After three hours of fierce fighting, the patchwork provisional army of the Eastern Roman Empire won a resounding victory!

The Vikings left behind thousands of corpses and fled in disarray......

Looking at the devastated battlefield, Princess Lilianu waved her dagger and cheered loudly, and this emotion quickly infected the gladiators and the Guards, and a moment later, the northern wall of Constantinople was filled with cheers of victory.

"We'll leave after two days of siege!"

After receiving the report of the defeat of the Vikings, Carter knew that it was unlikely that he wanted to make a difference on land, and if he wanted to continue the siege of Constantinople, he would have to use the superiority of the navy.

"Okay, let's wait until the evening."

Carter decides to attack at night!

At the very least, the docks and harbors of the Golden Horn must be burned down in order to have the kind of deterrent effect that Randy described.

But Carter can think of this, and Princess Lilianu can naturally think of it too.

Princess Lilianu took her subordinates to clean up the battlefield and took a large amount of loot that the pirates had too late to take away when they fled, and after changing hands twice, Lilianu took these things as ownerless stolen goods as a matter of course, and there must not be a blind guy who would ask for it.

After the victory of the battle, Her Royal Highness did not return to the city, but found a remote location in the wharf of the messy Golden Horn, outside the range of ballistas, and set up camp in a pretentious manner.

"I just watched for a while, the other side has hundreds of warships, and the number of troops is beyond imagination, so the other party will definitely not be willing to fail, and will definitely plan a new attack, in addition, the ballista equipped by the enemy warship is indeed very sharp, but it is wishful thinking to break through the walls of Constantinople with this, so the other party's purpose is likely to still be the Golden Horn dock, given that the other party is a shameless barbarian pirate, they will definitely not follow the rules, that is to say, the enemy is likely to attack tonight!"

After listening to Her Royal Highness the Princess's analysis, everyone was stunned, and they didn't mean to answer her at all, and Lilianu couldn't help but roll her eyes when she knew that she had said this in vain.

"Anyway, listen to my orders, get up and stay up all night tonight, and those loot from before, you all share it!"

After such an order was given, a burst of cheers erupted in the crowd, followed by a mountain of loot, and in an instant there was nothing left.

That night, the Vikings disembarked with sulfur, fire oil, flint, and other flammable materials, and quietly touched the dock of the Golden Horn when they were about to set fire, and were already ambushed by the gladiators and the Royal Foresters wrapped dumplings.

The Vikings have suffered another defeat!

Marshal Carter was helpless, he was a naval general, and he did not have much experience in land warfare, except for the pitiful ploy of night raids and sneak attacks. In addition, the Vikings were not regular infantry troops, not even regular troops, they were good at walking on the rough seas, on bumpy decks, and engaging the opposing side in broadside battles, or bullying weak, unsuspecting enemy garrisons on coastal land, rather than fighting the enemy on land.

"Retreat! If you stay here any longer, something bad may happen. ”

Marshal Carter's worries are not unreasonable, in fact, when Marshal Carter sailed out of the Dardanelles Strait on the front foot, Princess Lilianu had already prepared iron chains on the back foot, ready to have an iron lock across the river, fortunately Carter ran fast, otherwise he would really be blocked in the Sea of Marmara and be killed like a king.

Regardless of the fact that Her Royal Highness watched the Norman navy march away, she was stunned because the Vikings had not done their best, and in northern Italy on the other side, the Norman reinforcements that the Pope had been calling for for were finally late.

After another sack of Venice......

Why say again? This is because Venice had already been sacked by the Eastern Roman Empire and the Venetian mob before the Norman and Burgundian coalitions sacked it, and of course it made no difference in the end result.

Because neither the Eastern Roman army nor the Venetian mob could run away in the end, the ruthless Norman king Randy, after breaking through the defense of Venice, the first thing he did was not to order the slaughter of the city to serve you, nor to learn from the Angel of Light to maintain order, but to control the north side, west side, and two city gates of Venice, and quickly run all over the docks of Venice to burn all the big ships that could leave Venice.

In this way, all the sea and land routes were blocked, and the Venetians said that the heavens should not be called the earth and the earth, and they could only let Randy slaughter them.

By the time the infantry arrived, and Randy had enough men to control Venice, everything he had envisioned would be possible.

The Venetian family was divided into three, six, and nine, as did the slightly wealthier merchants, and Randy demanded that they hand over 3/4, 2/3, and 1/2 of their fortune respectively according to their wealth, as a price for their sins.

When those hypocritical Venetian merchants cried and said that they didn't have that much money at all, and Randy was going to kill someone, Randy would tell them one by one about the merchants' belongings, merchant ships, farm properties, and even the private money secretly saved by his wife, so that these merchants would have a faster heartbeat and irregular heartbeat, and obediently hand over the money.

Randy was able to accomplish this thanks to his new secretary, the heir of the Dandolo family, the son of the former Doge of Venice, and the candidate that Randy personally promised to be the next Doge of Venice, the Duke of Venice.

After successfully escaping from Venice a few days ago, little Dandoro, catalyzed by revenge, quickly came up with the quickest and most effective way to revive the family business.

After disembarking at a random port in northern Italy, Dandoro changed to a fast horse and ran to the Norman army to bribe all the money, and finally met His Majesty King Randy, and then immediately presented him with the information that his father had given him and the other Venetian families.

Randy was stunned for a long time, thinking that this was really a pillow to sleep on, and he was really lucky.

After repeatedly confirming the accuracy of this information, Randy laughed and quickly appointed Dandolo as his secretary, and personally promised to support Dandolo as the trusted governor of Venice after the capture of Venice.

This time, Dandolo can be regarded as betraying all the Venetian nobles, and if Dandolo wants to continue to sit in the position of governor in the future, he can only rely on Randy.

This kind of relationship tied together by interests is more reliable than ordinary alliances of religion, blood, oaths, etc., and Randy is convinced that Dandoro will not let him down, as well as being a Venetian.

Venice was thus sacked for the second time, in an extremely orderly and civilized manner.

Because there is such a secret document, a lot of effort is directly saved.

The Norman army did not have to go from house to house in search of the cellars where the other party hid their treasures, because the assets of the citizens of Venice were not as large as half of those of the poorest of the great merchants.

It's a miracle that Randy was even able to restore order to the city of Venice in the midst of this kind of robbery.

In less than half a month, Randy was in Venice while restoring order and blackmailing, and those Venetian aristocratic families didn't want to sit still, but they were all killed by Randy in the end.

Looking at the hundreds of bloody human heads, as well as Randy's command knife that was still dripping with blood, the Venetian suddenly realized that what he was in front of was a murderous demon king-level figure.

"I can make Venice a paradise or a hell, the choice is mine, not you, try to please me, don't make me angry."

There was a hint of murder in Randy's words, hundreds of human heads, and a knight of the guard in full plate armor, all of which proved that the Norman tyrant was not joking, and he could do what he said.

The Venetians were silent......

In the end, Randy almost copied the whole of Venice, and received a full 10 million gold florins!

Because the gold content of florin gold coins is 20% higher than that of ordinary gold coins, Randy's actual income this time should be around 12 million gold coins.

Randy's monthly tax is 400,000 gold coins, and his annual income is 4.8 million gold coins, which means that this raid operation catches up with the financial revenue of the Norman Empire for three years.

"Hahaha......"

Randy was lying on top of the hill of gold coins, giggling.

But it didn't take long for Randy to realize a problem!

Randy had previously promised that the Normans, Burgundy, France, Aquitaine, and the four nations would be the spoils of the Crusades, with the Norman kingdom accounting for 45%, Burgundy 30%, France 15%, and Aquitaine 10%.

In other words, Randy can only get 45% of the 12 million gold coins, that is, 5.4 million gold coins, and the remaining 6.6 million gold coins need to be distributed to other countries.

This is going to kill Randy!

What can money do? Giving it to those bastard feudal monarchs can only let them hide in the treasury, or they will be profligate, and in the end they will have to cheapen the merchants of the city-states of northern Italy, but the money will make money in their own hands.

Build roads, open up new fields, build buildings, recruit new soldiers, research technology, hire officials, which doesn't need money? Recently, if you want to govern so many territories in North Germany, don't you still need money? To build St. Petersburg, the capital of the city, you need money!

Randy finally had so much money, could he bear to share it like this?

The answer, of course, is yes!

After thinking of this stubble, Randy walked out of the temporary vault in despair, the feeling was like repeating the college entrance examination for three years, and finally only one point away from the list again, just like a repeater who was about to move bricks, the voice was so ethereal that it seemed to come from another world, but it made Joan of Arc who was guarding outside, ready to educate Randy what it means to stick to poverty.

"Leave 45% of the florin's gold coins, and give the rest to Burgundy 30%, France 15%, Aquitaine 10%, and the remaining 5%...... Send Frederick of Bavaria and tell him to hurry up and lead his army south, and I will naturally benefit him. ”

Joan of Arc was stunned when she heard Randy say this, she didn't expect Randy to have such a generous day, he and Randy have been together for a few months, and naturally knows how far Randy has slammed the door, outsiders seem to be the Norman kingdom is leaning towards one side and is extremely luxurious, but she knows that it is because the money is spent on himself, but it is a model for others.

Randy did this for his own reasons, at least a few hundred years ahead of all the kings of Europe today, and it was a new statement invented by the enlightened dictatorship of the Renaissance era, in a nutshell:

I! Namely! Country! Family!

Randy alone can represent the entire anime kingdom, and spending money on Randy is equivalent to spending it on the Norman kingdom, that is, spending on the right path, how can it be said to be a waste? How can it be said that it is extremely luxurious?

After hearing this, Joan of Arc almost didn't beat Randy, Randy actually wanted to fulfill his promise and send money to other countries, and even the Holy Roman Empire, which did not participate in this battle, had a share, although it was only 5% share, but it was also 500,000 gold coins, which was worth a month's financial income of the Kingdom of Loman!

"Duke Charles of Burgundy, it seems that you are not very satisfied with Your Majesty's fair distribution of the spoils and funds of this war to other countries according to the agreement." Sir Talleyrand, the registrar of the army, said.

"I don't have to worry about it for the time being, I definitely need us, more than we need Burgundy, at least he won't betray us until he succeeds on his own, or finds another country that can support his independence."

"And Your Majesty, in a day Dandoro will take over as Doge of Venice, and he invites you to the succession ceremony and the celebratory dinner."

"This guy has helped me a lot this time, we want to gain a foothold in northern Italy, Venice is an indispensable link, this face is to be given to him, tell him that I will be on time."

"In addition, the Pope has sent another letter, hoping that His Majesty will be able to go to the Holy See as soon as possible to be canonized."

Hearing this, Randy frowned slightly and turned his head to look at Joan of Arc.

"I have also received a letter from the Holy See of the Pope, hoping to persuade you to go to Rome." Joan of Arc nodded, saying what Randy expected.

"In fact, almost all the people in the coalition who had enough influence, including Duke Charles, Bishop Peter, Baron Alpha, Lord Nemulis, and even His Majesty, received letters from the Pope."

Randy looked at his clerk, and Sir Talleyrand nodded, lifting the monocle in his left eye.

Randy nodded, a slightly mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I see, it's a pity that the popularity of the Pope's Holy See doesn't seem to be good!" Until now, Joan of Arc has been the only one who has mentioned it to me. ”

"Then Your Majesty means ......"

"Go, of course."

"So, what about the specific time aspect?" Talleyrand pulled out his notebook and quill pen and prepared to take notes.

"Participate in the inauguration ceremony of Dandoro in three days, and today you can gradually withdraw the army from Venice, leaving only 5,000 garrison corps."

"Understand, if there is nothing else, the subordinates will retire first." Talleyrand nodded, took a few steps back and turned to leave.

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