Two days had passed, and the besiegers had now become the besieged. Kerbogah’s army had arrived and conveniently occupied the fortifications around the city that had been abandoned. The defense of the Turkish-held citadel within the city was strong and had prevented the Crusaders from taking it. The citadel was cut off and isolated, but knowing that a massive relief force lay just outside the walls of the city, the Turkish warriors who took refuge there refused to surrender. The irony of their current situation was not lost on Geoffrey and Rodrigo, who were tasked with defending the western walls. Though the horrors of the m******e that had taken place just days ago were still fresh in Rodrigo’s memory, the gravity of what they now faced forced him to push such thoughts aside and focus on
