The Youngest Prince Of The English Royalty House [EN]: Chapter 57

[Episode 57, Gi’s Eccentric Behavior (2)]

-A few days ago, near Alexandria-

Whoosh.

A commander is enjoying the wonderfully blowing desert wind.

‘What a refreshing breeze…’

The man, striking all sorts of cool poses while feeling the wind, is none other than Guy de Lusignan, Baldwin IV’s brother-in-law, the pride of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and a Crusader knight whose fame has recently risen throughout Egypt.

‘Conquering Alexandria is as simple as eating a fig. Such a great opportunity, all thanks to God’s grace.’

Anyway, right now, Guy de Lusignan was truly confident.

Now that Christians have finally recognized his worth, he will finally show his true value to everyone in the world, to the ends of Samaria.

The members of the Crusades, who thought the same as Guy de Lusignan, were also in a good mood, thinking about looting Alexandria, which made their mouths water.

Anyway, Guy de Lusignan, pleased with the Crusaders’ morale, commanded in the most impressive manner possible.

“Now, let’s conquer Alexandria, another parish of Christianity! God wants Alexandria!”

-Waaaaah!

The Crusaders’ morale soared.

And the Islamic army, witnessing their appearance, was, to put it bluntly, terrified. The fact that the Crusaders had mobilized such a large force even after a long time since the engagement began.

“Hold them back! If we are conquered up to this point, we really won’t be able to do anything!”

Saladin of Alexandria was nervous.

Thus, the holy battle began, and of course, the Christians would drive out those damned Islamic heretics from Alexandria…

They couldn’t. No, they were rather the ones who suffered.

“Ugh!”

“Those damn heretics are struggling.”

Guy de Lusignan took the situation too lightly.

Since the Islamic guys were already cornered, he thought he could just push through with force.

The Crusader forces were already much larger and in a much better situation. He thought he could simply charge and simply siege to obtain Alexandria.

However, that offensive was easily blocked by the Islamic army.

The Crusaders of Guy de Lusignan, who seemed to have the upper hand during the first battle, eventually failed to occupy it.

And during the second battle that took place today…

The lines collapsed, and those screaming in the Crusades increased.

“Ughhh. Save me.”

“Jesus and the Holy Mother!”

“The treacherous Islamic army, using such cowardly tactics.”

The Crusaders were increasingly heading straight for the River Jordan.

“Allah Hu Akbar!” [God is the greatest!]

“We are the descendants of the honorable Muhammad!”

On the other hand, unlike the first battle, the Islamic armies were slowly beginning to ‘adapt’ to the battle.

In the end, in the second battle, the Crusaders had to worry about their own lives, let alone occupying Alexandria.

“Retreat!”

Guy de Lusignan… eventually issued a retreat order.

Guy de Lusignan and the Crusader knights, who barely escaped with their lives, barely managed to escape.

“What is this?”

The Islamic armies couldn’t believe it right now. The Crusaders were retreating so easily.

For the Islamic army, which had initially been prepared for annihilation.

‘What are those guys doing?’

‘Is it a decoy tactic?’

‘Are they pretending to be at a disadvantage and running away, then encircling and annihilating us?’

The Crusaders’ sudden escape only aroused ‘?’.

Even Commander Safadin, who was quite nervous during the first battle, was dumbfounded.

At first, he was surprised by the number of the magnificent army.

“Are those really Crusaders?”

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

Safadin, who received the report from his subordinate, did not understand.

“The Crusaders, why are those Crusaders so weak?”

The same question arose from the camp dispatched from Khwarazm.

“The John we fought wasn’t like this…”

Ala al-Din! The Islamic prince, who was about the same age as John, was disappointed in the Crusaders.

Although the Crusaders are hateful, the Crusaders who fought hard against Ala al-Din himself are true warriors. In particular, the army of the Holy Roman Empire and the army of that terrible ‘Prince John’ are all enemies, but they are honorable.

But the so-called Jerusalem Crusaders who fought this time were too ugly.

Anyway, the brave Crusaders led by Guy de Lusignan, a knight of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, marched to Alexandria.

Instead of conquering the coveted port city of Alexandria, only knights who took the Jordan River Express [died or were routed] were left.

‘A guy like Gi [referring to Guy].’

Thanks to this, a new curse was born in the Crusades.

***

-Cairo, Crusader Camp-

I, who still didn’t understand the situation, asked Godfrey.

“So, you’re saying they went with that many troops and came back defeated like that?”

“Your Highness, it is as expected. They were destined to fail from the start.”

Those who were destined to fail from the start. I expected that too.

“I expected failure too. The problem is, I didn’t know they would cause such a disaster.”

“He was more… incompetent than I thought. That knight named Gi, I mean.”

As I told Godfrey, I thought Gi was like Won Gyun [a famously incompetent Korean general], but I didn’t know he would fail so miserably.

Among the Crusaders throughout Egypt, the knights belonging to the Kingdom of Jerusalem suffered particularly severe damage.

The problem is that Guy de Lusignan didn’t just bring the Crusaders belonging to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

The Crusaders from other countries who followed Guy de Lusignan without knowing anything suffered enormous damage from the Islamic army.

Isn’t this completely like the Battle of Hattin (a battle in the movie Kingdom of Heaven where the Kingdom of Jerusalem army suffered severe damage from Saladin)?

Thinking about it now.

[I will dedicate Alexandria to the Lord.]

Guy de Lusignan’s actions, who had guaranteed that, are a laughing stock.

Guy de Lusignan, who left this one word, left to attack Alexandria with much anticipation.

The Crusader knights, especially the knights from the Kingdom of Jerusalem, who made up the majority of Guy de Lusignan’s forces, followed him with proud faces.

But the defeated soldiers barely saved their lives and returned to their base.

They charged with a golden glow and a very cool pose. But now, they returned with only a few hundred troops with dying expressions.

Knights with their whole bodies covered in blood, sweat, and dirty mud.

And… the Crusader soldiers who had become a complete mess that I couldn’t even put into words.

‘Wow… Guy de Lusignan is a legend.’

I was speechless as I watched this amazing historical site.

Guy de Lusignan.

A man known as a power figure in the Kingdom of Jerusalem who, in every movie related to the Crusades, is caught as a hostage by Saladin without knowing his place.

But now that he was beaten like a dog by Safadin, not Saladin, and had a soul-lost expression, I felt sorry for him.

‘Of course, I was lucky to beat Safadin. Safadin himself is not an easy person.’

“Ha…”

The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick sighed at how absurd it was.

“…”

He stared at Guy de Lusignan with a blank expression and without saying a word.

The heavy silence varies depending on who makes it. The Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Frederick, who had seen countless blood, made such a chilling silence that even the shameless Guy de Lusignan would not be able to endure it.

“Guy de Lusignan…”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Well done.”

The emperor smiled brightly and patted the shoulder of the defeated commander Gi.

“Gi, thanks to you, things will be easier.”

Looking at Frederick, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, smiling for a brief moment, I felt that anyone could not become the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Not long after that.

The knights from the Kingdom of Jerusalem had to either become obsolete or submit to the emperor.

***

Of course, Guy de Lusignan and the knights who followed him were now virtually out of the Crusader command in Egypt.

Because of these incompetent knights, the Crusader knights, who were planning to plunder kindly and diligently, were ruined.

The incompetent commander who was the main culprit of the incident.

“Imprison Guy de Lusignan immediately.”

The proud Guy de Lusignan was imprisoned.

And the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire drank alcohol.

“I’m not good at drinking.”

“Are you saying you’re not good at drinking when you drink so much wine?”

“It’s a problem that someone who inherited the blood of the Germans is only slightly drunk to this extent. I wasn’t this bad at drinking in my younger days.”

Only slightly? The person who drank wine like a drinking hippo said he was bad at drinking?

Anyway, Frederick, who was drunk according to his own words, said.

“Anyway, as someone who is bad at drinking, I had a strange thought after getting drunk.”

“What are you thinking about?”

Frederick, who suddenly became full of emotions, said.

“Before the Roman Empire, what did the rulers of Egypt, yes, the Pharaohs, feel when looking at the Nile River?”

“I don’t know anything.”

John S… No, isn’t it common sense that John Plantagenet doesn’t know anything?

No, why is a person who came to do the Crusades suddenly talking about the Pharaohs?

“It must be longing. They created a golden life, but a longing to leave something in the world, even a little bit. Whether it’s a large tomb (pyramid) or a historical achievement…”

“I shouldn’t say this as someone who believes in the Lord, but I feel like I want to achieve more… more… more achievements.”

“Are you talking about achievements?”

As I asked that, Frederick said while striking a pose.

“The Crusades are the last longing that completes my life.”

***

-Syria-

[Allah will surely help us. Of course, before that, our defense preparations must be perfect.]

Saladin steadily endured by implementing medieval-style universal defense in key locations and harassing the rear of the Crusader camp with guerrilla tactics, moving Islamic troops disguised as the people of Syria to ambush the Crusader camp’s rear.

Of course, the Crusader camp would not just sit back and watch this.

If Richard, Duke of Normandy, and Baldwin IV were incompetent commanders, they might have fallen for Saladin’s tactics.

However, Baldwin is a capable commander who has experience defeating Saladin on the front lines since he was young, and Richard, who has experienced Saladin as a commander in various ways, has long since adapted to Saladin’s ‘strategy’.

Saladin’s ideas were effective at first, but as time passed, the situation became more difficult.

The biggest thing is that the Crusaders won a great victory in the Egyptian war in the west.

And the reality is that the Crusaders in Syria, stimulated by the news, launched a massive attack.

“Break down the walls of the infidels!”

“We must destroy the sinful Jericho (Syria)!”

Saladin’s army, which had to stop the Crusaders in an already unfavorable situation.

And the Crusader armies of King Richard and King Baldwin, advancing to the vicinity of Damascus, the center of Syria.

The Islamic armies were cornered, just like the fall of Constantinople in the Eastern Roman Empire.

But.

“Have you been waiting long?”

Saladin was confident. Because, as Saladin planned.

“Let’s save our brothers of faith!”

“We are the swords of Ishmael!”

New Islamic reinforcements came from the east.

“Damn it, it’s Islamic reinforcements.”

“Allah Hu Akbar!”

“Uuuuuuuuu!”

The suddenly rushing mercenaries of Western Liao and the supporting troops of the Ghurid Sultanate were driving out the Crusaders, who were already exhausted from continuous attacks.

“Retreat!”

The Crusaders temporarily withdrew their forces.

“Ha…”

Baldwin IV, who arrived at the command post, was angry.

This was not because he was attacked by the Ghurid Sultanate’s reinforcements in this battle, but because Guy de Lusignan had disgraced the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

“If I had known this would happen, I would have executed him sooner.”

Logically speaking, it is right to think about the attack on Alexandria a little more calmly.

Besides, why did Frederick I, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and commander-in-chief of the Egyptian war, allow that reckless charge?

There must have been the ‘political calculation’ of the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to exclude the command of the knights of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Anyway, the disgrace that occurred in the western Egyptian war because of one Guy de Lusignan who was spared from death.

Thanks to this, the brand value of the Kingdom of Jerusalem was falling.

Richard was also not in a good mood.

Despite Guy de Lusignan’s fault in killing his mother Eleanor’s bodyguard, he was spared for the time being. He had no intention of getting dirty blood on his sword, and he wanted to use it later.

“If I had known this would happen, I would have killed him.”

Richard regretted it late.

“From now on, I will check the condition of the knights under my command.”

As Richard began to discipline the troops under his command, he heard new news from the Count of Champagne.

“Your Highness, right now, Prince John is…”

“What about my brother?”

Safe John went on a new adventure to survive.

The era of ‘Indiana John’ has returned.

Indiana John (1) [Free up to this point.]