Crusade on Egypt

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Guards see a large mass coming from the surrounding dunes near Jerusalem..In Acre, knights spot a fleet at least four times the size of the Crusaders circling the harbor. It was the crusaders coming to aid their fellow brothers like before.




The armies were almost big as the populace inside Jerusalem. The Generals came inside the gates to meet with Baldwin to discuss the war.

Crusading Army -

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Serbia -
Serbian Forces:
3,000 Balkan Archers

NPC CRUSADING ARMIES -

GRE -
2,000 Palatinae Infantry
1,000 Palatinae Cavalry
2,000 Comitatensis Spearmen
4,000 Comitatensis Infantry
1,000 Comitantensis Siphōnoroi
1,000 Comitatensis Archers
2,000 Greek Cavalry
2,000 Eastern Horse Archers
1,000 Eastern Cataphracts
40 Scorpions
20 Trebuchet
2,000 Comitatensis Spearmen
4,000 Comitatensis Infantry
1,000 Comitantensis Siphōnoroi
1,000 Comitatensis Archers
2,000 Greek Cavalry
2,000 Eastern Horse Archers
1,000 Eastern Cataphracts
40 Scorpions
20 Trebuchet

Holland -
2,000 Dutch Crusader Knights (soldier heavy cavalry)
500 Flemish Pike men (elite pike men)
2,000 Noble Pike men (soldier pike men)
5,000 Holland Swordsmen (professional medium infantry)
2,500 Dutch Crossbow men (soldier archers)
1,000 Dismounted Benelux Knights (guard heavy infantry)
5 Ballistas (veteran light artillery)
5 Trebuchets (veteran heavy artillery)

Papal States -
3,000 Papal Guard (veteran spear men)
250 Po River Javelin men (guard light infantry)
500 Pavise Crossbow men (soldier archer infantry hybrid)
500 Comitentus de Roma (elite light infantry)
1,500 Pike men (recruit pike men)
2,000 Italian Crossbowmen (recruit crossbow men)
300 Dismounted Roman Knights (elite heavy infantry)
300 Dismounted Knights Hospitaller (elite heavy infantry)
300 Roman Knights (elite heavy cavalry)
300 Knights of Hospitaller (elite heavy cavalry)
5 Trebuchets (soldier heavy artillery)
10 Ballistas (soldier light artillery)

HRE -
1,500 German Feudal Knights (soldier heavy cavalry)
1,000 Bohemian Light Lancers
500 Dismounted Feudal Knights (soldier heavy infantry)
500 Dismounted Gothic Knights (veteran heavy infantry)
2,500 Swabian Swordsmen (soldier medium infantry)
2,000 Bugher Pike men (soldier pike men)
5,000 Pavise Crossbow men (professional archer infantry hybrid)
20 Trebuchets (soldier heavy artillery)
10 Ballistas (soldier light artillery)

Naples and Sicily -
1,500 Cavalry Militia (soldier light cavalry))
1,000 Pavise Crossbows (guard infantry archers)
1,000 Crossbow militia (soldier archers)
1,000 Royal Archers (elite archers)
2,000 Armored Sergeants (professional spear men)
1,000 Italian Spear Militia (soldier spear men)
2,500 Italian Swordsmen (soldier light infantry)
1000 English Norman Knights (elite heavy cavalry)
100 Southern Italian Knights (elite heavy cavalry)
12 Trebuchets (soldier heavy artillery)
8 Ballistas (soldier light artillery)

Denmark -
750 German Feudal Knights (guard heavy cavalry)
1,500 Dismounted German Feudal Knights (veteran heavy infantry)
2,500 Danish Spear men (soldier spear men)
1,250 Danish archers (professional archers)

Combined Navy -

20 Pamphylos Dromones
50 Siphōnophoroi Dromones
90 Ousiakon Dromones
5 Carracks(Heavy Reinforced Veteran Warship)
13 War Galley(Medium Veteran Warship)
25 Galley(Light Veteran Warship)
10 Galley(Light Veteran Warship)
10 Carracks (Heavy Reinforced Veteran Warship)
25 War Galley(Medium Veteran Warship)
100 Galley(Light Veteran Warship)
5 Reinforced Veteran Battleships
15 Reinforced Veteran Warships
50 Standard Galleys
10 Reinforced Veteran Battleships
15 Reinforced Veteran Warships
20 Standard Galleys
5 Reinforced Veteran Viking Carrack
10 Reinforced Veteran Norse warship
10 Standard Galleys Swift boat

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Baldwin awakes from his sleep; for once he slept well knowing the next day would bring great things for the Kingdom. He sauntered over to the balcony looking out on the Holy city. It looked so peaceful below him compared to when he first saw the city..

*Flashback*

Crusader Captain: Lord Baldwin, our knights are losing the battle on the walls, what shall we do!?
Lord Baldwin the First: Follow me captain, bring your men and stay close!
Men around him are being picked apart by arrows one by one. Smoke could be smelt from the burning bodies and houses inside Jerusalem. Fireballs from the catapults were thrown from everywhere as if God himself was sending Armageddon on them. Baldwin grabbed the flag with the Papacy symbol on it and charged forward to the broken wall. For a second he looked behind him as he reached the wall, only half his platoon remained. Screams of wounded soldiers on both sides filled the air..and so did the stench of death.
Lord Baldwin the First: Attack! Killing a Saracen is not a sin, so kill all of them! For god wills it!
Shouts from all different languages came together as the enemies merged to fight. Steel clanged and men fell constantly. Baldwin killed two Muslim swordsmen by impaling one's head with the end of the flag and pushing one off the wall itself. He reached the tower and saw his whole brigade of men died during the wall fight. Suddenly, he was hit from the back by a spear. He dropped the flag and swung around with his sword killing a spear men. A fight for his life began..

Then the army saw a crusader flag on the wall..What happened? The foot soldiers stormed the castle to where the flag was. Baldwin slouched over the flag was surrounded by at least 70 dead Saracens. His sword and mantle was covered in blood. He was wounded everywhere, especially on the face.

Jerusalem was soon taken with little resistance and Baldwin lived with only a scar on his face. It is believed he killed over 200 Saracens alone that day.
**Back to reality**

Ugh..horrid days. A Templar guard entered the room as he came back from the Balcony.
My Lord, your armor is ready and the army is waiting for your orders.
Thank you for reminding me. Today will be a glorious day.
Very much so, my lord. I'll have your steed ready once your done.

Baldwin puts on his armor quickly. He is covered in head to toe in chain armor with a light blue mantle bearing a Kingdom of Jerusalem banner he wore during the First Crusade. He leaves his chamber and is met with his loyal guard who escort him to the army outside the city. He gets on his steed in front of the awaiting army.


Knights, Crusaders, Peasants, and who ever I may be addressing today. Your tittles do not matter today, we are all here for one goal: to crush the heretics for god. I promise you that your sins will be indulged if you fight for the cross today. Men, remember this will be remembered after your son's son. With no doubt in my mind, we will be remembered as the righteous soldiers of god who repulsed the Arab s further into the desert! Germans, Greeks, Turks, and any other ethnicity does not matter right now. As long as you fight for this Crusader banner then you are a true Christian. We will march on Damietta at night following the coast. Our ally navy will be already blockading their coast. Damietta will be besieged and starved out until the opponents come out to fight. We will set up counter fortresses around their city just in case they are women and hide behind their walls. Soldiers of Christ, do not fear death. Heaven will be great for you due to our mission today. Killing Saracens is no sin, and thus we will kill all. We will burn their cities and villages on the way. Their country side will be in flames before they know what to do; they'll burn in this wasteland of a desert. Women and children shall be spared, we will convert them later. Now, brothers, march for god!

God wills it!

And so the crusaders move on to war..