After the alliance was completed, the two sides exchanged handprints, carefully put away the heraldic treaty, and then held a grand banquet, slaughtering cattle and sheep, singing and dancing, soldiers tried wrestling, archery and other skills, and talked about the food cooked by Norman chefs, whether Normans, Muscovites, or centaurs, they all celebrated the end of the war and the arrival of peace.

While the soldiers and civilians were cheering, Principia, the centaur lord, was alone in the empty room.

Ayujie Khan sent a hundred Praetorian Guards to guard her camp, these soldiers who did not recognize anyone except Ayujie Khan, but they would not be merciful because of Principia's status as the county lord, Printhia who wanted to escape after several plans finally failed, and Principia, who was extremely depressed, listened to the cheers outside, and thought of the lover she hadn't seen for a few days, and couldn't help but feel sad from it, and tears flowed out uncontrollably.

"Lord Printhia?" Suddenly, a voice came.

"Who?"

Printhia looked left and right, but didn't see anyone, and couldn't help but be a little scared.

"Could it be that I have seen the hell in the daylight today?"

"It's me, Sonya, the Norman Emperor's personal guard." Sonia landed lightly from the sky to the ground without making a sound.

"It's you! Did Randy send you over? ”

"That's right, it's your lord! This time, the king ordered his subordinates to obey the command of the county lord in all actions, and at the same time there were two strategies for the county lord to choose. ”

"Which two strategies?"

"If the county lord is in a hurry, his subordinates should sacrifice their lives, and now the two armies are carnivaling, and they have no time to take care of anything else, and their subordinates have prepared * daggers, and they can definitely escape with the county lord."

"Just if that's the case...... Father Khan will definitely be angry, which is not a good thing for the Norman Empire and the Centaur tribe that have just negotiated peace. ”

"The princess is really kind-hearted!"

Sonia touched her quietly, and took out a beautifully carved silver cross from her pocket, which was the one given to him by the Pope when Randy first became the king of Norway.

"The monarch said, if the county lord has any concerns, then he will have to give this thing to the county lord, this is the most cherished thing by the monarch, when the county lord is lonely, he can see things and think about people, in order to solve the pain of lovesickness, and the monarch will try to persuade Ling Zun, please bear with the county lord for the time being."

Taking the cross from Sonya's hand and holding it in the palm of her hand, Printhia finally couldn't hold back her tears, and while crying, she nodded vigorously: "I know, I will definitely wait." ”

Randy's smile was vivid, Sonia sighed in her heart, quietly withdrew, and bypassed the layers of guarding centaur soldiers with great speed, and came to the grassland where she was reveling.

Ayujie Khan suddenly felt a flower in front of him, there was an extra woman behind the Norman Emperor, and just as he wanted to shout that there was an assassin, he saw the girl bend down and say something in Randy's ear, and then he knew that this was a secret agent of the Norman Empire, and he couldn't help blushing a little.

Randy nodded, apologized to Ayujie Khan, and walked with Sonia to a secluded place and listened to everything that had happened.

"That's true, it looks like this can only be done temporarily."

"Is that the only way to do it......" Sonia repeated what Randy had said, feeling a sudden feeling of sadness in her heart.

"Then you can go play for a while!" Randy watched as Sonia didn't speak, and waved her hand for Sonia to leave.

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Sonia nodded and turned to leave, and Randy returned to the banquet, staggering his plans and continuing to accept the toasts from his men and the chiefs of the various tribes.

"What did you just do?" Norman Empress Artoria asked curiously.

"Nothing, just some inconsequential information!"

Artoria nodded, continuing to ignore the centaurs' surprised gazes at a surprising speed, quickly shoving various foods into her mouth.

As if they hadn't seen it, Randy and Ayujie smiled as if they had perfected themselves and continued their nonsense.

In the end, it was Emperor Randy's slightly worse drinking, and when he was halfway through the bowl, he began to get dazed, and was picked up by the knights of the guards and left amid the good-natured laughter of the people.

July 10......

The war between the Norman Empire and the Centaur tribe and the Cuman alliance ended completely, and the huge war that lasted for seven months finally ended in peace between the two sides, after which, the celebration banquet between the Normans and the Centaurs lasted for another seven days, and Randy led his 100,000 Norman army to retreat in the direction of the Norman Empire, leaving only a part of the Norman engineers, and Randy asked them to tidy up these fortifications around Moscow and turn them into a complete defense system for the Norman Empire.

Although some people don't understand why Emperor Randy still wants to do these things after the Empire has negotiated peace with the Centaurs, and the eastern border is secure, but for the Muscovites, this kind of project is beneficial and harmless, and the engineers are also building Nizhny Novgorod, Liangzan, Yaroslav, Tver, the four cities of Muscovy around Moscow, Randy's plan is very simple, he wants to turn the entire Grand Duchy of Moscow into a flesh mill full of fortifications and traps, Fight to the death with the upcoming Mongol Iron Cavalry here!

In mid-August, the Norman army of 100,000 began to return to the Norman Empire in batches.

The reason why this time it entered Moscow much faster than the previous one was that during the more than half a year of war, the road system connecting Moscow, Smolensk and Minsk had been completed, and the speed of the army's march had been greatly increased.

Just five days ago, the Norman Empire's Baltic Fleet had ten warships armed with twenty-four pounds of heavy cannons, as well as supplies for 60,000 troops, including 60,000 troops, which could use more than two months' worth of baggage, nearly 800 transports, in addition to 50 improved ballista warships, the main warships of the Norman Navy.

Nearly a thousand warships have entered the Black Sea in this way, coupled with the Black Sea Fleet, which has only been half formed, dozens of ports in Kherson have been densely covered with these warships, and there are thousands of warships on the entire wharf, which is spectacular.

Although Randy's main force has not yet arrived, and the military supplies and supplies are not fully ready, this busy vigor and vitality makes people feel dizzying, and the state of the Norman Empire is undoubtedly revealed through this naval build-up.

Although he felt a little reluctant, Joan of Arc's 16,000 troops, that is, two garrison regiments and one hussar regiment, all returned to their respective garrisons and did not participate in the crusade, but instead were 10,000 new troops re-recruited by the Norman Empire after military reform, and 70,000 Norman regular troops.

When Randy received Joan of Arc's letter, which was written one by one about Kherson's current self-preparations, Randy couldn't help but think, "This crusade is the best stage for me." ”

Although the Norman Empire has been fighting continuously in recent years, because the combat sites are in Eastern Europe, the traditional European countries do not know the actual situation of the Norman Empire today, and still look at the Norman Empire with old eyes, and some people even assert that the Norman Empire has lost a lot of strength in the war against the Cumans, and the other countries of the European continent have been recuperating for a period of time, and under the stimulation of the Norman Empire, they have vigorously reformed, collected the power of the nobility, and strengthened the centralization, and now their strength has increased a lot. They all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, wanting to make a good show in this crusade war and gain fame and fortune.

In addition, negotiations with the Eastern Roman Empire have been completed, and as Randy had guessed, the Norman Emperor Basil II did not resist Randy's temptation and decided to join the war against the infidels, but due to the difference in sects, he did not use the banner of the Crusaders.

The Royal Fleet of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Aegean Fleet, and the Mediterranean Fleet, the Eastern Roman Empire concentrated three major fleets, with a total of more than 400 warships, as well as a similar number of transport ships.

Basil II had a heart higher than the sky, hoping to gain a head start with such a large fleet, which, of course, was not yet known to have been organized by the Normans and had twice as many warships.

Perhaps Innocent III himself did not expect that his death and the Fourth Crusade, which he had planned before his death, would have such a wonderful effect.

The Norman Empire, the Kingdom of Britain, the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Burgundy, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Republic of Venice, the Grand Duchy of Milan, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Leon Castile, the Kingdom of Aragon, a total of eleven Catholic countries, plus the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Duchy of Moscow, now a vassal of the Norman Empire, two Orthodox states, and the Papal States themselves, this time there were fourteen countries participating in the crusade, and in terms of troops, more than 200,000 people!

Randy had a hard time understanding these people's pursuit of glory, as well as their religious fanaticism.

Randy can indeed disguise himself as a saint with moral purity, a devout believer, but this does not mean that he will be swayed by a certain religion or a certain belief or thought, if Randy really believes in something, or has a certain loyalty to something, it is only his own desires.

In fact, for a long time before, Randy didn't want to go out in person and do his best to fight the Egyptians who were proficient in desert warfare, Randy only wanted to send some regular troops and noble levies to take his long-standing island of Cyprus, and fight Saladin a few times in the Crescent Zone, even if he led the army to return victorious.

But to Randy's surprise, this time Enides once again gives a big mission.

Mission Name: Fourth Crusade

Minimum goal: the liberation of Jerusalem

Intermediate Objective: Weaken Egypt by half

Advanced Objective: Defeat the Egyptian army, liberate the Near East, and kill Saladin

The ultimate goal: to destroy the Fatimids

It's the first time Randy has seen a mission divided into four levels.

ABCD's evaluation made Randy feel very fresh, of course, it was not enough to make the Norman Emperor fight for his old book with a freshness, and the rewards of this crusade mission were quite rich, and even made Randy, who is now a big business, stretch three feet.

Rewards: 5,000,000 florin gold, a set of high-level special light armor, and three designated technology level increases.

The last two rewards are also counted, but the five million florin gold coins at the front made Randy ecstatic, the value of the florin gold coins is higher than the Norman gold coins that are not pure enough today, and the five million florin gold coins are already equivalent to the total financial income of the Norman Empire for a year, which is an irresistible temptation for Randy, who wants money and wants to go crazy.

"As long as I have this money, I can complete the military reform completely, plus several years of accumulation and collection, strict training, invincible regular troops, and millions of conscripts who can be recruited from all over the country at any time, even if Genghis Khan himself comes, I am not afraid. And this reward can only be obtained after completing the primary mission, which means that if I continue, there will be more abundant rewards, and with the money I can loot from this fertile and rich land in the Near East, the future will be promising. ”

Soldiers, nobles, bankrupt peasants, and down-and-out knights, who joined the crusade against Jerusalem, listened to the propaganda of the Holy See and the description of the Bible, imagining the legendary Holy Land of Jerusalem as a paradise of milk and honey, a promised place where gold was everywhere. And it's not that they say that saving the Holy Land, redeeming their souls, religious slogans are just excuses for them.

Randy is much more clever than that, and only a handful of the down-and-out knight peasant nobles will succeed.

And Randy, it will definitely work!

Randy suddenly made a 180-degree turn, and he was lazy about the crusader jihad, and what he talked about the most with others was this war that had not yet begun.

30,000 British troops, 70,000 Norman troops, 50,000 Rus' troops, Polish, Lithuanian, Latvia, Estonian, Tatar, and Slavic armies, these conscripts from all races in Eastern Europe were ready to march into the vast desert to compete with the pagans on camels.

In addition, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which had become a vassal of the Norman Empire, also dispatched 5,000 elite soldiers, led by the prince Paul, to follow Randy on the expedition.

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On September 3, 1105, after a brief stop in Krakow, Randy set out for Kherson with his army and a large amount of baggage.

Although the city was built on the territory of one of his subjects, Zaporizhzhia, the Cossacks who saw the wind and the rudder, and even the vast majority of the Normans, especially the Norman merchants who used the port to trade through the Dardanelles into the Mediterranean, naturally regarded this new city as the wealth of the Norman Empire.

In fact, Zaporozhye wanted to join in this crusade at first, which was naturally a good thing for Randy, but the Cossack leader Pugachev got carried away and declared that they did not join the war in the form of a state, but in the form of mercenaries, and the Cossacks accepted Randy's employment to participate in the war, so Randy had to pay mercenaries and give them the spoils proportionally after they won.

At that time, Randy looked at this guy with some stunned eyes, and then regardless of decent etiquette, he kicked Pugachev into the air, and then stepped forward and stepped on this guy.

Pugachev had good skills, at least much better than Randy, but he didn't dare to resist in front of Randy, and he didn't even hide, he knew that if he said the wrong thing, the tyrant, who was already completely enraged, would definitely kill him.

"You are now my vassal! If I'm happy, I'll let you take control of the country, and if I'm not happy, I'll change to another person, and you'd better not forget who you are. ”

After saying that, Randy asked the two knights of the guard to drag the guy out like a dead dog, causing the Cossacks waiting outside to be half frightened to death.

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