Chapter 173 [Thou shalt not kill]
【Thou shalt not kill】
——"Exodus" 20:13
Everything went according to plan. Before the sun set in the east, the residents of Karak City had already mobilized intensively.
All, almost all men, took up arms on this day, and the strongest among them wore armor.
Those who were not so strong carried crossbows and arrows and helped people carry supplies.
Due to the presence of Karak Castle, Karak City is not lacking in weapons.
As for Garris, in this night, he stood on the city wall with Amedeh, looking at the Adil military camp in the distance.
"Amedei, I suddenly realized one thing. You never seemed to question my murderous behavior."
Anyway, just to kill time, Garris asked Amedeh a question related to the core teachings of Christianity - killing.
Heavenly Father spoke ten words from the fire on the mountain, and those ten words were carved on stone tablets and given to Moses.
These ten sentences are the Ten Commandments.
In Catholicism, the Ten Commandments have an important status and significance. They are regarded as laws directly revealed by the Father and form the basis of the Christian's moral life.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Ten Commandments are universal obligations owed to all sane creatures, and their violation is considered a mortal sin.
The fifth one is: Thou shalt not kill.
Regarding this question, Amedei pondered for a moment, and then gave his own answer, which came from the scriptures: "Whoever sheds your blood and takes your life, whether he is a beast or a man, I will punish him... …Whoever sheds human blood, his blood will be shed by others, because humans are created in the image of God.”
This passage comes from Book 9 of Genesis.
This is actually a matter of stance. The Ten Commandments not to kill people, in this era and in the words of most priests, essentially help those with vested interests safeguard their interests.
Since Amedei can break out of that frame, it means that he already has the correct understanding.
At least Amedeh would not use those words of Jesus to emphasize Christian obedience when preaching to the poor.
[It’s just that I’m telling you, don’t fight against evil people. If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other cheek as well. 】
——"Matthew" 5:39
These words of Jesus are essentially advocating that violence should not be used to fight violence, but they are often used by those who argue against the Bible to require believers to obey the current "structural violence."
But it's not enough for Amedei to wake up, so he needs to patch this one of the Ten Commandments.
"Amedei, listen, remember what I have to say."
"First of all, all life is sacred and killing is a felony."
"The prohibition on killing is not just a requirement not to kill anyone, but more importantly, it is to prevent unjust attackers from harming others!"
The Ten Commandments say you are not allowed to kill, and Garris's backhand is an expanded explanation. This prohibition against killing should not only be used to restrain oneself, but should also be used to stop injustice and injustice in society.
Let the evildoers no longer be able to harm others!
Similarly, based on this explanation, when facing unjust wars, facing "structural violence" and "systemic oppression", and using bloodless methods to harm the lives and rights of others, the words "Thou shalt not kill" should also be applied. A commandment.
Nowadays, the war launched by Adil is for his personal ambition, to satisfy his greedy desire for wealth, and to reduce free people to slaves.
So anyone, any Christian, should stop it.
Since no one else came forward to stop this scene, Gellis could only do it himself.
Through the tunnel, Garris had already established good contact with John and the others.
Due to the various massacres of the Adil light cavalry by Garris these days, the Adil military camp no longer sends light cavalry for night patrols.
After all, almost any light cavalry who dares to patrol at night has almost a half chance of never returning.
Adil is actually quite puzzled by this.
It is difficult for people to imagine things they have never seen before, so Adil couldn't realize what he was facing even if he tried his best.
Due to the lack of night patrols outside the military camp in Adil, the Arnon Valley reinforcements led by Old John and others were not discovered when they were five hundred meters away from the Adil military camp.
Garris also organized about a thousand citizens, plus all the defenders of Karak Castle, to prepare to participate in this siege break.
The rescue of Karak City was much simpler than Garris thought.
The first to launch the attack was naturally a company from the Kingdom of Jerusalem Army, followed closely by a militia battalion.
This group of nearly 600 people climbed over the hills and approached 300 meters from the Adil military camp, and no one discovered them.
According to the military camp defense these days, it is natural to arrange sentries at night. Not to mention going out to patrol the fields, they should also be on guard towers.
Naturally, these sentries cannot stand overnight and need to be rotated in batches.
But at the military organizational level of the Saracens, no one really follows any military principles.
In the end, those who had some connections found reasons to shirk their duties as sentries. Leave those people who are easy to bully and easy to bully in the sentry tower or at the gate of the military camp. But the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Since some people are trying to manipulate their privileges, don't blame others for not working hard.
What's more, everyone in Palestine now knows that Saladin won a great victory and destroyed almost all the main forces of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in one battle.
Under such circumstances, why do we need to worry about large-scale enemy attacks on the camp?
As for the small actions of Garris, most of them were aimed at destroying the rest of the soldiers in Adil Camp.
In this way, since you can't sleep well in the first place, you should seize the time to sleep more.
Tonight, Garris did not do any work, and the sentry on the sentry tower fell asleep directly on the spot.
When the morning light shone on his face, the sentry yawned and stretched. When he stood up, he saw a dark crowd approaching the military camp.
At first, the sentry failed to react and thought it was reinforcements coming from nowhere.
Only when he saw the flags carried by the troops the next time did he realize the problem.
"F-Franks! The Franks are attacking the camp!"
But that was all he shouted out as a warning, and along with his voice, a burst of crossbow bolts struck towards the sentry tower, one of which accurately hit his forehead.
At this point, a battle started.
As for the city of Karak, the city gate has also been opened. Under the command of Garis, the organized personnel marched towards Adilena's camp that blocked the city gate.
To be honest, these citizens couldn't get out of the military formation at all. Most of them just relied on the city walls to help build momentum.
The armored sergeants and citizens were the main force participating in the battle.
Judging from the current battlefield situation, the soldiers in the Arnon Valley, plus the reinforcements sent from the city, are actually not as numerous as Adil's side.
Therefore, this battle mainly focused on relieving the siege and forcing Adil's army to flee.
Even if Garris personally took action, he could only climb over the camp wall with his bare hands, open the camp door with John and the others, and launch an assault into the camp.
Because Garris had been lying around day and night in the past few days, interfering with the rest of the Adil camp, and this was a sudden attack.
It shouldn't be difficult to win this battle. What Garris really cares about is whether those Yanon militiamen can fight.
Many of those militia companies have been formed for more than a year, and this is their first time to enter the battlefield on a large scale.
Considering the current situation in the Holy Land, this battle is just an appetizer.
"Where are the Mamluks! Where are the Mamluks!"
Adil, who was at the core of the military camp, shouted loudly at the rebels on the side, and gradually gathered a relatively elite army around him.
As Saladin's younger brother, Adil had similar problems.
The two brothers' judgments of the battlefield situation were both not keen enough.
But both of them have the same trait, which is stability.
Therefore, after making sure that enough Mamluks gathered around him. He also made sure that important figures like Humphrey or Malik were by his side.
Adil glanced at the swarms of military flags in the east, and immediately shouted loudly: "Everyone! Send my military order! Let's attack to the east together!"
Immediately afterwards, Adil turned the horse's head and pointed to the west. It was obvious that he had his own wise plan.
Humphrey was stunned, and Malik was even more confused.
On the contrary, the Mamluk guards, because they had been following the Saladin brothers for long enough, immediately realized what was going on.
One by one, they shouted: "Let us follow Lord Adil to attack eastward!"
Some unknown soldiers around them launched an attack in the direction of the rising sun in the east, trying to block the teams attacking the camp.
Adil took the lead and started a roundabout move towards the west with this small group of a hundred people.
As for the other end of the battlefield, the army that successfully broke through the camp gate was almost invincible under the leadership of Garris.
In this kind of large-scale battle, for Garris, compared to performing miracles, the more important thing is to stabilize the output and preserve enough physical strength for himself to deal with the crisis.
But even so, Garris held the sword in both hands. After swinging it, he raised the sword and dropped it. With a ten-step attack, he chopped off the heads of seven Saracens.
Behind him, the heavily armed armored sergeants were also greatly encouraged!
As the saying goes, those who understand the current affairs are heroes. Now, these heroes are fighting bravely with Garris with all their lives.
As for the Saracens and Egyptians, they were dumbfounded and shocked by the murderous scene of Garris.
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