The emperor who exited the palace slowly closed the door, and the regent Empress Dowager Mary gave him a deep ideological education class, for the king's power scheming skills, even if he thought that his harem was too peaceful, but he had to use it.

"Your Majesty, you're out!"

The emperor's secretary general is always the busiest person, looking at the documents he submitted, Alexios's heart moved, it has been a long time since the expeditionary force broke through the Seljuks, and those panicked Gazi should be able to see the situation clearly.

Sure enough, good news from the East is coming!

Seeing the smile on the emperor's face that could not be concealed, Secretary General Betak asked curiously: "Your Majesty? ”

Alexios handed his cronies the secret paperwork from which Mira had been removed, and the joy should have made everyone happy.

Betak only glanced at it in a hurry before revealing a shocked expression, "That's why the Seljuks can't do it?" ”

"So what else can I do? Arslan was already ill, his heir was killed by His Excellency the Duke of Aquitaine in the war, and the Seljuk people's proud military strength was also lost in several major battles. ”

Exhaling a heavy breath of turbidity, Betak was pleasantly surprised, it was a godsend, the subordinates of the Seljuks of the East, those grass-headed Gazi began to waver, and some radical ones even quietly sent their own heirs.

Only Rome endures!

The old proverb warns the leaders of the nomads that they could not follow Arslan's road to the dark, and seeing that the Sultanate of Rum seemed to be dying, several tribes close to the eastern provinces of the empire were distracted.

"Originally, if we continued to advance towards the east, our valiant warriors would have suffered unnecessary losses, but this time it was different, there was a crack in the enemy's interior, and all we had to do was to raise a sledgehammer and knock open the shell of the Seljuks, which seemed to be still strong."

Betak a spirit, the emperor is planning to promote the restoration of the eastern territories of the empire now?

"The abundant land and the numerous nomads there are our indispensable help, the defeated land can be rewarded to our brave emperors, and the fierce horseback knights will make the old chariots of the empire gallop again, a golden opportunity."

Muttering for a while, the emperor's secretary general smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, our military spending may be a big problem, and the continuous combat in the past two years has also made the soldiers very tired. ”

There is still a word that has not been spoken, His Majesty the Emperor has repeatedly abandoned his fiancée to fight in the unknown Far East, not to mention that the future imperial Barcelissa has to have an opinion, even the Queen Regent will be displeased, those ministers who push the emperor to the battlefield will definitely become a thorn in Mary's side, and he Betak does not want to die young.

"No, no, no, we don't need to send out the Empire's precious land forces and send out a naval fleet right now."

Bertak, who is not sensitive to military affairs, smiled bitterly, he was completely confused by the emperor's thinking, what does it mean for the navy to fight the Seljuks?

Alexios, who was talking eloquently, did not care about Bertak's troubles, and continued to state: "Let our powerful naval fleet block the Black Sea and the Seljuks from Saladin in Egypt, Genoa has made a lot of pagan money, and they should also stop it." ”

Startled, Betak sent fleets from both the north and the south to make such a big move, which was used to cut off the Seljuks' maritime trade economy, and at the same time cut off their ties with their allies, completely breaking the deadlock of thinking.

"When the nomads have no access to salt, their skins can no longer be sold to greedy Genoese merchants, and the embarrassment Arslan can only sustain his army by squeezing his subjects of the old empire, then is the time for us to strike a decisive blow."

Betak frowned slightly, it's not that the strategy is bad, but the empire has already violated the interests of the Genoese merchants in the previous war, and now it continues to strangle their financial resources, doesn't this force them to jump back to the side of the Seljuks?

As if seeing the Secretary-General's concern, the Emperor smiled disdainfully: "Don't expect too much from the Genoese festivals, the merchants will only be on the side of the victors, as long as we can win and restore Anatolia, then the area of Genoese trade will expand, and they will definitely swallow the temporary losses." ”

"Genoese sailors in the Imperial Navy?" Bertak would not be naïve enough to think that this would make the Imperial Navy, which was already full of Genoese sailors, bow down to his orders and involve the interests of his own country, and would this Imperial sword turn upside down and hurt the original owner who held the sword?

There was no expression on the emperor's serious face, and his eyes were extremely solemn: "This is the reason why I have repeatedly emphasized that I want to eliminate mercenaries and replace them with the empire's own soldiers. ”

But the navy was not built overnight, the situation of mercenaries everywhere in the past has been reversed, a large number of native Greeks and orthodox citizens have been conscripted into the army, and several mercenaries who have not listened to the announcement have been terminated from their contracts.

Mercenaries who can abandon their commanders at will when the war situation is unfavorable are simply wolfdogs raised by the empire with huge wealth, and they can kneel and lick anyone's boots at the right price.

The non-commissioned officers and cadets placed in the Imperial Officer Academy by the Navy are still practicing how to arrange troops at sea with their future subordinates who are at the level of half a bucket of water, and even the marshal of the Navy shook his head after watching their performances, and he had to raise them for another year or two.

"Let Duilius lead a fleet of Genoese people south to cut off the Seljuks and Saladin's communication routes, and at the same time support our allies' causes in the Holy Land, His Highness Richard will be pleased to have the support of the Imperial Navy."

"What is the name of the naval nova that Duilius mentioned, let him go to the Black Sea and transfer all the native troops of the Imperial Navy to him."

This was such an arrangement that the Genoese merchants could not even imagine from the forces that contacted them within the empire, because the valiant soldiers would fight the infidels in the Holy Land until the emperor's edict.

"Since the chieftains of the barbarians want to send their heirs, then we are not polite, and accept them all. And we have to be honest and honest to include all of them in the emperor's **. ”

Alexios grabbed Betak's shoulders with a smile in his eyes: "What would Arslan's attitude be if he knew that his subordinate Ghazi had sent his family to the imperial capital?" ”

The Secretary-General also laughed: "Those poor wall-to-wall grasses will have to break with Arslan." ”

"Hurry up and do it, and let our venerable Sultan know the news as soon as possible." The Emperor will not miss any opportunity to strike at the Sultan of Rûm, and it is better to him off now.

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