Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 1021 The Expected Thing

"Learn from Byzantium?" Little Henry was taken aback, although he had to admit that the Byzantines were indeed more civilized than the Germans.

Regardless of how the white pigskins in later generations promote their own civilization and democracy, but in this era, people who are a little bit close will admit the gap between themselves and the Byzantines.

Compared with the Romans, the nobles in Western Europe who never bathed several times in their lives can be described as standard barbarians.

"But they are heretics..."

It is no joke that heretics were more hated than heretics in medieval Europe.

In the official history, the Rus who had just been ravaged by the Mongols immediately ushered in the murderous Northern Crusaders. Shinra, Poland, Sweden and others jointly sent troops to deal with the suffered heavy losses of the Rus, but they did not treat them as their own family at all.

Welf VI smiled: "What does it matter if they are heretics? As long as they have something worthy of our study and can help us win the war." What time is it now?Who cares about this?
His tone became solemn, "The strength of the Byzantines is much worse than it was a hundred years ago. It is unrealistic to rely on them to resist the Chinese alone. However, the appetite of the Chinese is as greedy as the devil, and the Holy See will never sit idly by. Dantinburg fell." At this time, I won't even mention the Crusader Knights, and the latter is not as important as half of Byzantium tied together.The consequences of putting Chinese in Europe are too serious.

You know, the Balkan Peninsula is very close to the essence of the One God World.

When the Chinese crisis really involves the survival of the monotheistic world, the crusaders must be real crusaders.

Compared with the last time, people's minds are different, and the reorganized Crusaders really exist to defend God.

"John II is not an idiot, and Sanjar is the master who integrated the Seljuks. They joined forces, and with the help of the Crusader Knights, they could not resist the Chinese. The latter's strength is not accidental.

The Chinese fought from the far east to the Mediterranean, and the strength of it naturally requires us to learn.But the Chinese will not be our teachers, the only ones we can learn from are the Byzantines.They suffered too much at the hands of that Eastern army. They are the Europeans who know the Chinese best in the world. "

"Uncle, don't you have too much confidence!" Little Henry frowned. Welf VI's words put Europe in the position of the weak, and the weak had to learn from the strong if they wanted to become stronger. "I admit that the Chinese are very powerful in combat, but they are already thousands of miles away from their homeland. And Byzantium has been completely mobilized, with an army of no less than [-], with the help of the Crusaders and the Italian Navy Even if the Chinese reach the Bosphorus, it is impossible for the Chinese to cross the sea to attack Constantinople." There is a strait in the middle.

"As for the Chinese in the territory of the Russians in the north, it is said that there are no more than 4 to 20 people, while the Poles and Hungarians can assemble at least [-] troops." Behind the two is the Holy Roman Empire, which dominates Europe at this time.

In Little Henry's eyes, whether it was the Northern War or the Eastern War, the One God World might suffer great trauma, but it would definitely not be in danger of being destroyed.

Welf VI shook his head, "You underestimate the Chinese. When they hit the Bosphorus, with the support of most of the world behind them, a mere strait can't stop them at all. As for the North conquered The Russian army will be the enemy of Germany."

"The Poles and Hungarians can't resist them at all. The previous war between the three has already explained everything. In order to deal with them, the Holy See has sent people to contact the Swedes and Danes, and even the heretics in the Baltic Sea..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of footsteps outside the door, and saw Rudolf Franz, the minister of the Saxon court, hurried in.This was a rare cultural man in Saxony. He collected many Latin classics and traveled around the world in his early years, serving as an envoy for Henry the Black and Henry the Proud.He is well-informed and has a way of staying calm in times of crisis.But when he walked into the hall today, he was sweating profusely and panting. It seemed that he had run all the way.

Entering the hall, Rudolf Franz didn't even salute, he just shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Highness, Dear Marquis, something bad has happened! News came from Rome that the Holy City (Jerusalem) has been lost. , was attacked by the Chinese and Tianfang people, the respected King Falk died in the battle, Queen Melisande escaped from Jerusalem with her son, and the pagan army then bloodbathed the entire city. Just like back then... …, like the Crusaders back then…”

crusader?That was a group of standard thugs, whether it was Antioch, which had been besieged for a long time, or Jerusalem, which had been captured in a short period of time, after entering the city, they all slaughtered the residents in the city.

For example, in Jerusalem, in just one afternoon and evening, the Crusaders slaughtered every Christian, Jew, and even Monotheist in the city.A large number of Tianfang people fled to Xingyue Temple, but they were all found and massacred on the spot in Xingyue Temple. According to some eyewitnesses, the blood from Xingyue Temple even covered the feet of the perpetrators.In the entire city of Jerusalem, except for the Fatimid administrator, who surrendered and was pardoned, no one survived.

And now, bad luck has also befallen the descendants of the perpetrators.

There were several gasping sounds in the room, and the young knight attendants standing aside could no longer bear it.

"Damn heretics, they sullied the glory of God."

"The Holy Sepulcher cannot be defiled. We must remove the dirt that covers the world and save the Holy City..."

There are also guys with unclear minds, who froze at first, and then shouted loudly: "All kingdoms and principalities must unite, dye the cross red as our emblem, and defend the glory of the Lord." The Lord will bless us invincible!"

Last year, the Holy See was preaching that the Holy Land was in danger, and the glory of the Lord might be tarnished by heretics.But that's just a "possibility", and it may be a conjecture, not something that has happened.Now that these things have really come, the impact on them is another look.The Kingdom of Jerusalem has been destroyed, and Antioch, Tripoli, and Edessa may also be lost. When the news spread, the entire monotheistic world was in chaos.

Innocent II will certainly not miss this opportunity. It is inevitable to form a crusade again, and the scale will be far larger than the last time.

Welf VI didn't panic, just smiled: "It's expected. The four Crusaders are already weak. If they only face the people from Tianfang, there is still a possibility of resistance, and if the Chinese also get involved , Isn’t it easy to destroy the city wall?”

"It just gives us a more reasonable excuse to reinforce Byzantium."

(End of this chapter)