Water Margin people

Chapter 1643 Disperse

Saladin looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground. The river beach was dyed bloody, but his expression did not change at all, as if he saw nothing.

"You didn't leave?"

Saladin looked at Baldwin IV by the river with some surprise. He waved his hand and ordered the army to retreat, while he rode forward.

At this time, only Baldwin IV and William with dozens of soldiers were left on the river beach.

"waiting for you!"

Baldwin IV spoke.

"Are you trying to accuse me of betrayal?"

Saladin asked, looking at Baldwin IV.

"We are not allies. For the sake of interests, there is no such thing as betrayal! I am just curious, how do you plan to deal with Qi?"

Baldwin IV shook his head.

"Deal with Qi? You and I both know that no one can stop Qi!"

Saladin shook his head. He and Baldwin IV had both witnessed the horror of the Qi army with their own eyes, and he still could not forget the ironclad ship.

"So you're giving up? We can give up Jerusalem, but can you give up this land?"

Baldwin IV said that they could survive by crossing the river this time, but the price would be the loss of Jerusalem.

"It's not easy to occupy this land. The desert is ours!"

Saladin said with a serious face.

"Then good luck to you!"

Baldwin IV looked at Saladin and smiled. He knew what Saladin was going to do, which was to rely on local advantages to fight against Qi.

But he was not optimistic about this way of fighting. Qi was different from Tang. Tang only conquered countries and made them foreign states, while Qi completely occupied the land and left its mark on it.

"Take these!"

Saladin sent a box containing two gold plates.

"I promised you!"

Saladin spoke.

Baldwin IV nodded slightly and prepared to leave.

"Boats, lots of boats!"

The Arab cavalry was instantly panicked.

A large number of warships appeared on the river, going upstream, and the flags of Qi on the ships were fluttering in the wind.

"Qi Guo!"

Saladin and Baldwin IV also looked gloomy. Everything was over. The Crusaders suffered heavy losses, but they brought back the holy relics. Although they would lose Jerusalem later, they still gained something.

Although the Arabs lost the Mesopotamian region, suffered heavy casualties in their troops, and lost a large number of believers, they recovered the holy city, which was acceptable.

Saladin and Baldwin IV wanted both sides to stop fighting, but the appearance of the Qi fleet gave them a bad feeling.

"The flag of the Emperor of Qi!"

Baldwin IV spoke in a low voice. It was a black flag with a golden dragon pattern embroidered on it, and four golden characters "The Monkey King".

"Array up!"

Saladin immediately gave orders to the cavalry behind him, as he was worried that the Qi army would land and attack.

"What are you afraid of? We'll kill them when they land!"

Some generals immediately started clamoring, saying that they would guard the river bank and rush forward to kill the enemy if they dared to land, ensuring that the enemy would die in the river.

"Look carefully, the side of the ship is full of cannons, we can't stop it!"

Saladin spoke to the people around him, saying that these people did not understand the horror of Qi's ships. Just think about the ports that were bombed into pieces. This was not something they could deal with.

The Crusaders on the other side of the river had already fled. The moment they saw the Qi fleet, they disappeared.

"Why, is this the end?"

Sun Lei stood on the side of the ship and looked at Saladin and Baldwin IV with a smile.

Both of them looked at Sun Lei warily without answering. They didn't know why Sun Lei came here.

"Don't be so nervous, I just came to see how you fought. What a pity, not all of you died!"

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"I disappoint His Majesty!"

Baldwin IV spoke first.

"It doesn't matter, it's over anyway!" Sun Lei waved his hand indifferently.

"Give this to you!"

Sun Lei clapped his hands, and a speedboat arrived at the shore. A box with several gold plates inside was placed in front of Baldwin IV.

"The Ten Commandments!"

Baldwin IV looked at the gold plates in amazement. If these were added, the Ten Commandments would be complete, which was of vital importance to Christianity.

"Thank you!"

Baldwin IV bowed to Sun Lei and said that these things were too important to them. They lost the holy city but gained the holy objects, so they could go back and report.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to fight us to the death?"

Saladin looked at Sun Lei with a serious face and asked. He knew the gap in strength between the two sides. If they fought, they would not be opponents, so it would be better to negotiate.

"War has only victory and defeat. If you choose to resist, you will die. This is your decision!"

Sun Lei looked at Saladin and said.

"This is our land, and you are an invader! We have given up so much land, including the best Mesopotamian region, and you are still not satisfied?"

Saladin looked at Sun Lei and asked.

"To this land, you and I are both invaders. Ancient Babylon has long since perished. You are outsiders, and so am I!"

Sun Lei said.

"Then there's no need to talk!"

Saladin said with a gloomy face that it was impossible for them to completely give up this land.

"Okay, let's stop talking about this, you can go now!"

Sun Lei looked at the two people and said.

Baldwin IV did not hesitate at all, bowed, and was led into the river.

"You dare to show off your little ability in swimming!"

Ruan Xiaoer looked at the swimming Crusaders and laughed coldly. In his opinion, these people were simply landlubbers.

Saladin turned back to the formation and was about to leave with his men, but his men were unwilling to do so. They saw clearly that the Qi army was not large and was all on the boats.

"You don't want to leave?"

Sun Lei looked at the Arab cavalry on the shore and laughed.

"Your Majesty, can you teach them a lesson?"

Ruan Xiaoer challenged Sun Lei to a fight.

"Teach him a lesson!"

Sun Lei nodded.

"fire!"

Ruan Xiaoer roared, he had already asked the artillery to be ready.

"Boom boom boom!"

A burst of cannon fire rang out, smoke rose from the side of the warship, and explosions sounded in the Arab cavalry formation. The entire river bank turned into a sea of ​​fire, and the Arab cavalry were blown to pieces.

Baldwin IV and others who had just swam to the other side heard the explosion and hurriedly looked back to see the situation. They saw a sea of ​​fire on the river bank and they were so scared that their mouths opened wide.

"Is this Qi's artillery?"

The Crusaders were so frightened that their legs were shaking. They had never seen such divine power.

"Come on!"

William shouted loudly to wake everyone up. Now was not the time to be surprised or surprised.

"go!"

Baldwin IV also spoke.

Everyone then left in a hurry.

In the middle of the river, the Qi fleet's artillery showed no sign of stopping and continued to spit out fire snakes.

The Arabs were completely frightened and retreated in fear, away from the riverbank.

"Unfortunately, the ships this time are too small and the caliber of the guns is also small."

Ruan Xiaoer looked at the Arab cavalry going away and shook his head, saying that the warships that came this time were all small and medium-sized, and the cannons had a small caliber and could not fire too far.