Roman Khan's illness is obviously not curable, his strength is limited, only 20,000 or 30,000 horses, once he is gone, he will be the last emperor of the Roman Empire. Moreover, it was impossible for him to devote all his troops to the west, because Constantinople still had to be defended by a strong army. Otherwise, the three maritime powers of Genoa, Venice and Pisa could easily have copied the Roman Empire from the sea, just as it had happened more than sixty years ago!

"Ming Jing, Roman Khan's illness has been cured?" Liu Bingzhong didn't seem to have any tricks when he thought about it, but when he saw his nephew, he looked confident. Apparently there is already a panacea for "cure".

"Of course, of course there is a cure." Liu Xiaoyuan nodded with a smile, "Roman Khan's illness has to be cured with Roman fire." ”

"With fire?" Liu Bingzhong was stunned, cupping? Or was it burned at the stake?

"Roman fire!" Liu Xiaoyuan said, "The specialty of Constantinople is the key to the Roman Empire's weakness for hundreds of years!" ”

"Rome...... Fire? What is it? ”

"It's a treasure that will allow the Great Khan to destroy 100,000 crusaders in Eastern Europe!"

"So powerful!?" Liu Bingzhong frowned, "There is really such a powerful treasure, will Roman Khan still be sick?" ”

Liu Xiaoyuan smiled: "The treasure is amazing, someone has to use it!" The Roman Khan had only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and he was not very capable of fighting. On the way to the west, the mountains are stacked, the fortresses are numerous, and Christianity has the advantage of the navy and the help of the strong. How much could that Roman fire in Constantinople burn? This Roman fire is not easy to make, and there is not much inventory in Constantinople. ”

He paused, "Uncle, it's better than this. You take my letters and all the Roman fires in Constantinople to the Great Khan. The Great Khan will not be embarrassed by the Roman Khan when he reads my letter. ”

……

The sound of footsteps rumbled, a chorus of more than 10,000 people walking in unison. It feels so earth-shattering and unstoppable. Behind this sound. It is a "Ming-style army" that is rapidly approaching modernization.

On an empty meadow, neat footsteps stirred up dust. Groups of soldiers formed a company of soldiers, marching neatly in front of a group of reviewers. Each soldier did not squint, but listened intently to the sound of the Chinese passwords shouted by the officers.

And these officers and soldiers who shouted slogans in Chinese and started to move forward according to Chinese passwords were all blond-haired and blue-eyed Europaans! This is a "Ming-style army" composed entirely of Europa.

Although it only has the appearance and does not have much connotation, this kind of clothing is the same, the pace is neat, the weapons are relatively reasonable, and the troops are also composed of troops in accordance with the "Ming-style army" method. In the case of Europa at the moment. It's definitely an elite army that can fight well. At least it looks a little interesting!

When Edward, the long-legged prince of England, stood on top of a high mound, with a full load of squire knights and Ming military advisers, he watched the "Ming-style army" under his command show the results of training in the past few months. There is only a feeling in my heart that it is not easy. In a country as poor as England, even if he emptied the treasury, he could only be equipped to train such an elite army.

An infantry division of 15,000 men consisted of a musket regiment, two pikemen brigades, an artillery battalion, a cavalry regiment, and an engineer battalion. A total of 1,000 arquebuses, 12 3-inch cannons, 600 cavalry cuirasses and helmets, and 3,000 infantry cuirass and helmets were purchased. Moreover, Ming officers were invited from Macao and Hong Kong, and they were all trained according to the standards of the regular army of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the soldiers of the division were hired farmers, and the officers were knights of the chamberlain, and not a single one of them was a nobleman with a domain—most of these high-ranking nobles were self-righteous. I don't obey orders very much, and I can only rush on the battlefield one after another, which is really not as good as mercenaries.

It can be said that this is a completely new type of army. Not a knightly army, not a mercenary army that will be a soldier, but a complete part of the state. Finally the King's Royal Army!

Although the current Europa, the Holy Roman Emperor, the Republic of Genoa, the Republic of Venice, the Republic of Pisa and the Holy See. are training and organizing new troops. But Prince Edward believed that there would certainly be no king in all of Europe who would be as thorough as he was. Spend so much money to learn the Ming Dynasty.

The monarchs of other countries can buy a small amount of H medicine weapons at most, and then hire some German mercenaries and crossbowmen from Genoa and Venice, which can be regarded as a "Ming-style army". But Edward, who had really fought against the "Ming-style army", knew that he hadn't even learned the surface.

And, in the opinion of Prince Edward. Since you want to learn the Ming Dynasty, then be thorough, be a good student who is attentive, and learn the real skills of others! Or, just don't learn it at all, and be like the perfect monster of France, with perfect chivalry and faith in Christ, to fight against the Mongols who are pouring in...... Anyway, England wasn't on that hapless continent, and even if the Mongols were outnumbered, would they still be able to swim across the English Channel?

With a detachment of the Ming Atlantic Fleet stationed in Hong Kong, England could rest easy.

Of course, England's own navy must also be formed in a hurry. After all, England is an island country, and it can't be done without a decent navy! And England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales together are still too small to accommodate the ambitions of the great King Edward?

Once Scotland is settled, let's start preparing for the navy.

In addition to the navy, England should also make its own steel, make its own H medicine, and make its own guns and armor...... You can't buy these things all the way to buy them, right? Not to mention the high price, it is also controlled by others, and it is too worthwhile.

It's just that these things cost money, so I don't know if those stingy nobles are willing to pay so much money? Maybe today's military parade will change their minds a little, right?

There was a buzz of chatter on the hillside as the cannon-laden carriages rumbled past.

"It looks neat, but it's too expensive!"

"Yes, the army of more than 10,000 people has spent more than 200,000 marks of silver, the treasury has been emptied, and then there will probably be a tax increase, right?"

"There is no way, this is a crusade, it is an order of the Pope, and all nobles who believe in God have an unshirkable responsibility......"

"I know that, but it's too expensive! But since it is the Pope's order, we can only obey it. ”

"Yes, the Pope is also for Christianity and Europa! God bless him, Amen! ”

"God bless the Pope!"

God bless the Pope? Isn't it the king? Prince Edward frowned.

The old fellow of the Pope was crying out all day long to call the Crusaders against the Mongol invasion. But what does this have to do with England? England will not be invaded by the Mongols, with the Holy Roman Emperor and the King of France in front, will the English be able to pay for the troops? With this amount of troops, it would be better to clean up Wales and Scotland (Wales has not yet been fully incorporated into England at this time).

And, even if England were to send troops, it wouldn't have to be ordered by the Pope, right? Why is the Pope above the king? It seems that the chief Heavenly Dao envoy on the Ming side has to obey the emperor's orders...... That's what makes sense!

"Prince, the situation in the East is very critical, and the Pope hopes that our two countries will send troops to Poland as soon as possible. The Holy Roman Emperor was already in command of the German coalition forces in Krakow. ”

Today's guest, Count Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, who had come from France on the other side of the Channel, came up at this time. He was the perfect brother of the perfect monster Louis IX, and seemed to be the henchman of his brother Louis IX. And the little brother, Charles, who had just beheaded the last male of the Hohenstaufen dynasty last year, was only fifteen years old, and captured the Kingdom of Sicily, Charles, who was not a species at all. He was an honest and obedient brother, and he did whatever his brother Louis IX asked him to do, and he never said a word. Historically, he followed Louis IX to the Eighth Crusade, contracted the plague in Tunisia and hung up, and went to heaven with his perfect brother (the two were also captured together in the Mamluk version of "Cleopatra" during the Seventh Crusade).

Alphonse had arrived on the orders of Louis IX in order to urge England to send troops to the Eighth Crusade as soon as possible.

Because there is bad news from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The rebellious Eastern Roman army and an unknown number of Mongol troops, under the command of the Mongol general Liu Xiaoyuan, defeated the Duchy of Athens with 6,000 cavalry (including 700 Frankish knights) with great ease, and captured Athens. Now he turned his forces and began to attack the kingdom of Caigaeus (both the princely state of Achaeus and the Duchy of Athens were the products of the Fourth Crusade). The kingdom of Achai seemed to be unable to bear it, and asked Rome for help.

The Duchy of Athens and the Princely State of Caiacai, both supported by Venice and not weak, were so vulnerable to the Mongol attack that they caused great panic in Rome.

And the news from Eastern Europe was even more terrible, the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan had reached the lower reaches of the Dnieper River and began to gather the vassals of the Rus' states, and also issued an ultimatum to the Polish princes and the Lithuanian princes, asking them to surrender immediately, just like the Rus' states! Since the Lithuanian princes were not fully converted to Christ, Rome lacked the necessary binding force on them, and it was likely that someone would submit to the Mongols. If Lithuania fell to the Mongols, Poland and the Teutonic Knights would lose their barriers. With Poland's current state of disintegration and the unpopularity of the Teutonic Knights, I am afraid that it will not survive this winter. By next spring, it was possible that the Mongols would storm the territory of Germany.

So Pope Sirisius II and the Holy Roman Emperor Alphonse I were determined to defend Poland! (To be continued......)