king of ros
Chapter 561 Alexander
Chapter 561 Alexander
Although it was said that the Egyptians' Nile defense line had been broken, for Edgar, this did not reassure him.
The capital of Egypt is still strong, and the emirs all over Egypt are ready to face the Crusaders. This is a land full of hostility, and most importantly, as the Crusaders leave the Nile, the river must be The Egyptian army is closed again, and the crusaders' retreat will be cut off.
But compared to these, Edgar's problem now is how to choose the next direction of siege.
At present, the Crusaders have two options. One is Alexandria, the economic center of Egypt. This city founded by Alexander the Great is still the center of Egypt today. Everyone who comes to the East knows its wealth.
And the other is Cairo, the capital of Egypt, the center of Egypt from ancient times to today, the largest city in Egypt, the most populous place in Egypt, where the pharaohs commanded the whole of Egypt, and now it is the residence of the Caliphate, a city of ancient and modern times. The place of handover.
These two cities are famous and giant cities in Egypt, no matter which one they win is extremely important, so now the Crusaders are facing a multiple-choice question, their strength is obviously only enough to win one of these two cities.
For this reason, several heated discussions were held within the Crusades. The radicals advocated directly advancing to Cairo. As long as Cairo was captured, the Muslims in Egypt would be disintegrated, and the Coptic sects who were watching would quickly fall to them.
The Moderates advocate the capture of Alexandria. As long as the economic center of Egypt falls into their hands, this huge city by the sea can bring a stable base for the Crusaders, and the Crusaders can also obtain it during the attack. Help from the Italian fleet.
There are supporters for both viewpoints, and no matter which side is speaking, it is very reasonable. This even caused a lot of disputes in the Crusader camp. People with different viewpoints attacked each other, and even almost fought.
Edgar himself undoubtedly belonged to the moderate group. In his opinion, it was too risky to directly advance to Cairo, and it was simply a gamble.
Egypt is different from the holy land with intricate forces. Here is the lord of the Fatimid Caliphate who has been operating for hundreds of years. It is impossible to expect the local emirs to send supplies. It is too difficult to collect supplies.
Not to mention the troops that the Fatimid caliphate could mobilize. According to Edgar's observation of the Nile defenders, the combat effectiveness of these guys far surpassed that of the Fatimid army that was always driven away by the Crusaders. It seems that the local combat has strengthened them combat effectiveness.
Just trying to convince everyone is a huge project. In order to convince the lords, Edgar and his father delayed for a full week.
However, during the week, the Crusaders were not idle at all. They continued to attack the surrounding areas and plundered the wealthy villages in the Nile Delta, and then they found that these villages were even richer than the ones they robbed on the right bank of the Nile.
The huge loot solved the low morale problem of the Crusaders caused by the upper-level quarrel. It seems that the Fatimid Caliph obviously believed that the Crusaders would not be able to break through his Nile defense line, so he did not start expropriating Egyptian villages at all, which allowed the Crusaders to pick up Got a big deal.
At the same time, during this week, the Italians helped Edgar. During the period when the Crusaders passed through the Sinai Peninsula, the fleets of the Italian city-states provided supplies and brought new Crusaders.
For these Italian commercial republics, taking Alexandria can contain the damn Fatima fleet and further expand their commercial scope, so they fully support Edgar.
It can be said that the Italian fleet came here for this purpose. If it weren't for wanting Alexandria to be in the hands of Christians, they would not have fought with the Fatima fleet in order to maintain the supplies of these British bumpkins.
Everyone is very aware of the importance of the Italian fleet to the Crusaders. Everyone is eating the food sent by the Italians. It is very clear that without them, the Crusaders will be hungry.
Therefore, the support of the Italians gave Edgar a great voice, coupled with a series of interest exchanges, the lords were finally persuaded by Edgar.
Finally, after solving a series of thorns, Edgar's crusaders were able to set off again, and their goal is very clear now, which is Alexandria.
The soldiers and people at the bottom didn't have much opinion on this. Most of them came from the good life promised by Edgar. In their view, it didn't matter whether it was in Alexandria or Cairo.
And many of the most radical Crusader nobles left the team. They formed their own team and went to besiege Cairo. In their view, it should not be too easy to deal with the Egyptians.
As for the fate of these people, the Crusaders didn't know until three months later, which made everyone dispel the idea of siege Cairo, because the Crusaders were not only defeated by the Fatimid army in Cairo, but the Egyptians also took these prisoners. All crucified, the so-called "let them die like their prophets."
After the decision was made, the Crusaders advanced quickly, and they quickly pushed to Alexandria, eating up everything that stood in their way along the way.
When Alexandria appeared in front of the people, everyone couldn't help but marvel at it. This is another famous city on the same level as Antioch and Jerusalem, and there is also a magnificent lighthouse that is regarded as a spectacle.
That means huge walls like every giant city has, and long sieges.
But the Crusaders were already prepared to besiege the city, and they also had the Italian fleet to block the sea.
In their view, this is a test given by God, and only by passing this test can they win a sweet victory.
Like Alexandria, in Aleppo and Damascus in the east, the Crusaders who besieged the city also had the same idea, but unlike the Crusaders who were still facing the threat of the Egyptian army, there was no such worries at all. The enemies are all inside the walls.
But this does not mean that these two cities are so easy to fight. A huge amount of defenders and a huge amount of food only means that this city will be extremely difficult to chew. The current Crusaders' attacks on these two cities have ended in failure. Finish.
So for the Crusaders, there is only one choice, and that is the traditional starving city.
Originally, this strategy was almost unfeasible in the Near East, which was full of hostility to the Crusaders, but because Monomakh's siege of Baghdad attracted the hatred of the entire Islamic world, the Crusaders could siege the city in such a leisurely manner.
During the ensuing siege, whether it was Alexandria, Aleppo or Damascus, there was a serious problem of soldiers fleeing, and there were always some people who didn't want to waste time on the siege.
If someone left the camp like this before the siege began, no one would care about it at all. The Crusaders were an army of volunteers, and it was entirely up to them whether to participate or not.
But the siege has begun, if you run away again, then the next step should be dealt with by military law, so many deserters were executed like this, but at this time the war monk spoke.
Under his suggestion, these criminals were filled into the famous Condemned Army, and the reason why this army is famous is that the Crusaders will completely squeeze out the use value of this army in wars, and let them perform various tasks. It is a dangerous task to use these people as livestock. Their situation is so miserable that even Muslims feel extremely miserable.
Besides this episode, the time of the siege was so boring. Apart from looking at the city wall in a daze every day, I still looked at the city wall in a daze, but it was much more exciting in Alexandria.
The Crusaders under the walls of Alexandria repelled three attacks from Cairo. Although the fighting power and willpower of the Egyptians were much tougher than when they left Egypt to fight, they still had to collapse in the face of cavalry attacks.
Relying on the flexible use of knights, Edgar was able to defeat the Egyptians again and again, but the reason why his hammer and anvil tactics were used so smoothly was the tenacity of the Ross people. The Ross infantry led by the two Rurik princes Always withstood the shock.
In the worst defeat of the Egyptians, even the Grand Vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate was killed, and this death sounded the death knell for the Alexandria defenders. The death of this Egyptian minister means that Cairo will open again. A power struggle, and until this power struggle is over, Cairo will not send a single soldier to Alexandria.
Although the defenders didn't know this yet, seeing their reinforcements constantly being defeated and the morale of the Egyptians behind the city walls getting lower and lower, they thought that the Caliph's army would rescue them no matter what, but now it seemed almost impossible.
With the loss of hope, the next problem of food shortages was also exposed. Unlike Aleppo and Damascus, which had long known that they would be besieged, Alexandria did not carry out any more food reserves.
As a large trading city, Alexandria's food supply relies heavily on daily imports. Food from overseas and the upper reaches of the Nile River is the source of life for the city. Now that the supply has been cut off, the problem may have erupted.
Although the Governor of Alexandria in Fatimid has been storing food for three months, it is only three months, and there are still a large number of profiteers and corrupt officials who steal food and resell it at high prices. Three months is almost gone.
The governor of Fatima began to restrict food for the residents, and his restriction caused a big problem. His restriction policy was different for different groups of people, because the Copts in the city got more food than Muslims. Much less, the disaffected Copts began to mobilize, and began to stir up discontent throughout the city, causing great disturbances in the city.
Originally, according to the war practice with Christians, Christians would be expelled before the war started, but because the Crusaders came too quickly, Alexandria did not have time to disperse the local Coptic believers, and then caused a big disaster for himself. trouble.
Alexandria was also the residence of an Orthodox Patriarch, that is, the Patriarch of Alexandria. The Coptic faction soon united with this Patriarch. They even began to secretly form their own armed forces and began a secret series.
But where in the world is there an impenetrable wall?The news of the secret formation of armed forces was quickly revealed to the governor of Fatima.
This led to a full-scale conflict. It is impossible for the governor to accept this kind of behavior that is no different from a rebellion. Could it be that the Coptic believers formed an armed force to protect him, the governor who deducted their food?It must be to open the door for the Crusaders!
At this time, the governor regrets nothing but regrets. Why didn't he just drive these Christians out?Now there is such trouble.
As a result, fire broke out in the city, and Muslims began to hunt and kill Coptic sects. These monophysites were regarded as traitors, and those who approached them would receive the same treatment.
It's just that they didn't expect that the Coptic believers had completed the assembly of most of the believers before everyone knew it, and the assembly point was their church.
It is not difficult for the Coptic sect to do this, because most monosexuals live near their churches, but it is done so quietly, it is enough to see that these guys have long harbored evil intentions.
At that time, the governor was still proud of his decision. It was because of his decisive action that these traitors were discovered in such a timely manner. If it was later in the evening, there might be big troubles.
But what happened next was completely different from what he had imagined.
As the Coptic believers gathered in the church, the defenders thought that this would just catch them all in one go, but to the Governor's surprise, these Coptic believers actually withstood their siege, and they stood tenaciously in the Coptic cathedral Against Mu. S. Lin.
There was such a big battle in the city, how could it be impossible to see it outside the city, and the Crusaders who saw this immediately launched a siege of the city, which put the defenders directly in the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy.
The Crusaders' siege equipment hit the city wall much more smoothly than in the past, and then countless soldiers rushed out.
Under such circumstances, the Crusaders successfully broke through the gates of Alexandria. Although they didn't know why the Islamic resistance was not as strong as it used to be, they broke through.
Needless to say what happened next, a massacre started like this, and the attackers in the country of hard-fought battles would inevitably use massacres to vent their inner pressure, and Alexandria is currently encountering this situation.
The Coptic believers directly avoided the massacre from the Crusaders due to their earlier assembly. Instead, they joined the massacre of the Crusaders, acting as a leading party for the Crusaders, and pointing out the hiding places of the Islamic believers.
For the high-level Crusaders, these killings are not that important. The important thing is that they finally took down such a city, which means that a new Crusader country will be born from it, and people care more about its interests distribute.
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8k completed
(End of this chapter)
Although it was said that the Egyptians' Nile defense line had been broken, for Edgar, this did not reassure him.
The capital of Egypt is still strong, and the emirs all over Egypt are ready to face the Crusaders. This is a land full of hostility, and most importantly, as the Crusaders leave the Nile, the river must be The Egyptian army is closed again, and the crusaders' retreat will be cut off.
But compared to these, Edgar's problem now is how to choose the next direction of siege.
At present, the Crusaders have two options. One is Alexandria, the economic center of Egypt. This city founded by Alexander the Great is still the center of Egypt today. Everyone who comes to the East knows its wealth.
And the other is Cairo, the capital of Egypt, the center of Egypt from ancient times to today, the largest city in Egypt, the most populous place in Egypt, where the pharaohs commanded the whole of Egypt, and now it is the residence of the Caliphate, a city of ancient and modern times. The place of handover.
These two cities are famous and giant cities in Egypt, no matter which one they win is extremely important, so now the Crusaders are facing a multiple-choice question, their strength is obviously only enough to win one of these two cities.
For this reason, several heated discussions were held within the Crusades. The radicals advocated directly advancing to Cairo. As long as Cairo was captured, the Muslims in Egypt would be disintegrated, and the Coptic sects who were watching would quickly fall to them.
The Moderates advocate the capture of Alexandria. As long as the economic center of Egypt falls into their hands, this huge city by the sea can bring a stable base for the Crusaders, and the Crusaders can also obtain it during the attack. Help from the Italian fleet.
There are supporters for both viewpoints, and no matter which side is speaking, it is very reasonable. This even caused a lot of disputes in the Crusader camp. People with different viewpoints attacked each other, and even almost fought.
Edgar himself undoubtedly belonged to the moderate group. In his opinion, it was too risky to directly advance to Cairo, and it was simply a gamble.
Egypt is different from the holy land with intricate forces. Here is the lord of the Fatimid Caliphate who has been operating for hundreds of years. It is impossible to expect the local emirs to send supplies. It is too difficult to collect supplies.
Not to mention the troops that the Fatimid caliphate could mobilize. According to Edgar's observation of the Nile defenders, the combat effectiveness of these guys far surpassed that of the Fatimid army that was always driven away by the Crusaders. It seems that the local combat has strengthened them combat effectiveness.
Just trying to convince everyone is a huge project. In order to convince the lords, Edgar and his father delayed for a full week.
However, during the week, the Crusaders were not idle at all. They continued to attack the surrounding areas and plundered the wealthy villages in the Nile Delta, and then they found that these villages were even richer than the ones they robbed on the right bank of the Nile.
The huge loot solved the low morale problem of the Crusaders caused by the upper-level quarrel. It seems that the Fatimid Caliph obviously believed that the Crusaders would not be able to break through his Nile defense line, so he did not start expropriating Egyptian villages at all, which allowed the Crusaders to pick up Got a big deal.
At the same time, during this week, the Italians helped Edgar. During the period when the Crusaders passed through the Sinai Peninsula, the fleets of the Italian city-states provided supplies and brought new Crusaders.
For these Italian commercial republics, taking Alexandria can contain the damn Fatima fleet and further expand their commercial scope, so they fully support Edgar.
It can be said that the Italian fleet came here for this purpose. If it weren't for wanting Alexandria to be in the hands of Christians, they would not have fought with the Fatima fleet in order to maintain the supplies of these British bumpkins.
Everyone is very aware of the importance of the Italian fleet to the Crusaders. Everyone is eating the food sent by the Italians. It is very clear that without them, the Crusaders will be hungry.
Therefore, the support of the Italians gave Edgar a great voice, coupled with a series of interest exchanges, the lords were finally persuaded by Edgar.
Finally, after solving a series of thorns, Edgar's crusaders were able to set off again, and their goal is very clear now, which is Alexandria.
The soldiers and people at the bottom didn't have much opinion on this. Most of them came from the good life promised by Edgar. In their view, it didn't matter whether it was in Alexandria or Cairo.
And many of the most radical Crusader nobles left the team. They formed their own team and went to besiege Cairo. In their view, it should not be too easy to deal with the Egyptians.
As for the fate of these people, the Crusaders didn't know until three months later, which made everyone dispel the idea of siege Cairo, because the Crusaders were not only defeated by the Fatimid army in Cairo, but the Egyptians also took these prisoners. All crucified, the so-called "let them die like their prophets."
After the decision was made, the Crusaders advanced quickly, and they quickly pushed to Alexandria, eating up everything that stood in their way along the way.
When Alexandria appeared in front of the people, everyone couldn't help but marvel at it. This is another famous city on the same level as Antioch and Jerusalem, and there is also a magnificent lighthouse that is regarded as a spectacle.
That means huge walls like every giant city has, and long sieges.
But the Crusaders were already prepared to besiege the city, and they also had the Italian fleet to block the sea.
In their view, this is a test given by God, and only by passing this test can they win a sweet victory.
Like Alexandria, in Aleppo and Damascus in the east, the Crusaders who besieged the city also had the same idea, but unlike the Crusaders who were still facing the threat of the Egyptian army, there was no such worries at all. The enemies are all inside the walls.
But this does not mean that these two cities are so easy to fight. A huge amount of defenders and a huge amount of food only means that this city will be extremely difficult to chew. The current Crusaders' attacks on these two cities have ended in failure. Finish.
So for the Crusaders, there is only one choice, and that is the traditional starving city.
Originally, this strategy was almost unfeasible in the Near East, which was full of hostility to the Crusaders, but because Monomakh's siege of Baghdad attracted the hatred of the entire Islamic world, the Crusaders could siege the city in such a leisurely manner.
During the ensuing siege, whether it was Alexandria, Aleppo or Damascus, there was a serious problem of soldiers fleeing, and there were always some people who didn't want to waste time on the siege.
If someone left the camp like this before the siege began, no one would care about it at all. The Crusaders were an army of volunteers, and it was entirely up to them whether to participate or not.
But the siege has begun, if you run away again, then the next step should be dealt with by military law, so many deserters were executed like this, but at this time the war monk spoke.
Under his suggestion, these criminals were filled into the famous Condemned Army, and the reason why this army is famous is that the Crusaders will completely squeeze out the use value of this army in wars, and let them perform various tasks. It is a dangerous task to use these people as livestock. Their situation is so miserable that even Muslims feel extremely miserable.
Besides this episode, the time of the siege was so boring. Apart from looking at the city wall in a daze every day, I still looked at the city wall in a daze, but it was much more exciting in Alexandria.
The Crusaders under the walls of Alexandria repelled three attacks from Cairo. Although the fighting power and willpower of the Egyptians were much tougher than when they left Egypt to fight, they still had to collapse in the face of cavalry attacks.
Relying on the flexible use of knights, Edgar was able to defeat the Egyptians again and again, but the reason why his hammer and anvil tactics were used so smoothly was the tenacity of the Ross people. The Ross infantry led by the two Rurik princes Always withstood the shock.
In the worst defeat of the Egyptians, even the Grand Vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate was killed, and this death sounded the death knell for the Alexandria defenders. The death of this Egyptian minister means that Cairo will open again. A power struggle, and until this power struggle is over, Cairo will not send a single soldier to Alexandria.
Although the defenders didn't know this yet, seeing their reinforcements constantly being defeated and the morale of the Egyptians behind the city walls getting lower and lower, they thought that the Caliph's army would rescue them no matter what, but now it seemed almost impossible.
With the loss of hope, the next problem of food shortages was also exposed. Unlike Aleppo and Damascus, which had long known that they would be besieged, Alexandria did not carry out any more food reserves.
As a large trading city, Alexandria's food supply relies heavily on daily imports. Food from overseas and the upper reaches of the Nile River is the source of life for the city. Now that the supply has been cut off, the problem may have erupted.
Although the Governor of Alexandria in Fatimid has been storing food for three months, it is only three months, and there are still a large number of profiteers and corrupt officials who steal food and resell it at high prices. Three months is almost gone.
The governor of Fatima began to restrict food for the residents, and his restriction caused a big problem. His restriction policy was different for different groups of people, because the Copts in the city got more food than Muslims. Much less, the disaffected Copts began to mobilize, and began to stir up discontent throughout the city, causing great disturbances in the city.
Originally, according to the war practice with Christians, Christians would be expelled before the war started, but because the Crusaders came too quickly, Alexandria did not have time to disperse the local Coptic believers, and then caused a big disaster for himself. trouble.
Alexandria was also the residence of an Orthodox Patriarch, that is, the Patriarch of Alexandria. The Coptic faction soon united with this Patriarch. They even began to secretly form their own armed forces and began a secret series.
But where in the world is there an impenetrable wall?The news of the secret formation of armed forces was quickly revealed to the governor of Fatima.
This led to a full-scale conflict. It is impossible for the governor to accept this kind of behavior that is no different from a rebellion. Could it be that the Coptic believers formed an armed force to protect him, the governor who deducted their food?It must be to open the door for the Crusaders!
At this time, the governor regrets nothing but regrets. Why didn't he just drive these Christians out?Now there is such trouble.
As a result, fire broke out in the city, and Muslims began to hunt and kill Coptic sects. These monophysites were regarded as traitors, and those who approached them would receive the same treatment.
It's just that they didn't expect that the Coptic believers had completed the assembly of most of the believers before everyone knew it, and the assembly point was their church.
It is not difficult for the Coptic sect to do this, because most monosexuals live near their churches, but it is done so quietly, it is enough to see that these guys have long harbored evil intentions.
At that time, the governor was still proud of his decision. It was because of his decisive action that these traitors were discovered in such a timely manner. If it was later in the evening, there might be big troubles.
But what happened next was completely different from what he had imagined.
As the Coptic believers gathered in the church, the defenders thought that this would just catch them all in one go, but to the Governor's surprise, these Coptic believers actually withstood their siege, and they stood tenaciously in the Coptic cathedral Against Mu. S. Lin.
There was such a big battle in the city, how could it be impossible to see it outside the city, and the Crusaders who saw this immediately launched a siege of the city, which put the defenders directly in the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy.
The Crusaders' siege equipment hit the city wall much more smoothly than in the past, and then countless soldiers rushed out.
Under such circumstances, the Crusaders successfully broke through the gates of Alexandria. Although they didn't know why the Islamic resistance was not as strong as it used to be, they broke through.
Needless to say what happened next, a massacre started like this, and the attackers in the country of hard-fought battles would inevitably use massacres to vent their inner pressure, and Alexandria is currently encountering this situation.
The Coptic believers directly avoided the massacre from the Crusaders due to their earlier assembly. Instead, they joined the massacre of the Crusaders, acting as a leading party for the Crusaders, and pointing out the hiding places of the Islamic believers.
For the high-level Crusaders, these killings are not that important. The important thing is that they finally took down such a city, which means that a new Crusader country will be born from it, and people care more about its interests distribute.
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8k completed
(End of this chapter)
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