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Chapter 18 (Part 1): The cross and crescent moon

Chapter 18 (Part 1): The cross and crescent moon

I am Ali ibn Yusuf the 5th king of the Almoravid dynasty. And now we are experiencing one of the most worse invasion we ever had.

Devils and demons have come to our shore. The invaders took us by surprise, those devils in human skin massacred all the coastal villages that they encounter.

And when i heard what they did to the inhabitants I was petrified. My Allah, those devils are cutting out the hearts of the survivors and offering it to their demon gods.

Men, women, children, and elderly none were spared.

Those christian kings are also experiencing the horror of the enemy too.

At first we tried to fight the enemy without any help from them. Many days passed we kept on losing and when we investigated we discovered that the enemy almost have a half a million soldiers.

When we learned about it I was filled with despair, with no other choice i sent a messenger to the caliph immediately to request reinforcement from all muslim rulers to drive the infidels and heretics back from where they came.

Unexpectedly the Christian kings proposed a temporary truce and alliance on the purpose of driving the invaders back.

I was skeptical at their motives at first but i had no other choice than to use the most available means i have at the current moment and accepted their proposal. As the saying goes a distant water can't quench a blazing fire.

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We formed a united front against the invaders leading to a stalemate. Reinforcements are arriving from all corners of the world. The french had already sent theirs while incoming reinforcements are coming from the arabian peninsula, the kingdom of jerusalem has also sent their knights.

The problem is that there is a growing uneasiness in our ranks because of religious differences.

Fights break out from time to time leading to unstable morale of the army.

Me and the various rulers has decided that to separate the Muslim army and the Christian army. Even though we are separated we will try to coordinate our movements with each other to better utilize our forces.

But it is hard not to think about those Christian infidels not trying to do anything on our backs  and so as to prevent any mishaps i planted several informants on their army.

We battled against the invading devils and demons with all our might, and surprisingly i had observed that the enemy does not utilize cavalry so much. So i ordered all my missile cavalry to harrass the enemy which has been extremely effective.

Most of the enemies also does not wear armors and such, they only covered themselves in flayed skin of humans and animals alike.

The enemy however is extremely skilled in jungle warfair which resulted to high casualties to our side.

The foolish Christian kings still insist to fight on mellee against those crazed demons resulting to huge casualties on their side.

For those knights it is a sign of cowardice to fight like us they believed. I say pathetic. Lives are at stake here. Where did they get the logic of fighting like fools? Throwing their lives away for their stupid pride and honor.

The month of Ramadan is fast approaching. Our troops efficiency in fighting will drastically be lowered because of the sawm.

With our devotion to Allah i pray that victory will be given to us on the upcoming battles.

I hope those infidel Christians don't fail too much resulting to our defeat though.