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Chapter 115 Surrounding
"Zahir!"

When Adil led the armored cavalry up the hill, he only saw Zahir's face, which was full of gray and defeated colors.

He called him several times before Zahir came back to his senses.

Not only Zahir, most of the cavalry under his command came from various chiefdoms, and the will to fight was not very tenacious.

Seeing the bravery of the Franks, they were almost frightened. If Lothar led the cavalry to charge again, they would definitely flee in all directions.

Adil reprimanded sharply: "Zahir, what are you still doing? Don't you want to wash away the shame of defeat?"

"Let this cavalry go back to rest, and bring your cavalry to support. We must get rid of this Frankish cavalry as soon as possible!"

Zahir woke up like a dream.

The loss of more than a hundred light cavalry, and most of them were cavalry sent by the Tunisian chiefdom to participate in the jihad, had little impact on the entire battle situation!

Whether it is the black slave soldiers of Hijaz, Yemen, Tunisia or Abyssinesia, they are not the core strength of Saladin. Even if they are completely lost, they will only reduce the power of those chiefdoms.

He led the Qingqi back quickly. These cavalry had completely lost their will to fight, and staying on the battlefield would be just a burden!
Lothar led the cavalry in a circle and joined the cavalry led by Baron Godfrey.

Their faces were full of joy, and someone said loudly: "Brand leader, why don't we continue to charge? I haven't killed enough yet!"

"Haha, these cowardly pagans dare to confront us. Even if we are empty-handed, our mounts can crush them."

"You guys are having fun, but we can only watch the show here!"

The cavalry who followed Baron Godfrey as a reserve team shouted dissatisfiedly and wanted to fight together.

Lothar shouted: "Don't worry, Saladin's cavalry is more than five times that of ours. In this battle, I guarantee that everyone will have a good time."

"The cavalry that just passed by is temporarily placed under the command of Baron Godfrey. You stay and rest, restore your horsepower, and send scouts to observe the movement of the enemy cavalry at any time, and be ready to respond at any time."

"The rest, follow me to charge again, and drive off the armored cavalry who just rushed up the hillside!"

Lothar waved the armed sword in his hand, and a group of cavalry spontaneously followed him to charge.

As soon as Adil climbed to the top of the mountain, he was frightened by the crusader cavalry who were screaming and fighting fiercely in front of him.

"Aren't these monsters feeling tired?"

He didn't know that this cavalry was not the same as the one that charged for the first time. When he saw Lothar and his hussars, he subconsciously thought it was the same.

Lothar took advantage of the trapezoidal slope. Although Adil rushed up the hill, for Lothar, he was still on a flat surface.

boom--

The two steel torrents collided suddenly.

The armored cavalry who hadn't mentioned the speed of the horse, in the confrontation between the two cavalry, although they relied on good martial arts and high morale, they were not quickly defeated.

But the situation is getting worse for them.

After this round of charge.

The Mamluk cavalry left dozens of corpses, but the cavalry under Lothar's command suffered very little loss.

Lothar led the cavalry again, circled a large circle, followed the path of the Mamluk cavalry, and surrounded them to the side.

"Don't let them run away!"

Behind Adil, the commander of another Mamluk cavalry shouted loudly.

Adil had no time to stop him, so he could only watch helplessly as the new Mamluk cavalry, following the retreating Crusader cavalry, frantically urged their mounts, trying to keep up.

But soon, they discovered that in the billowing smoke and dust in front of them, the heavy cavalry of the Crusaders who were supposed to be in a retreat had turned their horses around at some point and came out again.

Caught off guard, a large number of Mamluks were thrown off their mounts by lances, and they were quickly defeated, leaving behind dozens of corpses and retreating in embarrassment.

In fact, these cavalry who rushed out were all left behind by Lothar, another team of cavalry commanded by Godfrey.

It was a hearty victory.

Two rounds of charges killed nearly 150 elite Mamluk cavalry at the cost of only a dozen people.

You must know that only a quarter of all the Mamluks under Saladin's command are equipped cavalry.

The morale of the Crusader knights suddenly skyrocketed.

"Geng Zheng said it bluntly, I would rather die than lie!"

Lothar raised the armed sword in his hand and shouted.

The knights and attendants responded one after another: "Geng Zheng speaks out, I would rather die than lie!"

"Protecting the weak is worthy of Heaven's law!"

"In front of a strong enemy, be fearless and fearless!"

"Courageous and loyal, worthy of Heavenly Father!"

"Knights, squires, cavalrymen, remember your oath, I know you may have conflicts with each other, or come from different places, and speak different languages, but today, we are all knights under the command of the Father, for the kingdom, for the Jerusalem, to the death of King Baldwin!"

"Until you die!"

The knights shouted in unison.

The Frankish knights never lacked in courage, even the mortal enemy Saracens, and the records emphatically described that they had nothing but "barbaric and brave".

Lothar was very relieved that in the first round of charge, the knights obeyed his orders, instead of just letting go like Erha.

The eye-catching feathers of the hussars played the role of a "flag", and the rest of the knights would spontaneously follow the hussars clustered around Lothar.

Lothar led the team to rest here for a while, his face changed slightly.

He didn't have the perspective of God, so he didn't know that at this moment, the black Mamluk cavalry was rushing towards both sides of the Crusaders like a tide, and the goal was to outflank the cavalry under his command.

But Lothar could hear the majestic and dense sound of horseshoes like war drums, and he could also see the long yellow sand thrown up by the cavalry galloping.

"Knights, follow me!"

He didn't have to explain his intentions, they just had to follow the plumes of the hussars beside him and charge.

At this time, the Mamluk cavalry had rushed out from both sides of the Crusaders' phalanx, and they did not suppress the Crusaders' phalanx by cavalry and shooting.

Because the Crusader infantry led by Baldwin IV, unlike the Royal Knights, had only a few Armenian slingers.

They included a large number of foot archers and mercenary crossbowmen.

The accuracy and range of the riding bow are far inferior to the infantry bow. Under the cover of the crusaders' shield formation, unless the Mamluks are crazy, it is impossible to stop their mounts and shoot at the infantry bow.

Their target is always the Crusader cavalry led by Lothar!
As long as this cavalry is eliminated, they will be able to free up their hands to do their best to support the frontal infantry in combat. At that time, whether it is back charging or back shooting, they will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

In the Saracens' main formation.

Saladin was holding a porcelain bowl and drinking a bowl of ice water. He did not intervene in the front line command casually. He knew very well that he was not a genius in military affairs.

It is impossible for him to do the micro-manipulation method of moving the spear up three centimeters.

Therefore, in this battle, most of the generals such as Adil and Zahir will play on their own, and he can coordinate the overall situation.

The orderly returns.

Saladin stopped the news and frowned slightly: "This Baron Lothar is actually more difficult than his father?"

In front of them, there is a Mamluk light and heavy cavalry that has been ready for battle. Roughly counted, there are at least 500 people.

The siege of the Saracens began as early as the first round of confrontation between Lothar and the light cavalry led by Zahir.

"Damn it, the whole army is now overwhelmed? Don't the Saracens know that they should keep the reserve team?"

"No, you have to jump out of the encirclement."

Lothar's mind changed sharply, but in the end he followed the "beast instinct" and chose the most reckless path - directly crashing into it!

When this group of cavalry ran here, they were also exhausted.

Lothar's cavalry and Fringila gave "hormone", but not on the other side.

At this time, if we make a detour, the distance to go will be far away. In case of being entangled by the enemy, the Saracen cavalry can crush 800 of his men to death just by virtue of their numerical advantage!

"Whether it's nobles, knights or servants, everyone, charge with me!"

"Kill all the heretics!"

Sure enough, when you get closer, you can see that the cavalry on the opposite side are sweating profusely, and when they raise the momentum of charging, they are obviously much slower.

(End of this chapter)