In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility.

He is not as confident as others think.

Leaving Jaffa and heading east, Lothar encountered many groups of pilgrims along the way. They spontaneously and enthusiastically joined the army, receiving spears and shields from the local lords or the arsenal of the monastery. Women in small towns and villages all Sewing burqas overnight.

It is worth mentioning that almost all low-level soldiers, without exception, will be equipped with a shield. Even if it is just a piece of wood that has been whittled by an axe, it can still double their survivability on the battlefield.

Of course, with just a shield, it is absolutely impossible to turn a recruited old peasant into a Greek-style infantryman in the classical era. This is just the cheapest way to enhance defense. At best, it will allow them to persist for a while longer when playing the role of carrying the line. time.

In the Crusaders, from the lowest level sergeants to the upper level lords, almost everyone is equipped with a shield.

These people are qualified to say that they have mastered the skills of using shields, which can be used for both defense and offense.

Slightly better shields will have a layer of leather wrapped around the edges.

Even better ones will use iron sheets to cover the edges and center to prevent them from cracking due to heavy blows.

The best one is the one where the entire shield is covered with iron sheet and decorated with various decorations.

The only pure iron shields are the small round shields used by the empire's armored cavalry, because they are too heavy and affect the battle too much.

However, the cavalry under Lothar often do not wear shields because their armor is sophisticated enough, especially the armored cavalry. Both their men and horses are armored and can completely resist the bows and arrows that the Saracens are good at.

Eclipse also wears armor.

This one-horned nightmare horse is much larger than an ordinary mount. It walks in front of the team. Everyone who sees it will subconsciously exclaim the classic sentence: Oh-my God!

The armor Sun Eclipse wears is tailor-made. The scales are stitched together and embellished on its black skin. The horse helmet with a hollow horn perfectly fits the horn on its head.

Such a piece of equipment does not provide much defense for it, but more to cover up its appearance that is very different from that of an ordinary war horse.

With the strength of the eclipse, the weight of a pair of horse armor is really nothing.

It's just that as a dark creature, Eclipse, like Fringilla, doesn't like the sunny weather in the Holy Land all day long, so an extra layer of white silk horse clothing is added to the horse armor to protect it from the sun.

His coat of arms is painted with a double-headed eagle, and there are eye-catching yellow crosses on the neck and sides, which represent the identity of the Grand Master of the Knights of Saint Lazarus.

The Knights of Saint Lazarus are the collective name of the merging of the Teutonic Knights and the Patron Knights of the Order of Saint Lazarus, both of which are represented by yellow crosses.

Jeanne was dressed in silver armor and a blue sun-shading cloak, and rode up to Lothar: How does it feel to be bragged about?

Lothar smiled a little reservedly and said: I really didn't expect so many people to admire me.

Is your vanity satisfied?

Jeanne was used to this. She also received this kind of treatment when she led the French to defeat the British army for the first time.

I thought there would be more people jealous of me.

Jeanne thought about it and said: Probably the gap is too big, so there is no room for jealousy. Besides, I think you satisfy all people's fantasies about knights.

How to say?

Jeanne explained: From a landless knight without a fief, he rose up like lightning and was followed by a group of witches. Even King Arthur was not personally followed by the Fairy of the Lake.

Hehe, just a lucky boy.

Lothar laughed at himself. He never thought he was so great. Without the help of the system, he would at most be just a little baron who had just been granted a territory.

Yes, there are so many people who respect me, but to be honest, I am not confident that I will be able to defeat Saladin. He has recruited many spellcasters under his command.

Jeanna raised her hand and waved to Chelinina in the distance: Don't forget that the magic casters in this world fear the magic gold most. With our chief assassin Chelinina here, as long as she is not a legendary level Whoever comes to cast the spell will die.

The movement technique of coming and going without a trace, coupled with the silence of the choke, the blessing of the attack power of the lone wolf and the wolfsbane potion, and the restraint of the caster by the magic blocking gold, even Anna, if the magic circle is not arranged in advance , or if you have a home field advantage in Constantinople and can teleport at will, there is a high probability that you will be caught in Cellinina's sneak attack.

Jeanne patted Lothar on the shoulder: Anyway, relax. Let's join forces. Sooner or later you will be the overlord of King's Landing and the Levant. When the time comes, if you want to occupy Constantinople, I will fight it off for you. .”

The action was a bit funny, because Eclipse was a head taller than Grape, and Jeanne was not as tall as Lothar, so she had to step on the stirrups and stand on tiptoe to pat Lothar on the shoulder.

Lothar was a little surprised: Why are you so gentle all of a sudden?

Jeanne smiled and said: Aren't you used to being gentler to you? I just see that you are under a lot of pressure these days, so I want to comfort you.

If you really want to comfort me, we can secretly find a place where no one is around tonight.

Jeanne suddenly asked in surprise: Prajna, why are you here?

Lothar turned around suddenly and realized that although Prajna in the distance was looking at him, he was still far away from the two of them.

Hahaha.

Jeanne burst out laughing: You are so scared, why don't you do this secretly at a time like this? Prajna is like a puppy guarding its food, she is always watching you.

…

After half a day on the road, it was noon.

Knight Stephen suddenly drove his mount and ran to Lothar and said: Sir, the scouts have come to report. They found a Crusaders plundering the Saracen caravan.

Lothar was stunned for a moment and said helplessly: Are they crazy to come to the Holy Land to do business at this time?

Stephen Knight said helplessly: Maybe we haven't received the news yet.

He also felt that this kind of thing was a bit tricky.

The two countries have officially declared war. Let alone just plundering a caravan, there is no way to blame them even if they massacre the city.

He can't stop everyone from getting rich, right?

That could easily become the target of public criticism, which was inconsistent with Lothar's usual style.

Let's wait and see what happens and don't interfere.

Lothar gave the order, rode his horse to a hillside, and watched the battle below.

Wait a minute, the flag they are flying looks familiar.

Lothar carefully identified them for a while, and suddenly felt that the cavalry rushing at the front, fighting with the Crusaders, looked familiar. Whether it was the equipment, fighting style, or flags, they all seemed familiar.

Kurds?

He was deeply impressed by the skilled Kurdish cavalry led by Abdullah.

That is definitely a fighting force that is not inferior to the elite Mamluks.

But didn’t they go north to follow Saleh, the successor of the Zanji dynasty?

Could it be that after Saleh's defeat, Abdullah and others fled Saladin's territory and took refuge in Jerusalem? This is logical, after all, only Saladin's enemies would come to Jerusalem at this time.

Seeing the Kurdish cavalry fighting with the Crusader knights outside the fortress composed of caravans and carriages.

Lothar turned back and shouted: Prajna, Jeanne, you two come with me, Knight Stephen, order the army to stay put and not to act rashly.

Immediately, Juechen rushed down the hillside.