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Chapter 324 The Covered Miracle
"Hundreds of paladins defeated an army of [-] ****?"

Wu Tianyuan had nothing to do to check the secret file given by the Pope, casually looking for some clues to the holy relics, and found a shocking news.

In 1177, the Kingdom of Jerusalem originally planned to unite with Byzantium to attack Egypt with its navy. Count Flandre arrived earlier that year, hoping to organize this operation, but the plan was eventually abandoned.

At the same time, Saladin was also planning to invade Jerusalem from Egypt. After learning of Saladin's plan, Baldwin IV led about 500 knights to leave Jerusalem and came to Ascalon to try to strengthen the defense of the place.

Saladin believed that with such a small number of troops, Baldwin IV would not dare to follow, so after executing the Christian captives, he began to march towards Jerusalem.He sacked Ramallah along the way and besieged Lydda and Assuf, but since he did not see Baldwin as a threat, he allowed the troops to spread out over a wide area for plunder and supplies.But Baldwin and the Knights Templar had successfully broken through and marched along the coast, hoping to return to Jerusalem before Saladin.

Baldwin's mixed force of some 500 cavalry, 80 Templars, and thousands of infantry met Saladin at Mongiza near Ramallah, catching Saladin off guard because he was completely unprepared for a battle. Get ready for fierce battles.

But after witnessing the overwhelming strength of the Christian army, the Christian army felt great fear.And Baldwin IV got off his horse and instructed the Archbishop of Bethlehem to raise the "True Cross", a Christian holy object, and then the king fell down in front of the cross, begging God to grant victory.After praying, he ordered his men to charge.

The Saracens retreated, most of them killed.Saladin was able to escape thanks to his swift camel.It is said that the young leper king Baldwin IV galloped at the forefront when the Christians charged, next to the "True Cross", shining like the sun.

Later generations studied this incredible battle through oil paintings and believed that the battle may have been launched at noon. "The sun is at its zenith", "the shadows have disappeared from the world"-it looks more like the noon of the summer solstice.Paint the sparkling brook and the knight's armor gleaming in the sunlight.

Bao Siduan was sitting in the army, and some people said that he was fully clothed and rode on a horse, but this statement does not seem to be credible.A more realistic version is that the Crusaders originally planned to use a sedan chair to carry Bao Si, but they failed to find the sedan chair in the panic of evacuation, so they simply carried out the big wooden bed in the castle bedroom, let Bao Si sit on the bed, and everyone He hurriedly carried the bed and ran.

Bao Si ordered the bishop of Bethlehem who accompanied the army to carry out the holy object of Christianity, the "True Cross", which is the cross on which Jesus was crucified when he was crucified.The cross was found by the Byzantine emperor in the Holy Land, so people believed that the cross was real, and it has been placed in the church of the Royal Palace in Jerusalem for a long time.

It is difficult to explain why this cross is here at this time, and why it has been running with the army for so long without being noticed by others.Some people say that the true cross itself is very small and was put in a suitcase; some people say that this true cross was nailed out by Bao Si looking for a pair of oars;

In any case, the "True Cross" immediately cheered up the crusaders.All the Crusaders were moved to look up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and burst into tears. Bao Si prayed in front of the True Cross, and then took the lead and led all the knights to charge towards Saladin's flag.

Saladin's main formation was completely caught off guard, without any force or strategy that could withstand the assault of the Crusader knights.The assault was very successful, and at the beginning of the battle, Saladin's front was devastated.It was a one-sided massacre, with crusader knights knocking over tent after tent, chasing and killing nearly unarmed Egyptian civil servants and accountants, tearing the Egyptian military and herald banners from the flagpoles.For a while, the Egyptian army even believed that Saladin was killed in battle.In this raid, Saladin was extremely embarrassed, and it took a long time before the Egyptian army discovered that he had escaped on a camel.

The fight on the battlefield ended, and in the originally clear sky, as night fell, an unusually thick dark cloud floated from the sea.A monstrous downpour rained down on Mongiza, accompanied by catastrophic winds and lightning.This sudden rainstorm interrupted the plan of the two armies to continue fighting, and even interrupted the plan to treat the wounded on the battlefield.

Both believed the storm to be the wrath of their gods, and passed the night in prayer.The wounded who were still alive were abandoned on the battlefield, and it was impossible to treat them in this weather.A large number of wounded were soaked in the water and bled profusely, and many people were abandoned in the pool. A lightning strike into the pool can reimburse a large group of people.

The victors of the battle of Mongisar traveled across the ocean, and rumors were spread among the people.The True Cross is depicted as a resplendent reliquary that "shone like the sun" and shot lavender flames at its enemies, burning everything down to nothing with holy fire.

Templars are depicted as warlocks who summon thunderstorms and pray to God for a storm of thunderclouds to sweep away their enemies. They point their greatswords to the sky to attract thunder, and then use their other hand to launch thunderbolts at the enemy.

However, compared with the clear records of the Egyptian army at Cape Harding and the Battle of Acre, the Battle of Mongiza has neither records from the Crusaders nor the Egyptian side.

The reason is that some secrets are involved, and these secrets will affect future generations and destroy the stability, unity or peace of mind of future generations. Therefore, although they were originally recorded, they were erased afterwards.This kind of situation is usually that people at the time thought it was nothing, but later generations thought it was very dangerous, and if it was distorted, it would not make sense, so the whole paragraph had to be erased.

"Sure enough, the Holy See blocked this history in order to cover up the existence of the True Cross, so that future generations will not know any details!"

If Wu Tianyuan hadn't had the secret file given by the Pope himself, he wouldn't have known the inside story of the battle. The True Cross is one of the holy relics of Christianity, and it is believed to be the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified.It is a relic of Jesus.

From the perspective of historical events, the reason why Jesus was crucified on the cross is very simple. The Jews believed in God and they did not allow anyone to blaspheme God, but Jesus claimed to be the Son of God and committed the crime of blasphemy.

This seemingly simple fact implies a deep meaning. According to the Bible, the cross signifies the curse of God, and everyone is a sinner and is cursed by God.But God chose some people according to his divine will, and crucified Jesus on the cross to atone for these people, thus showing God's love.

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