Chapter 11 Du Bo'an IV - Leprosy King

Turkey is also a powerful empire. Although their king's courage is certainly not as good as Saladin, its powerful military power has also made many nobles of the Holy Roman Empire worry - whether they will fight with this empire before they arrive in Jerusalem, thus losing their troops prematurely.

But obviously, these nobles were too worried, and the Turks were more friendly than Isak II, and even gave Frederick a certain amount of food and supplies along the way to express that they had no other thoughts about the crusaders.

Of course, this is not difficult to understand. First of all, no one wants to fight head-on with an army of 70,000. Secondly, although the Turks and the Egyptians are natural allies, a powerful Egypt is obviously not the one that the Turks like, and Egypt under Saladin's rule is not only powerful, but also terrifying.

(Of course, along the way, it was not so calm. After all, the Crusaders were in a foreign country and had completely different religious beliefs, so there were also battles, but this could not be Frederick's opponent. Instead, it gave him an excuse to get food on the spot. In Turkey, as long as their king did not make up his mind to fight Frederick to death, there would be no big problem.)

The further south the weather became hotter, which made the imperial army very uncomfortable. Soldiers were successively heatstroke, which greatly delayed their progress. This forced Frederick to adjust his strategy. Every day when the sun was the strongest, the whole army rested.

On this day, the army was stationed in Silesia. When we walked forward, we would enter the territory of Syria in later generations. In other words, the Crusaders were about to fight with the Egyptians.

Frederick summoned all the nobles to discuss matters in his residence.

Although it was almost evening, the hot air still made Bai Zhou very uncomfortable, let alone those noble men who had never suffered any hardships since childhood.

Frederick held a roll of parchment in his hand and spoke first, "Thank you all for your hard work recently."

With Frederick's personality, he generally does not say such things, but once he says such things, it means that there are more "hard" tasks later.

The nobles present have become adults. Of course, they will not foolishly say that it is not hard, but will suffer a lot of bitterness. Judging from the posture, they wish they could pour out the bile.

Frederick frowned slightly, and everyone present immediately closed their conversation as if they had heard something.

"This is the king of the Principality of Jerusalem, Duboan, who wrote to me, well, it is a letter of help." Frederick raised the roll in his hand, and his face seemed to have a look of disgust.

Du Boan and Bai Zhou thought about it carefully and seemed to have heard of this person, but Bai Zhou really couldn't remember who it was.

"What? He dares to write a letter of help to us that sinner who has cursed God?"

Some of the nobles present were quite knowledgeable and knew who Du Bo'an was, but it seemed that he had no good feelings for this guy.

But this made Bai Zhou a little curious. What is a "sinner cursed by God"? Shouldn't God have only a kind side, and shouldn't he spread his kindness to the world?

Shouldn’t curses be used by people like Satan or Pandora?

Bai Zhou then asked the nobleman softly: "Who is this Du Bo'an?"

"It's hard to imagine that such a damn guy can become a king, and his fiefdom or a holy city..."

Bai Zhou did not listen to the words behind this nobleman again, because Bai Zhou realized that this so-called man cursed by God was not a mediocre passerby, but a famous leprosy king.

A weak king, a young king under twenty, with an army that is not very concerted, can defeat the eternal Mahatma Saladin.

At the age of sixteen, he led hundreds of knights and thousands of infantry to defeat Saladin's 30,000 soldiers and completed the victory in Mongiza.

Almost no one could do it before defeating Saladin. After him, even Frederick and Richard, the Lionheart, were a wise ruler and a military genius, who had never done it.

It is hard to imagine that if he had not had leprosy, a terminal illness that could not be cured in the Middle Ages, Saladin might not have been able to enter Jerusalem for the rest of his life.

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Rhodes Island is a desperate fortress.

With the complete loss of the crusaders in the Eastern Territory, the Antioch Principality, which the hospital knights were proud of, collapsed under the iron hooves of the Turks. Faced with the brutal pagans, the knights who lost all their power either chose to retreat or perish.

Retreat to Rhodes Island was an urgent decision. Based on Rhodes Island's strong geographical advantages and strict fortifications, the knights fantasized that they could support themselves, stick to their support, and fantasized about making a comeback. In the arduous environment, some of the long forgotten beautiful traditions of the Knights of the Hospital were called back again. They set an example, adhered to their faith, and shared the joys and sorrows. The knights gradually found themselves. The Knights of the Hospital also emitted a glimmer of light under the ruins of the ruins - the Knights of the Malta were born. In this desolate castle, in this desperate situation, the Knights of the Knights of the Hospital were refined and prepared to get the second dawn of the Knights under the leadership of God...

As it turns out, the Knights have been abandoned by the times, by the monarch, and by God. With the cry of the leader of the Knights Templar Demole on the stake, the last glimmer of hope of the Knights Hospital dissipated with the last glimmer of light at dusk.

Without support, no assistance, no faith, no hope, the members of the Knights stared at the blank future, for some reason against their imaginary enemies, against the world, against God, against fate...

———Excerpt from the Yellow Dragon Knights Manual.

Du Boan IV (translated by Baldwin IV), a king who had been hiding behind a mask all his life, although he was suffering from the extreme formation, his courage, optimism, justice, peace, and all the shining points on him were admired by future generations.

The King of Leprosy, the eternal King of Leprosy.

War is eroding his body, time is eroding his body, but as long as he is still alive, he represents the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Now, he seemed to be able to dying on the hospital bed, listening to the endless quarrel between the two generals under him.

The leader of the Templar Templar, Guy (the former leader of the Templar Templar, Reinard, had died in battle), and the husband of Princess Sibira, the sister of Duboan IV. Although there was no love between them, love was a very luxurious thing in the Middle Ages. Of course, at the beginning, Guy's handsome appearance was still very popular with the princess, but then, I don't know if it was because Guy himself was a silver-shaped gun tip or his nature was exposed, which made the couple not very harmonious.

"What does Frederick's troops have to do with us when they enter Asia Minor? Let him fight Saladin." Guy said.

The Earl of Tripoli, Raymond, the leader of the Knights of the Hospital, was obviously a general from another faction: "What does it have to do with us? Guy, they are here to help us deal with Saladin, how can it have nothing to do with us? Do you want to let your allies recover the Holy City alone?"

"Damn it, do you think we can help with our current strength? I only have two thousand people under my command. You are just this number. The total number of both of us is no more than five thousand people. Why should we help others? We can't even defend Rhodes Island." Juyi roared, as if he didn't like Du Boan who was still on the hospital bed at all.

"Gui, I used to think you were a reckless man, but now I realize that you are even more cowards." The person who spoke was Berryon, the only son of Baron Godfrey of Iberin. After inheriting his father's title, although his title was still the lowest among all people present, he performed well in the Battle of Heiting and defending Jerusalem, which won him a great reputation. Now, he represents the new nobleman, the new knight who came here from the Europa mainland (to put it bluntly, some down-and-out guys came to the far east to ask for food), and is also a strong force. What he supports is obviously the Knights of the Hospital.

"Jerusalem is our home and our holy city. Even without Frederick, we should not be afraid. Why, when the idiot first provoked Saladin crazily, but now that he has been defeated, is he afraid that he dares to hide on Rhodes?"

Although "you" wants to say something to prove that he is neither a reckless man nor a coward, he found that there is no example to prove it to him.

"Ahem," the Leprosy King coughed twice. It was not that he wanted to rely on this sound to attract the attention of both parties, but that his increasingly weak body forced him to do this.

"Send people, contact, Frederick, we, together, send troops"

Although everyone understands that the Leprosy King will definitely be difficult to survive this winter, as long as he is still there, no one can disobey his decision.

"King, don't worry." Berryon said.

Berryon is a typical representative of the positive spirit of the Crusader Knights, but this positive spirit does not refer to the Christian spirit, but the true respect for people after abandoning the religious banner. The most essence of the chivalrous spirit, humility, mercy, justice, tolerance, honesty, courage, and sacrifice. In later generations, the Middle Ages were the most prosperous era of knight culture, but obviously, the medieval knights, the Knights of the Crusades, whether they were the Knights Templars and the Medical Knights of the Military Order, or the countless other European knights who could not be named, were far from so beautiful and bright.

"The holy city is in my hand, and I have the responsibility to take it back."

One word, one word, what the Leprosy King wants to say, with an unyielding determination, even even if he sacrifices his life for it.

Another battle between God and God is unavoidable.

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There is a character Berion in history, but it is obviously fictional in "The Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom". His aristocratic identity is real and his military achievements are also real. However, he married Du Boan... Anyway, he did not have an ambiguous relationship with Sibila. Of course, the characters in this book will not completely follow history, thank you.

In history, Jerusalem fell only two years after the death of the Leprosy King...

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