Roger suddenly sighed.

Imam asked in confusion: "Why do you sigh? Is it because the food here cannot satisfy you?"

Roger said with mercy: "War is going to be fought here, and when the war is together, everything here will be destroyed."

Imam didn't understand, and he asked in confusion: "But haven't you won?"

Roger looked at the other party sincerely and said, "There is still a bigger battle to fight.

"For victory, I plan to destroy all the food here and clear the world."

The Imam's smile froze on his face, and he stammered: "What, what? All, all destroyed?!

"You, you devil, are you going to starve us all to death?!"

Roger said in an unquestionable tone: “I have to do this in order to win.

“But I don’t want to cause too much harm to the people here.

“So I hope you will leave, and you can go to the city of Jerusalem.

“I will send someone to take you there and arrange a temporary station for you there.

"I allow you to take away all your belongings, and I will arrange for soldiers to pick all the dates in the south of the date palm woods, and take away as much as you can.

"This battle will not last for a year. Before the dates you took away have rotted, you can probably come back and continue your original life."

Lawrence, Count of Tibalare, who was eating and drinking in the room, interrupted in Latin:

"Why are you so troublesome? What do you have to say about these pagans?

"According to your plan, when the Egyptian army arrives, we must give up here, just set the fire and burn the date palm forest in the south."

Roger also said in Latin: "In the enemy's territory, I am indeed not qualified to be the Virgin, and all actions should be based on victory.

“But the enemy has not come yet, we still have time.

“Let the people leave with all their food, and we can achieve our goals.

"In that case, why do we have to win this war at the cost of hurting the people?"

Lawrence said in Latin: “But burning the date palm trees and leaving the hungry people here will be more beneficial for our plans.

“The hungry people will surely beg for food from the Egyptian army.

"But the Egyptians may only carry enough military rations to eat on their own, and there will not be much ample."

"No matter whether they give out food or the hungry people are forced to rob, they will put the enemy in trouble."

Roger said: "What you said makes sense, but I can't accept it.

"You can say that I'm too soft-hearted, but please accept my decision.

"Because you have sworn that you will not interfere with my command."

Lawrence threw away the half-chewed lamb leg and spread his hands and said:

"I have no intention of interfering in your command at all. I just give you an opinion, and you have the final say here.

"But allow me to remind you that if the people here are unwilling to accept your advice and leave, I hope you can adopt my opinion."

Roger nodded with a cold face and said, "Of course, everything is for victory."

At this time, the pale Imam said in Latin:

"Sir, I accept your advice. I will convince the people here to let them leave."

The retreat of the residents of Arishi town was not smooth, but with the bitter persuasion of Imam, they finally dragged all their belongings on the way.

The fruits of the date palm forest in the south were all picked, and after they were filled with the backpacks of the camel caravan, there were still many more.

So a wooden platform was set up on the castle square, with dates piled up like hills.

The table is filled with flammable flax, grease and asphalt.

Roger estimated that the dates on the table would definitely not be eaten until the enemy arrived.

So there were soldiers passing by, who took a few dates on the "small hill" and Roger didn't care.

He was eating himself.

He thought that it would be better to not eat without eating than to burn it with the last fire.

At this time, a soldier with excellent eyesight and was arranged to look out on the minaret issued an alarm, and he shouted:

"To the west! There is a lot of dust rising, it is the Egyptian army!"

Roger, sitting in the shadow with his legs crossed, spitting out the date palm in his mouth.

Then he slowly picked up one and put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Roger was not in a hurry at all.

In this empty desert, soldiers standing on the minaret about ten meters high can see more than ten kilometers away.

What's more, he had already arranged patrol scouts to the west.

Now it is estimated that these scouts are on their way back.

Roger thought that it would be too late to take countermeasures after receiving the detailed battle report from the scout.

Lawrence walked over and said, "The people in the town have only been away for two days, and they have been dragging themselves down a short distance. If the Egyptians catch up, it will be troublesome."

"It's better to catch up now, kill them and burn their food, so that it's safer."

Roger closed his eyes and chewed, not commenting on Lawrence's suggestions.

The scout shouted "emergency military information" and ran over.

Roger opened his eyes suddenly.

The scout turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and reported:

"The enemy's total was about 2,000 men, and there were about 500 spearmen and 500 archers in their infantry;

"Among the cavalry, there are about 800 desert cavalry that throw short spears, and another 200 Giram heavy cavalry."

Roger and Lawrence both breathed a sigh of relief.

Lawrence smiled and said, "There are only such a few people here. We have 5,000 people, half of each person is not enough to divide. Do you look down on us?"

Roger smiled and said, "They don't know that we have obtained the information, so they made preparations in advance."

Lawrence asked for battle and said, "I'll take people to kill them all now."

Roger said: "What's the hurry? I'm still far away. Are you not tired after running all the way? It's not too late to fight when they get closer.

"By the way, I have never seen this Jiram heavy cavalry before, how powerful is the combat power?"

Lawrence, who had fought with the Egyptians, replied:

"This is the elite heavy cavalry of the Egyptians, wearing chain armor, fighting with rifles and maces.

"They were originally slaves and trained under the strict supervision of their masters.

"Only when the combat skills reach a certain level can they be selected to enter the heavy cavalry unit and gain freedom, so they are all well-trained."

Roger continued to ask, “How about it compared to our heavy cavalry?”

Lawrence said disdainfully: "A group of slaves deserve to be compared with our heavy cavalry?"

"The attack power is similar to that of your horse-riding soldiers. Maybe the defense power is a little stronger, after all, they are wearing chain mail."

Roger asked again: "Do they run fast?"

Lawrence sneered: "It's so heavy."

Roger said in surprise: "What elite is this?"

Lawrence said in a contemptuous tone: "It's good for the Egyptians to come up with such a thing, otherwise how could they be beaten by Christians who are at a disadvantage?"

Roger nodded, saying, "It seems that these heavy cavalrymen are not very threatening."

Lawrence said: "Speaking of all, it's still harder to deal with those desert cavalry.

"The light cavalry who threw short spears ran fast and was difficult to catch up, and their short spears could break armor. It was difficult for heavy cavalry to fight them, and sometimes they had to suffer losses."

Roger said: "I have seen desert cavalry in Iberia before, and these light cavalry have good attack power.

"But they don't wear armor, they just rely on their wide cloth robes to defend against the stray arrows.

"I think the Turkic archers who are vassals should be able to defeat them."

He gestured and explained: "The Turkic archers are also light-equipped troops, so they should not run slower than them.

"The range of bows and arrows is much greater than that of desert cavalry's spear throwing. I think one-on-one, bows and cavalry can wipe out their opponents without any injury."

Lawrence asked: "Are you going to send Turkic archers to fight?"

"The enemy has 500 archers. The archers have short bows and are not as good as those of the long bows of the archers, and they will suffer."

Roger shook his head and said, "Of course, we won't just send Turkic archers to fight.

"Lions also need to use all their strength to catch rabbits.
To be continued...