Chapter XXXVII

When Conrador saw the defeated deserters, he didn't dare to think about the future.

Conrador waited anxiously in the tent for Cromodo's return. However, when the fastest horseback Tatar returned in disarray, Conrador instantly fell into despair!

Subsequently, many Genoese musketeers and gentlemen ran back. They were accompanied by a group of Greeks not far away. During the run, many people were scattered.

Conrado del Otto could no longer maintain the decency of a noble man.

He wandered around the camp with a hasty look and a disheveled garment, expecting to see Cromodo Visby's return.

Of course he was disappointed.

Seventy or eighty people came back from morning to noon, and basically did not see Cromodor. Some people also vaguely mentioned with Conrado that Cromodo stood with the gentlemen, and was dispersed by a wave of Tatar cavalry.

This means ......

"Nope! Cromodo! Don't die! Conrador held the cross and continued to pray.

......

"A total of eighty-one plates of armor were obtained, and seventy percent of them were damaged, but they could all be used; There are more than 300 pieces of leather armor and chain mail; One hundred and twenty-four arquebuses, mostly in good condition. 66 packets of gunpowder, 41 packs of buckshot, dozens of arquebuses, and more than 160 sticks; Four hundred and seventy helmets. ”

The statistics of the loot are out. Although there are still a lot of underreports and underreports, but those are small money that is not worth accountability, Qin Cang also knows that the army needs to be like raising eagles, and it can't be fed at all, but it can't be fed all at once.

How to send it?

"Except for the loot that should be sent, the rest is counted as war merits! A little merit counts as a point. It is possible with the point of the production team, too. This way they can change to armor arquebuses. If you really can't, you can rent it. However, it must be returned afterwards and points will still be consumed. With that, Qin Cang glanced at Carlo.

"The people who did not score in the original production team (especially referring to the Italians) will be doubled this time."

So soon, people who had a sense of distress exchanged their exploits and the points of the production team for these spoils. And it is worth mentioning that the Qiao clan has replaced all the arquebuses. It was thought that they already had thirty arquebuses, and now they preferred to use muskets no exception.

And just like that, Qin Cang's entire army began a big change!

The Italian spearmen basically had leather armor in the front row, and a few had plate armor; The people of the Joe clan were completely transformed into an army of musketeers; Although Qin Cang's cavalry did not receive much, the armor was undoubtedly the greatest improvement in the strength of the army.

"Thank you to this Cromodo Visby! Thousands of miles away to give people's heads, the gift is deep and affectionate! ”

While laughing with everyone, Qin Cang asked people to send Cromodor's head and broken body back to the Genoese camp. Accompanied by a letter, of course.

......

It was already the next day since Conrador received the news of Cromdo's death.

When a couple of Tatars and Italians threw down a body wrapped in fur on horseback, Conrado's fears became a reality.

Carlo placed the letter in Italian on Cromodo's head. Then he laughed wildly and walked away three times.

In Odessa, Andrei Conti had already signed a contract with the Cossacks, but the governor of Kaffa chased after him with his boat. Carlo and his boatman friends are chased around the sea like rats! And now, the Governor has finally gotten his due!

Seeing the enemy leave, Conrador hurriedly asked someone to pick up the corpse.

How Conrado wished this man wasn't Cromodo, but when he uncovered the skin, he hid his face and wept!

Cromodo's hollow face, with several deep wounds that showed how much pain he had endured last night. The complete separation of the body from the head tells Conrado that it is his sin.

"Oh God! This is my sin! Why punish Cromdo! ”

Conrador knelt on the ground and prayed reverently. At this moment he believed in God more than anyone else.

However, the Genoese forgot, and perhaps God remembered.

At the beginning of the Crusades, the Genoese, Milanese, Pisan and Venetians of the Lombards. How these merchants lured the Crusaders into slavery and sold them elsewhere. Although there were not many children in the "child crusades" that we once denounced, there are records that when these crusaders from Germany or Burgundy arrived in Pisa, the merchants of Pisa abducted them and sold them into slavery. In the records, it can be seen that the population of Pisa exploded in those years, and the pope punished the Pisians for violating their teachings for the slave trade.

Italians, these merchants will not remember what their ancestors used to do. The poignant reverberations in Constantinople still echoed, but the Venetians continued to sing and dance.

"What's on the letter?" Conrador wiped away his tears and turned back to ask his attendant.

The squire's face was full of fear, and he glanced at Conrador and immediately lowered his head.

Conrador took the letter with trembling hands.

No doubt Conrador trembled too.

"The Venerable King of the Great Han confronts the ugly, shameless, and vile governor of Kaffa, the villain Conrado del Otto.

Why do you offend me for no reason? Why did the two armies fight and attack? Why do you want to be an unknown soldier and fight a battle that you will lose? His army was cowardly and immoral, marched unorganized, and could not attack in unison, and if it retreated, it would be defeated. Left and right, the first rat at both ends. If the military order is not passed on to the front, why will the order be last? Therefore, I have five victories, the advantage of soldiers, the group of war horses, the warriors, the strong army to obey orders, and the resourcefulness to be outstanding. He has five defeats, one is tired and the horses are depressed, two are new defeats, three are far away, four are new deaths, and five are almost nothing!

Here are four articles:

One, call the minister Nagong! Ceded all land thirty miles east of Kaffa, as well as the Kerch Peninsula and the Taman Peninsula. 5,000 florins per year!

Second, the Kaffa garrison must not exceed three hundred people! No artillery! No muskets!

3. All ships that pass through the sea of Chishu from Tana to Kaffa must go ashore and pay taxes! Sink it by the violators!

Fourth, the country of Genoa, recognize the right of my Han suzerain!

After reading these four, Conrado del Otto, the independent illegitimate son of the man who made a name for himself in Sardinia, the new governor of Kaffa, suddenly fainted......

"Will it succeed? The conditions are really too harsh......"

Baoyin asked Qin Cang.

"Harsh?"

Qin Cang turned his head and said confidently: "That also depends on who it is." ”