On the dim and yellow dirt road, a contingent of over a thousand well-equipped Crusaders was trudging with difficulty.
The Delta, blessed by the Nile River, brought endless vitality, but it couldn't change the arid and hot climate here. Most of Richard's followers were new Crusaders who had just arrived from Europe to the Holy Land, and for them, including the horses brought from Europe, it was tough to adapt to the climate here.
Moreover, Richard's territories Aquitaine and Anjou, although famed in Europe for horse breeding, especially the Frisian and Norman horses, did not bring a single horse with them due to the need to minimize the damage to the Teleportation Array when Richard and his Personal Guard came here.
This meant that the entire Crusader force, despite having over three hundred knights and attendants combined, had just over a hundred cavalry, while the rest had to fight on foot like soldiers.
