Eagle Byzantium

The two princes were really bold and outspoken. If the Palermo royal family had not had a superior position in the Holy See, how could they have said such tit-for-tat words?

The entire group of cardinals stood on both sides of the steps, their heads slightly lowered, each with their own thoughts.

Pope Eugene rested his chin with his fingers on his seat and asked the princes to continue speaking without comment.

Young Roger was more eloquent, so he replaced his brother Simon as the spokesperson: "Gawain now has Anatolia and Cilicia as his source of wealth and troops, and he relies on large hospitals to occupy various places. Manor, and owns everything in the important seaport of Bari With a bank with strong financial resources, his coveting of Constantinople is no longer a matter of personal ambition, but it is like an arrow that has escaped from the string and cannot be shot out. I don't know if Gawain captures Constantine. Castle, how will His Majesty get along with him?"

Eugene was obviously not fully prepared for this question. He just told young Roger that he had just warned Gawain's envoys and asked him to negotiate a peace and strike with John, and also conveyed the same meaning to Bohemond.

Little Roger was obviously more thoughtful, "Just a verbal warning is not enough, my majesty. Today, Constantinople is in turmoil. Even if Gawain doesn't attack it directly, John's rule may not be able to stop it." Continue, even better It could be a nobleman with ulterior motives, a radical bishop, or even a heretical peasant or foreign mercenary. They would open the city gate to welcome Gawain into the magnificent imperial capital, and then give him to you. What’s the difference between Gawain?”

"But there is nothing wrong with Gawain being in charge of Constantinople. He is a devout Catholic and a brave and prestigious holy warrior." Although Eugene was moved by little Roger's words, he still did not make a decision to restrain the tower. Ersus' determination.

"But he is by no means your vassal. In addition, when any individual occupies a great city like Constantinople, it is impossible for him to be willing to obey you. Please forgive my rude words. This is all caused by the human heart. Just Like Bohemond, he even ignored blood ties in order to seize the city of Antioch. What's more, Gawain, a poorly educated Varangian barbarian from the north, had not previously killed Raymond and Konrad. Germany..."

Eugene was silent for a long time before he asked, what should you and your father do?

So Simon and Little Roger bowed, held up Wen Zong and handed it to the Pope respectfully.

The content inside is astonishingly:

The jihadi army mobilized in response to the call was divided into three groups. One group was under the command of Gawain, and its members were the troops of the State of Tarsus. The target of the siege was designated as the Port of Pola in Tripoli. Gawain raised the ships, food and weapons by himself; the other group Sigurd Magnu, co-king of Norway Song, with five thousand strong Northland soldiers under his command, landed from Denmark by boat, and then traveled overland to Messina to prepare to cross the sea to the Holy Land. Sicily promised to provide ships and sailors for Sigurd Magnusson. The Norwegians' attack target along the way was Sidon.

As for the last road, its commander was actually the illegitimate son of Raymond who died in Laodicea, a young man named Portland, and Raymond's nephew Jordan. With a deep hatred for Gawain, they gathered a group of Toulouse and The desperadoes from Provence also want to come to the Holy Land to participate in the war. They have sent notes to Sicily and Venice. Whoever is willing to provide ships will be at their disposal, as long as the city of Tyre in Tripoli is paid.

Venice had always coveted Tyre, so it rushed to reach a memorandum agreement with Sicily and was willing to provide ships to carry Portland and Jordan to Tyre in the East. As long as the city of Tyre is captured, Venice will be able to obtain a large area of ​​commercial port land and plantation land, and it will also be able to gain a foothold in the Levant.

What is particularly important is that Sicily also requested the Pope to send Roger Jr. to Crete or Rhodes by ship with the honor and power of the "Pope's Messenger" to coordinate and coordinate Magnusson and Portland behind the scenes. Road soldiers and horses.

In addition, the new consuls of Sicily and Venice secretly joined forces and secretly promised to support Emperor John of Constantinople, resist the further penetration of Gawain's forces, and protect the remaining half of the empire. This would also provide them and even the Pope of Rome. a preliminary barrier. Of course, John also has to give conditions to increase the number of Venetian settlers in Pella and the Golden Horn to 10,000. These 10,000 are adult Venetian men who can serve as merchants, captains or warriors. They are willing to collectively submit to Emperor John Pledge of allegiance to protect the Emperor's throne should he be threatened. With the same request, Sicily hoped that the Kingdom of Hungary, the home of John's wife's mother-in-law, would also agree to the request.

All in all, Sicily, Venice, Hungary, and John of Constantinople also began to form an alliance in an attempt to prevent Gawain from crossing the Sea of ​​Marimara and attacking the imperial capital.

Of course, Sicily also hopes to win over the new Holy Roman Emperor (Salian Caesar) Henry V, so that he can also stand on his side to deal with Gawain.

When the Pope read the last volume of Wenzong, he found that Sicily had actually preset a dense and dense strategy of "countering Gawain in the future" in it, and the tactics were so fierce that he couldn't help but sweat from his heavy crown. Xianxia said, "If you do this, I'm afraid you will really force Gawain into the hostile camp. Is this really good?"

Walking down the steps of the Lateran Palace, Simon and Roger turned into the shadow of the flowers in the corridor, looking at the dilapidated, dirty, poor alleys and shops in Rome with contempt. In this most sacred city, the most vulgar people actually live in the city. They do everything they can to the pilgrims from all over the world. A plate of stinking salted fish sent from Ostia is put on a plate and priced by the piece to cheat. "Father finally noticed Gawain's rise. He should have taken action three years earlier." Simon said.

"It's not too late now. We instigate Portland, Magnusson and even Venice to be hostile to Gawain and contain and consume his energy. As for Bohemond, he will probably not come back, so we can take the opportunity to annex the entire southern Italy, and then... In short, I will be in Crete soon and command the overall situation calmly." Roger smiled confidently.

His subtext is that as long as the royal family of Palermo unifies Sicily, Apulia, and Naples in the future, they can reproduce the great achievements of Robert Guiscart and advance deep into Morea and Macedonia to realize their ambitions of crossing the Adriatic Sea and conquering Constantinople.

In fact, since ancient times, all regimes occupying southern Italy have had such dreams, such as the earlier Guiscart, and the later Hohenstaufen and Anjou in the real plane.

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However, the idea of ​​the royal family of Palermo was soon secretly passed to Matilda, the Duchess of Tuscany. Matilda was neutral and silent about it, but her young husband Welf, who returned safely from the Eastern Expedition, was grateful for Gawain's help in the past, so he privately asked his servant to copy a secret letter and send it to Bari at night!