BATTLE OF MONTGISARD 1177 I KING BALDWIN'S Decisive Victory Medieval Kingdoms Mod 

When I was 16 I won a great victory. I felt in that moment that I should live to be one hundred, now I know I shall not see thirty... -kingdom of heaven

Baldwin IV one of the best kings especially for a teenaged one.

Those unit models are gorgeous! Cinematics beautiful, nice work!

"Oh, hello Sybilla. I was dreaming of when I was younger.....when I won a great victory against Saladin...." I'm assuming THIS is the battle he's referring to in that scene from Kingdom Of Heaven?

My boy Baldwin looking like a badass

What a a glorious battle..

Cool video, but really shows nothing about how a Christian force that was outnumbered by Saladin’s Muslim force 7 to 1 ended up the victors. The battle of Montgisard in 1177 was Saladin’s first attempt to retake the Holy Land and Jerusalem after the First Crusade in 1095. Saladin, always the master strategist, waited for the main Christian force to move north to attack Muslim encroachments in the area of Tyre (modern day Lebanon). Saladin moved north up the coast from Egypt, and the Crusaders moved west from Jerusalem toward the coast and the walled city of Ascalon. Since the main Crusader force and its leadership was no longer in the area, leadership fell to the 16-year-old invalid King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV. Baldwin suffered from Leprosy and was carried on a sedan chair up until the battle. Baldwin, who was being advised by the Knights Templar commander, planned to meet Saladin outside Ascalon. Upon seeing the how large the Muslim force was they retreated behind the fortress walls of Ascalon. It is here Saladin made a critical mistake. Saladin assumed the Crusader force was not a threat and simply bypassed Ascalon, heading east toward Jerusalem. Once the Muslim force had moved away, the Crusaders came out of their defensive position in the city, formed up to pursue. Saladin force was large, slow, and became spread out along the road that ran east toward Jerusalem. The smaller Crusader force could move quicker and caught up with rear of the Muslim force around modern day Ramala. When the Crusaders made contact and advanced, two thirds of the Saladin’s forces were behind a hill that would be named “Montgisard” by the Crusaders after the battle. The Crusader force had taken the Muslim Army by complete surprise, and launched their attack before Saladin could form up into a defensive position. The Crusader infantry of 3,000 attacked down the road, while the Crusader calvary of 1,000, including 400 actual Knights, fell on the column flanks. The Leper King Baldwin, that had been physically tied to his horse, attacked with calvary force. The forces that Saladin could move back over the hill arrived on the battlefield disorganized, without a plan, and quickly attacked the Crusader force in fractured groups rather than waiting for all the available forces to form up. After about two hours the Muslim force had totally collapsed, and was in full retreat toward Egypt. As in the battle, Saladin’s army retreated in fractured groups without cohesion. Saladin barely escaped capture by riding away on a “Racing Camel”. Over the next couple of weeks as the Muslim army retreated it was set upon by Tribes of Bedouin. Bedouins would attack and raid regardless if you were Muslim or Christian. This retreat resulted in about the same number of causalities as from the battle for the Muslim Army. Only about 15 to 20% of Saladin’s original force was able to make it back to Egypt. The Battle of Montgisard resulted in a Muslim Army being almost annihilated, and put off the eventual Muslim retaking of Jerusalem by 10 years. All things considered; Saladin was brilliant commander. Even after such a complete military defeat, he still remained in power as the commanding General of a unified Muslim Army. Saladin never forgot the lessens learned a Montgisard, and used this to better prepare the next Muslim Army that would destroy the main Crusader Army at Hattin and then force a conditional surrender of Jerusalem. Montgisard also may have in-avertedly helped in the eventual defeat of the Crusader force at Hattin in 1187. This victory was so complete that it reinforced the ridiculous idea that “God loves us more, therefore we can’t be defeated” attitude in the Crusader leadership.

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so epic and dramatic. like the way you doing that cinematic transitions and that choice of music

I've studied some crusade battles and I can say for certain that eventhough it's CGI that this brings a realism that only Hollywood could have been better , actually I would think the battle itself would have been worse, but for the sake of realism this video is excellent , you've done an outstanding job sir , and thanks for sharing this video with us all.

There's a lot of video makers like you In RU-vid, and I only discovered you recently, but you are by-far one of the best if not the best

The crusaders' charge, the light behind them, the soothing music in the background and finally the chaotic clash at the end.... chefs kiss*🤌🤌👌

I don't now who did this but it is pretty damn good I just now found this, good work.

this video is really one of your best imo. well done!!

This is good Nice work, really enjoyed watching this (it's probably my 3rd time watching) a real masterpiece keep up the good work!👍

All these years later and we’re still fighting the same heathens.

Amazing work mate!Holding camera on duels it's a brilliant idea!

Boy oh boy, another of your awesome videos

Some of these animations I've never seen. Like when the two guys were on the ground pummeling each other.

@4:43 When the Knights Hospitaller charged in. Gave me goosebumps.

Brilliantly made my friend, enjoyed it a lot!

when the west had balls

When I ask Grandad about 'The Good Ol' days'

Oh My God! This Mod is absolutely GREAT! Thanks for sharing!

So good! nice shots! missed playing this mod. This is why we need medieval 3.

Very nice,man!

Grant me courage, oh Lord. For I am Thy servant. And gird me with strength unto battle. That I may crush thine enemies. As dust before the wind. Amen

I for some reason thought this was like a badass movie scene

DEUS VULT!

Perfect

When you know that a Templar knight had three horses, and you see so many knights on foot ! WoW !!!

Beautiful.

Great job

Awesome vid. Awesome mods

Master of cinematics

Beautiful cinematography

*Silently starts chanting Deus Vult

凄い迫力だなァ、👍日本の兜もそうだけど、西洋の甲冑もやっぱり格好いいよねっ！😄

Beautiful

love it

I took a course in Middle Eastern history with a professor that reads and writes Arabic as fluently as a second language as he does English. He was a gift in teaching us Salah Al-Din translates as weapon of God, some incorrectly called him Sword of God because that was a common weapon at the time, and some didn't get the name right at all thinking it was Saladin. thank you for getting the name right. That is really nice to see.

Bro i love your vids. Keep it up

Nice video!!

that was really great some excellent shots in there i would say i feel the music feels a bit off

That was actually pretty badass

Medieval 3 will come

One of the reasons I’m not religious. It’s like declaring war and marching an army upon a son of a father just because his father isn’t the same as mine. It still happens today, no point in depressing the truth, because we must learn from it and not repeat it.

I keep thinking: let's have another crusade but now the ENEMY is among us, partly due to b.o.!

SO COOL

Good contents thank you so much from korea man

im always wondering during medieval pitch battles how do the soldiers tell each other apart, i know theres usually a herald symbol, and their lord's house insignia on them. but with the blood and mud its still gotta be very difficult

Brutal!

more man love these

Baldwin is one of the best Christian Kings that Christianity has to offer

Damn, now I want to start a crusade.

When the saracens ambushed i Like that,the crusaders would still fight them off and win all the time in the first crusade,as they were united

Brilliant!

Looks incredible

Wow this will be perfect for a movie hehe😊

You gotta love medieval kingdoms total war 1212 AD

Good Job Templars look bad ass

“Tell my Lord Salahuddin, that Jerusalem has come.”

All battlefields are terrible but can you imagine being in the middle of one of these with shield and sword? Hour after hour of hacking, smashing, splitting and destroying. The mountains of entrails, limbs and heads just...around. The amount of blood and mud enough to drown a horse in. Absolute chaos.

expressive creative satisfaction

Nice keep it up

Awesome!!!!!..... Saludos desde Bolivia

very good

Gra sama w sobie jest niesamowita. ale dopiero w takich produkcjach można ujrzeć jej prawdziwe piękno.

An analysys of Manzikert would be very welcome. Best Regards.

Great it's very cool Deus vult !

It's like a film.

Очень круто!

I really feel as though most crusaders were not as bad as modern history portrays them.

Great video!!

"I am Jerusalem" what a great honor for Christians, king Baldwin IV

It must have been real stinky in those suits of armour. Hopefully they had some strong antiperspirant

Aaah the good old days..

That's a great war

Beautiful Job man what total war game did you make this with I’m assuming that’s what game this is just not sure which one

Muy buen video muy realista...lo unico que te faltó fué documentarlo...estaría al 100%...

And the crusaders look awesome

Yes we are, but only one final battle to come and it will be all settled. Praise God.

The battle took place near a river that Saladin was in the middle of crossing.

Очень и Очень Круто!из за этого видео купил Аттила и все сопутствующие дополнения поставил все моды!но увы Болдуина 4 прокаженного я там не нашел!((если кто знает напишите буду благодарен!Автору видео респект 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

Can you with the Russian army? Kulikovo field or battle on Lake Peipsi. It would be very nice and interesting to look at this) Thanks for the work done!

Let the great crusade begin my King

baldwin 4 was such a good king. if he wasn't born ill, maybe jerusalem could have been different

How do you make this epic cinematic inside the game ??

*Ave Maria!* *Non nobis Domine!* *Deus Vult!* *Te Secabo!* *Peri!* *Ad Mortem Inimicus!* *I N C R E D I B I L I S*

Ok thank you, we are still doing some nice videos.

may i please use this in a film i am making?

The Templars fight is still going on today

do you know GjerGj katriot (Skenderbeu) would you make something for him , he was the one who protect Europa ,

Can you do the battle of the Bogside?

Our history

4:13 - good boy, horse

Hey, you should do the battle of Manzikert

I haven't played this game yet ,but I find it very epic .I used to have rome 1 total war ....ancient old great years :d ..But this is 500000 greater than before . Now I just want to understand this, the fire effects inside this video are from catapults ? Because they give a very nice vision effect inside these ancient battles like the blood effects !