Beginning a thousand years ago, the Catholic Emperor led a group
Troops wearing the "ten" mark on their chests and arms,
A war was waged against the Mediterranean coast and the Arab world, which lasted for nearly two hundred years, and the worlds wherever the Crusaders went trembled at his feet.
From the thirteenth century onwards, the Mongol armies, which had fought invincibles all over the world in the East, also began to join the conquests of the Mediterranean and arab worlds, and the severity of their expeditions was even worse than that of the Crusaders.
Can you believe that the two unrivaled armies in the world at that time were actually led by one person?
The Mamluk army stomped underfoot. And this man stepped on the bones of the Crusaders and Mongol armies and achieved his own nightmarish image.
Heroes don't ask for provenance
First of all, to introduce him,
Baibars, male of sex, was born in 1223 in the steppes of South Russia, that is
Chincha Steppe. His ancestry was Turkic and a people on horseback, and he was born with a bloodline capable of good war.
However, at the time of his birth, the Turks were no more majestic than those of the Tang Dynasty, when the Turks were in a corner of peace, and when the Mongol army came to the second western expedition, they could not resist at all, and they were quickly penetrated.
Baibars was just an ordinary person at that time, and he could have lived a comfortable life chasing water and grass, but the sudden Mongol army broke all this.
After being taken prisoner by the Mongols, he ended up either being killed or enslaved. Luckily, he saved his life. But to be a slave is not necessarily to be lucky.
He was sold by the Mongols as a slave to Damascus, Syria,
The first buyer of Baibars bought him, but it was not long before he was returned because of a problem with his eyes, and in the eyes of this man he was not even qualified to be a slave.
Humiliated, he was taken to the city of Hama, where he was resold several times and humiliated several times before he finally met his Bole and a turning point in his fate, the Sultan saleh Nejimuddin of the Ayyubid dynasty who ruled Egypt and Syria.
The phrase that the heavens will descend upon the Scythians and must first work their hearts and bones is undoubtedly very appropriate to describe Baibars.
Baibars was fortunate enough to be a good Mamluk warrior. Although his eyes were still bad, they did not affect the strength and height of his body, and although Bals could not become a qualified "slave", he could definitely become a brave warrior.
His first slave owner would never have imagined that the people he despised would become fierce characters that would make the whole West smell
。
Heroes eventually show strength
He was burly, brave in battle, very much weighted by Saleh, and with his outstanding military achievements and superior military talents, he soon broke away from slavery and became
Captain of the Janissaries.
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In the ensuing battles, his outstanding military prowess was even more evident, and he became a nobleman in the Mamluk legions.
Saleh died soon after,
The Ayyubid dynasty competed for power, and serious civil unrest broke out in the country. In February 1250, King Louis IX of France actually took advantage of the civil unrest in the Ayyubid dynasty and led a crusading army in a vain attempt to overthrow the Ayyubid dynasty.
If he had come back and The Heavens had given Louis IX another chance, he would never have chosen to invade the Ayyubid dynasty at this time.
At this station, Baibars's military talent exceeded everyone's imagination, and the invincible Crusaders broke under his hands, and even the initiator, Louis IX, was captured alive by him.
In the same year, the Ayyubid dynasty was officially replaced by the Mamluk dynasty.
At present, this nascent dynasty is about to face an attack by the Mongol Western Expedition, which is stronger than the European Crusaders.
No one expected that the Mongol invasion, which was a huge headache for the Mamluk dynasty, was actually there
Bybaals's hands were solved. For the first time, the indestructible Mongol army shattered the myth of invincibility.
The Mongol warlord was killed timidly, and Baibars blocked the horn of the Mongol attack from the gates of Africa.
The victory at the Battle of AinJaru prevented the Mongol Iron Horse from setting foot on African soil for the rest of his life, a battle that saved the Islamic world, and also allowed Baibars to officially enter the stage of history.
In this battle, Bals was the most successful, but he did not receive the title given to him by Sultan Gutuz. So, the Mamluk dynasty, the sky has changed!
The hero is on the throne, and the nightmare is coming
Bybars plotted a rebellion, cutting off the head of Sultan Gutuz and declaring himself sultan of the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt in November of that year.
The seat of Baibars is not stable, the nascent regime is not yet secure, and there are external enemies looking at it. While guarding against the Mongol counterattack, he also had to continue to fight the Crusaders
While taking the initiative to attack the neighboring countries militarily, he did not forget to establish good relations with the great powers, and under his careful management, the Mamluk dynasty quickly became stronger. He then decided to take revenge on the principality established by these crusaders. First and foremost was the Principality of Antioch on the border between Syria and Turkey.
In May 1268, Baibars attacked the city of Antioch with a morale-boosting Mamluk army. The crusaders who defended the city would be rivals to the Mamluk legions, and countless crusaders became stepping stones to Baibars' fierce name. In just four days, the city of Antioch fell.
After the fall of Antiochus, Baibars used all the means used by the Mongols on the inhabitants of Antioch. More than fourteen thousand inhabitants were slaughtered and more than 100,000 were sold to slave markets. At this time, the city of Antioch was freed from a human hell.
After the battle, Baibars wrote a letter to King Bohemond VI of the Principality of Antioch, who had survived because he was not in the city.
Tell you what I've done, mountains of dead people... I sold four of your wives and concubines, and if you see all this, you'll wish you had never lived!
But what really happened in the city was even more terrifying than he described.
Baibars rose from the chaos of the world, and the road to conquest was full of thorns. He eventually defeated a formidable enemy and became a hero of the Arab world. At the same time, he is also a frightening nightmare, making the enemy shudder.
He was of similar origin to Genghis Khan, and he eventually became like Genghis Khan, transforming into a nightmare existence throughout the West.