The Eagle of Eastern Europe

At dawn the next day, at a distance of about one mile, the armies of both sides began to line up.

The Romanian army was composed of elite troops from Anatolia and the Balkans and the Jerusalem army. There were nearly 80,000 soldiers in total. Moreover, the Jerusalem army had learned lessons from previous battles with the Arabs. There were more than 6,000 Druze infantrymen with strong combat effectiveness in the entire army, as well as cavalry from Syria and other regions. The total number of cavalry exceeded 8,000.

From a distance, the Romanian soldiers were like small trees standing still, neatly planted on the land... This made Hashem more cautious.

But after a half-hour confrontation between the two sides, it was the Arab generals who couldn't help it and rushed to question him, because it was already noon and the weather was relatively hot. Standing for a long time would consume a lot of physical strength for the soldiers. If this continued, they might not be able to fight and could only retreat.

Because of everyone's insistence, Hashem ordered an attack, but he did not immediately order the entire army to attack. Instead, he notified the archers to move to the front of the formation. After completing this formation change, he ordered the archers to advance again and attack the enemy from a distance.

Peter, who learned of this situation, ordered to prepare for shooting. The archers drew their bows and arrows, and thousands of arrows were thrown into the air, and then fell into the formation of Arab archers, and screams rang out one after another.

The two sides were shooting arrows at a distance of dozens of meters. Since there was not much protection, the arrows that covered the sky and the sun caused a sharp increase in casualties on both sides.

The Arab archers were resolutely fearless and drew out their specially equipped short blades to fight, and they actually had a slight advantage.

However, Peter was not afraid either, because in his opinion, although the army was temporarily at a disadvantage, they could deal with the enemy for a long time. Even if they were all injured in the battle, the enemy's arrows would have been almost consumed by then, and there would be no great threat to his army, so he would rather continue the confrontation than quickly issue an order for the entire army to attack, and he firmly believed that the Arabs' patience might not be as good as his.

The development of the matter was in line with his expectations. Some Arab generals had long been impatient with the long confrontation. They ignored the leader's orders and directly ordered their cavalry to attack the enemy on the opposite side.

Their unauthorized actions naturally led to the other Arab cavalry, so the cavalry at both ends of the Arab army quickly increased their speed and galloped towards the two wings of the Romanian army. Hashem, who got the news, had to blow the attack bugle even if he was angry.

At this time, Romania also issued an order to retreat, and the archers in the army retreated in an orderly manner, which made the Arab cavalry think that the other side was afraid, so they accelerated directly and led the Arab infantry to go together.

At this time, the Syrian soldiers in Romania also moved. The cavalry clamped their horses' bellies, shook the reins vigorously, and the war horses stepped on their four hooves and started running. They gathered into a powerful force, like a crazy flood, making a deafening noise, and whistling towards the Arab cavalry.

The Romanian cavalry rushed to the front in an instant, and the Arab cavalry could not dodge in time, so they could only bite the bullet and go up.

The cavalry charge caused the Arab cavalry to not only stop advancing, but also mostly crowded together, with horses neighing and people shouting, in a mess, unable to quickly restore unified command. After those Romanian cavalrymen who fell off their horses got up from the ground, they immediately drew their sabers from their waists and slashed at the surrounding enemies and horses, making the scene even more chaotic.

"Woo!...Woo!..." At this moment, the Romanian attack bugle sounded. The army launched a charge with amazing momentum.

The Arab archers desperately pulled the bowstrings, trying to use arrows to weaken the enemy's charge, but most of the arrows fell on the infantry's shields and basically did not cause any damage, so when the two sides collided head-on, it was almost a one-sided situation. The Arab soldiers were all embarrassed to deal with the enemy's attack. Under strong pressure, the entire army was forced to slowly retreat.

"Your Majesty, the enemy is about to collapse."

After receiving the good news from the messenger, Peter's expression was still serious: pass on my order, and immediately launch an attack on the enemy's flank! "

The attack from the flank became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the Arab soldiers began to retreat.

Although it would take some time for a small local defeat to affect the seven or eight miles long army formation, and perhaps during this period of time, the Arab army might have other opportunities. But Hashim, who learned of this news, obviously did not have such luck. In this case, it was obviously a done deal, and he immediately issued an order to "retreat."

When the soldiers heard the horn, they immediately turned around and fled, and the coalition soldiers took advantage of the situation to kill them. The entire battlefield was like a dam bursting, and the river water rushed in all directions.

At dusk, the Romanian soldiers who had stopped chasing were cleaning the battlefield. They stripped the armor and weapons from the corpses, or searched the prisoners for valuables. The generals gathered in twos and threes, looking at the battlefield full of corpses with joy, and excitedly discussing the previous battle.

In this battle, Romania caused 7,800 casualties and 3,500 prisoners to the enemy at the cost of 4,400 casualties. The Arab offensive capability was mostly lost, and at the same time, the fortresses along the coast heard the news and surrendered directly, leaving the door to Mecca wide open.

In the south, the Romanian naval fleet attacked the important port of Jeddah, completely blocking his already shrinking trade. The Arabs' access to food from overseas was blocked, and they could not harvest much from the desert. As time went on, the situation would get worse and worse.

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The supplies shipped from Jerusalem were being delivered to the front line. After replenishing the supplies, Peter issued another order to attack, aiming directly at Mecca.