Bianjing, State Guesthouse.

Oviteus threw his whole body into the pool, his head resting on the wooden pillow, and his face was full of comfort.

The success of Da Song's entourage exceeded his imagination.

The Song people not only fought their way into the river, but also into the Eastern Qarakhanid, but also into the Western Qarakhanid, and their contradictions with the Seljuks were simply irreconcilable.

Naturally, he was happy to befriend the Byzantine Empire.

Even if the two sides are thousands of miles apart and it is very inconvenient to exchange news, the benefits of uniting with each other to deal with the heavenly world are self-evident.

Therefore, Oviteus and his entourage were treated very well by the Great Song Dynasty in Bianjing.

And not only did they eat well and live well, but the Great Song Dynasty also rewarded them.

In addition to the national letters and national gifts of the Song Empire, everyone in Oviteus and his party received a reward according to their status, even the lowest-ranking servants received ten horses of silk!

Oviteus even got a piece of Jun porcelain, which was specially rewarded to him by the emperor of the Song Empire, which simply made Oviteus ecstatic and couldn't put it down.

A Jun porcelain treasure, this is the country of porcelain now, which is also extremely precious.

Not to mention that the treasure is from the court!

After the news spread, there were no more people here in Oviteus who came to visit, all because of that treasure. The men offered higher prices one by one, and Oviteus was delighted day by day.

For a time, Oviteus received such visitors every day. Although he would not have cashed in the treasure at all, it could become a family heirloom when it was brought back to Byzantium.

But he came to see those people one after another, and he didn't feel bored at all, and he didn't declare his intentions to the public.

All this is for the glory in his heart, watching the proud Chinese with a smiling face in front of him, how can that excitement be bought by money?

Of course, it must also be said that money is very attractive.

Hearing the higher offer of the other, Oviteus's heart was as sweet as honey.

He didn't hide anything from anyone else about this at all, and when everyone returned to Byzantium, these deeds would definitely spread, and everything today would become a more dazzling aura around the baby's body.

Comfortable, really comfortable. During these days in the Great Song Dynasty, each of them lived too beautifully.

"Master, master......" shouted the servant Theodosius.

But Oviteus didn't react at all.

Because he had plugged his ears with earplugs to prevent water from pouring into his ears.

It wasn't until Theodosius appeared in front of Oviteus that he straightened up. "What has happened to make you so anxious, my dear Theodosius?"

The latter looked out of breath, obviously in a hurry, but although Theodosius was out of breath, his face was full of smiles, which obviously would not be a bad thing.

"Master, the Song Empire's westward expedition has sent back good news."

It was only after they arrived in the east that they learned that the Song army had entered the Western Qarakhanid and defeated tens of thousands of reinforcements led by the Seljuks. Then it is obvious that if the Song Empire's western expeditionary army wants to completely stabilize the Western Qarakhanid and completely take that territory, it will have to face the test of the real heavenly alliance led by the Seljuks.

"The Song people have won?"

"Yes, master, the Song people have won. Marshal Yue of the Western Expeditionary Army defeated more than ten Outer Heaven Alliance troops led by Sanjar himself with 50,000 troops, and the soldiers once entered the Flower Thorn Zimo! ”

Theodosius's face was full of uncontrollable excitement, which was really a big surprise to the Byzantines!

The already unstable Seljuk Empire is afraid that its foundation will be shaken even more, and Sanjar's authority will be greatly reduced.

For the Byzantines, this was no less than solving a great threat.

Don't look at the crusaders who were very active on the east coast of the Mediterranean, establishing principalities and kingdoms, and it seems that they took a great advantage.

But the celestial forces they faced were only vassals of the Seljuk Empire.

If Sanjar really led the army to kill the Crusaders, the latter's strength would not be able to stop it at all, and then the Byzantines would have to go to the rescue in person.

Of course, a second wave of crusade forces will inevitably be organized in Western Europe, but it will not quench the thirst of the near.

In order to prevent the complete deterioration of the situation in the Crusader states, Byzantium had to come to an end.

This was a great disadvantage for Byzantium, not only to consume its own vital strength, but also to greatly increase the power of Catholicism on its side, which was definitely not desirable for the Byzantine people.

Although both Catholicism and Orthodoxy are based on Nestorianism, in line with the truth that heretics are more hateful than infidels, don't look at the big boss of Catholicism who declares that he wants to help his brothers in the East, but Byzantium and Western Europe can't pee in the same pot.

The reason why the Komnenos promoted the crusade movement in the first place was only because the nascent Komnenos were weak, not only to bear the threat of the eastern celestial world, but also to be invaded by the Pechenegs in the north.

The latter were originally a nomadic people on the map of the river, one of the tribes under the command of the Turkic Khanate, but with the collapse of the Western Turkic Khanate, they were first defeated by the Qarluqs, and reluctantly moved west to settle in the Don and Kuban rivers, and then because of the Qarluqs and Kimaks, they were forced to migrate to the South Russian steppe and the Crimean Peninsula, and even into the Danube Valley. Then the Pechenegs came into play, first defeating the Magyars, who were forced to move westward to the Pannonian Plain, thus establishing Hungary.

Then, in the following century or so, the Pecheneg people who moved westward several times completely turned into phoenixes, whether it was the Rus' principality in the northwest, the Byzantine Empire in the south, or Bulgaria around them, all became the targets of attack by the Pechenegs.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Komnenian dynasty, the Pechenegs took advantage of the fire to defeat John II and his father Alexei I in the lower Danube region, and invaded Byzantium territory from the northwestern region of the Black Sea, and the situation of the Komnenos dynasty was precarious.

The Pechenegs fought all the way to Constantinople, and on the way they plundered the northern Balkans, posing a serious threat to the Komnenos.

Why did Alexei I precipitate the Crusades? Dealing with enormous external threats is the most fundamental reason.

Had it not been for the emergence of the Crusaders, would the Komnenos be able to put aside the threat of the Eastern Front and go all out against the Pechenegs in the north? Can you recuperate with one mind and recuperate for decades?

Can Byzantium recover so quickly?