appointed by Saladin.

However, the vast majority of other parts of Egypt, those more vast, but more barren and secondary territories, are in the hands of the Arab chiefs who are self-righteous and local nobles. They have strong independence, have their own administrative, judicial and financial powers, and control the armies of their respective tribes. Saladin relies on them, and he needs the army and donations provided by those tribes. But Saladin also does not trust them. He believes that once he loses too much of his trusted troops or shows a certain weakness, the chief nobles will leave him and betray him without hesitation.

There were no flaws outside the empire. Back then, Saladin's lord, the descendants of the lord of Saladin and the holy king, were still on earth. From a legal perspective, Saladin was a traitor. Even if he defeated Jerusalem before, the stain would not be cleaned. Although he spent a lot of effort to find Nurdin's descendants and kill them, those people seemed to have evaporated from the world. Saladin suspected that these political enemies might have been sheltered by some strange nobles to wait for the time of the day, or fled abroad and collected by his neighbors to be a strange commodity.

Regardless of which of these two ideas are, in short, Saladin knew that after his failure - or death, these people would emerge to oppose themselves. They would take the banner of Damascus orthodoxy (high-quality text starts, all in %) and overthrow his rule.

Internal and external troubles...

Therefore, Saladin did not want to fight hard. He also had to keep his army and his family to defend his rule and the stability of imperial power. Therefore, he would stick to the city and deal with the upcoming crusaders with a defensive attitude.

Therefore, Jerusalem is like a large construction site. The army of the Saladin, as well as the Jerusalemites whom he forcibly expelled the signs, are strengthening the defense of the Jerusalem city for days.

However, Saladin was still not satisfied with this - if the strategy of taking the initiative proposed by some generals was the worst in Saladin's eyes, then the strategy of sticking to Jerusalem that he now implemented can only be regarded as a central strategy. The strategy that Saladin himself wanted to implement most should be to indent his army into the desert. Just like in the Battle of Harding, he introduced the Crusaders into the desert, waiting until they were on the verge of collapse due to thirst and heat, and then he fought to defeat it.

However, today is different from the past. At that time, Saladin attacked Jerusalem, and he was the side of the attack. If he could do it or not, he would withdraw. However, now, he has a great city in Jerusalem. If he fled without fighting and retreated into the desert, the entire Islamic world would call him a coward. Hundreds of millions of believers poked their backbone together. Even the king of the desert could not bear it.

"But fortunately, the target of the Crusader was Jerusalem - it was Jerusalem. You just need to defend Jerusalem." Saladin was struggling like this, upset that his strategy could not be realized, and comforted himself again: "No matter what, the garrison side will take advantage of the attacking side. Jerusalem has attracted worldwide attention, with a high city and a deep pool. Our army has strong military strength, high morale, and sufficient supplies. However, the other party came from afar, and the geography and climate were not familiar with it. The army would not surpass the elite Arabs under my command... In addition, would the Western and cunning Franks really sacrifice their lives for their faith like devout Muslims? I don't think so, that Allah blesses and victory belongs to us."

With such thoughts and circumstances, Saladin received a piece of news that he didn't know whether it should be called good or bad:

It is called good news because the Arab light cavalry won the victory against the Normans. Under the attack of tens of thousands of Arab light cavalry, the Norman Hussars suffered certain setbacks due to climate and soil problems, and eventually had to retreat back and eventually retreated to their landing site. Now the largest crusad city-state in the holy land, the territory of the Antioch Grand Duchy.

The bad news is because although he won at the strategic level (high-quality text starts, all in %), the Norman Hussars performed quite well in every tactical level battle. He completely compared the Arab light cavalry. Although he finally successfully forced the Norman Hussars to retreat, the Arab army ultimately paid much more than the Hussars... A total of more than 3,000 light cavalry were killed. He was seriously injured and disabled, so many thousands of people had to withdraw from the army. He was seriously injured and unable to go to the battlefield in recent times. This is also the same number - this is due to the pretty good news in the Islamic world and the help of the medical system... and the Norman Hussars suffered less than a thousand casualties.

"Although the vanguard troops are usually stronger than the main forces. But..." Saladin was a little frowning: "If the pagan army rushing to the holy land is of this level, then fighting may be difficult."

The Norman Hussars' outstanding performance knocked out five thousand Arab light cavalry that Saladin was proud of. While sowing the reputation of the holy land, Saladin also strengthened his strategy and insisted on Jerusalem. Relying on the city walls and defense system, gradually and slowly consumed the combat power of the Crusaders.

Of course, guarding Jerusalem does not mean that one is stupid enough to sit in the lonely city. In addition to constantly strengthening Jerusalem's city defense after obtaining the holy land, recruiting other crusading city-states and territories to divide and disintegrate the Franks' forces, Saladin also formulated a complete set of tactics to deal with the crusaders.

First of all, the Egyptian navy and the Barbary pirates who spent a lot of money would block the crusaders' fleets in the coastal areas of Syria and try to attack Cyprus, which had been occupied by the crusaders. If the opponent's fleet can be defeated directly, the next landing battle would be very simple, and you could even win without a fight. But Saladin heard again that this time the Crusade seemed to be the Eastern Roman Empire. So, perhaps the Egyptian navy and the Barbary navy might not win. So, it would be good to be able to make the opponent suffer heavy losses.

In the next landing battle, Saladin will send his elite archers and cavalry troops to form a joint strangling force with such archers and Arab light cavalry. He wanders in the desert, harass and attacks the crusaders, allowing them to continue to lose their power. Perhaps at this time, the crusaders will retreat and return to their land and valleys.

If this is the case, the Crusaders would still insist on attacking Jerusalem. Then Saladin would teach them a lesson with the high and deep city of Jerusalem. He would continue to send elite troops to attack the supply line behind the other side, so that these pagans would die on the edge of the holy city in hunger and despair.

It's pretty beautiful...(To be continued)

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