Chapter 379: The Chinese enclave of Crete
After Lin An took over the symbol of the control of Crete by the Bishop of Crete and the General of Crete, he nodded with satisfaction.
In the third year of the Chinese Empire's dragon to heaven, Lin An, the general of the Chinese Empire, obtained the rights to symbolize Crete.
Crete officially became an enclave of the Chinese Empire within the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire.
After Lin An, the general of Zhenguo, took charge of the Cretan capital, he immediately withdrew the defenders of the Cretan capital and arranged for the town's soldiers to be stationed on the island of Crete.
After that, the general of Zhenguo, Lin An, did not deprive the Cretan general of his political rights, and the Cretan general was still the official in charge of Cretan politics.
It's just that the military of Crete was taken over by Lin An, the general of Zhenguo.
The Bishop of Crete was also the religious chief of Crete, and the general of the town, Lin An, had no intention of depriving him of his rights.
This set of methods of doing things by Lin An, the general of Zhenguo, made the officials on Crete calm, after all, they still had their own rights.
Their rights were not deprived by Lin An, and because of this, the officials of Crete had no choice but to choose to be loyal to Lin An.
After all, Lin An didn't deprive them of their rights, if they weren't interested, then they would be looking for their own death.
There are no such ignorant stupid people in Crete, they are all smart people.
The Roman citizens of Crete, on the other hand, did not care who they were subject to.
If it was only the Cretan general who had the head of Yu Lin'an, and the Cretan bishop had not surrendered to Lin'an, then the Roman citizens of Crete would have rebelled.
However, when the Roman citizens saw that the bishops had surrendered, they also thought that surrendering to the Chinese Empire** was not a wrong choice, and they thought that it was a choice made by God on their behalf.
Because of this, the citizens of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire in Crete also became the citizens of the Chinese Empire.
Lin An, the general of Zhenguo, took Crete without a single soldier, which can be said to be a miracle, of course, the main reason is that the Cretan high-level has already joined the Orthodox Church after the modification of the Chinese Empire.
The news of the capture of Crete by the general Lin An did not reach Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire.
This is not because Lin An deliberately blocked the news, but because in the capital of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, Her Royal Highness Anastasia, the princess of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, is receiving envoys from the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Republic of Venice, and the Kingdom of Armenia.
Emperor Basil of the Byzantine Empire before the Eastern Roman Empire. Macedonia promised to bring a group of allies with them to fight, and because of this, the Byzantine Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Basil. Macedonia summoned the envoys of the three kingdoms.
The Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of Armenia, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria had emissaries in Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire.
These emissaries were responsible for bringing the Eastern Roman Byzantine Emperor Basil. The Macedonian oracle was transmitted to the governor or king.
Of course, the arrangement of emissaries in the capital of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire was the case of the Emperor Basil of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire. Proposed by Macedonia.
Basil. Macedonia wishes to contact these countries at any time in this way.
Now in the imperial palace of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, Princess Anastasia is smiling at the envoys of the Three Kingdoms in front of her.
Fact: The emissaries of the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Armenia had already anticipated what would happen in the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire.
After all, Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, was not very peaceful during this time, and there were many people in and out of Constantinople during this time, and these people were in a hurry.
The envoys of the three kingdoms, who lived in Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, naturally sensed that something important was about to happen.
Sure enough, when the envoys of the three kingdoms came to the palace, the princess Anantasia of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire told them bluntly,
Now that the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire has broken its alliance with the Northern Chinese Empire, the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire has invited the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and the Kingdom of Armenia to attack the Chinese Empire in the north.
The emissary of the Republic of Venice did not have any opinion on this request of Princess Anastasia.
Why doesn't the Republic of Venice have any opinions? There are several reasons for this, the first of which is that the Republic of Venice did not know about the Chinese Empire, and they considered the north to be barren lands.
The second reason is that the Republic of Venice was a vassal state of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, which became independent that year, but was recovered by the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire soon after.
Because of this, the Republic of Venice had no reason to choose whether to go to war or not to fight, as long as the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire demanded it, the Republic of Venice had to go to war.
The envoys of the Kingdom of Armenia had a somewhat solemn face, although their Kingdom of Armenia had no connection with the Chinese Empire.
But they had also heard of the Chinese Empire, and the envoys of the Kingdom of Armenia believed that since the Chinese Empire could ally with the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire and the Khazar Khanate in the north,
It shows that the Chinese Empire is not a weak country, and it is precisely because of this that the face of the envoy of the Kingdom of Armenia is a little dignified.
Seeing the solemn face of the Armenian envoy, Princess Anastasia said to him: "This time, as long as you Armenia are willing to send troops to assist our Roman Empire, then I promise that after the war, our Roman Empire is willing to assist you in recovering the lost territory occupied by the Arabs." ”
Hearing such assurances from the princess of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, the envoy of the Kingdom of Armenia was a little moved, but he was still a little entangled.
Princess Anastasia of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire said again: "In addition to this, we in the Roman Empire will protect you from the Arabs. ”
Hearing that the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire was willing to protect itself, the envoy of the Kingdom of Armenia was really moved, and he gritted his teeth and said to Princess Anatasya: "Your Royal Highness, the princess of the Roman Empire, we in Armenia are willing to send troops north with the Roman Empire to attack the infidels!" ”
However, the envoy of the Bulgarian kingdom was unmoved, and he could not sit still now, after all, their Bulgarian kingdom was now in the middle of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire and the Chinese Empire!
The southern part of the Chinese Empire is the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and the northern part of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire is the Kingdom of Bulgaria, so it can be said that the Kingdom of Bulgaria is completely surrounded by the Chinese Empire and the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire.
Because of this, the emissary of the Bulgarian kingdom only wanted to remain neutral, and he did not want to remain hostile to the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire or the Chinese Empire at all.
After all, when the Kingdom of Bulgaria was still a khanate, they invaded the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, and were defeated by the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, thus converting to Orthodox Christianity.
The last war scared the Bulgarian kingdom, although there are still some border conflicts between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian kingdom today.
But those border conflicts were nothing to attack the Chinese Empire.
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