"God bless us, finally we walked out of that arid valley."

Roger listened silently and felt that Duke Welf must have concealed or ignored something.

Just a word "God blessed" cannot explain how they survived this drought.

But he didn't ask anything, just listened.

Duke Welf did not pause, he continued:

"After passing through a salt-alkali land where there is a turbulent river, which is what we have longed for and longed for.

"But the Roman sultans, led countless troops, stationed on the other side of the river bank.

"They used arrow rain that could cover the sun and prevented all people and horses from drawing water.

"Until the exhausted Christians who were finally exhausted by long thirst, can no longer resist their strength.

"After an extremely cruel conflict, we were defeated by that incredible killing, and all the Christians ran away together."

Earl William added: "I really can't fight. My cavalry have killed horses one by one because of thirst and drunk their blood.

"If there were enough horses, I could take them across the river."

Roger then realized that he had never thought about using this method to withstand thirst.

Welf's 30,000 elite cavalry, William's 5,000 cavalry, and the large number of livestock that already exists in the army, these are all moving blood banks.

You can really hold on for a long time by drinking blood.

What's more, they don't necessarily drink blood for everyone. Those mud legs are not qualified to drink, and they won't care about how many mud legs die.

But this approach violates Christian doctrine, and of course no one cares about the doctrine at this time.

So this is what is hidden behind Duke Welf's words "God Blessing".

But drinking blood for a long time is not enough.

What's more, as livestock fall into thirst, their blood will become more and more viscous, and people will feel more thirsty after drinking it.

So these people will still be dehydrated and weak in the end.

Just as Roger was thinking, Duke Welf was still narrating:

"Some people who wanted to escape left the crowd and rushed to a grassland, trying to hide under the hay.

"But doing so wouldn't save their lives at all. About 300 people were shot through the arrows and died there.

"After seeing the people of Christ flee in this way, and being killed by evil butchers, he fled to the foot of a mountain at the source of the Heracri River.

"They abandoned the horses and everything, and despite this, only a few escaped."

Duke Welf sighed and said, "At this point, I have no choice but to imitate the bishop, discard the chain mail and all the weapons, fled to the mountains, and barely escaped from the enemy."

Earl William echoed: "So did I, with only one entourage, entered the mountains, fled from unknown remote roads, God blessed, and finally, to reach here."

At this time, Prince Toros looked at the people following Duke Welf and Earl William, and asked with concern:

"Has the bishop escaped? May I ask, which one of you is the bishop?"

Earl William answered first: "No, they are not bishops, they are just my entourage and the Duke."

Duke Welf said: "The bishop did not go all the way with me. At that time, I watched him go in the other direction. May God bless him and be free from the pursuit of the pagans."

Roger asked, "What about the others?"

He asked about the other hundreds of thousands of people, those riding horses, walking, men, women, children, and the elderly.

The two nobles in front of them did not correctly understand Roger's problem.

Duke Welf replied: "Like those who had no time to escape into the mountains, Mrs. Aida was torn into pieces by the hooves of thousands of horses..."

Earl William shook his head and said, "No, she is not dead. She was captured by the Roma people like the thousands of women who followed the army and brought to Khorasan.

"Maybe she is favored in the Sultan's palace now.

"Her beauty is enough to make the Roma Sultan fascinated by her."

Duke Welf sighed and said, "It's better to die, so that I can meet her in heaven."

Earl William sighed and said, "Even if he is trapped in the Sultan's palace and is the favorite concubine, as long as the wife is still alive, maybe one day I will have a chance to see her again."

Roger didn't seem very sure what these two people said.

Many words can be clearly heard, which are their own imagination.

As for the real situation of Mrs. Aida, whether she died in the chaos or was captured or sent to the Sultan's palace, I'm afraid only God will know.

Roger couldn't help but recall Mrs. Aida in his heart.

He thought about her angelic face and the graceful body under her fitted purple dress when he first met her.

At that time, it seemed that the light from the whole world was attracted to her.

Mrs. Aida is indeed a stunner who can drive all men crazy.

Roger sighed, he thought, it was a pity.

At this time, Prince Toros suggested praying for those whose fate was unknown.

So everyone here, whether they know or not, whether they are sincere or false, pray together:

“The Lord who protects you is the Lord, who is on your right side to cover you.

"The sun will not hurt you during the day, and the moon will not harm you at night.

“The Lord will protect you from all disasters, and he will protect your life.

“You go out and go in and the Lord will protect you from now until forever.

"Amen."

Then Roger politely asked Duke Welf and Earl William what he planned next.

Both of them expressed their intention to continue their pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

For the sake of walking with each other, Roger kindly said:

"After sending Prince Boximond to Anchok safely, our Catalan mercenary group also plans to go to Jerusalem to check out.

"So you can follow my team, so it will be safer on the road."

But both of them refused.

Duke Welf said: "We have received sponsorship from Prince Toros.

"We will take a boat in Melsin, pass through Cyprus, and then directly to the port of the holy land of Jerusalem."

Next, everyone ate and drank like a routine, and finally ended the banquet in a boring manner.

Roger thanked Prince Toros before leaving the hall, and said that his team would leave Tassus in a few days and continue eastward to Antioch.
Chapter completed!