Nice!

I know I would like to retire to Al-Kuds too, sigh.

But reguardless. I have another story as well. This time involving (grumble) the Mongols.

These beasts literally appeard from out of nowhere, and avoided attacking my turish neighbors. They all besieged Antioch, which still housed the famed Anticohen Archers and the great general Al-Hakim, The Holy Warrior (or Mujahadeen in Arabic, I think). Anyways, they assult, with only one siege tower and one ram. I have all of my archers lined up (mind you, Archer militia) hoping for some grand victory, alas the mongols defeated me, but not after I killed about 10% of their horde.

The mongols then captured this fair city and the land was in chaos. I summoned every general affordable to retake the city. Three stacks of pure cavalry, (this time with more royal mamluks and mamluks) surrounded the borders. To provoke an attack, and therefore gain a defensive edge (don't ask me why, im just good at defending) I send a commander, Nasir, with a large amount of my mamluk archers and arab cavalry just into the territory, bordering the Orontes. They make three assults, the first led by the Khan.

The battle itself was extremely difficult. Both of our armies were very well matched, basically consisting of the same amount of horse archers and with very little "shock cavalry". In the end, I witnessed a deul between Nasir and the Khan. Nasir's fine Damascened blade outshone the foul Oriental beast and he struck him down after a huge struggle. Eventually, I cornered the Mongols into a deep valley and kept my humble Mamluks upon a hill and fired thousands of volleys. The fierce mongols then broke into retreat and Nasir followed...

After a stunning victory against the bloodthirsty Khan, and then against an unsuspecting commander (fought at the same battlefield as mentioned beforehand), I commishon my troops for Jihad to retake the fabled city of archers. After many years of besiegement, the settlement fell, and Nasir the Holy Warrior became crown prince of the Sultanate.

Peace returned to the land....for now!!