Buhayra Province.
The Saracen army departing from Rashid City resembled a winding giant snake, with the armor beneath their black and white robes like the scales of the serpent.
The marching troops were divided into multiple segments, stretching for dozens of miles. If the non-combatants like baggage wagons, laborers, and craftsmen were counted, the Saracen army would far exceed fifty thousand.
Losa, watching the scene, marvelled, "The Saracens have a high rate of armored soldiers indeed, truly the elite forces under the Lords of Egypt."
Among these fifty thousand troops, at least thirty thousand belonged to the elite warriors of this era. Overall, the armor rate was astonishingly high. Even those Saracen infantry usually regarded as cannon fodder were somewhat equipped with Zha Armor, Scale Armor, and Chain Armor and showed signs of training, evident from their march.
