Chapter 146 A war without fire is like a sausage without mustard
The Kingdom of Jerusalem has faced internal divisions since its establishment.
Even if the conquerors and the natives belong to two different nations, they also belong to two different faiths.
The differences between Arabs and Franks can be clearly distinguished from language, writing, culture, religion, and even appearance.
At the same time, the Franks are not a small nation. In Jerusalem, the Franks are referred to as all Western Europeans who believe in Catholicism. Behind them are the support of the entire Western Europe, with tens of millions of "common people" there.
Naturally, the Franks in the Kingdom of Jerusalem could not say that they had learned and integrated with the conquered peoples.
The same goes for Arabs. The teachings of the Holy Prophet and the "Quran" he handed down, plus the Arabic language, are like a stamp of thought in the Arab spirit.
Outside the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there are also "similar people" with a starting number of 20 million.
Two huge ethnic groups faced each other across the Mediterranean Sea like giants.
The tiny Kingdom of Jerusalem is like these two giants wrestling with their little fingers across a wall.
They were unhappy with each other, but they couldn't rush over and fight to the death. They could only let their little fingers be tortured.
Fusion? How to integrate.
The only thing is to replace the old identity with a new identity.
Before replacing the old identity with a new one, Gehrys needed to get the two ethnic groups in Jerusalem to reach an understanding.
Today, in this classroom, there are Franks and many Muslims, and they have all become brothers fighting against each other.
But this is only temporary. When national and religious sentiments rise in the future, all the past history will be the reason for them to fight each other.
Therefore, Garris needs to do one thing: restore the truth of history.
Rather than distorting history to win a one-sided victory, what Garis needs is for the two ethnic groups in the Kingdom of Jerusalem to understand each other.
Things in the past have happened, but those things happened for a reason. Today, we should work together as fighting brothers to wash away the mistakes of the past with the blood of sinners or liars.
"Everyone, the judgment of history is the final judgment. We cannot do nothing in front of history."
"We must face up to the sufferings of history and remember our true past, but that is not to perpetuate hatred, but to prevent what has already happened from happening again. We must jump out of the cycle of history."
"We cannot allow people like Pope Urban II to tamper with history and be inspired by lies."
"When we point our swords at each other because of false stories, we deviate from the right path and close the door to the kingdom of heaven again."
"Today's class is over, I hope everyone can be touched."
There was a round of applause in the classroom. Many people may not understand what Garris really meant, but the sincere emotion cannot be faked.
In Alhadi Town, such a small place, the seeds of understanding have been sown. What needs to be watered with the common blood between the two communities is to establish a new identity.
Looking at the different faces of different nationalities and beliefs in the audience, it seemed to Garris.
It is time for the idea of establishing Arnon County to be pushed forward.
He could not guard this land all the time, and he should prepare to leave Arnon and go to a new wilderness of faith.
For example, Leonard's hometown, Fort Karak.
Next to Karak Fort is the city of Karak, which is the core of Transjordan territory.
It is also the most dazzling gem on the Transjordan trade route. It is a true medieval city with thousands of residents.
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Leonard didn't expect that as soon as he left, Garris would start thinking about receiving the inheritance.
Now he is still thinking about how to deploy his troops and how to defeat Saladin.
Compared with the First Crusade in the past, the military skills of the Kingdom of Jerusalem have been completely transformed.
Although the logistics organization ability is still the same as that of a bird, it is not planned to conduct an expedition of thousands of kilometers anyway, so it is not a big problem.
Today, in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, they already have a relatively mature communication concept. Each lord's army will maintain a relatively close communication, so that each can easily know the location of friendly forces.
After receiving the information from Leonard about sending troops, the Holy City of Jerusalem communicated with Leonard at the frequency of one letter every two days.
Since the distance between each other is not particularly far, basically there will be no delay of two days when receiving the letter.
"Wait a minute, wasn't it said that we were gathering in Jerusalem at the beginning? Two days ago it was changed to going to Acre? Why are we going to Tripoli again? And you asked me to arrive within 10 days? This, this is not a joke!"
During the march, Leonard, who received the latest letter, couldn't bear it. He really wanted to rush in front of Guy and scold those insects one by one.
Do those trash, insects, and rubbish know how to fight?
At the beginning, it was said that the assembly location was the holy city of Jerusalem. Three days after Leonard sent out troops, the assembly location was changed to Acre. Of course, Acre is a good place. Compared with the inland holy city of Jerusalem, Acre, as the largest port in Jerusalem, is the economic center of the kingdom.
If we really want to make an analogy, Akka may be similar to Shanghai.
They are all big ports, both are economic centers, prices are ridiculously high, and they are all the cities that foreigners like to stay in the most...
In Leonard's view, from a military perspective, using a large port as a gathering place is actually a good choice.
After all, foreign food can be purchased efficiently through the port to maintain the army's supplies.
It is also suitable to organize the pilgrims who come to Jerusalem by boat and organize them into a volunteer army.
Moreover, it only takes 150 kilometers to reach Damascus from Acre, which is closer than sending troops from Jerusalem.
In addition, there were rumors that Saladin's small force was approaching Acre. In order to avoid threatening the economic center of the kingdom, it was indeed reasonable to change the gathering place.
Then, after walking for another two days, Leonard received new news that he did not need to go to Acre and led his troops directly to Tripoli.
The assembly point was changed every two days. The speed of the change from day to day really frightened Leonard.
Don't expect to receive another message in two days and change the meeting place!
Facing Leonard's question, the rider who delivered the message quickly replied: "The secret agreement between Lord Raymond, Count of Tripoli and Saladin has been exposed, and the king will lead his army to question it."
"Wait, secret agreement? Isn't everyone already aware of that?"
The rider was a little embarrassed, and then whispered: "The king just found out, so he was particularly angry."
Leonard looked at the sky and paused for a while. He suddenly felt that he had lost his mind a little bit by putting Guy on the throne.
As early as January 1187, Saladin's mission went to Jerusalem to lobby, and rumors had already spread.
Because Sibylla broke her promise, Guy ascended to the throne, and then Raymond, Count of Tripoli, was depressed and depressed by the new king.
After Saladin heard the news, he expressed great sympathy for Raymond's experience. It is said that he also reached a secret agreement, secretly promising to support him in becoming king in the future and to help him seize the throne of Jerusalem.
Leonard felt like veins were popping up on his forehead. No, how could there be a real secret agreement that would become known to everyone?
And that guy Guy, who had never heard of it before, actually took it seriously after hearing the news? !
Maybe he didn't take it seriously, maybe he just wanted to hit Raymond.
But even if you want to beat others up, you can use rumors that even a dog doesn't believe.
Does this make you, a king, extraordinarily reckless?
Does it seem that you, a Kingdom of Jerusalem, have low intelligence?
Leonard took a few deep breaths and gained a deeper understanding of Guy's insect nature.
But so what? Now that the arrow is on the string and has to be fired, it is impossible to temporarily change the king.
Leonard bit the bullet and adjusted his marching direction, and then he realized another problem.
"Damn it! I didn't prepare enough food for Tripoli!"
Why is it said that changing orders from morning to night is a taboo for military strategists? Because many times the planning margin is not enough.
When he first went to the holy city of Jerusalem, Leonard had more than enough food. Later when he went to Acre, he also considered this possibility and therefore prepared a few more days of rations.
Now when the order is changed to go to Tripoli, the distance has doubled! He was also asked to arrive within 10 days, which meant that he might not have time to re-purchase army rations in the meantime.
Leonard felt like he was going to be knocked out by Guy.
Then he glanced at the village in the distance. Now his army had left the territory of Transjordan and was in the territory of another lord.
After three seconds of thinking, Leonard ordered to the knights on the side: "The village ahead may be colluding with the heretics, please go check it out quickly!"
"Yes!"
The knights all showed tacit smiles, and they naturally understood the meaning of Leonard's words.
In almost any case, knights and peasants are people from two different worlds. They lack empathy with each other and often only have straight swords or ignited fireworks.
Henry V once said: War without fire is like sausage without mustard.
It was time to burn some villages to replenish the army's supplies, even if the village in front was under the rule of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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