"Zahir!"

When Adil led the Armored Cavalry up the slope, he only saw the heavy gray defeat on Zahir's face.

He called his name several times before Zahir came to his senses.

Not only Zahir, but most of his cavalry came from various Chiefdoms, and their fighting spirit was not very strong.

Seeing the bravery of the Franks, they were almost scared stiff, and if Losa led the Cavalry to charge once more, they would surely scatter and flee.

Adil harshly reprimanded him, "Zahir, what are you doing standing around? Don't you want to wash away the shame of your past defeat?"

"Let this Cavalry retreat to rest, go and bring your main Cavalry here to support us, we must quickly resolve this Frankish Cavalry!"

Zahir awoke as if from a dream.

A mere loss of over a hundred Light Cavalry, most of them riders sent by the Tunis Chiefdom to join the crusade, had little impact on the overall situation!

Whether it was the Hejaz, Yemen, Tunis or the Abyssinia black slave soldiers, they were not Saladin's core strength, even if completely lost, it would only reduce the power of those Chiefdoms.

He led the Light Cavalry to retreat quickly, these cavalry had lost their fighting will and staying on the battlefield was just a burden!

Losa led the Cavalry around, joining forces with Baron Goffrey's cavalry unit.

They had joyful expressions, someone shouted, "Grand Master, why aren't we continuing the charge? I'm not done killing yet!"

"Haha, these cowardly heretics dare to charge at us, even unarmed, our steeds could crush them."

"You guys had fun, we were just watching the show!"

The Cavalry following Baron Goffrey, kept in reserve, began to clamor impatiently to join the battle.

Losa shouted, "Everyone hold on, Saladin's cavalry numbers are more than five times ours, in this battle, I guarantee everyone will get their fill of fighting."

"The Cavalry that just charged will temporarily come under Baron Goffrey's command, you rest, recover your horse power, and send Scouts to observe enemy cavalry movements, ready to respond at any time."

"The rest, follow me for another charge, drive those Armored Cavalry that just climbed the hill back down!"

Losa waved his Armed Sword, a group of Cavalry spontaneously followed him for a charge.

Adil had just reached the hilltop, only to be startled by the Crusader Cavalry fighting fiercely.

"These monsters, do they never feel tired?"

He did not know this Cavalry was not the same group that initiated the first charge, seeing Losa and his Winged Cavalry, he instinctively thought it was the same group.

Losa utilized the advantage of the trapezoidal slope, while Adil reached the top of the hill, he still remained on flat ground for Losa.

Boom—

Two steel torrents suddenly collided.

The Armored Cavalry, barely able to accelerate, relying on decent martial arts and high morale, did not quickly lose in the clash between the two Cavalry.

But the situation became increasingly unfavorable for them.

After this round of charge.

The Mamluk Cavalry left behind dozens of corpses, while Losa's Cavalry suffered minimal losses.

Losa once again led the Cavalry, circled around, flanking along the Mamluk Cavalry's path.

"Don't let them escape!"

Behind Adil, another Mamluk Cavalry commander shouted loudly.

Adil had no time to stop, forced to watch as the new Mamluk Cavalry recklessly spurred their mounts to chase the retreating Crusader Cavalry.

But soon, they found that in the rolling dust ahead, the Crusader Heavy Cavalry, supposedly in retreat, had unknowingly turned around to attack again.

Caught off guard, a large number of Mamluks were knocked from their mounts by Lance, quickly defeated, leaving behind dozens of corpses, fleeing in panic.

In fact, these charging Cavalry were left behind by Losa, commanded by Goffrey's another Cavalry unit.

This was a resounding victory.

Two rounds of charges, with a loss of only over ten, inflicted about a hundred and fifty casualties on the elite Armored Cavalry of the Mamluks.

It must be understood that, only one-quarter of Saladin's Mamluks were Armored Cavalry.

The morale of the Crusader Knights instantly soared.

"Honest and straightforward, die but never deceive!"

Losa raised his Armed Sword high, shouting.

Knights and Attendants responded together, "Honest and straightforward, die but never deceive!"

"Protect the weak, with a clear conscience!"

"Facing strong enemies, fearless and brave!"

"Brave and loyal, with a clear conscience before Heavenly Father!"

"Knights, Attendants, Cavalry, remember your oath, I know there might be conflicts among you, or come from different places, speaking different languages, but today, we are all Knights under Heavenly Father, for the Kingdom, for Jerusalem, for King Baldwin, fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

The Knights shouted in unison.

Frankish Knights never lacked courage, even their mortal enemies, the Saracens, documented emphasis was placed on their pure "barbarism and bravery".

Losa felt gratified, during the first charge, the Knights followed his orders, unlike a reckless dog, running wild.

The Winged Cavalry's conspicuous feather decoration played a "flag-like" role, drawing other Knights to spontaneously follow and gather around the Winged Cavalry beside Losa.

Losa paused for a moment, his expression slightly changed.

He did not have a God's-eye view, unaware that the Mamluk Cavalry, like a black tide, was rushing towards both flanks of the Crusaders, aiming to encircle his cavalry.

But Losa could hear the drums of war-like thunderous hoofbeats, and see the swirling yellow sand stirred up by the charging cavalry.

"Knights, follow me!"

He did not need to explain his intentions; they only needed to follow the Winged Cavalry's feathered decorations for the charge.

...

At this time, the Mamluk Cavalry had already charged out from both flanks of the Crusader formation, they did not use mounted archery to suppress the Crusader formation.

Because Baldwin IV's Crusader infantry, unlike the Royal Knight Order, consisted of only a few Armenian stone throwers.

They included a large number of foot archers and hired crossbowmen.

The precision and range of mounted archery were far inferior to foot archery, under the shield formation of the Crusaders, the Mamluks unless insane, would not stop their mounts and engage in archery duels with the foot archers.

Their target was always the Crusader Cavalry led by Losa!

As long as they could eliminate this Cavalry, they could focus on supporting the infantry's frontal combat, at that time, whether charging from behind or shooting from behind, it would yield twice the effect.

...

In the Saracen's main camp.

Saladin was holding a porcelain bowl, drinking a bowl of iced water, he did not randomly intervene in frontline command, he clearly knew he was not militarily gifted.

Such micro-managing techniques as moving a Lance three centimeters back were beyond his capabilities.

Therefore, this battle was mainly enacted by Adil, Zahir and numerous generals themselves, he only managed the overall situation.

The messenger reported back.

Saladin paused the news, slightly frowned, "This Baron Losa is even more troublesome than his father?"

...

In front, a fully prepared array of Mamluk Light and Heavy Cavalry, at least five hundred in total.

The Saracen's encirclement had begun in the first round of engagement between Losa and Zahir's Light Cavalry.

"Damn, are they going all out? Don't the Saracens know to keep a reserve?"

"No, we have to break out of the encirclement."

Losa's mind turned quickly, ultimately choosing the most straightforward path following "beast instinct"— to crash directly into them!

This group of Cavalry, running here, were just as exhausted.

Losa's Cavalry still had Furinjira boosting them, while the opponents did not.

Now, if taking a detour, the path would be much longer, once tangled by the enemy, Saracen Cavalry could crush his eight hundred men solely by numerical superiority!

"Regardless of noble, knight or attendant, everyone, charge with me!"

"Slay the heretics!"

Sure enough, when close enough, you could see the opposing Cavalry sweating profusely, and when gathering momentum for a charge, their speed was noticeably slower.

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