Chapter 61: Intrigue and Fighting

In general, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, especially when these British and French nobles learned that Cyprus had been attacked by the Holy Roman Empire and became the rear supply base of the Crusaders, the atmosphere became even more harmonious. (Look at the "Piaotian Silk Network" by reading the text novel)

They thought they knew the situation of the Holy Roman Empire, which was quite familiar with. It was originally a very powerful force, which made both Britain and France think that after they went there, the Holy City would be recovered by Frederick, and both of them could only drink soup.

The result was that the fall apart made them worry again - such a seemingly useless army, which now seems to be useless, might not only not help, but also drag down.

But now the fact is right in front of us. Although this crusader commanded by the son of Frederick, although the number of people is much smaller than before, its combat effectiveness is still there. It has defeated Cyprus, and expanded its army to 50,000 again, becoming the most powerful force among the crusaders.

In fact, the two coalition forces of Britain and France only brought 30,000 soldiers in total, and there were a little more British people, about 17,000. In terms of numbers alone, they were almost no match for the Holy Roman Empire.

No wonder these nobles now put their slants in a relatively straight manner and did not create unnecessary friction.

Of course, it is also because the nobles who are present now belonging to the Holy Roman Empire, only Bai Zhou and Wolfgang. These two people naturally will not act like superior, nor will they leave a bad impression on others.

It took nearly two hours to let the group of people put down their knife and fork with satisfaction, and they had to communicate a lot. During this period, as a "client" and just after he said hello to a nobleman with his left hand, he might have to raise his wine glass with his right hand and call him brother and brother to another unknown nobleman.

After the meal, it was logical that Wolfgang should lead everyone out for activities such as relaxing and eliminating food. However, it seemed that Wolfgang was not very good at this. Moreover, since the matter was already urgent, he was not in this mood, so he ordered the maid waiting by the side to clean up everything and prepare to talk about the main things.

Both Britain and France also agreed that they had originally followed Wolfgang here and were preparing to get to the point directly, but because of Bai Zhou, they had breakfast in advance.

Wolfgang asked Bai Zhou to scoo up the original letter of help and hand it to Richard, and handed it to King Charles of the Dharma.

Wolfgang does not hide his own personal information. Perhaps he thinks that there is no need to hide this, but Bai Zhou believes that at least he should delete the first useless paragraph of the letter asking for help. However, since Wolfgang spoke, Bai Zhou did not question his meaning in such an occasion. (Look at "Piaotian Silk Network" by reading the text novel)

Bai Zhou also took this opportunity to carefully look at the expressions of the two people. Richard first slightly gloomy first, and then stretched out in the end; while Charlie, the King of Dharma, had a calm face at the beginning, but he couldn't help but look serious in the end.

There were no three big guys on the field, and the other nobles just sat there honestly, all of whom were very disciplined and well-educated, and they could not tell the unrestrained and intimate feeling that they had just now.

"Does the Duke of Swabia need us to do some?" Before the British King, who was slightly impatient, spoke, Charles, the King of Dharma, took the lead in asking.

He knew very well that the Germans now scooped out the letter and showed it, and it must have their purpose and their arrangements.

He seemed to have a bad appetite just now, and he ate the least, and he tasted a lot of food just politely.

But this sentence stopped Wolfgang.

The letter of help came urgently, just in the evening before the arrival of the British and French coalition forces, Bai Zhou just asked him to tell the two kings of Britain and France about this matter, and did not tell him what to do next.

Wolfgang's personal idea was to rescue him as soon as possible. Even though the Crusades were divided due to different opinions before, which greatly reduced the relationship between him and the nobles who attacked Acre, Wolfgang was not such a vengeful person. He also understood that now was not the time to hold grudges, and the lives of thousands of soldiers and dozens of nobles were there, and he could not ignore them.

But he really doesn't know whether to let Britain and France do something.

Seeing this situation, Bai Zhou should take action. Although he felt a bit overwhelming, he couldn't let Wolfgang, who was not good at this, have nothing to say.

Last night, Bai Zhou did not have a detailed idea, so he did not inform Wolfgang. However, after just finishing negotiations with a group of nobles from the Holy Roman Empire and learning about their ideas, Bai Zhou also became confident about what he wanted to say next.

"It's like this." Bai Zhou took over the content of the letter and said, "The two of you are already there. Then, I, the urgency of this is also clear. Speaking of which, our Holy Roman Empire has begun to assemble."

"Scooping off Acre is equivalent to opening the door to Jerusalem. We understand this importance. (When I read the text novel, I went to 'Piaotian Literature Network') When I came, I was still thinking that I would use a method to scoop down Acre. I didn't expect that you had already won the blame." King Richard of England said.

"It's not a question of being the first to win, it's just good luck." Bai Zhou did not say that this was actually just the private action of the army. Although it had the results of the battle, it was equivalent to dragging the remaining Crusaders into the war. Originally, Bai Zhou wanted to take advantage of the rest of the British and French coalition forces to try his best to train the combat effectiveness of those Byzantine soldiers. Now it seems that there is no more. After all, Acre is too important.

"We know that the soldiers of your two sides have not landed yet, and it is estimated that they will have to take a few days. After such a long bumpy sea, my soldiers also need some rest and rest. Therefore, this rescue will be borne by our Holy Roman Empire." Bai Zhou said with a loud and clear meaning, intentionally or unintentionally revealed. It seems that this Eastern Expedition would be enough as long as there are soldiers from the Holy Roman Empire. As for Britain and France, let's rest and rest first.

King Charles of the French king first looked at Wolfgang. He did not show any dissatisfaction because of Bai Zhou's response. Naturally, he probably understood the status of this Swiss duke within the entire Holy Roman Crusader. What's more, at this meeting, Wolfgang only brought Bai Zhou, the nobleman.

"So what you mean is that this time, there is no longer any support for Akri?" The Dharma King narrowed his eyes and said lightly.

"It's just this time." Bai Zhou replied that this was also the reason why His Highness the Prince scooped out this letter. It was urgent that we had no time to wait for your soldiers to rest, so we could only send troops immediately."

Bai Zhou's subtext is to tell the two kings of Britain and France that it was not that our Holy Roman Empire sent troops alone regardless of the feelings of the Allied forces, but because of the tension, he had to do it.

"Although I don't want to admit it, you are telling the truth. No matter how brave my soldiers are, they need some adjustments." Richard said, although the British Isles are surrounded by the sea, most British soldiers are much better than those of soldiers in other countries. No matter how good they are, they cannot let their soldiers regard the bumps on the sea as nothing.

"But if this is the case, we still come here to do it? Can we only do some logistics work for you later or cheer for you?" The Dharma King said this, obviously questioning the motive for the Holy Roman Empire to do so.

Although I was still kind just now, at this time, what I should strive for will not be relaxed at all.

King Charles VII of the Dharma was definitely a first-class politician. Richard might have just passed the qualifications, while Wolfgang might not even pass the qualifications.

But correspondingly, the military ability of the King of Dharma can only be considered as having just graduated from elementary school at most. Faced with the unknown Egyptians, his primary school knowledge is not enough at all. (Look at "Piaotianwen.com" by reading text novels)

That is, it made him say what he said just now.

The British and French coalition forces went through a lot of trouble before they came to Cyprus. They did not want to be a foil, but wanted to get some.

In the eyes of the Dharma King, Akri had been captured. If he was still held, it would be like a crusader or a crusader of the Holy Roman Empire. He had firmly grasped the initiative of war. Since the remaining Jerusalem had been broken, the remaining holy city was recovered only by the problem.

Then they still need to do it by the French? Did you come to watch the show?

Therefore, the Dharma King was unwilling to only let the Holy Roman Empire send troops, otherwise, at that time, the glory and interests would be scooped away by their family, which was something the Dharma King didn't want to see.

As for the combat effectiveness of soldiers? The King of France never thought it was a serious problem, because he had almost no elite soldiers in his hands - the whole of France, the most elite soldiers, and the most capable generals were all in the hands of Joan of Arc. Since these semi-regular soldiers could beat the British in the past, there should be no problem in fighting the weaker Egyptians now.

Indeed, this weakness is just the wishful thinking of the Dharma King.

After listening to the words of King Charlie of the Dharma, Bai Zhou naturally wanted to express it.

But with so many people present, if he could just express his ideas so simply and rudely and refute them one by one, he could certainly convince him, but Bai Zhou didn't want to be that kind of evil person.

"That's right, you've seen that although we have more than 50,000 people in our hands now, more than half of the soldiers are newly recruited Byzantines, and their combat effectiveness is much worse. So, I estimate that we, the troops, at most, have lifted the siege of Acre, and are unable to continue to conquer Jerusalem." It is a very unscrupulous approach to show weakness when necessary. Moreover, Saladin's main force is still in Damascus, and he himself is still in the north and will return soon. Therefore, if your soldiers are not there, we alone on our Holy Roman Empire, we will not be able to complete the task assigned to us by God."

The Fa King's face became more beautiful when he said this, but it made Wolfgang's face look ugly.

He doesn't want to be looked down upon, especially when he doesn't think Saladin is so powerful.

Bai Zhou immediately pressed him under the table and let him calm down. Now isn't the time to act irritating?p>

—In order to show that illusory glory, not only will the allies offend them, but they will also destroy possible victory?p>

"What you said makes sense. (Let's go to 'Piaotian Literature Network' when you read the text novels)" The Dharma King said, OK, Richard and I are here waiting for you to get good news."

"But this is not enough." Bai Zhou changed his tone, making the two kings of Britain and France a little confused. Bai Zhou wanted to say something next.

"Bai Zhou, not enough?" The British King knocked on the table. Although he may not be as mature as King Charles VII of the Dharma in politics, that does not mean that he is a novice. He could see that at the current meeting, everyone was led by Bai Zhou alone, including Wolfgang.

Richard was because the Crusaders of the Holy Roman Empire arrived here first. They were more familiar with the situation here than they and the French, and had more say, but this did not mean that he liked this way of talking by the nose.

"If possible, I hope you can send a general of sufficient weight to go with us." Bai Zhou did not hide his true thoughts - to let the British and French sides as soon as possible, the Egyptians, especially the Egyptians under Saladin's rule, were not a group of steamed buns that could be flattened and pinched round.

"Your weighty enough means, well, if I didn't guess, are you referring to the hope that the two of us will be together?" As he said that, King Richard pointed to the King of Dharma.

"That's the best." Bai Zhou said.

"For? You just said that you would send troops alone, but now, I hope that the two of us will go too? Yes, even if we bring our personal guards to conquer Saladin with you, I don't think those hundreds of soldiers can play a great role in a battle of tens of thousands of people." The Dharma King also asked the British King's doubts.

The Dharma King would not worry that it would be detrimental to them after the Holy Roman Empire separated them from their respective troops, because there would be no benefit in doing that. As long as the people of the Holy Roman Empire were not stupid, they would not do that. Moreover, the Dharma King, even if the battlefield failed, the people of the Holy Roman Empire might have priority protection and Richard's personal safety.

"Because Saladin is very strong." Bai Zhou said only one sentence. Everyone here was not stupid. He didn't have to explain everything in detail.

But obviously, Bai Zhou overestimated the ability of King Charlie in this area. Of course, Richard immediately understood what Bai Zhou meant. Seeing that the King did not seem to have gone around the corner, he deliberately said it. It was because he rescued me. You want our generals to see the combat capabilities of the Egyptians in advance for subsequent deployment."

"Haha, I think you are a little too worried. How powerful can those dirty Muslims have?" The Dharma King said with some contempt.

This is exactly what Bai Zhou is most worried about - in the Crusaders, they generally despise the Egyptians and Saladins too much.

King Richard of England did not. He looked at Bai Zhou and thoughtful, because his strength of the Western Qin people - because he had personally been to the station of the Western Qin people - was the one who dared to defeat the 100,000 Burgundy soldiers with his weak force, and was not a timid and incompetent person. He could make him say the word "very strong", Richard felt it necessary to reconsider the strength of the Egyptians.

Bai Zhou glanced at the nobles present, including Richard, and only a few seemed to start thinking, while the rest expressed more or less contempt for Bai Zhou's statement.

Yet, if there was no kingly duel between Lionheart King Richard and Saladin, they might not have left a strong mark in history. Similarly, if the Lionheart King had not tried Saladin as a generation of mahatma and not a parallel product, Du Boan might not have become the famous leprosy king.

Just imagine, if the Lionheart King easily defeated Saladin, then Du Boan, recorded in history, would probably be an incompetent monarch with a little military ability and leprosy.

Bai Zhou also said something more at this time, you need to master some skills. If you have to say that Saladin is strong and stronger than any of the Crusaders present, you probably won’t be the ones headed by the King of Dharma, but they will have a counterproductive effect instead.

Bai Zhou said, "Look, now we have differences, which is normal. After all, in our Holy Roman Empire, many people do not think that the Egyptians are so powerful. So, this is the reason why we invite you to visit Akri personally. If the facts are as you said, it is a great thing for all of us, but if the facts are as I said, then it is always good to know more about the enemy's intelligence."

After hearing what Bai Zhou said, King Charles VII of Dharma never again, because he felt that although this Swiss duke was too cautious, an ally who was too cautious and enterprising was always much stronger than an ally who was too reckless - after all, the King of Dharma was not seeking great merits, but no big mistakes. A person with a different personality might like a ally who was reckless than cautious.

"Indeed, we have never fought with the Egyptians before. We are not even able to do so," said the British King.

The Egyptians had just occupied the Middle East under the leadership of Saladin. Perhaps without Saladin, those Egyptians would have no strength to go north and were still farming honestly along the Nile River, so they would not have had head-on conflicts with believers who believe in God, at least in this era.

"But, you are? As far as I know, since you can directly defeat Akri, you are only defeated by the Egyptians' superior forces, then the Egyptians' combat power should not be strong, right?"

The British and French sides are not very clear about the troops attacking Acre, which is actually not under the jurisdiction of Wolfgang. Of course, when this letter of help is arrived, it means that the troops are under the jurisdiction of Wolfgang.

"I've fought them on Rhodes Island, so I'm a little clearer."

Naturally, Bai Zhou cannot say that he has come from the future. Your ending, although the current situation of the Crusaders seems much better than recorded in history. For example, the Holy Roman Empire still retains a very powerful armed force, but that does not mean that the Crusaders can easily achieve their goals.

And what I said just now is just an excuse. Think about it, was it an Egyptian attack or at night, and there were many pirates among them, and it may be obvious how powerful the other party is.

"That's right," Unconsciously, the British King beat the left faster, but in this not-quiet venue, the sound did not appear louder, what about your soldiers?"

Bai Zhou was about to say it, but he was almost surrounded by Richard, so he changed his words again. Every real general has the most powerful soldiers in his hands. Besides, I have not many soldiers and are not comparable."

Bai Zhou looked at King Ying and continued to say that if I had to measure it, I can only say that the 50,000 soldiers under Saladin were definitely regular soldiers who had been through the battlefield, and they were regular soldiers who could adapt to the climate here."

Although Akri was surrounded by 30,000 people led by Adil, only 10,000 of them were considered elite, and the rest were other Emir soldiers. In this era, it was impossible to count on these Emir soldiers as elite as possible.

After all, Saladin is not a god. If even the Emils were under his rule, there would definitely be no way to fight this battle. What's more, Bai Zhou guessed that if Adil hadn't hidden a trick and had not let his elite soldiers attack the city, Akri, who had just been captured once, would have been captured again.

"Okay, I understand, but I need to discuss with others and give you the answer tomorrow morning." King Richard of England said to Wolfgang. After all, Wolfgang was the commander of the Holy Roman Empire Crusader.

"So too." The Dharma King said to Bai Zhou.

This not obvious "negligence" seems not a big deal even if it is pointed out, but Bai Zhou smelled a bad smell in it.

Chapter 61: Intrigue and Fighting

Chapter 61: Intrigue and Fighting
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