Roger laughed and said, "Mom, I know you care about me, but there is no need to let me take all the troops. Do you want Jerusalem to become an unguarded city?

"In fact, I'm not going to bring infantry, I'm going to use all cavalry this time."

Roger raised his palm to stop Adelaide who wanted to object, and he explained:

“I didn’t make such a choice because of arrogance.

"At first, this is going to rescue, and the soldiers are very fast.

"Secondly, the other party has a huge herd to manage, which is equivalent to tying their hands and feet, preventing them from leaving the herd too far.

"And I am carrying a pure cavalry unit, and I can launch assaults from different directions and then retreat quickly."

Roger thought about the scene of carnivorous hunting wildebeests on the African grasslands.

With millions of wildebeests, they can theoretically step on all their opponents, but in fact they can only accept the ending of being hunted.

Rolo volunteered: "Let me accompany Roger, he is in the back, and I will take the lead in rushing."

Adelaide nodded with relief, but Roger refused.

He said: "Rollo, it's not that I don't believe you, but in fact I absolutely recognize your bravery.

“But you really can’t go this time because of your identity.

"Although your viscount is not as high as my Count, you have the official position of Jerusalem and are the chief magistrate of the court.

"If we go together, who will the credit after the victory belong to?"

Rollo said: "Of course it's you, I can come forward to testify."

Roger said: "But the question is what the general public thinks?

"They will not give you a chance to testify at all, they will only take it for granted that you led the troops to win.

“And I, an outsider, will be left behind by them.

"Even if someone is willing to speak for me, he will be scolded by the 'patriotic' people and conservatives as fawning on foreign countries."

Rollo scratched his head and said, "I don't really understand what you said."

"This kind of brain-ridden thing is not my specialty."

He turned to Adelaide and asked, "Madam, do you think I want to go?"

Queen Adelaide obviously understood, and she said: "You really can't go."

"Not only can you not go, but even the Norman Corps cannot go. This battle is best solved by Roger alone."

Then she became her mother Adelaide, she said worriedly:

"Roger, will your troops be too small? There will be dangers, otherwise it will be fine."

Roger said confidently: "Mom, believe me."

With Roger's insistence, this matter was settled.

Roger sent someone to inform Odin and asked him to summon the cavalry immediately to prepare.

At the same time, he also sent someone to tell Danny about his upcoming battle and asked him to take charge of the infantry.

Then he grabbed Rolo's arm and said:

"Although you can't go, you can still help me.

“I’m going to hire some extras, oh no, it’s mercenaries.

"I think you must be clear about the military forces scattered among the people, which are trustworthy and which are just garbage that cheats money."

...

Under the leadership of the knight who came to ask for help, Roger led his troops and walked on the Jewish mountains.

This unit consisted of 600 Norman heavy cavalry and 600 horse-riding sergeants.

There are also two teams of 121 Crusaders.

These two teams of cavalry were hired by Roger before departure on Rollo's recommendation, and they were both heavy cavalrymen.

They were equipped with heavy cavalry rifles, iron helmets, chain mail, long swords, and cavalry with kite-shaped shields painted on the surface of the Roman cross.

Rollo said that these people were very brave and good at fighting, and were extremely pious, and were always brave in fighting with pagans.

But at the same time, they are also very poor, and except for this equipment, they are almost penniless.

In fact, Rollo said that if he hadn't helped them from time to time, they might have been forced to sell their horses and become walking knights like the common down-and-out knights in the holy land.

When Roger thought of this, his eyes couldn't help but glance at the strange combination in the team.

Those were two nobles from France, Hugo de Paine and Gefrey de Saint-Omo.

The two of them rode a horse.

......

When Roger first met them, he disagreed with them joining because he was worried that these two people would drag down the speed of the entire army.

As the introducer, Rollo is very embarrassed, he said:

“I just want to use this task to help them because I think you will win.

“And they were so poor that they were about to sell all the other horses.

"But I didn't think it through. If you follow your combat intentions, they are indeed not suitable."

Roger said generously: "Although I can't take them to the battle, since they are your friends, I will give them some money."

But Hugo de Paine said: "No, I cannot accept the alms like this, unless you allow me to fight for you, it is about the honor of the nobles."

Roger was a little unhappy. He felt that the other party was ungrateful, and he said:

"I need speed in this battle, and I won't stop and wait for anyone.

“Even if he was caught in a pagan fighting alone, I wouldn’t go back and save him.

"I will explain this in advance. Don't blame me for being ruthless at that time."

Hugo and Gfrey prayed: “Give us glory, God, and glory, not for us, God, but for your name.”

Then they said firmly: "Please allow us to fight with you. Even if we are in the siege of pagans in the end, it is God's will and has nothing to do with you."

......

Roger took back his memories and looked around.

On the east side of the mountain, under the knife-cut cliff, there is a huge plain.

However, Roger knew that it was not a plain, but a rift that collapsed and had a width of 15 kilometers.

In his memory of his previous life, this was the northern continuation of the East African Rift Valley, a sinking crust sandwiched between two parallel geological fault cliffs.

On the east side of the rift, far away in the sky, is the Transjordan Plateau.

In the Rift Valley, there is a huge area of ​​water, that is the Dead Sea.

From a distance, the Dead Sea looks like a two-tailed fish with its head facing north and its tail facing south.

Under the sunlight, the sea surface looks like an ancient bronze mirror.

There is no green on the coast, it is full of gray stones and white salt.

Between the steep cliffs towering southwest of the Dead Sea, called "Sedom Mountain", the guide found a gentle slope to the rift.

Everyone rode their horses carefully and stepped on the gravel.

Roger saw many towering salt pillars along the way, some of which looked like women looking back and looking out.

There are also hot springs on the mountain that smells of sulfur, drizzling through the gravel and finally flowing into the Dead Sea.

Roger wrote down this location, and he felt that he could send someone here to find sulfur when he turned around.

He has set the goal of building prestige, and the fastest way to achieve this goal is undoubtedly to fight.

In this case, it would be too mentally retarded to put black gunpowder without using it.

Roger had ordered Sarrow to produce black gunpowder in Jerusalem.

But he was a little worried before, after all, the sulfur he brought was limited, just a few cars.

Now he smelled the sulphur-like stream, and although it smelled smelly, he was in a very happy mood.

As they went down the Dead Sea, Roger got off his horse, walked across the beach covered with larger cobblestones, shattered slag like serrated salt slag, and watched the Dead Sea nearby.

The sea water is dark blue and the water surface is very calm.

There is white mist on the sea surface, which is the hot temperature here, and the water vapor steam steam steam steamed from the sea water.

A breeze blows towards him from the sea.

The sun was blocked by the Jewish mountains to the west.

Roger's men set up camps by the sea.

He walked casually on the coast.
To be continued...