Chapter 475 Arken's Arrangement

Because as long as the knight's impact distance is too far away, the infantry troops behind them will be raided by Muslim light cavalry! One of the sneak attacks caused heavy losses to the archers of the crusaders. It was the fierce king Alimu who led the Arab cavalry. He annihilated an archer force on the flank of the crusaders in one fell swoop.

This makes the knights of the two major knights have nothing to use. They can't give up the infantry, because if they lose the protection of the infantry archers, the other party's overwhelming rain cuts will also cause heavy casualties.

However, Saladin's troops are not very good. The long battle has led to poor quality, loosely managed Arab cavalry, and some foreign troops have begun to show slackness. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the other knights also made these mercenaries feel timid. Now there is no need to issue orders. These light cavalry will turn around and run away as soon as they see the charge of the knights. Although this has reduced the army's injuries, the morale of the army has been greatly impacted. Once a real general attack is launched, this is a harbinger of the collapse of the army!

Saladin was a little anxious. He began to gather the most elite cavalry and prepare to plan an effective attack and hit the opponent's knights. His troops needed a victory! Let your soldiers know that these crusader knights are not invincible, otherwise the morale of the army will fall to a low point! And I heard that the Byzantines have landed...

At this time, the return of Zhang Fan's team is really good news for the Apdu team and the fierce king Alimu. Since Patiguli went to the Seljuk Empire, they really need the battlefield layout of the wise. Apdu and the fierce king Alimu are discussing how to arrange a successful attack and destroy a knights of the other party in one fell swoop! Hearing Akan's contact, he immediately came to meet him on the road and checked the situation on the battlefield to see if there was a good time!

"It won't go on like this! We lost before the Byzantines came to help us. Aken and Zhang Fan watched the battle at Cape Hardin, and the combat effectiveness of the Arab light cavalry was really not worth boasting.

"Saladin is gathering elite cavalry to organize a head-on attack against the Crusader Knights!" The fierce king said intently.

Aken shook his head, "That will only accelerate our failure!" It's stupid to use the weaknesses of our army to attack the strengths of our opponents. No matter how elite the Arab cavalry is, it can't be the opponent of the Crusader Knights! We need to find another way..."

"What good can you do?" The fierce king asked, "I can advise Saladin." His status in the Arab camp seems to be not low.

Aken ignored him, took a closer look at the situation on the battlefield, pointed to a relatively low-lying village in the north of the battlefield, and asked, "Is that Harding Village?"

The fierce king looked back and replied, "Yes. That's the only way for the crusaders to attack Taibare! 200 meters below Harding Point..."

"I remember Saladin's troops had a heavy battalion. Where is it now?" Aken asked.

"Not far from that village." The fierce king answered questions, and he knew the situation of the army well.

Aken turned around, closed his eyes, and calculated silently in his heart. After a moment, he opened his eyes and asked, "Can you persuade Saladin to move closer to the heavily camp of camels to the battlefield and reach this position." Aken drew a simple map with a dagger on the ground.

The fierce king saw that it was very close to the battlefield and immediately shook his head. "That's too dangerous. As long as the other party charges, it may break through there and destroy our camel team."

"Yes, I just need them to do this!" Aken inserted the short sword into the soil fiercely.

"What?!" The fierce king's eyes stared like a bronze bell, "Without supplies, we will lose this battle."

Aken looked up at the fierce king. This giant man was under a lot of pressure, but Aken smiled and pointed to the battlefield. "Look, the other party's knight must be there for the longest charge. This is the longest range of their archers and the best distance for cavalry to defend back. If they can't go further, we can't separate the two arms. But if there is a big piece of our fat here, what do you think these heroic crusader knights will do?

The fierce king scratched his head, "They will definitely continue to charge. Although this distance is dangerous, it should be cost-effective to defeat our heavy weight. And at their speed, it was too late to rush back when we attacked their infantry. Last time, he took advantage of the distance of the Crusader cavalry's assault and ventured to launch a successful attack, defeating an archer force on the flank of the crusader. As a result, he was killed by the returning knights.

Aken took a stone, put it in the position where he asked for the heavy camp, slowly moved in the direction of Hardin Village, and then took another stone to represent the crusaders and quickly pursued from behind. The fierce king's eyes were a little straight. Seeing that the other party's cavalry troops gradually moved away from the infantry support distance, he sighed that the wise man was different, this computing power!

"Hey, so that I can lead the elite cavalry to attack their infantry from here!" Alimu happily took a big stone and rushed straight into the opponent's position from the flank!

"No! Your position is here..." Aken put down the two stones closed in Hardin Village, indicating that the heavy battalion had been overtakene by the other side's cavalry, but put the fierce king's elite Arab cavalry troops outside Hardin Village.

"You just said that you can't fight hard..." The fierce king was puzzled. This is to let Saladin's elite directly attack the other party's knights, but the location has changed, but what's the difference?

Aken smiled, stood up and patted the shoulder of the fierce king who squatted on the ground. "The difference between this is that this is a frontal battle... Guess..."

The fierce king's head was sweating, "I can't guess... Or the terrain is more favorable to us. The terrain of Harding Village is very low. We will charge and attack from the height outside the village, and their cavalry will be very passive..." He scratched his head doubtfully like a big child.

Zhang Fan smiled and said, "If I were the commander of the Crusader knights, I would never let all the cavalry troops pursue the heavy. It will definitely divide the troops here, some of the troops will return to defense, and the other part will attack the heavy. Therefore, in fact, in Hardin Village, there are only half of the Knights' troops there. If we are attacking their positions with a unit, half of the cavalry they will return to defense. Then we can annihilate half of their cavalry troops with superior forces and favorable terrain in Hardin Village!"

Aken looked at Zhang Fan approvingly, "That's right, I'm afraid there are fewer cavalry troops chasing, because this may be a suicide pursuit, and their knight commander will not see it, such an obvious **. But it's really worth it."

"But if we lose the weight, we can't fight for a long time. If the other party passively avoids the war, we will also lose." The fierce king found the key to the problem.

"We don't have to fight for a protracted war, we just need to consume the strength of the other side as much as possible, because..." Akan looked at the west, "because our reinforcements have come!"

"Reinforcement?" The fierce king was stunned and then understood, "Are you talking about the Byzantines?"

Aken nodded, "10,000 Byzantines, maybe their heavy cavalry will arrive first. As long as we cut off part of the strength of the crusaders, these Byzantines will help us solve the rest!" Their heavy cavalry is not comparable to the Arab cavalry. Also, let Saladin prepare contracts and gold coins. How to comfort these Byzantines who have come from afar to help should be Saladin's strength. After all, he did this in the third crusade in history!"

"Venixed! I'm going to propose!" The fierce king threw away the stone excitedly, stood up and patted his buttocks, and was about to leave.

"Patiguri is not here. You should pay attention to your own safety. Don't let her think that I lied to you to death..." Aken said lightly. He knew that it was not so easy to fight against the crusader knights, even with the most favorable terrain and superior forces. Because there will be at least 200 knights there! This should be the most difficult battle!