"Artillery ready! Put! With an order from the battleship, more than a dozen Great Song warships opened fire almost together, and countless cannonballs slashed through an arc in the sky and smashed into the opposite warship, although most of them fell into the sea, stirring up thick water columns, but some also fell on the opponent's warship, causing great damage to these warships.

On one side is the sharp warship of the Great Song Dynasty, on the other side is some ordinary sail warships, not only much smaller, but also slow, the steering is not flexible, the tactics used are the ancient chord battles, the strength of the two sides is not a level at all, so those sail warships were quickly defeated, except for a few warships that escaped from the battlefield with good luck, the remaining warships all sank into the sea, and the sea was full of enemy soldiers calling for help.

"Rescue all the captives in the sea, it may be useful!" The Song generals on the flagship commanded again, and then the ships began to rescue the captives in the water, and finally imprisoned them on the ships, and then the fleet flew back to the port of Civitavecchia.

At the same time, there are two other Great Song fleets operating in the Mediterranean, as long as they encounter the ships of the Seljuk Empire, they will immediately pounce on them to attack, but when they encounter another major force in the Mediterranean, that is, the ships of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Great Song Fleet will not attack, but will also come forward to communicate with each other in a friendly manner, and even sometimes exchange some gifts and materials with each other, such as the canned food of the Great Song Dynasty is very popular with the soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire, because this thing is not only delicious but also resistant to storage, This is very important for the naval officers.

The reason for the above situation is mainly because Zhao Yan is actively in contact with the Eastern Roman Empire, hoping to reach a certain degree of alliance with the other party, as for the navy of the Seljuk Empire. Naturally, he became a victim of this alliance, and Zhao Yan used this to express his goodwill to the Eastern Roman Empire.

However, the Eastern Roman Empire was still a little wary and hostile to the Holy Roman Empire, or directly to the Great Song Dynasty, although they were not particularly close to the Holy Roman Empire, and even to some extent, they were still enemies. But they are all Christian countries after all, although one is Catholic and the other is Orthodox, the doctrine is very different, but after all, they belong to the same religion, and they already know what the Great Song Dynasty did to the Catholic Church, so some people in the Eastern Roman Empire are also quite dissatisfied with the Great Song Dynasty, and some people even clamored to unite other kingdoms in Europe to drive the Song people out of Europe.

Of course, there are also many people in the Eastern Roman Empire who think that the Great Song Dynasty is powerful and has an incomparably splendid civilization, and they have a strong enemy in the east of the Eastern Roman Empire. It is really not appropriate to provoke the more powerful empire of the Great Song Dynasty, these people are relatively sober and can recognize the current situation, so they all agree to form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, and even they hope to get some support from the Great Song Dynasty, with the help of the strength of the Great Song Dynasty to defeat the Sailzhu Empire, and wait until the Sailzhu Empire is resolved, and then it is not too late to turn back and deal with the invasion of the Great Song Dynasty.

It is precisely because of the above reasons. Therefore, the Eastern Roman Empire also quarreled over whether to form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, and neither side could convince anyone. As for the Emperor Alexei I, he was equally undecided.

Alexei I was a very effective emperor, and when he first ascended the throne, the empire was in a very dangerous stage, with the invasion of the Seljuk Empire in the east and the Norman invasion in the north, and he took over the throne from his uncle. The establishment of a standing navy and army, the strengthening of centralized power, and even the confiscation of church property in order to solve financial problems, finally enabled the Eastern Roman Empire to finally get out of the predicament of that time. Temporarily repelled the enemy from the outside, leaving the empire in a relatively stable situation.

Alexei I was not a devout Catholic, as can be seen from the fact that he dared to confiscate the property of the Church, and it was precisely because of this incident that his relationship with the Orthodox Church was very strained, so he did not have any objection to what the Great Song did to the Catholics, and even if it were him, he might have gone even further.

However, Alexei I also had his own worries, that is, the Great Song Dynasty ran thousands of miles to Europe and behaved so strongly, so he was worried that the Holy Roman Empire could not meet the ambitions of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was likely to take action against his Eastern Roman Empire in the future, which was also the reason why he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

In the newly established palace in Rome City, Su Zhe was reporting to Zhao Yanyu: "Your Highness, the envoy we sent to the Eastern Roman Empire has just sent news that Alexei I is wavering about the alliance, and their country is also quarreling about this matter, so according to the envoy's estimate, I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to determine in a short time!" ”

Zhao Yan smiled calmly when he heard this: "It's okay, anyway, forming an alliance is not our main purpose, as long as we can make the Eastern Roman Empire feel our goodwill, so as not to treat us as enemies." ”

"Actually, I don't think the Eastern Roman Empire should have the energy to deal with us, although that Alexei I temporarily stabilized the situation in the Eastern Roman Empire, and also repelled the attack of the outside enemy, but whether it is the Seljuks in the east or the Normans in the north, they have always been eyeing the Eastern Roman Empire, and I studied the situation in the Eastern Roman Empire, and found that there are big problems with their domestic policies, although they have temporarily strengthened their national strength, but in case they break out in the future, I'm afraid it will be a heavy blow to the Eastern Roman Empire! At this time, Su Zhe put forward a different opinion, he actually thought from the beginning that the Eastern Roman Empire would not pose much of a threat to him.

"Be prepared, even if the Eastern Roman Empire will not pose a threat to us, but there is no harm in what we do, especially in the Mediterranean Sea, we will definitely only need one overlord in the future, that is, our Great Song Navy, plus the eastern territory of the Seljuk Empire is almost bordering our Great Song Dynasty, so destroying their navy now can also weaken some of their strength, as for the Eastern Roman Empire's navy, it can be put aside for the time being, and it is not too late to find a way to solve it in the future." Zhao Yan smiled when he heard this.

In fact, Zhao Yan is also a little helpless, although their strength is strong, they have expanded to the limit, and it is impossible for the Great Song Dynasty to invest more troops in Europe, so now for them, they need a peaceful environment to develop slowly until they finish digesting the land of the Holy Roman Empire. (To be continued.) )