Seeing the steel gates of Jerusalem fall, outside the city, a group of crusaders complained loudly and lamented. With Saladin escaped, he returned to the city of Jerusalem. Their title of prince, fiefdom, and the glory and wealth of the rest of his life were returned like this. They could also get very good rewards and live a life of food and clothing without worries. However, compared with grand prizes like the Prince of Jerusalem, those seemingly generous rewards are nothing. The knights could not feel uncomfortable.

After that, under the influence of anger, the knights ignored the pleas and surrender of the Arab soldiers and massacred the Arabs who had no time to escape one by one under the city of Jerusalem. On the walls of Jerusalem, the defenders were trembling and had no intention of leaving the city to meet their own troops - although their opponent was only a cavalry unit with a number of no more than 600 people.

In this way, Egil once again placed the cross outside the city of Jerusalem, but this time, Saladin did not dare to leave the city again, as if he had buried the bodies well as before. After this failed battle, the Arabs lost not only nearly 50,000 soldiers. More importantly, but also saddly, their confidence was consumed a lot with the failure of this battle. On that day, the scene of Saladin and Egil meeting was also spread in the city of Jerusalem with the deliberate spread of the malicious Norman spies.

Whether it was the feat of Egil holding a long sword and crossing the steel wristband at the beginning, the injury behind Asathsin's actions after the talks, or the subsequent incident of Egil's pursuit of Saladin, the Muslims felt dull. The subsequent battle also proved that the opponent's emperor was not only amazing in his personal martial arts, but also outstanding in leading the war. Such a powerful king led pagans from all over Europe to attack their city. The Muslims could not be afraid.

Saladin tried several times, hoping to calm down these rumors that went on and outrageously, but were completely against himself and was not good for Arabia. But he failed in the end - he was not like Egil, with the name of a tyrant. He could deal with his subjects at will. Saladin has always boasted of himself with justice, gentleness and kindness. It might be fine to ask him to make a show of false benevolence. But it is not his specialty to engage in white horror. These rumors further depleted Saladin's prestige and reduced the morale of the Arabs.

Of course, these things are indeed very harmful to human character. But compared with another thing, these things are nothing at all. Swords are sharp or something. It can be argued that "Can the pagans all be so strong? No matter how strong the Emperor Norman is, they are just a person. Besides, the sages and philosophers taught us that the powerful is not the sword, but our faith. As long as we firmly believe in the teachings of the Qur'an, Allah will bless us." In this way, Asassin's assassin can also claim that it was because Asassin's own decision - in fact it is indeed true. As for temporary failure, there is no problem with this. Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. The failure of a short battle cannot explain anything...

However, there is one thing. Saladin couldn't tell any reason at all. That night, he massacred his soldiers in order to escape his life. In addition, he ordered the gate to close the gate after retreating to the city and watched his remaining soldiers be massacred by the crusaders. These two things made Saladin's usual mercy and justice a joke. It greatly hurt Saladin's prestige. Whether it was slaughtering his own people or whether they were alive or dead, it was a very harmful thing. The latter could also make excuses for fear of the crusaders rushing in and Jerusalem losing. But the first one really had no good reason.

Greedy and afraid of death, cruel and ruthless, human-faced and beastly heart...Additions like this can all be attached to Saladin after this incident. The Saladin's guards, those Casarji cavalry, who were personally in charge, have also become the cruel minions of the tyrant from heroes that everyone sings. If Egil looked at Saladin's attributes at this moment, he would be very happy to find that this guy's prestige dropped from 18 o'clock to 8 o'clock, barely maintaining the level that a powerful king should have. The virtue, which was originally high at 18 o'clock, has now dropped from 20 o'clock and has become two brutal...

"If this continues, it will be over... If the crusaders come to attack the city, maybe someone will conspire to rebel and overthrow me..." A few days later, Saladin's treatment during a tour of the city was a world of difference from before. Before that, no matter where Saladin went, there would be hundreds and thousands of Muslims who would welcome him. People cheered loudly, praising Saladin's kindness and justice. He called him a great hero in the Islamic world, which was as great prophet and leader as Muhammad. But now it is different. No matter where he goes, he greeted him with a cold and slightly hostile and unfriendly face. In a trance, he felt that Jerusalem had fallen. He was not his own city, but had been occupied by the crusaders. This made him feel very uncomfortable.

So, in the end, Saladin came up with this idea - the idea was very simple and clear, and although it had certain side effects, it could not be taken care of so many times at this time - this idea can be simply summarized in five words: find a scapegoat.

Moreover, in fact, Saladin has a very good scapegoat candidate. Whether it is status, behavior or mutual favorability, it is perfect for this person to come forward to take the blame - that is, Saladin's general, confidant (past style), Zhaohaier Suikili.

Of course, Saladin's charge for him was not completely wronged. After all, that night, the order to kill the Casarji cavalrymen to slaughter their soldiers and open the way was actually issued by Zhao Haier. Although Saladin did not stop him from giving the order, it objectively agreed to his behavior - but what if he is, he can't be merciful at this time.

So Saladin sent an order to summon Zhao Haier. The general looked gloomy when he saw Saladin's face, and thought he was going to be scolded again - but he didn't expect that Saladin would actually want to deal with him - that day, although Zhao Haier gave the order like that for his own life, objectively, it could have saved Saladin's life. If it weren't for killing people to open the way, it would have been said that Saladin's body would be decayed at this moment.

"Master..." Zhao Haier was ready to be scolded as soon as he lowered his head, but what was waiting for him was not Saladin's scolding, but the rude Kasagi guards, rough ropes, and cold dungeons.

"Saladin!!! You bastard! You are ungrateful, and beasts are worse than beasts!!!!" At that time, when a group of Kasarji cavalry pressed him to the ground and tied him up. Saladin's face turned cold and all the charges were placed on him, Zhao Haier's face suddenly turned red - he knew that after he had convicted such a crime, he would not be spared no matter what. Saladin would definitely kill him - under the fear of death, Zhao Haier suddenly broke out, and two or three strong Kasarji cavalry had tried their best to hold him down. And binding and other things could not be carried out in this state. In the end, Hasan, the leader of Asathan, walked over, cracked two of his arms, which made people tie him up.

"Press him down and send people to promote it at the same time. That is to say, Zhao Haier, who ordered the massacre of his compatriots that day, has been bribed by the Crusaders. After I defeated the Crusaders, I will kill him to comfort the soldiers who died that day." Seeing Zhao Haier, who was scolding all the way, being dragged away, Saladin ordered this and let the Kasakhi Guards promote the matter. After that, he turned around and said to the old man Hassan: "In addition, please ask you, Mr. Hassan, let your subordinates move and spread such news."

"Of course, this is what I should do." Hassan nodded, turned around and was about to leave, and stopped after taking a few steps, asking Saladin: "By the way, Caliph. Why don't you kill that person directly, but save his life?"

"I have my own opinions on this matter." Saladin waved his hand and said.

"But be careful, you will suffer if you don't die by killing a snake. You should know this." Hassan reminded him at last. Then he turned around and left. Saladin was left alone, his face was gloomy and hesitant.

So, in the next few days, Saladin's propaganda and the effect of the scapegoat gradually became apparent. Jerusalem gradually returned to peace. Although the voice of questioning Saladin still came out from time to time, the situation was no longer as serious as before. In addition, the intentional propaganda was deliberately spread: "Now the army of pagans is approaching. The most important time at this time is unity. If there is anything, you can wait until the pagans retreat. Now the primary task is infighting from time to time, but a war with the pagans."

In this way, the situation in Jerusalem was finally stabilized. Saladin's prestige and moral attributes also recovered a little. The price was the unforgettable hatred of one of his confidants.

And just in the past few days when Saladin was busy suppressing the internal problems of Jerusalem, the Crusaders were not idle. Under Egil's mobilization and a series of commands, the Crusaders regained order and morale after some rectification, rewards and celebrations. They continued to move forward and gradually surrounded Jerusalem... (To be continued.

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