"So you want to be the god that the Vatican worships? Spokesmen of God? ”

The Duke of Hanover asked, with his hands stretched out in disbelief, and the head on his forehead almost rubbed against the candlestick between us, and I even faintly smelled a foul smell of burning.

"The only one who can manipulate the Holy See is the emperor, and you are just a duke, you can't chew it if you are greedy...... Wait a minute! You ......"

I smiled at his frightened eyes, acquiescing to the other party's unspoken thoughts, if I said that my previous self was still a little hesitant, afraid or afraid to take on the mission given by God, but when I confided in my heart at this moment, I was relieved.

The law of the jungle is commonplace, how many strong people who dominate for a while have become paving blocks and stepping stones for the stronger, because those who used to have nothing to do with themselves, so they choose to escape and ignore them, but now the enemy's minions have reached the bottom line that I can't touch, can I still have a chance to retreat?

"Don't you want to gain greater power and status? The Christian world knows that Hanover is a loyal ally of Nijmegen, and the two cling to each other, both at the loss of the other, and the glory of the other, is there any way for you to escape? We are the truth of cold lips and teeth, except to follow my footsteps, you have no way out, the fierce beasts in the light and hidden in the shadows, will not let go of the opportunity to hunt. ”

My language was very provocative to tempt the hesitant old duke, who was still screwing his brows and couldn't get an idea, in fact, he was reluctant to give up the fat on his lips, but he was entangled in the need for a reason to convince himself to invest, in a sense of an excuse to shift the blame to others in times of crisis, he was always afraid of failure, and he was looking forward to leaving a way back.

"Let's talk about the plan! You megalomant! ”

He gritted his teeth and scolded, as if he had some kind of hatred against me, and I easily saw through the old duke's bluff, like a fish trying to catch a hook, coveting the fragrant bait, and knowing the edge hidden in it to kill him, wandering back and forth, greedy and cowardly heart must be extremely painful.

"If I'm crazy, what's yours?"

I made a dry joke to lighten the mood, but neither of the two people with any concerns said excitedly, which made the atmosphere awkward.

"I must first convince or defeat Conrad, Count of Speyer, although it seems very likely that the talks will collapse now, but after all, there is a glimmer of hope, if it is a war, Nijmegen will be with him to the end, and he will destroy the enemy completely with lightning speed, and you know his relations with Alsace and Burgundy, and there is also the Swabian army stationed not far away."

"Protracted is not good for Nijmegen, so that he will not have a day to turn over, the rest of the matter is simple, cross the St. Gal Pass on the Burgundian border and go straight to Italy, defeat the rabble loyal to the Pope, which also has some combat effectiveness of the army of the Verona domain, and then spend a lot of money to buy the archbishops and the nobles of the city of Rome, find a heretical French from Reims at will, and elect an obedient pope to the throne, which is basically the end of the matter."

The old duke's face in the Hokage was half gloomy and half dark, and he couldn't see his expression clearly, he pinched his chin motionlessly, and the faint light of the candle reflected in his pupils, as if he had settled down with an old monk.

"Sounds pretty good, with your ghostly soldiers, the other party can't find the enemy to appear there even if they are beaten."

He breathed a sigh of relief slightly, as if glad that he was not my opponent: "So you go and charge, and the Hannover Hall will escort later?" ”

"It's easy to talk to smart people!"

I smiled and clapped my palms, the old duke's years of experience in the rivers and lakes are not in vain, and he quickly found his position.

"The front in Nijmegen is stretched too long, the forces are already stretched, we will withdraw from the occupied areas and fill the positions with Hanover, and continue to monitor and deter the Luxembourgers trapped in Koblenz, in fact I am not worried about any counterattack by Count Siegfried, he himself went to the gallows, and only tightened the noose around his neck."

"I fear that the matter of Speyel will cause Burgundy to intervene, and the little fox of the Capetian family, as a feudal king, will be able to mingle in the name of the law, the French have always been haunted by the death of Lorraine, and have always coveted this rich territory, if the matter is really irreparable, Nijmegen is in the brunt of the war between the two countries, and it is inevitable that it will be attacked and destroyed, God, will you no longer favor me?"

"I didn't think about it that way."

The old duke muttered, and suddenly remembered something: "There are still Normandy and Flender between you, and your father-in-law will abandon his daughter?" Once Robert II came out of his lair in Paris, he never had a chance to go back, and the little fox would not be so desperate, he would be smarter than the old fox who usurped the throne. The Duke of Hanover said, nodding his head in affirmation.

"Yes, they are all hardcore allies who can be trusted......"

I repeated his words nervously, but my voice became quieter and quieter, and the shadows of several people kept appearing in my mind, Leonardo leaning against the window and thinking, the eunuch Varys with a bowed brow, and the dying Duke Dietrich, who had said the same thing, either out of self-preservation or out of advice.

"There are several people who have reminded me to pay attention to the back, the enemy who hides the knife in the smile is more terrifying, maybe I think too much, but in the eventful autumn, it is always good to be cautious, and it never hurts to add a little heart, who can tell the truth of a smile except God?"

Outside the window there was the gray barking of wild dogs, and then the guards who had been woken up cursed and yelled, and I looked out the window, staring blankly at one place, and I didn't even hear the old duke's next words.

This era is often broken, and no one can guarantee that they are harboring evil intentions behind their backs......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly looked embarrassed, and felt that the insinuation between the lines was too strong, and immediately changed the conversation: "My friend, please rest assured that I will never take half a step back." ”

I patted the old duke on the shoulder gratefully, and the latter smiled heartily, trusting that this kind of thing was mutual, and that any promise of faith would pale as long as both sides were honest with each other.

"I will keep all the infantry in Nijmegen, and in exchange, I ask you to give me the command of the Knights of Hanover, including all the midshipmen and squires who are equipped with horses and horses to ride, and I will forge the best soldiers into sharp spears and destroy any enemy who stands in his way with a stormy attack!"

"Do you want all the knights? But how can I fight without a knight......"

The old duke has some difficulties, the main battle force of this era is the knight in heavy armor, just like the tank charging on the battlefield in later generations, the infantry composed of ordinary peasants, yeoman farmers and urban militia is just a huge number of human cannon fodder, strong and strong when the wind is blowing, and when the battle is defeated, it is used to sharpen the enemy's knife to cover the knight's retreat, I opened his mouth to leave all the knights of Hanover, no wonder the old duke muttered in his heart.

"Oh, when the sky falls, you Nijmegen infantry are still carrying, what am I afraid of, it is said that the army of Slavs is not inferior to the Byzantine holy armor cavalry in Poland, it is simply a barbarian knight without horses! With them under my command, I dare to take on the Titans alone! ”

Seeing his exaggerated self-confidence bursting, I burst out laughing, and the atmosphere became cheerful again: "You just need to trap the Count of Luxembourg, take care of my back, and wait for the news of victory from Rome, as for His Majesty the Emperor of Bamberg, you can rest assured, before the war, I have instructed the Chamber of Commerce to buy up the floating grain of various countries at a high price, even if Your Majesty loots the surrounding countryside to the point that there is not even a single grass seed left, I am afraid it will be difficult to feed the tens of thousands of troops under his command, he wants to swallow the castle of the Duke of Franconia in one bite, You can't do it without breaking a few teeth. ”

The old duke's eyes widened suddenly, as if he didn't know the person in front of him, and he crooked his nose and blamed me: "It turned out that you Nijmegen did it, I should have thought of it a long time ago, so that I had to force the levy of grain to get together the required amount, although the knights brought their own grain and grass to levy, but they also had to provide thousands of big mouths that shouted hunger every day, I don't care, you must compensate me for my losses, double!" ”

He angrily stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of my eyes, thinking about it, he felt incomprehensible and stretched out another one, like a gambler who swore an oath.

"Rest assured, we will take care of the food and expenses......"

"I don't want Nijmegen's gold coins!"

"Uh...... Support......"

I covered my hands and blew out the candles, and the faint morning light from the window came in, reflecting the gray of the room, and the servants of the castle6 continued their busy day, and the roosters in the courtyard jumped to the roof of the stables fluttering their wings, and chirped high-pitched, rubbing their red eyes, and I stretched my waist comfortably, and the old duke opposite me was turning the jug upside down and squinting his eyes in.

"I'm running dry, and it's time for me to go back."

As he spoke, he casually threw the flask to the ground, making a creaking crunch as he lifted the joints of his neck around him.

"Another sleepless night, wasn't it?" I watched the old duke push the door open, talking to myself, not knowing whether to say it to him or to myself.

At the banquet for the nobles of the Three Kingdoms at noon that day, I sang and harmonized with the duke, and told the Count of Hesse the discussed rhetoric, and the degree of perfection was almost a detailed battle plan and handed it to the other party.

Finally, the Earl smiled and suggested a cup, praying for God's blessing and blessing us for a victorious start.

I cut through the delicate pink flesh of the pickled salmon, and just met the old duke's tacit gaze, and both of them read the same answer from each other's eyes, or in a few days His Majesty Henry would have our carefully formulated plan of action on his table, and the suspicious emperor should finally be reassured.

(End of chapter)

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