The beginning of October in 329 of the Great Song Dynasty was the middle of November in the Western calendar. The early winter in Baghdad is the favorite day of Kublai Khan, especially now that it is raining, open the window and the cool breeze with moisture in your face is extremely transparent. Then Kublai Khan felt a faint itch begin to itch in his body. Reaching out and scratching his arm, Kublai Khan had to admit in his heart that he was old.

When he was young, no matter whether he was in the grassland, desert, river, or forest, Kublai Khan would lie down and fall asleep, and he would not feel any discomfort at all. Now just a blow of the wind makes me feel itchy, and at night, even if there is no effect, Kublai Khan sometimes wakes up with itching. The best solution to this problem is to soak in a short hot bath and have a female technician apply Kublai Khan with the best olive oil, and you will be comfortable for two days.

"Great Khan, there is a messenger from Helin." The guards report.

Hearing that there was a messenger, Kublai Khan's eyes lit up. Hearing the word Helin, Kublai Khan's expression instantly became cold. With indifference, Kublai Khan ordered: "Let him in." ”

The attendant departed, and the maid brought a small silver bottle. When opened, the ointment inside emits a fishy smell. Kublai Khan reluctantly picked up the silver spoon on the tray, dipped it in the ointment, dug out a spoonful, put it in his mouth and swallowed it. The maid immediately brought luscious juice and made the sweat suppress the taste in his mouth.

The Great Khan sighed in his heart, and in recent years, the Mongolian upper class has become more and more dependent on various products of the Song State. Kublai Khan's Great Khan was not without consideration for refusing to use the expensive Song fish oil, but the itching forced him to swallow this unpleasant thing three times a day in the morning, noon and evening. Even if Kublai Khan didn't buy it, those old Mongol nobles would. A good night's sleep is more valuable than a treasure for the old and frail Mongolian prince.

When the envoy came in, he saluted the Great Khan, and then sang a passage to the Great Khan according to the Mongolian custom. The lyrics are a brief introduction to the situation in the Helin area this year, which is naturally indispensable for the Song State to continue to attack the Mongolian tribes in the north, and the Mongolian tribes rose up to resist. There are also people of various tribes looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for Kublai Khan to return to Helin and sit in the Helin palace again to give orders.

The Great Khan had long guessed that there would definitely be such a thing, and the tribes on the other side of the forest had been in such a tune for several years. It was hoped that Kublai Khan would return to Horin to lead the Mongol tribes. These people didn't figure it out, and Kublai Khan decided to leave, so he didn't think about going back.

"Got it, you go down." Kublai Khan commanded.

Looking at the back of the envoy leaving, Kublai Khan scratched his arm, and his heart was very irritable. The reason for the irritability was naturally not for Horin, but for Rome. For several years, Kazulin had been saying the same thing every year, and in the end he was unharmed. Kublai Khan believed that the Great Song Dynasty must have wanted to capture Helin, but things would not develop as the Great Song Dynasty expected. Mongolia has dominated the steppe for so long and knows the terrain very well. It seems to be a smooth road from Helin to the north of Yinshan, but in fact it is not.

What worries Kublai Khan now is the Mongol army sent to capture the Pope, and in the far east, the Mongols are at war with the Song state. In the West, however, Mongolia cooperated with the Song state. The Mongol army that attacked Rome this time was on the Song fleet, and this alone made Kublai Khan very uneasy.

Yang Cong, director of the Eastern European Department of the Great Song Dynasty, walked calmly under the cabin. He had a lantern in his hand and a bright candle in his glass cover. Candlelight shines through the glass to illuminate the space at the bottom of the vessel. There are a lot of parts in the area, and they are all things that are only needed in an emergency. Walking forward, I saw a pair of blue eyes appear in the darkness, but Yang Congrong was frightened.

Instinctively raised the lantern, and saw a big black cat sitting on a wooden box. The black cat is a rat catcher cat raised on the ship, and when he saw Yang calmly approaching, he was not afraid. It remained seated, only lifting its hind legs to tickle its neck.

With a sigh, Yang calmly stretched out his hand to beat the little bastard. But when he reached out to the big black cat, he just scratched the black cat's neck. The black cat closed its eyes and stretched its neck to give Yang a calm scratch. Even the comfortable ones make a purring sound.

After petting a few handfuls of cats, Yang calmly continued to walk inside. Soon arrived at the door of a small barn. According to the agreement, there was a sound of three long and two short, but there was no response in the house. Knock again and the door opens. Yang calmly handed the wooden bucket filled with water and food in.

The occupants of the room also handed out a wooden barrel with a lid on it. The smell that emanates from the cracks in the edge of the barrel is a thing that goes through a cycle.

"Director Yang, how many days will it take to finish this?" The person inside asked anxiously.

Yang calmly replied: "It is estimated that there will be one day before we reach the mouth of the Tiber River." When they anchored near the mouth of the river, the Mongols dismounted. Let's go south. ”

This is the result of negotiations between Boyan and the Great Song Mediterranean fleet. The Great Song fleet transported the Mongol army from Tunisia to Palermo, an important city in Sicily, and after the Mongol army captured Balamo, the fleet transported the Mongol army from Balamo to the mouth of the Tiber River. The Mongols then attacked Rome along the Tiber River, while the Great Song fleet returned to Constantinople. Boyan had his own water power, and did not need the Great Song fleet to provide all water transportation services for the Mongol army. After the work of maximum capacity is over, the Mongolian fleet will solve the problem, and the Great Song fleet can do what it should do.

You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people. Yang calmly ordered explosives to be installed in the lowest compartment of the fleet, and once the Mongols tore up the agreement and seized the ship, they detonated the explosives and let the ship sink. At least until now, the defenders have not had to resort to such drastic measures.

Those who can be entrusted with this important task are very loyal people, and even so, the warrior sighed: "I really want to go back to Constantinople sooner." ”

"Don't worry, if you can leave a minute early, I won't let everyone stay for an extra minute. This time the money was owed to us by Boyan, and he sent it to Constantinople later. We won't stay longer. Yang calmly comforted. If you want to mix in the Mediterranean, you can't offend Boyan. This guy was not only the Egyptian governor of Mongolia, but also exerted his strength, recruited many pirates, and formed his water power.

As a canal digger, with the current scale of 100,000 laborers on the construction site, there are about 800 days left to dig the canal. If the number of laborers can be increased to 200,000, the Suez Canal can be dug in 400 days. A canal that can lead directly from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea makes Yang Congrong unable to find a reason not to cooperate with Boyan.

After pacifying the comrades below, he returned to the upper floor with the toilet, and immediately heard the same noise as the market. There were twenty ships in all, and each of them was crammed with seven or eight hundred men. In order for these Mongols to have enough space, the hammocks had to be layered up and down. Combined with the baggage of these men, the ship was jammed. In addition to the smell of human life, there is also a smell in the air that is difficult to describe. It was a smell like cattle and sheep, not live cattle and sheep on the boat, but the smell of the local True God Cultists. The smell of the human body here is strong, whether it is a true god or a cross religion.

According to measurements, the fleet had reached a distance of several dozen miles from the mouth of the Tiber River at this time. But how far is the distance of these tens of miles, and the equipment on the ship simply cannot reach such a fine level. Only by observers......

In the distance, a firework burst into the sky, leaving a red trail in the sky. Just when Yang calmly showed joy, the observer had already shouted at the top of his voice: "I see the signal." Probably our pilot vessel. ”

"Lean over and take a look." Yang calmly ignored that it was the captain who commanded the ship, and shouted at the observers. With such a group of Mongolian troops present, Yang Congrong only felt uncomfortable. The sooner this proximity and cooperation between the two sides ends, the better.

Among the countries of the Mediterranean, there is no fleet at this stage that uses fireworks as a means of communication. The ship leaned over and looked, and sure enough, it was Da Song's ship. After the two sides made contact, they drove to the mouth of the Tiber River.

The flotilla dropped anchor on this side, lowered the boat and began to send people ashore. A small boat can seat twelve people, and each boat has five small boats. A round trip is more than an hour. The fleet worked non-stop even at night, and it took three days to get seven or eight hundred people ashore.

Finally got this thing done, and Yang Congrong immediately ordered the fleet to go south. After this dangerous cooperation is over, the Great Song fleet can do what it wants. The fleet will head to Greek ports to return to Eastern Rome with olives from the local market.

Looking at the Great Song fleet that set sail, Timur said dissatisfiedly: "These southern barbarians are running really fast. ”

Marshal Boyan stepped on the horse calmly, this is a service for a very small number of senior personnel. With the exception of Boyan, only Timur and the other three generals had their own horses at their disposal. Of course, there were also cattle in the Mongol army at this time, all of which were plundered from nearby manors during the past three days. The shouting of horses varied from place to place, and in order to make the cattle obedient, the Mongol army had to bring the people who drove the cattle in the manor.

Looking at this mixed army condescendingly, Marshal Boyan remembered the Punic War described in the book. At that time, the great commander of Carthage, Hannibal, set out from Tunisia and invaded Rome. The attack on Rome was not all Carthaginians, and a significant number of them were Carthaginian allies. More than half of the current army of more than 10,000 people are Egyptians.

At this time, Timur had already turned over and mounted his horse with an unhappy expression, and Marshal Boyan immediately ordered, "Let's go, go to Rome!" ”

Some of them walked on two legs, and some of them traveled on four legs. There are also those who set off by paddling. Under the negotiation of Marshal Boyan, the Great Song fleet left all the small boats to the Mongol army. The pirate-turned-sailors of the Mongol army rowed their boats up the Tiber River.

The water level in the upper reaches of the Tiber River changes greatly, and the flood period occurs in spring. Downstream, the catchment area of the Inela and Agnene tributaries expanded to a total of 500 million cubic meters, making Rome navigable during the long dry summers. As far back as the 5th century B.C., ships had sailed up to the Tiberina valley to carry grain. Subsequently, it was mainly used to carry building stone and timber. In Rome's heyday, vegetable supplies relied mainly on vegetable gardens and farmsteads on both sides of the Tiber. In the 3rd century BC, Ostia had become a commercial center for the massive import of wheat, olive oil, and wine.

Although the Mongol fleet was now small in number, it was able to use the waterway to transport a lot of equipment and materials, increasing the speed of the troops' marches. The road from the Tiber to Rome was lined with various estates, which Marshal Boyan did not hesitate to order to be plundered. At night, the camp is filled with the aroma of food made from local grain. There are also the cries of local women as they are ravaged by the Mongol army.

Marshal Boyan didn't care about this at all. This was nothing to the Mongol army, and Ogedei was said to be a very generous man among Genghis Khan's sons. After he became the Great Khan, there was a rumor among the tribe that there was an edict to match the girls of the tribe. People are busy marrying their daughters within the clan, and some of them are sent directly to the men's homes. When Wokotai heard the news, he was furious and issued an edict to gather all girls over the age of 7, and those who had been married were recovered from her husband's house. He gathered 4,000 maidens together and ordered the soldiers to trample them in public. Two of the maidens were killed on the spot, and the rest were sent to the harem, some to be rewarded to slaves, some to be sent to brothels and embassy houses to wait for travelers, and some to be led by those present. Their fathers, brothers, and relatives must stand by and watch, and they must not complain or cry.

In the Mongol court struggle, Ögedei's performance had nothing to do with benevolence and tolerance. The Mongolian rule is that the youngest son inherits the family business, so although Genghis Khan tried his best to make Ogedai the Great Khan, he also let the youngest son born to the queen according to the rules, that is, the fourth brother of Ogedei, Tuolei, inherited Genghis Khan's family background, mastered 80% of the Mongolian army, and had solid military strength.

In the battle of Jinjin, Tuo Lei showed his outstanding military talent. So on the way back from the Jin Guoban to the north, Wokotai pretended to be a ghost, pretended to be sick and dying, and dragged Lei to serve by his side. The barbarian sorcerer recited a spell to cleanse Ogedei of his illness in a wooden cup. Tuolei, who was very fond of his brother, took up the cup and prayed. He drank the water that sanctuated the disease. So Wokotai recovered from his illness and took his leave. He died a few days later due to poison being injected into the water he was drinking.

As a very literate Mongolian, Boyan knew many secrets. These things may make the Han people feel creepy, but they will not make Boyan shake in the slightest. He believed in God and was well versed in doctrine. As God's people, living in a world doomed to God's destruction, the only chance for salvation is to stand firm in your faith. On the day when the world is destroyed and humanity is extinct, all souls will be judged, and anyone who is unfaithful to God will fall into hell. True believers like Boyan will enter heaven and enjoy eternal life in God's garden.

So the killing of each other by humans is only a private matter between human beings and has nothing to do with God. Boyan firmly believes that as long as there is a true heart of faith, salvation will be achieved. This ugly world is really destroyed, and that is only for the last judgment to come as soon as possible. Is that little pain in destruction nothing compared to the happiness of eternal life?

The journey from the mouth of the Tiber to the city of Rome took three days. Timur thought that the city of Rome should have received the news a long time ago, and even prepared for a full-scale defense. When I arrived near the city of Rome, I saw that the gates of the city were being closed urgently. The defenders only acted after seeing the Mongol army with their own eyes. Seeing that the enemy was so useless, Timur couldn't help but ask excitedly: "Great Marshal, can the tactics mentioned before really work?" ”

"You'll find out after you try." Marshal Boyan responded to this question flatly. God gives people the right to choose freely, and whether or not they will succeed in the end is also God's will in a sense. On the side of the Han people, it is a similar explanation to make things happen in the sky.

That night, the Mongols set up camp outside the city of Rome, and as soon as the camp was under construction, people from inside the city came and asked with trepidation which nobles' troops were these horses outside the city. Boyan called the messenger, and when he saw the appearance, he knew that he was a petty nobleman. So Boyan first spoke to the little nobleman in Latin.

A thousand years ago, it was the Latins on the plain of Latin on the banks of the Tiber who created the Latin script. The Italian town is the home of Latin. However, listening to the words and words that Marshal Boyan practiced in Eastern Rome and the Latin with an Italian accent, the little nobles of Rome were confused, and they didn't know what Boyan was talking about.

Marshal Boyan wanted to ask questions in Italian, but his own Italian was very ordinary, and he probably couldn't answer it properly. So Boyan could only change his Greek, but he didn't expect the little nobleman in front of him to show a happy expression on his face, and he replied to Boyan in stammering Greek.

During this exchange, Marshal Boyan learned that the mother of the little nobleman was a nobleman with Greek blood, so the little nobleman received a Greek education. The fact that the Roman aristocracy could not speak Latin was a great disappointment to the marshal of Boyan. He had been to Italy before, he had been to Rome. At that time, as a monk, Marshal Boyan came into contact with Vatican personnel, no matter how unbelieving the clergy were, how corrupt their lives were, and how they fooled women. At least they are fluent in Latin and use Latin to recite the Bible. Others are even able to recite exorcism spells in Latin. How is it that the cultural level of the aristocracy is not even as good as that of these garbage priests?

"Your Excellency, but you don't know what you're doing with your army in Rome?" The little nobleman asked seriously.

Marshal Boyan wanted to ask questions in Italian, but his own Italian was very ordinary, and he probably couldn't answer it properly. So Boyan could only change his Greek, but he didn't expect the little nobleman in front of him to show a happy expression on his face, and he replied to Boyan in stammering Greek.

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