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To summarize what happened...
Saladin's army was not disciplined. The men were not trained to fight as a unit and to maintain ranks. King Richard had men who could work together and maintain ranks. Simple as that.
If you can't maintain discipline, your men will charge too early or too late, or won't charge at all, or will break ranks at the slightest resistance.
Medieval fighting was not that far distant from ancient fighting, and Alexander the Great was able to destroy the "civilized world" because his men were disciplined. That's all it was.
That's why modern armies march around in circles and train men to follow orders no matter what. The drill sergeants were telling themselves and their recruits that learning this one simple thing will keep them alive in a battle. When people stop following orders that's when everything falls apart, and it doesn't matter what advantages you had, it's all gone.
Saladin's army was not disciplined. The men were not trained to fight as a unit and to maintain ranks. King Richard had men who could work together and maintain ranks. Simple as that.
If you can't maintain discipline, your men will charge too early or too late, or won't charge at all, or will break ranks at the slightest resistance.
Medieval fighting was not that far distant from ancient fighting, and Alexander the Great was able to destroy the "civilized world" because his men were disciplined. That's all it was.
That's why modern armies march around in circles and train men to follow orders no matter what. The drill sergeants were telling themselves and their recruits that learning this one simple thing will keep them alive in a battle. When people stop following orders that's when everything falls apart, and it doesn't matter what advantages you had, it's all gone.