Chapter 128: The Fall of Eastern Rome (28)
Rather than answering Basil II's question directly, Randy rode up to Bishop Hilde and began to introduce himself, and each word was quickly translated into Greek by Forster, who was fluent in various languages.
The Greek spoken by Basil II was also translated into standard Norman by Forster, and what Randy spoke at this time was standard Norman.
After more than half a year of war, this language also spread throughout the European continent with Randy's great military might, this language is sonorous and powerful when it is high, and it is good to listen to it when it is low, coupled with the influence of the Norman kingdom, so that the royal families and nobles are proud to speak standard Norman language, and even many small countries have set it as the language of the court, which is the specific manifestation of national strength and cultural prosperity.
At this moment, most of the nobles present could understand the standard Norman language spoken by Randy, and even if they couldn't learn it well, they had clever servants who translated it into other languages.
"This one is the spiritual leader of Pepin, who dedicated his land two hundred and fifty years ago, established the Holy See, including countless princes and nobles of European countries, cardinals of the Holy See, the right and left hand of the Pope's Holy See, Cardinal Hildebrand, this alliance can be made possible thanks to the bishops running around."
Randy then walked up to King Philip II of France: "This one is one of the heirs of the Frankish Empire five hundred years ago, from West Francia to France, King Philip II, the first powerful country in the European Empire. ”
"This is the mighty, wealthy, and fearless Duke Charles, who is the lord of Burgundy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland."
"This is the most important city-state in northern Italy, the land of gold and commerce, the governor of the Republic of Venice, who values both freedom and glory, the son inherits his father's business, and the lord of the republic, Witte."
Randy turned his horse's head and looked directly at Basil II: "In addition, there are the strongest countries in Central Europe, Germany, the land of Germanic gathering, the brave and fearless Northwest Kingdom of Britain, the Iberian kingdoms, the tragic Kingdom of Hungary, countless royal palaces and nobles in the Catholic world, countless heroes and sages, countless elite soldiers, countless people, countless lands, countless wealth, and I am their leader!! ”
After Randy's words, the thousands of cavalry behind him raised their weapons and cheered loudly, the sound was earth-shattering, and the morale of the coalition army was greatly boosted, while the morale of the Greek side was slightly lowered.
Although Randy did not directly answer the other party's question directly, but gave a big thumbs up to his four allies on the side, and further talked about it bigger and bigger, and said all the entire seventeen countries of Europa, and finally said:
"I'm their leader!"
Such words sound much more eloquent than Basil II's exaggerated self-satisfaction, and they sound more true.
Basil II sighed softly, and thought in his heart that the afterlife would be terrible, so he withdrew that little bit of caution.
After that, Randy chuckled lightly, raised his arm, and a thousand elites behind him instantly stopped abruptly, and the quality was so good that it once again shocked the Greeks on the opposite side.
Basil II knew that if things continued to develop like this, if the other party was allowed to take the limelight, today's conversation, whether it was success or failure, would be a loss for him, and after the ironclad paladazions under his command returned to the camp, there was inevitably a burst of gossip, and fifteen days was enough time to make those gossips into more than a dozen versions, and it was the kind that was extremely unfavorable to himself.
"The king dwells in the north of the earth, in a land covered with snow and ice."
"And I live on the shores of the Mediterranean, in the land of spring flowers. There has never been a war between the two sides, but on the contrary, trade between the Normans and our country is prevalent, and your envoy has been summoned by me in the great palace of Constantinople, and my envoy has been entertained by you in the royal palace of Gothenburg, so what is the reason for you to abandon the friendship between our two countries, and to be angry and to raise a large army at the expense of your people and money, to a territory that does not belong to you at all, to fight with our army, and to let your people die in vain? ”
Randy snorted coldly and said, "I once heard that the Greeks would turn black and white upside down and refer to the deer as horses, I didn't believe it at first, but when I saw it today, I realized that it wasn't groundless!" ”
"As you said in the first half, there is a deep friendship between you and me, but I don't know!"
"I, a Norman merchant, obey the law and trade fairly, and all the countries of the continent praise and facilitate my country, but you Greeks have many obstacles, and you set up a name to collect heavy taxes, how can you say that you are friendly?"
The reason why Randy said this is because Norman commerce is developed, Norman diplomats are also sharp-tongued, and in this era, commercial laws are not perfect, Norman diplomats can always get a little benefit when they send other countries to sign trade treaties, and although Northern Italy is also commercially developed, it is not enough, plus Northern Italy has a demand for others, so it can still sign a trade treaty that is beneficial to Norman.
It's just that here in the Eastern Roman Empire, it can't work!
After all, it is a thousand-year-old empire, with a deep heritage, clear laws, and the eloquent orators of the Greeks are also famous in Europe, and the Senate quarrels every day, and they are very sharp-tongued, so Norman diplomats can't take advantage of it, plus the Eastern Romans are naturally contemptuous of non-Eastern Roman peoples, corrupt officials and corrupt officials extort money, so Randy will have such a statement.
"If this is the only reason for this, it is not non-negotiable that I can give your merchants convenience, and even the treatment is comparable to that of my own merchants." Basil II was stunned when he heard this.
"Yu hasn't finished yet!"
Randy waved his hand, not listening to Basil II.
"You asked in the second half, why did you launch a large army after the rest of the labor and the people lost money?"
"It's true that this place is not Norman territory, but is this part of Eastern Roman territory?"
"What do you want to say? Do you think that you are more suitable to lead the land of Hungary than me? Basil II shouted angrily.
"Naturally not! The land of Hungary should be governed by the Hungarians! And the Hungarian king Attila believes in the Catholic faith and is one of the brothers of Christ in our generation. It is the right way for us to fight for one of our brothers in Christ, in the spirit of chivalry, in the spirit of chivalry, for one of our brothers in Christ. ”
Basil II was suffocated again, slightly annoyed: "You wait for the barbarian countries to have a small battle every three days, and a big battle every five days, and the heads of the people who are directly killed are rolling, and the blood is flowing like a river, and there is no brotherhood at all!" Why? ”
"It's all a family affair! Although there are disputes between the Catholic nations, they are all fraternal disputes, and the occasional rudeness between the nations does not hurt the fundamentals, and when they encounter foreign enemies, they can put aside their grudges, unite as one, and fight with them together. ”
"If I talk about faith, we and the Eastern Roman Empire also believe in God, and have a long history, when the European continent is strong, raise troops to enter, but it is also a pity that civilization is not prosperous, morality is not prosperous, and good intentions help, why refuse?"
"You believe in heresy, how can you compare it with our way? What is the use of the Roman Empire growing a little older, when you can talk so eloquently about such heinous acts as land invasions, plundering wealth, and massacring people? Morality? Judging from the dialect, people who kill relatives and are chaotic, male thieves and prostitutes abound, do you still have the face to mention the word morality? Shameless! ”
"Bold!"
Seeing that Randy was going too far, completely standing on the moral high ground, and losing his own king like his grandson, the commander of the first wing of the ironclad paladier on the other side, and the Greek general Dulusus, who was also in charge of Basil II's security this time, was anxious, and scolded the horse forward, but fortunately he still knew the rules, and the long sword in his hand was not unsheathed, including wanting to teach the barbarians who were full of nonsense a lesson.
"Dulusus! Stop it! ”
Seeing that his subordinates were so impulsive, Basil II was ashamed and angry, and spoke out to stop him, but Dulusus seemed to be crazy, and he wanted to stand out in this alliance.
Seeing a horse in the enemy army flying, Randy did not dodge or dodge, his face was calm, the corners of his mouth turned up and smiled, and then everyone saw a flower in front of their eyes, and they saw a black shadow galloping out of the coalition army, and with a whirlwind thing in his hand, he picked up the long sword in Dulusus's hand and slapped it on Dulusus's shoulder, everyone only heard a crunch and the bones shattered, but Dulusus was also stiff, just snorted, and did not scream.
Everyone looked into the center of the field, and then they could see what was going on.
The dark shadow was the Death Knight Captain Alpha who followed Randy's side with a gloomy face and never spoke, and the whirlwind was Alpha's unique black giant cavalry lance, which had just picked off Dulusus' sword and shattered his shoulder bone.
"How are you?" After Alpha did such an amazing act, his face still did not change, but he turned his head and asked.
"Under the protection of the viscount, Yu is naturally fine!"
Randy replied with a smile and turned to Basil II, "Is this how you Greeks negotiate with people?" It's really shameless! ”
Seeing the Captain of the Death Knight like a ghost, both the enemy and the enemy were cold-faced, and said secretly, what a powerful character.
On the other side of the Norman army, Joan of Arc, who had changed into armor, breathed a sigh of relief, let go of the hilt of the white glittering sword, and quietly took a few steps back, returning to the same place.
It turned out that he saw that Randy might be in danger just now, Joan of Arc didn't even think about it, so he wanted to step forward, but unfortunately the mount under his crotch did not have the weird speed of the Death Knight, and he was a few steps slower, and it was meaningless to step forward at this time, and his identity was very embarrassing, and he was afraid that it would make people laugh at that time.
"This matter is indeed a lax discipline, and I will definitely be punished when I go back." Basil II was silent for a moment, and took the matter by mistake.
"Hehe, punishment or not, it's just your family's words!"
Randy snorted coldly, he couldn't trust Basil II at all, and the scene was cold again.
One of Dulusus' arms was abolished, and he was sent away and returned to the camp for treatment, but looking at this guy's resentful look, he should have hated Randy and Alpha, but depending on the situation, the success rate of this dick's revenge is not high, basically equal to zero.
At this time, Basil II also knew that he was probably not Randy's opponent, looking at Randy's young and heroic posture, he suddenly had a heart of love, and secretly sighed that giving birth to a son should be like this, but unfortunately he was blessed, in addition to the first daughter, although he gave birth to two sons, but they all died one after another, and when the daughter grew to the age of six, he didn't know what strange disease he had, although there were countless maidens, he never gave birth to a son and a half daughter......
Thinking of this, Basil II inexplicably added a little disgust to his eldest daughter.
"Even if so, so what? God favors the strong, Rome has always been the strongest, we come, we see, we conquer everything, this is the most correct truth. ”
Seeing that the argument could not be argued with Randy, Basil II began to play the role of a hooligan, saying something like the logic of the jungle.
Randy sneered......
"The Roman army is the best in the world!"
"Rome's politics and law are the best in the world!"
"The territory of Rome, the riches of Rome are also the best in the world!"
"What can be done even if ten barbarian nations are united? What can be done even if a hundred barbarian states are united? Rome is invincible, from the beginning to the end from the day Rome appeared, Rome is invincible, even if there is a little setback, a little defeat, the final victory must belong to Rome! ”
Speaking of this, Basil II lowered his voice and said: "I think you should know that the succession system of the Roman emperor has been an adopted son succession system for a long time, and I only have one daughter, so I want to ask you a question, Normans, are you married?" ”
When Basil II asked such a question, the diplomat Foster was stunned, and he turned to look at his monarch, who had been following Randy.
"Translation?"
Seeing that Foster didn't speak, Randy hurriedly urged, and the Italian personnel, who were also proficient in Greek, turned into a strange expression.
"That's ......"
Foster's original translation style was to shout as hard as he could, shouting as loudly as he could, but he didn't dare to shout at this time, otherwise he didn't know what Randy would do with himself, so Foster lowered his voice and said in a voice that only Randy could hear: "That's right, Your Majesty." ”
This was a source of embarrassment for others, and the princes from France, unlike the Italians, had traded with the Greeks for many years, and they had learned almost only a little Latin in addition to their own Chinese language.
"Oh?" Randy was a little surprised, he really didn't expect the other party to say such a thing, Basil II on the other side saw Randy's surprised look, and smiled slightly in surprise, and he didn't know what idea he had in his heart.
"Yu, it seems that Yu's wife has not been introduced to His Majesty." Randy thinks it's better to settle this matter quickly, and if it reaches Artoria's ears, he doesn't know what will happen.
Randy directly ignored the benefits that Basil II continued to prescribe on the other side, and said in a very fast tone: "Yu's wife is the queen of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the three countries, the Duchess of Brittany, the heroine who single-handedly created the Northwest Kingdom of Britain, and the only queen of the Norman Kingdom, my most trusted assistant, and the most powerful adjutant, but the woman I love the most, Artoria, who is more important than everything in the world combined, needless to say that one Roman Empire, is ten Roman Empires combined, not as important as her. ”
"I see!" Basil II spies on the ground.
"So what lady is so fascinating to you? Where is she now? Why didn't you come out to see each other? Basil II then asked.
"She fought on another battlefield, on the Polish plain in Eastern Europe, with the same command of an army of 100,000 and another country that believed in heresy, Moscow."
"Oh? Can she command an army of 100,000? Basil II had just asked casually, but Randy's words instantly made her interested.
"That's right!"
"You seem to have a lot of faith in her."
"I believe in her as much as I believe in myself."
"Forget about this matter, it seems that you do have a very good wife, and I wish her a lucky survival in this war, and you too."
"You don't have to worry about it, let's care about yourself first! Your Majesty! ”
(End of chapter)