But Saladin answered. if they come from across the sea, they'll be far from home and they won't win. In 1188 Saladin, now lity, said that King Guy could go ree if he promised never to light the Muslims again. But Guy broke his promise in 1189 and attacked Acre. beginning a long and terrible siege. By then there were many more European knights in Palestine Alter the fall of Jerusalem, the Franks told European kings that they needed help to win back the Holy Land. Many answered the call for a new crusade In 1191, the King ol France arrived in the Holy Land. and two months later Richard. King of England. came too. The Muslims knew that King Richard was brave and strong. Acre was a dirty town, and King Richard was ill the minute he arrived, but he went on telling his men what to do from his bed. He was a good commander and the town. already in great trouble after two years of endless war, couldn't fight any more. People were dying of hunger because the Franks had the town under siege, and they stopped all food getting into it by land or by sea. Richard told his men to make better siege engines and