After the attack on the governor's palace, Jerusalem then entered a state of military emergency. Crusaders went all over the city to arrest anyone suspicious, and even arrested and tortured people just for wearing black robes.
What happened in the Governor's Palace was also reconstructed from the oral accounts and deductions of survivors and parties involved (Godfrey) afterwards.
These men in black robes used an unknown secret passage in the basement of the palace to enter. Since the Crusaders killed all the palace defenders in the previous battle to capture the palace, this secret was not discovered.
The actions of these men in black robes were very professional. After they dealt with the knights and soldiers who might threaten them in an orderly manner, they launched an attack on the place where the Guardian of the Holy Sepulchre was located. Although Godfrey bravely resisted until the last moment, he still killed
He killed a man in black robes, but was still knocked unconscious and tied up.
But just when these people were planning to transport Godfrey away, the arrival of two Russians disrupted their plan. For this reason, they sent the main force to fight in the hall to buy time for them to go to the basement.
But then the way to the basement was blocked by the Crusader Knights who came in like a tide. They didn't expect that someone would rush in regardless of the fighting in the hall. They could only keep retreating along the way, and they could only go back to where they kidnapped Gover.
Lei's place, and as soon as he stopped and didn't have time to discuss how to deal with Godfrey, two Rurik princes rushed in with a large group of Crusader knights.
At that time, the man in black robe who had just put Godfrey down subconsciously planned to wipe the neck of the Guardian of the Holy Sepulchre with a dagger, but then Volorida directly threw the sword over. As for the other person who was thrown over,
The dagger pierced the head.
Everything happened in a blink of an eye. If any link had been slower for a second or two, it would not have been the same as it is now. If the old man in the mountain had not decided to change the assassination to capture, and if the Russians had not decided to go to the Governor's Palace,
If the Crusaders had not rushed directly into the corridor... everything would have changed drastically, which made everyone who knew the cause and effect of this matter sigh that this must be God's protection.
The secret passage was destroyed after the Crusaders explored it, which triggered a movement to find the secret passage in Jerusalem. The palace was also abandoned.
Later, at the suggestion of the Russians, the Crusaders planned to transform this place into a relics exhibition hall to preserve a series of precious items left behind by the Holy War.
As for the Crusade headquarters, it was moved to the Asak Mosque. This mosque has been confirmed to have no secret passages. Now it has been largely renovated and is ready for use.
None of the men in black robes were alive, and even the captives took the opportunity to commit suicide by taking poison. This made Vasiliko whip the careless knight hard, and the one who was finally caught alive was gone. This was so infuriating.
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It was not until a year later that the Crusaders knew that these people were the Fedai (death squads) of the Nichali faction, but in the future they would have a more famous name, and that was Assassin.
These fanatical assassins received orders from the Fatimid Caliph to destroy the leadership of the Crusaders. After much research and gathering information, they found an opportunity under the Governor's Palace, where the Crusaders now serve as their headquarters.
of undiscovered secret passages.
The Old Man of the Mountain assembled the most elite forces for this purpose, and the entire plan was carried out very precisely. He first found out the activities of the Crusade leaders, and then calculated the day when only Godfrey would be there to launch the surprise attack.
They spent a lot of time for this, but hunters can afford and are willing to wait. If you want to hunt powerful prey, patience is essential.
Their goal was to capture Godfrey and then make the scene more terrifying, such as piling up and twisting the corpses of knights and soldiers together to make everything look like divine punishment.
Then during the confrontation with the Crusaders, Godfrey was executed in front of them, boasting everything as the power of Allah, which could deal a fatal blow to the Crusaders.
The raid was a success, and Assassin's elites quickly completed their mission. Everything was completed in just ten minutes. However, just when the plot was about to transport people away, two Russians walked in.
What followed was a fierce battle. Although Assassin's operation failed, such a major case in the heart of the Crusaders still made the Assassins famous. As for how the Crusaders knew these things, they were
A year later, a raid on Assassin's abandoned camp uncovered the discarded documents.
The direct consequence of these documents was that the Kingdom of Jerusalem decided to establish an intelligence organization dedicated to fighting assassins, and the name of this organization was the Foreign Society.
Things continue to return to the present. At that time, the first political impact of this attack that shocked the entire Jerusalem was not to retaliate against Muslims - there were not many Muslims in the city -
It was the crowd's pressure on Raymond to marry him.
Everyone uses the kidnapping of Godfrey to point out how dangerous the situation facing the Crusaders is now. You Raymond still occupies an important fortress like the Tower of David. How can you establish a jihadist kingdom? So hurry up and let us know.
Come out and stop giving everyone a headache.
Raymond has always been aloof and valued glory. When such a big hat was suppressed, he finally had no choice but to reluctantly give up the Tower of David, allowing Godfrey's title of Guardian of the Holy Sepulchre to be truly implemented. Then this
The old count, angry at his position, led the Toulouse army and left Jerusalem.
But what he actually did was expand his territory to the coast of the Dead Sea, stationed himself on the edge of the Dead Sea, and even after his anger subsided, he still carried out the orders from Godfrey.
After solving the problem from Raymond, Godfrey can finally command the Crusaders. At present, the area occupied by the Kingdom of the Holy Land is still very limited. He must consolidate the territory of the Kingdom and expand to control the entire Palestine.
in hand.
So the Guardian of the Holy Sepulchre began his actions. With the Holy City as the center, he spread out all his troops and expanded in all directions, taking all the territories radiated from Jerusalem into his hands to defend Jerusalem.
The Muslim lords from various places responded slowly to the Crusaders. Even the massacre in Jerusalem could not unite them against the Crusaders. These guys still went their own way and continued the struggle between them. Only Fatima Sultan
Still caring about that, this created a lot of space for the crusaders' activities.
The happiest people about this are the Ross brothers. Finally, the Crusaders are finally on the right track. This is so touching. The prosperity and development of the Holy War Kingdom is their mission here.
However, the Russians did not leave the Holy Land after signing a trade agreement with the newly minted Jerusalem regime, because they will still be needed in the subsequent war, and the current jihadist kingdom is still very unstable.
With the actions of the Crusaders, the territory of the Holy War Kingdom expanded like a balloon. It was difficult for the emirs who fought independently to resist the orderly expansion of the Crusaders under unified command. They could only lose territory.
The great emirs pretended not to see the Crusaders one by one. This was especially obvious after the failure of Fatimid's counterattack.
In order to retake the Holy Land, the Prime Minister of Fatimid assembled a large Egyptian army. The timing of this army's attack was very clever. It happened to capture only Godfrey's headquarters in Jerusalem. The other troops were either marching inland or on the battlefield.
Timing of siege of coastal towns.
But it is a pity that this army failed next. Godfrey, who received the news of the Fatimid army's attack, came to the Egyptian army with 500 knights and 800 infantry. Next, the Crusaders were best at
A scene happened again.
The Fatimid army collapsed before the charge of the Crusader Knights. The army seemed to be non-existent in front of the Crusader Knights. This threat from Fatima was completely disintegrated, and at the same time it also strangled other emirs who wanted to
The thought of taking advantage of others.
Since then, the Islamic forces could only stand firm in the face of the Crusaders. No one dared to advance, and it was difficult to advance. What's more, internal fighting was the most important thing for them. The Fatimid Caliphate did have that idea, but the weak Egypt
The army simply could not achieve his goals.
But the bad news came next. After seeing that the threat from Egypt was lifted, Robert Shortstocking and Robert Flanders both decided to lead their troops to leave the Holy Land. They had completed their jihad responsibilities, and now the Holy Land
The threat has been successfully neutralized, and it's time to go home.
Raymond also left with them, but he didn't go home, but after seeing the juniors building countries in the Holy Land, he really wanted to build his own country, and then he found
A very suitable place, the Emirate of Tripoli.
Although he was very reluctant to leave them, Godfrey could only send blessings and let them leave with their own army. With them leaving, there were also a large number of pilgrims, and Jerusalem was missing something.
A batch of important combat capabilities.
However, they also announced that they will work hard to publicize after returning to China to get more people to come to join the Crusade. This is not difficult. As long as you see the full pockets of the returnees, nothing is more convincing than this.
Strong.
The Crusader lords currently staying in the Holy Land include two Rus princes, the sons of the former Pecheneg general and Bohemond. The former came for their father's strategic goals, while the latter two came purely because they failed to find their own land.
War Brother Peter and his Crusaders planned to take root in this land, continue their holy war, and fight to defend Jerusalem.
Godfrey, who has lost a lot of power in his hands, can only shrink his strategy. Now he only has 16,000 people in his hands. But fortunately, the task of inland expansion has been completed. The next main thing to do is to pull out the Islamic religion along the coast.
port.
However, the siege was difficult to achieve because the Crusaders were unable to block the sea. The sea was controlled by the Fatimid navy. At present, there are still too few Catholic navies in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Russians only took safe routes, so there was not much they could do.
The power used.
Therefore, the defenders could continuously obtain resources from the sea. Several sieges ended in failure, and in the end they could only loot and loot the villages.
Jerusalem went through a very difficult period during this period. Efforts to expand the coastal control area repeatedly encountered obstacles. It was difficult to expand in other areas without sufficient military strength. Moreover, this time was not suitable for provoking powerful enemies.
As for the bad news, there is also good news, that is, after learning that the Holy City was recovered, the Duke of Antioch and the Count of Edessa in the north led their troops and pilgrims to come to the Holy City for pilgrimage. During this time, many people gathered in Antioch.
There were a lot of pilgrims and crusaders, and people were coming all the time by land and sea.
Among them was the Archbishop of Pisa, Demport, who came as the papal envoy and the new papal spokesperson for the East. He had a huge Pisa fleet and a powerful Pisa army under his command.
Another good news is that Count Raymond of Toulouse did find his own land in the north. After getting the help of the Pisa fleet to block the harbor, he took Tripoli, an important city linking Antioch and Jerusalem, and conquered it.
The County of Tripoli was established in the area surrounding the city, allowing the Crusader forces to be connected on land.
As he joined the pilgrimage southward, he headed to Jerusalem as a victor.
However, this Bishop Dembert can be said to have a notorious reputation. He also robbed the Eastern Empire's islands on the way and was hunted down by the Eastern Empire. He also formed an alliance with the ambitious guy Bohemond and almost started a fight with the Eastern Empire.
Together, the number of soldiers and pilgrims reached 30,000. They could help Godfrey a lot before leaving, and many of them would inevitably settle in the Holy Land, which would be very important to Godfrey's cause of defending the Holy Land.
Be of great help.
In July 1099, after the army arrived in Jerusalem, as usual, the Temple Mount was crowded with worshipers. People shed tears for coming to this land. Likewise, many people were preparing to settle here.
In the church, the papal envoys officially crowned the Duke of Antioch, the Count of Edessa and the Count of Tripoli. Their titles have since been recognized by the church as nobility directly subordinate to the church.
Godfrey's situation is a bit embarrassing. As the Guardian of the Holy Sepulcher, his title means guarding Jerusalem on behalf of the church. The church is his employer, and he is just a part-time worker.
However, Dambert, who had just arrived, did not intend to do anything too drastic. He just took control of several major churches in the city in the hands of the church as usual, and then he was busy consolidating his power.
As for Godfrey, he began to besiege the Muslim towns along the coast. This time with the help of the Pisa Navy, he could successfully blockade these maritime towns. Godfrey firmly believed that this time he would be able to solve them all at once.