In the face of the Mongol invasion, the famous Bohemian general Yaros Stellember killed the commander of the Mongol expedition to the west, Baitar, in a surprise attack at the Battle of Ulmuzhi (Battle of Olomouc), saving the Czechs from the devastation of the Mongol army.

The Grand Duke of Warsaw, who was suffering from the devastation of the Yuan Kingdom, heard that the man in the bishop's robe opposite was the archbishop of the Kingdom of Bohemia, and immediately warmly welcomed the archbishop to Warsaw. As soon as he was seated, the Grand Duke of Warsaw asked: "Your Excellency, when is the meeting for the election of the new Holy See?" ”

Faced with such a straightforward question, the archbishop also replied bluntly: "As it is now, it will probably be prepared for six or seven years." ”

"If it had been so long, wouldn't the bishops have united?" The Grand Duke asked, seemingly blind to the tandem of the archbishops of the Kingdom of Bohemia, who had arrived in Warsaw.

The Archbishop of the Kingdom of Bohemia, who knew that the Archduke of Poland was not referring to such transnational cooperation, replied: "The three dioceses of the Holy Roman Empire must first nominate their candidates, and France and England will have their own candidates." The Holy See has never been taken captive by countries other than Catholicism. I'm afraid the Knights will have some ideas. ”

Hearing the Knights, the look of the Grand Duke of Poland became difficult to see. The Teutonic Knights had already occupied a lot of Polish land, and compared to the constant plundering of the Yuan Kingdom, the Teutonic Knights were no less threatening.

The Archbishop of Warsaw agreed: "The Teutonic Knights must want to have a greater place in the future Holy See, so we must unite. ”

In 2, King Andrei II of Hungary invited the Teutonic Knights to help suppress the Cumanre, in exchange for giving the Order a fief of Burzenland in the southern part of the Siebon Burgen region (located in Romania).

By 225, the Teutonic Knights were trying to establish an independent state in their fiefdoms, and Andrei II expelled them.

The Order is once again in trouble. However, things soon took a turn for the worse, when Duke Conrad of Poland attempted to expand into the Courland region to the north, but was defeated by the Prussians, the natives of the region, and not only did he fail to expand his territory, but his original territory was partially captured by the Prussians. Conrad was depressed, and called for a crusade against the heretics of Courland in the name of religion, but the other princes of Poland ignored him, as if waiting to see a joke, and the Prussians there were fierce and his army was retreating. In desperation, Conrad appealed to the Teutonic Knights for help, hoping that the Order would help him conquer the Prussians.

When they received this invitation, the Teutonic Knights were of course full of words, but they did not want to repeat the story in Hungary. Grand Master Hermann von Salza went to the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and received a golden edict from the Emperor: the Teutonic Knights had the right to possess the lands granted by Conrad and the lands they had acquired after their conquest of the Prussians, and that attacks on the Order's territory would be severely punished by the Holy Roman Empire. With the written assurances of Fetere II, the Teutonic Knights would rightfully take possession of the lands they had conquered.

Conrad began to regret it at this point, and in order to prevent the Teutonic Knights from taking root next to him, Conrad organized a knightly order, the Knights of Christ of Prussia, to crusade against the Prussians himself. This time he failed again, and he couldn't even hold the core of his territory, at which point Conrad had to bow his head and admit defeat.

In 234, Pope Gregory IX issued another Golden Bull, recognizing the Order's ownership of the lands they had conquered, while requiring them to Christianize the indigenous peoples of the region. In this way, the Teutonic Knights received a threefold written commitment, and all they had left to do was conquer the land, which was clearly what they were best at.

From 22, the Teutonic Knights began work on the conquest of Prussia. After more than fifty years of bloodshed, by 285 the Teutonic Knights had finally completed their conquest. On this land they established a powerful regime - the Knights State, and Prussia was the center of the Knights.

"We have heard that the Knights want the new Holy See to be located in Marienburg." Said the Archbishop of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Marienburg is the capital of the Knights, and if it is located there, the Knights will have even greater influence. The Grand Duke of Warsaw immediately replied: "By no means. ”

The Archbishop of the Kingdom of Bohemia nodded in response, "Now the Knights Hospitaller in Rhodes Island has sent a fleet to try to attack Jerusalem. The armies of the Holy Roman Empire wanted to take Rome. They have always coveted Italy. Still others wanted to storm Constantinople again. We need to attack the Mongols now in order to prove our place in Christendom. ”

At the mention of fighting the Mongols, the Grand Duke of Warsaw frowned. If he could defeat the Mongols, he would have done it a long time ago.

"If you want to fight the Mongols, you have to rebuild Poland." The Archbishop of the Kingdom of Bohemia said cheerfully: "This reason is needed at this time. ”

"Your Excellency, if Poland can be rebuilt, what good will it do for the Kingdom of Bohemia, which is now subject to the Holy Roman Empire?" The Grand Duke of Warsaw asked.

"We hope that the new Kingdom of Poland will help us then, just as we are helping you now. If we can't unite, we can't resist the Holy Roman Empire. The Archbishop of the Kingdom of Bohemia replied with a serious expression. In the face of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, every country hopes to be able to fight for its own interests. The Kingdom of Bohemia did not live willingly under the Holy Roman Empire.

The Archbishop of Warsaw, seeing that the Grand Duke of Warsaw had already moved his mind, also joined in the discussion, "Since there is no Holy See, no Pope, we can raise the flag of our Poland." No other church's statement can affect us. ”

After two days of talking, the Archbishop of Bohemia, together with the Archbishop of Warsaw, sent an invitation to the nobles of his neighborhood in Warsaw, inviting them to come to Warsaw to talk about the Pope's arrest. After the invitation was sent, the Grand Duke of Warsaw began to wait anxiously.

The Great Song's fleet passed through the Black Sea and reached Constantinople. When he was anchored here, he routinely went to the embassy of the Great Song Dynasty to ask if there was any new information, and then the ambassador immediately informed him that Marshal Boyan had made a new request. Let's wait for the liaison officer on the Egyptian side.

While waiting, everyone talked about this trip to Yuanguo. Although the people here in Constantinople knew that the Yuan State was an extremely sinicized country, they did not expect Hao Ren's sinicization to have reached such a level. Just as I was surprised, the liaison officer from Egypt arrived. The liaison officer sat down on his left and immediately said, "We ask your fleet to destroy the Knights Hospitaller who have recently been roaming the seashore off Jerusalem in boats. ”

"What's in it for you?" Yang asked calmly with some amusement.

"The advantage is twofold, you can sell us the captives you caught. In addition, if you are willing, I will ask Yuan Guo to vouch for it, and after we conquer Rhodes Island now occupied by the Knights Hospitaller, Rhodes Island will be owned by you. ”

"You make promises?" Yang Congrong had a mocking smile on his face, and he almost said, can you believe your guarantee?

But this mood soon dissipated, and the fact that Marshal Boyan was desperately digging the Egyptian canal alone gave him a lot of credibility. Once the Egyptian Canal is opened, Boyan can sit on the ground and collect money, which is of great benefit to him. But the Great Song Dynasty also needed this canal very much, and the benefits to the Great Song Dynasty were greater.

At this time, the Great Song Dynasty was already about to cooperate with the Yuan Kingdom, and the island of Cyprus was too close to the territory of Mongolia, and the danger was too great. It would be nice to have a foothold in the Mediterranean far from Mongolia. So Yang calmly put away his smile and asked the Egyptian liaison officer, "How much is a captive?" ”

Four days later, the Knights Hospitaller's fleet sailed home. As the famous Knights of Europa, although they would love to set foot on the land of Jerusalem again, they were more concerned about their lives. After cruising for a while, they found themselves ashore probably to die. So everyone chose to leave.

After they left, the Great Song fleet was killed. After two days of searching in the nearby waters, many other ships were seen, and the fleet of the Knights was nowhere to be found. The captain of the flagship of the fleet couldn't help but ask the Egyptian liaison officer, "Are you trying to trick us?" ”

"What's in it for us to trick you?" The liaison officer unceremoniously pushed back. There are many ways to play the Great Song fleet, such as blocking them in the canal. At that time, you could pinch the people of the Great Song Dynasty as much as you wanted, what was the point of tricking them into coming to this sea area.

Captain Da Song also knew this, and after getting angry, he said stupidly: "What should I do next?" ”

"Let's go to Egypt." The liaison officer replied.

After hearing this, the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty immediately expressed his willingness to send the envoy to Egypt, and he wanted to return to the Great Song Dynasty as soon as possible. The sooner he could, he would have been able to dedicate his fruitful diplomatic achievements to Zhao Jiaren, an official of the Great Song Dynasty.

The captain had no choice but to send a ship to set off with the messenger's ship. The fleet reached the entrance of the Nile and the Tamsui Canal, and the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty passed through the canal in a hurry. It takes a lot of time every time he passes, and it really makes him feel very uncomfortable.

As he expected, the canal was full of all kinds of ships carrying grain. Although these boats are not large, they are powered by sails and oars, making the river as slow as a turtle crawling. The envoy couldn't help but think to himself, if he could solve it, he still hoped that the tugboat of the Great Song could help with the transportation. This speed is relatively fast, and if these broken ships are still rampant in the new canal, it will be an insult to the canal.