Chapter 1433, The Duchy of Ram and the Knights of the Heavenly Wind
When players from most countries on the Middle East Peninsula were concentrating on fighting the invasion of the Condor Empire, there was one country that was the exception.
Not only did this country not send troops to join the Middle East player coalition, but it also did not respond to Ibn Haidal's ceasefire request.
From beginning to end, this country was constantly fighting wars with neighboring countries, and almost never had time to calm down.
This country is the Kingdom of Jerusalem established by French player Renault Baldwin Flanders.
Because of the relationship between the Celestial Kingdom, Reno Baldwin Flander is also respected by players as Baldwin VI.
After capturing the holy city of Jerusalem, Reno quickly formed a powerful army through the Way of Suffering and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
In order to avoid the situation of splitting and confrontation between the two major knights in history, this time Renault gave all the knights under his command, the Knights of Jerusalem.
As a result, the entire Crusader knights transformed into the king's guards, possessing blue robes and golden crosses.
After completing the dressing and strengthening of all the Crusaders under his command, Renault immediately began to expand outward with Jerusalem as the center.
Faced with the vigorous Blue Crusader, many Arab player lords around were no match for them at all, so Renault's Kingdom of Jerusalem quickly grew.
Just as Renault was preparing to attack Turkey in one go and then restore Constantinople, a powerful opponent appeared in the southwest of the Kingdom of Jerusalem: Raqa Saladin Ayub Ben, a powerful existence known as the descendants of Saladin.
With his strong appeal, Raqa Saladin Ayub Ben quickly conquered all player lords in Egypt and then established a new Ayub Kingdom.
After completing the integration of the entire Egyptian player power, Raqqa led his army across the Suez Canal without hesitation, quickly reviving the Sinai Peninsula occupied by the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the peak of the army pointed directly to the holy city of Jerusalem.
As the saying goes, the enemy was particularly jealous when they met. The descendants of the great kings in the two heavenly kings once again staged a vigorous holy war in the game.
Faced with Raqqa's strong opponent, Renault had to urgently stop the plan to restore Constantinople and transfer most of the main forces to Hanyunis on the northern coast to garrison them, in order to prevent the Raqqa army from continuing to advance eastward.
After learning that Renault had transferred a large number of elite Blue Crusaders, Raqqa also slowed down his pace of advance eastward. While sending people to set up defense lines in the Arish area, he also sent a small army to continue to clear the remnants of the Kingdom of Jerusalem on the Sinai Peninsula.
Because of the bonus of the Holy City and Mount Sinai, the military strength of the Kingdom of Jerusalem was obviously higher than that of the Ayuban army in Raqqa. However, the Kingdom of Jerusalem in Reno was surrounded by enemies, and he had to leave enough troops to guard against the surrounding hostile forces. Therefore, the strength of the two armies in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula was suddenly pulled to the same level.
Over the years, both sides of the enemy and us have fought countless battles around the coastal areas of the northern Sinai Peninsula. Although each battle has its own victory or defeat, the final result was that no one could take much advantage and no one could do anything to anyone.
When the Condor Empire invaded the Kazakh Khanate, in order to concentrate all efforts to deal with the Condor Empire, the countries in the Middle East privately reached a non-aggressive oral agreement with Renault.
As the army of other countries displayed on the border of the Kingdom of Jerusalem decreased significantly, Reno, who had always been smart, suddenly saw the opportunity to defeat Ayub's army.
However, it was not only Renault's Kingdom of Jerusalem that benefited from the war in Central Asia, but also a country that also saw hope for its rise.
This country is the Principality of Ram in the Gulf of Aqaba.
The Principality of Ram is adjacent to the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the west, Saudi Arabia in the south, and the Gulf of Aqaba in the south. Most of its territory is in Jordan, which is equivalent to being sandwiched between three major forces.
It is precisely because the Principality of Ram was sandwiched between three major powers that it has existed until now.
Jordanian players have tried to recapture the Principality of Ram more than once, because the Principality of Ram is located in their country's Aqaba Province.
But every time they used troops to the Principality of Ram, either the Kingdom of Jerusalem sent a Blue Crusader to intervene, or the Saudi Arabia sent a camel cavalry regiment to stare at it.
Neither the Kingdom of Jerusalem nor Saudi Arabia want to see the Principality of Ram being annexed because they need the Principality of Ram as a strategic buffer.
In this way, they can not only avoid direct bordering with each other, but also avoid Jordanian players from having an outlet, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Of course, in addition to the positive intervention of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Saudi Arabia, the Principality of Ram was able to survive in the cracks and was also related to their possession of a strong cavalry regiment.
This cavalry regiment has a very resounding name - the Sky Wind Knights.
The Sky Wind Knights are a cavalry regiment composed of players, and they are all Chinese players.
Although the number of this cavalry regiment was not large and had been maintained between 30,000 and 40,000, its combat effectiveness changed the entire Arabian Peninsula.
When it comes to the Sky Wind Knights, many Chinese players may not know much about it, but if they mention the Sky Wind Alliance, all Chinese players will immediately think of the player cavalry alliance that once shocked the entire Korqin region.
When the Tianfeng Alliance was fighting for control of the Liaoning region with the Condor Empire, it was defeated by the Condor Empire.
After learning about the strength of the Cavalry Regiment of the Condor Empire, Li Tianqi realized that with the powerful neighbor of the Condor Empire, it would be difficult for them to make a comeback in the Huaxia District.
So he led some backbone of the Tianfeng Alliance to head westward, chasing the footsteps of the Mongolian army that year and embarking on the Western Expedition.
Along the way, they were like mice crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beaten.
There is no way, they have no logistics supplies, and if they want to survive, they can only rob and rob while walking.
During the robbery, they kept fighting with the local cavalry regiments.
Although they were always losing their troops and fleeing in a panic, their strength was increasing day by day as they kept receiving the baptism of war.
While in the Kazakh Khanate, they once defeated a arrogant centaur tribe.
After slaughtering the centaur tribe, they turned south and rushed into Uzbekistan.
Therefore, even though the national strength of the Principality of Ram was limited, he had never reduced his support for the Knights of the Sky Wind, in order to strive for his ideals when the opportunity came.
Although Li Tianqi could not understand the psychology of these religious believers, he did not want to let down his cheap father-in-law's meticulous care for him, so he kept practicing the Tianfeng Knights and was always ready to fight for his cheap father-in-law.
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Unlike Ram I's obsession with the holy city of Jerusalem, although Jordanian players also want to embrace the holy city into their arms, they want to take back the province of Aqaba, which originally belonged to them.
They have never been able to do what they wanted before being trapped by the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Saudi Arabia.
However, with the annihilation of the first Middle Eastern player coalition, they finally had the best opportunity to recapture Aqaba Province.
When Ibn Haidal decided to use the Great Wall of Desperation as the last line of defense, Jordan's Hashem Apudula immediately mentioned the Principality of Ram, which has been protected by Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Hashem Apudulla just mentioned that all the members of the Sky Wind Knights of the Principality of Ram are Chinese players, and Ibn Haidal immediately agreed to the proposal to eliminate the Principality of Ram.
At this moment, Ibn Haidal does not allow any Chinese players in the Middle East, because every Chinese player here may be a spy from the Condor Empire.
Even if they were not the previous moment, they could transform into spies of the Condor Empire at any time in the next moment.
Ibn Haidal cannot tolerate ordinary Chinese players, let alone a whole group of powerful Tianfeng Knights.
So when Hashim Apudulla proposed to take the opportunity to eliminate the Principality of Ram, Ibn Haidal nodded without hesitation and agreed.
On the spot, Ibn Haidal informed Saudi Arabia that it could not interfere with Jordanian players' actions to recover the Principality of Ram.
Immediately, he personally contacted Renault Baldwin Flanders of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Ibn Haidal promised that as long as the Kingdom of Jerusalem does not interfere with the military operations of Jordan players against the Principality of Ram, they will never launch troops against the Kingdom of Jerusalem when they fight against the Kingdom of Ayub.
Reno Baldwin Flanders agreed without hesitation about Ibn Heidal's proposal.
When he learned that Ibn Haidal had settled the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Saudi Arabia, Hashim Apudula immediately began to form a player to fight against rebels and prepare to recapture the Principality of Ram by force.
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When the game started again, spies who were stationed in the Kingdom of Jordan soon learned about the news.
When Ram I learned that the Kingdom of Jordan was preparing to assemble 300,000 troops to attack him, he was shocked and sweated.
Because the entire Principality of Ram had an army of less than 60,000 people, of which the Knights of the Sky Wind alone accounted for more than half.
Faced with the attack of Jordan's 300,000 troops, their chances of winning were almost zero.
Good fortune will never come in one way.
Chapter completed!