"The Fatima caliph, Amir Ahkamira, launched a jihad war against Christians, targeting Jerusalem, and has completed a national mobilization, with an estimated force of more than 200,000.

"By the day of sending the letter, its advance troops had set off from Cairo, and the main forces were still gathering.

"At present, the Egyptians plan to cross the Sinai Peninsula, complete the final assembly in Ashkiron, and then use this as a base to launch a general offensive on Jerusalem."

The celebration banquet was cancelled, and everyone in the hall was in a heavy mood. It would be too demanding to force everyone to smile and eat and drink like acting.

But the news of the arrival of this great enemy was limited to the nobles and famous knights, and was not known to the people outside.

Roger followed the Adelaide convoy and passed through the people singing and dancing on the street like a festival celebration, and returned to David Tower.

All the dishes carefully prepared by Italian chefs were wasted.

Roger had something to do in his heart, and he felt like he was chewing wax whatever he ate.

He filled his stomach in a grassy field, and then he entered the castle study.

On the large wooden table in the study, Roger spread out all the relevant maps and information.

Then he began to think.

Adelaide sat silently on the side, silently as if he was invisible.

Roger recalled the series of events he experienced after coming to Jerusalem.

Suddenly, as if he was talking to himself, he said: "It seems that these things are all related.

"The Bedouin drove the huge herd to Damascus, and was obviously instructed by the Egyptians.

"The 4,000 brand new Egyptian gold coins were actually deposits paid by the Egyptians, and the livestock were military rations prepared by the Egyptians for the 200,000 army.

“But why did they go to Damascus?

"Those Bedouin people should go west from the Arabian Peninsula and hand over the military rations to Egyptians who came from the southwest."

Roger's hands gestured on a simple parchment map.

I don’t know which artist this map came from. Any important city, avenue, and river are just simple points and lines, and they are obviously inconsistent with proportion.

In the blank space, various patterns were painted.

There are oceans marked by ugly sea monsters and gods, deserts marked by vivid camels, and mountains and forests marked by quirky elves.

A woman with a plump figure symbolizes land suitable for farming and grazing.

Roger pointed at Cairo with his fingers, and there was a large group of plump women nearby, some with baskets of crops on their heads, and some with big bundles of straw on their backs.

Then his fingertips followed the Mediterranean coast, the only black line representing the avenue, and pulled eastward for a long distance.

The black line is painted on the north side of the sea monster, Poseidon holding a trident, and a group of camels are painted on the south side.

Roger's finger passed through a black dot marked Arish along the northern coast of the Sinai Peninsula.

It was just a lonely black dot, and there was no abundant land represented by women nearby.

Then there was another black line with only camels.

All the way to the port city of Ashkirun.

There was a plump woman near Ashkiron. Roger knew that it was the Ramla Plain, currently under the control of Christians.

Among the few naughty mountain elves on the northeast side of the plain is the city of Jerusalem represented by the Passion Jesus.

Roger's finger did not stop there, and he continued to slide northeastward.

Below the black dots marked with Damascus, there were several plump women farming, and the rich area was under the control of the Damascus people.

To the west of these women, crossing the thin line representing the Jordan River, he soon arrived at Tyre, which has a natural port.

Combined with memories of his previous life, Roger understood this map.

He said to himself: "So these Bedouin people can only go to Damascus. There is no grassland suitable for such a large herd to survive on the Sinai Peninsula.

"This will make the explanation clear. No wonder the Egyptian vassal, Tyr, did not form an alliance early or later, and at this time formed a defensive alliance with the Damascus people.

"This is why the Egyptian main fleet arrived in Tyr.

"The three armies were not moving, and food and grass were ahead. The Egyptians made a big deal this time.

"Haha, they must have not expected that their plans were accidentally destroyed by me.

"The holy war has been initiated and the national mobilization has been completed. If you want to cancel it at this time, I am afraid that the people will not agree.

"The Egyptian king, no, they are called Caliph, who, by the way, Amir Ahkamira, he is going to have a headache now.

"There is no food, and even the fleet that transported the food was wiped out. What are the more than 200,000 people coming to eat?

"Hahaha, this is called a dilemma, hahaha."

Roger became more and more excited the more he spoke. He felt that after analyzing this problem that troubles everyone, it was not as difficult as he imagined.

However, Adelaide, who had been listening quietly, poured a basin of cold water on the side, and she said:

"You forgot Ashkeelon."

Roger, who was walking back and forth in the room excitedly, stopped suddenly.

He pounced on the wooden table and looked at the map carefully.

The city of Ashkillen on the map is just a black dot and is not at all conspicuous.

Roger actually saw it just now, but he just didn't take it seriously.

Now he has received a reminder from Adelaide, and when he looks at the map, he feels that this black spot is extremely annoying no matter how he looks at it.

He remembered that Muttier's intelligence also said that the Egyptians would use the city of Ashkiron as their base.

This city is so close to the city of Jerusalem, it is like a sharp knife that presses against the chest.

And it is ten times the distance from Cairo to the city of Jerusalem.

Roger couldn't help but complain: "What have Baldwin been doing these years?

"Staying such an Egyptian vassal city there is like allowing strangers to sleep beside their own beds.

"Don't he feel uncomfortable?"

Adelaide sighed and said, "Of course Baldwin wanted to beat Ashkelen down, but he couldn't do it.

“The city has extremely strong defenses and large scale.

“There are 15,000 residents there, living in the walls of 79,000 Roman foot long, 50 Roman foot high and 160 Roman foot thick.

"A city like this can't be beaten just by fighting."

Roger thought about it and found that the city wall was equivalent to 24,000 meters long, 15 meters high, and 50 meters wide.
Chapter completed!