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A King has a fever dream and launches the 7th crusade, following the exact same battle plan as a previous failed crusade because he thinks he's built different. He isn't.

Sources:

Jonathan Riley-Smith. The Oxford History of the Crusades

Alexander Mikaberidze. Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World A Historical Encyclopedia

Christopher Marshall, Warfare in the Latin East, 1192–1291

Douglas Sterling. The Battle of Al Mansourah and the Seventh Crusade, 1251