"Calm down!"

Randy took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, the other party is the king of France, and if there is no conclusive evidence, the other party must not be convicted, and even if there is really evidence, it is absolutely impossible to judge a king, unless Randy immediately abandons another Protestant religion in the Holy See, and France is still an ally with the Norman kingdom now, and forcibly attacking France This kind of reneging on the alliance will inevitably be despised by other countries in the European continent, and the prestige that Randy has built up with great difficulty will be ruined, And the status of the leader of the European Union will also be lost.

Immediately after the Holy See broke down, the European coalition and so on will inevitably come one after another.

If assassination is used, it won't have such side effects, but Randy thinks it's too cheap for him.

"Yu swears that he will be ruined by that French scumbag, and after all kinds of pain, he will be killed in the most cruel way." Randy secretly made up his mind, quickly adjusted his mentality, and returned to the calm and unfathomable state of the Norman king again.

"So, doctor, can you be sure that Joan of Arc can be cured?"

"The danger to her life is over, but the arrow wound that Ms. Joan of Arc suffered caused some damage to her lungs, and it is very likely that there will be sequelae."

"Is that so? Is it serious? Hearing Hippocrates say this, Randy gets nervous again.

"It doesn't affect lifespan or daily activities, but strenuous exercise is stationary, which means that Lady Joan of Arc will never be able to go into battle to kill the enemy again, and of course it is okay to command the army as a commander."

"I see, that's fine, then doctor, it's none of your business here, go take care of the other wounded, Nightingale stay, continue to take care of Joan of Arc."

It rained heavily for thirteen days......

Halfway through the rain, both the Norman and Eastern Roman armies couldn't stand it and moved the camp to a higher ground to prevent it from continuing to soak in the water and get moldy, as well as to prevent a possible flood, and in fact Randy had already gotten a lot of news about it.

Hungary is such an unfortunate country! The Huns and Magyars were also an unfortunate people, annihilated in the continuous war plague, and disturbed by the two behemoths of the Catholic coalition and the Eastern Romans, each side attracted a large number of Hungarian nomads, and then in the war, greatly depleting Hungary's human resources, followed by floods, Randi received such news, the Tisza River flowing through Hungary, the Danube and its tributaries almost all flooded, and most of the territory of Hungary became a flood, with heavy casualties, Add to this the fact that people who died in the war before, because of the floods, Hippocrates has warned that there is likely to be an outbreak of plague in Hungary in the near future.

In short, this is really a troubled country!

Speaking of which, Randy also got the news that the original Hun king Attila is now mixing well on the grassland, the picture shows more than 1,000 light cavalry, under his command, traveling east and west, annexing several grassland tribes, and now the population has recovered to about 20,000, more than 3,000 in control, the exiled king still seems to still have the idea of making a comeback, he is desperately trying to get everything he can see, the power that can help him take revenge, fanatical as if he will die if he doesn't fight.

When Norman envoys approached him and told him that 200,000 allied troops had entered Hungary and hoped that he would return to help him restore his country, Attila had some difficulty accepting it.

"Be a puppet? If it's a puppet, it's better not to do it, I now have 3,000 iron horsemen, eating meat in large chunks and drinking in large chunks on the steppe, and I can beat whoever I want, why go back to Hungary to see the faces of those people? ”

Attila is so very dignified and very backbone, but he also rejected Randy's proposal very stupidly, Randy is also extremely angry with this guy, feeling that Attila is living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, Randy himself does not want to annex or puppet Hungary, the next step is to stabilize the domestic situation, and continue to open up the land of Eastern Europe, Randy, who really wants to set up an obstacle on the northward road of Eastern Rome, then a powerful Hungarian kingdom must be a very good stumbling block, It's just a pity that Attila, the stupid fork, doesn't appreciate it.

Then forget it, Randy shrugged, anyway, in a few days, as soon as the heavy rain stops and the sun shines, the plague will break out, and then Hungary, an unlucky place, will love whoever wants it, anyway, I don't care, I don't want to care.

On the fifteenth day when it was still raining heavily, Randy sent an emissary to another Roman military camp in a small boat to deliver his improved Eastern Roman Empire treaty.

This treaty was about the same as the conditions that Basil II had previously stated, with the exception of a slight back-and-forth on the question of Naples and the Two Sicilies.

Randy hoped that if Basil II still wanted to return to the territory of southern Italy, he would have to pay the coalition army a ransom of 500,000 florins, and at the same time, Randy also said that he had been busy for so long that he could not take nothing, and he needed a foothold in the Mediterranean, that is, he hoped that the Greeks would give him the island of Malta as payment for the war.

On the Iberian side, Randy felt that he could not make up his own mind on this issue, and asked Basil II to sign a contract with the three Iberian kings separately, and the same was true on the Hungarian side, and Randy felt that the demands of the Hungarian people should be respected, of course, if Hungary could not elect a qualified king.

As for the compensation...... Randy could accept a number that wasn't too high, but was reasonable.

Six million florin gold coins, Randy thinks it's more appropriate.

After obtaining such conditions, Basil II hesitated slightly, and to be honest, Randy's offer was even better than he imagined, but if Hungary and Iberia were removed, then the effect of the treaty would be discounted.

What Basil II wanted was to sign a contract with the entire Catholic League, to make a settlement once and for all.

But it's clear that Randy doesn't want to do that.

"Tell your king, I can give him the island of Malta, or promise to give him gold, even more than he asks, but in this contract, Iberia and Hungary must be added, otherwise the Eastern Roman Empire will not accept it, if your ridiculous alliance is a whole, and you are barely able to talk to the Eastern Roman Empire, if it is only a single country, it is not qualified to be compared with the Eastern Roman Empire."

Basil II found such a reason to send Randy's messenger away.

The heavy rain for several days washed away the spirit of the last day of the armies on both sides, like high-ranking generals and nobles like Randy, there are still beds, all kinds of girls with warm quilts, but even this makes people feel unbearable, and the ordinary soldiers and knights sleeping in the muddy puddle in the open air, the situation can be imagined.

"Go and tell Basil II that even if I agree to his terms, Iberia will go and find a way, but it's too late now, we'll count Iberia, and then hurry up and sign a treaty and leave this damned place, as for Hungary...... Tell him that if he wants Hungary, he can do whatever he wants, but I think in a few days, when the rain stops, he will leave, and even if he is asked to come back, he will not necessarily come back. ”

Randy again sent an emissary to deliver the terms of the concession, and Basil II agreed after a little consideration, and the two sides met by boat in the middle of the plain, which had now become a land of Ze.

The Greek clerk at the time recorded this:

Both sides, the two kings of Europa, were in high spirits because of the rainy weather, but they were afraid of losing their name, so they forced themselves to cheer up, and both seemed to feel that it would be a great shame to show tiredness in front of the other.

It was still raining heavily, and the Norman king seemed to have the upper hand, for he and his retinue were carrying wonderful props called umbrellas, round props supported by the finest and thickest canvas, which covered the area above their heads, so that they would not get wet, and the retinue beside the Norman king, holding them above their king's head, so that the barbarian leader could talk and laugh without care.

Compared to Randy, His Majesty the Emperor, who had to be drenched in the rain, looked even more embarrassed, especially when the Norman King completely ignored His Majesty's hints and hoped to get two umbrellas as well, His Majesty's face looked very ugly, while the Norman King looked very happy, as if he was excited that he could hit the enemy in this way.

However, this was only an insignificant episode, as good kings and emperors, they naturally did not change their minds because of their likes and dislikes, and such weather was not actually suitable for negotiations, and the negotiations were soon over, and the two sides exchanged two contracts, written in Norman and Greek, stipulating that they should stop for five years, after which they would exchange prisoners, and if they were not enough, they would be compensated with gold or equivalent.

At this time, Randy noticed a detail, when the Norman king saw some special prisoners of war, he was very happy, he patted the shoulders of those people, beat their chests, and called out their names one by one, until the last one he was a little stunned, embarrassed to ask, apologized that he had forgotten this person.

But the man quickly freed the king, saying that he himself had met the Norman king for the first time.

He was originally a Hungarian, and after Randy's inquiry, he learned that they were the last people to storm the Greek army with the Norman king in the battle ten days ago, and were captured after the failure to break out, except for this Hungarian, everyone else was originally a member of the Norman King's knightly guard.

Upon learning of this, Randy questioned the Hungarian if he would like to officially join the Norman Legion, and upon receiving an affirmative reply, Randy immediately canonized him as a knight and appointed him commander of the Hungarian Rangers.

The name of this Hungarian was Joseph-Simon Wittswald, and he was the son of a Hungarian nomadic tribal chief.

After handing over the captives, both sides swore again to abide by their contracts and returned to their respective camps.

Speaking of which, this may be God's approval of the peace talks, the day after the signing of the treaty between the two sides, the heavy rain stopped, after seeing the sun for a long time, the barracks erupted in violent cheers, and at the same time, you can faintly hear the cheers of the Eastern Roman camp more than ten kilometers opposite.

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Sister Joan of Arc has not been in a very good mood lately, and Randy has tried to be as bent as possible when she gets along with her, so as not to make her angry.

Randy understands that Joan of Arc is blaming himself for missing on the battlefield and causing the defeat of the coalition forces, and at the same time, he is also annoyed that he will not be able to go into battle to kill the enemy in the future, especially what Joan of Arc feels most sorry for Randy, that is, the so-called strenuous exercise includes having children, which means that Joan of Arc will never be able to give Randy a qualified, healthy, and excellent heir in this life as expected.

Some people may ask here, didn't Joan of Arc say before that she only had a platonic relationship with Randy, not a physical relationship?

But to say and do, from France to Italy, to Hungary, ready to return to Rome for the coronation along the same route, Joan of Arc has figured out for such a long time, if it is really for the safety and harmony of the world, Joan of Arc can also agree to Randy's request.

But alas, it's too late!

Therefore, I feel very sad, whether to do it or not is one thing, whether to do it is another thing, and the difference during this period is the difference with the sky and the earth.

In the end, Joan of Arc did it, and on the way back to the Norman kingdom, Randy did not come out of Joan of Arc's room on a dark and windy night.

Joan of Arc was very scared, afraid that she would not be able to fight in the future, and that she would not be able to have children, and that she would be no different from waste, so Joan of Arc wondered if she would throw her away like a used rag if she had become so useless now.

Finding a reason to take Nurse Nightingale away, Joan of Arc hugged Randy, and Randy finally got his wish, but now he had to be lighter, pay attention, Joan of Arc is no longer the goddess of war she was back then, but as delicate and fragile as a porcelain doll.

"Fool, how could I be willing to leave you behind?" After a while, Randy seemed to understand Joan of Arc's feelings, and hugged Joan of Arc's waist and comforted her.

"But...... I ......" Joan of Arc still didn't say why, just threw herself into Randy's arms and lost her voice in pain.

The matter seemed to be resolved, and the next day Randy took a closer look, Joan of Arc's complexion seemed to have changed a little better, and his mood had recovered slightly, of course, this kind of thing was not done at one touch, Randy sighed, stretched out his hand and gently ** Joan of Arc's cheek, thinking that it would be better to slowly enlighten her little by little in the future.

(End of chapter)