Adelaide continued: “The wall is a huge semicircle that protects the land side of Ashkelen.

“On the side near the sea, there is a natural towering cliff protecting it.

“There is a gap on this cliff connecting the city and the port, where they also built thick gates.

"Because the city walls are too thick, their gates are simply a tunnel with stone barrel domes."

Roger asked, "Then are there many troops they defend? Are they strong?"

"Their soldiers are not strong, and they are not against Christian warriors even if they are several times more numerous than us," Adelaide said.

"But when they defended the city, all the people were soldiers, and the residents there were determined to oppose Christians.

“Even the Jews in the city helped the Elams fight against Christians.

"Baldwin tried all kinds of siege methods, but he just couldn't fight.

"The siege is useless, Ashkirun has the largest and best harbour here, enough for them to obtain supplies and supplies from Egypt.

"Their navy, or pirates, are not weak, and they will come out to plunder past Christian merchant ships on weekdays.

"After the land siege was siege, the Egyptian reinforcements came.

"At the same time, the Sarasen people in the city of Tyr to the north will also take the opportunity to rush out and rob the pilgrims coming and going.

“Badwin was very troubled by this city of two Egyptians in the south and north.

"So he took the means of harassment, and every year during the harvest season, he went outside Ashkillen to carry out destruction, cut down their fruit trees, and burn their crops.

"This measure greatly weakened the Ashkelens, but also made them hate us."

Roger was interested in Adelaide's harassment tactics, saying:

"So, the food reserves in Ashkillen City should not be very rich.

"The more than 200,000 Egyptians came over, and it is likely that there would be no food."

But he denied his inferences, and said:

"No, since the Egyptians wanted to book Bedouin livestock as military rations, it was impossible for them to not store food in the city of Ashkiren in advance.

"Their Nile Delta is a famous granary and is very rich.

“And the shipping of food from Alexandria to Ashkelen is not far.

"Mom, are there any of our spies in Ashkillen?

"Of course there is, otherwise how could I know them so clearly," Adelaide said.

Roger asked again: "Is there any report on the Egyptians transporting food to Ashkiron by sea?"

"It has always been, since Baldwin's harassment tactics, Ashkillen City has been simulating the Egyptians' food support," Adelaide said.

Roger asked anxiously: "I mean, is there any information about the storage of particularly large amounts of food recently?"

Adelaide rummaged through the bookcase and found a piece of information, she said:

"You should be talking about this, the Egyptians' main fleet, the fleet you destroyed, docked in the city of Ashkiren, and they unloaded a huge amount of grain."

Roger covered his forehead and thought that the Egyptians were indeed not short of food.

Even if they robbed their pre-prepared livestock, at most they would just let them eat less meat.

They can also eat bread in Ashkirun, which is their staple food.

Roger thought, maybe he should defeat Ashkirun first.

But it is estimated that conventional siege methods are useless. Baldwin is not a fool. He can't beat him, so it's probably not possible if he is himself.

However, it is not possible to blow up the 50-meter-thick city wall.

I don’t have much black gunpowder on my hand. Although I can still produce it, it takes a lot of time to reach that amount.

The Egyptians have arrived and they won't leave much time for themselves.

Roger stared at the black spot representing Ashkeen. He thought that the time, place, and people were all in their hands, and the city could not be beaten.

He thought, could he have to watch the Egyptians settle in Ashkiron and then use this as a base to attack the city of Jerusalem?

Or guard the city of Jerusalem?

No, Roger denied the idea.

Although he was confident in his ability to defend the city, based on his knowledge of this turbulent kingdom, defending the city of Jerusalem would lead to catastrophic consequences.

The entire Kingdom of Jerusalem ruled the Christians, who accounted for a minority in the population, relying on force to suppress and enslave the Sarasen, Turks and other nations in the ruling area.

The actions of the Christian nobles were similar to those of the Japanese invaders who invaded the East in their memories of their previous lives.

Under such circumstances, the people of Jerusalem have no recognition or respect for the rulers, only fear and dare not speak out.

Once the Egyptian army compressed the power of Christians to a small range of a square kilometer in the city of Jerusalem.

Then the entire Kingdom of Jerusalem would break out, and the oppressed people would join the Egyptians' troops like welcoming the liberators.

The trapped in the city of Jerusalem is not just an army of 200,000.

Roger thought, there was also Tugticin from Damascus.

This Turkic traitor who is as cunning as a poisonous snake is a bastard who holds anyone with a thick thigh and has no faith.

In that case, he would certainly abandon the alliance agreement with Christians and turn to join the Egyptians.

Roger imagined such a scene, just like the crusaders of the First Eastern Expedition were besieged in the city of Antioch.

However, it may be worse than the situation at that time.

He thought that after all, in the city of Antioch, Christians also have the blessing of religious power.

Whether it was Bishop Antioch, Bishop Peter, who had led the crusades, and all other religious people;

They all united and inspired, or fooled all believers.

With a sudden "holy gun", they successfully turned Christians all over the city into "besweaters".

But here, the city of Jerusalem, the place where Jesus died and ascension was supposed to be the place where the most devout believers were;

The seven sects who believed in Christ were so powerful that they could hand over the keys of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Arabs to guard them.

Although he and Adelaide's efforts were made to drive away the greedy patriarch Anurf, who was hindering them.

I believe that it only takes a while for me and Adelaide to use various means to rectify the clergy here, just like Sicily.

However, it is at this critical moment.

In the religious world of Jerusalem, when the old order was destroyed and the new order was not yet established.

The Egyptian army is coming.

Roger couldn't help but think of the Soviet army who had just shuffled the cards in his past life during World War II on the eve of the attack on the Soviet Union...

He thought, so it is not difficult to create something like "holy sword", "holy sword", "holy shield", "holy saddle" in the current religious circle of Jerusalem.

Not even needed.

There are so many holy objects here, such as the marble in the Holy Sepulchre and the true cross that the patriarch did not take away.

But if you want to copy the miracle of Antioch, it is not enough to rely solely on holy objects. The clergy must work together and deceive hard.

However, these clergy in Jerusalem are probably all thinking about it and staring at the empty seat after Patriarch Anurf and his confidants left.

None of these people was convinced by each other, and it was already a blessing from Christ before they could fight.

Adelaide seemed to have thought of this, she said:

"Or what if we invite Anurf back?

“After all, as a Patriarch of Jerusalem for many years, he has a great influence.

"And, he can still rely on when dealing with the common enemy of Egyptian pagans."

Roger smiled bitterly, wouldn’t that mean that all the achievements he had worked hard to achieve before were in vain?

Moreover, it is easy to ask God to send him away. It is not that easy to let Anurf overcome this difficulty. If he wants to deal with him in the future, it will be no longer so easy.

Roger did not immediately deny Adelaide's proposal, although he could hear that Adelaide was just helpless and did not really like the proposal.

All was out of concern about the loss of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Roger sighed and said, "Let me think about it again, think about it again."

He lowered his head and looked at the map blankly. In a trance, he felt that the sea gods, sea monsters, elves, and peasant women on the map seemed to be dancing.

They pose in various poses, mocking Roger's incompetence.

Roger was upset, so he focused his attention on places where these patterns were not available.

In the Sinai Peninsula, a long coastal black line, and in the vast space below, there are only a few camels.

It was a desolate place that was almost nothing.

Roger thought that the road represented by this black line was more difficult to walk on than the arid valleys in the territory of the Kingdom of Romseljuk that he had passed.

He thought of the endless troubles that emerged when he led more than 100,000 Germans in march;
To be continued...