M2TW Kingdoms: 3rd Crusade, King Philip II & King Richard I Besieging Acre 1191

This time in the siege of Acre 1191, i managed to make it being besieged by both King Philip II Augustus of France & King Richard I the Lionheart of England at once, tho in different factions, its true not the Egyptian faction is manning Acre but they'r Saracens anyway. I know, i already posted at least 2 sieges of Acre, but i never had the opportunity to make both Kings Richard & Philip besieging the same city of Acre like in the 3rd Crusade & since lately i'm uploading battle & siege vids of the whole 3rd crusade, it will do great. I'm playing with King Philip II of France this time, the last siege of Acre i uploaded, i did it with King Richard the Lionheart & there was Guy of Lusignan aswell with an army, cos he too was besieging Acre, in fact in the real one, he started the siege of Acre 2 years earlier, on the 28th August 1189 & during those 2 years, tho he managed to repulse Saladin's assaults, he became himself besieged by Saladin, between him & the city, a very dangerous situation with the enemy infront & behind, but he managed to hold on with his 7,000 men against Saladins 20,000 + the 6,000 garrison in Acre. Then the remains of the German Crusader army of Emperor Fredrick I Barbarossa arrived after he died drowning with a heart attack, with his son Duke Fredrick VI of Swabia & Duke Leopold V of Austria, but Duke Fredrick VI, Barbarossa's son also died at Acre & the German Crusader contingent was commanded by Duke Leopold V. Then the Kings from England & France arrived & built siege engines & quickly took controll of the situation. Catapults & Trebuchets made some breaches in the walls of Acre but the muslims managed to hold out & repusled many crusader attacks, cos Saladin would rush his army when he sees the Crusaders rushing for a breach. There were many battles that took place in Acre but finally, after a last battle on the 12th July 1191, the garrison gave up against orders from Saladin, tho they warned him they can't take much longer & gonna surrender. Its a descision they came to regret when they all have been beheaded upon quarrels between Richard & Saladin about missing Christian prisoners Saladin executed after the battle of Hattin 1187.
I didn't use any ladders or siege towers, since breaches in walls are mentioned in the siege of Acre, i got a Catapult & a Trebuchet & bombarded the walls to make a breach, destroyed the oil section & smashed the gates. I took a Crusader Knights cavalry unit to the back to watch the progress of King Richard the Lionheart, turned out, he entered the city before me & at one point he himself killed a bunch of Saracens lol. Then i stormed in, & the final battle, as u can see, takes place in the squere, during which, as my infantry & cavalry were still entering the squere & encountered some resistance by the Saracen leader, King Richard was on the other side of the squere, way ahead of his army but his unit was engaging spearmen & he got bloodied, at that time he was in peril untill my troops killed the Saracen leader, i stormed the squere in 1 huge advance & not only reached the spearmen units engaging King Richard's Knights, but i surrounded them & my army filled the whole squere lol.

After this vid, i'm uploading the Historical Battle of Arsuf 1191 of the 3rd Crusade, between King Richard the Lionheart & Sultan Saladin. That only leaves me to do the taking of Ascalon & the siege & battle of Jaffa 1192 also between King Richard & Sultan Saladin, to finish my 3rd Crusade little project hehe.

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[zrah1092]

I remember when all I used to do was play this game.

[TalonMercenary]

awesome