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Many of the warriors of Northern Europe would go to Byzantium to serve as soldiers for the Roman emperor, and this practice was condensed into a tradition that lasted for hundreds of years.

In the end, he left a great name in history with a simple, strong and reliable image.

The Varyagi Guard, composed of these men from the ice fields, was the most reliable force of the Roman emperors, not only fighting bravely, but also rarely participating in infighting.

One of the reasons is that these simple men rarely take root near the Mediterranean, and most of them can't adapt to the comfortable Mediterranean, so they are mercenaries for more than ten years, and then return to their cold and dry hometown to marry a wife and have children with the property they have accumulated in the service.

Without family and nepotism, it is naturally not easy to connect with local strength.

However, there are exceptions, and the Ottoman officer who was torturing Villefort was named Bodo, whose ancestors, unlike most of his countrymen, were able to appreciate the beauty of the warm world and did not return to his homeland.

Moreover, the ancestral blood of this group is quite tenacious, although it has been intermarried with the locals for a long time, there are still occasional descendants who are very close to the ancestors.

Even if this old man is dressed as a Yenisrid Army, he still can't hide his blood, and with the big axe at hand, he is a viable Viking.

In terms of belief that day, he had long since abandoned the half-dead goddess of magic and became a believer in a noble, great, and invincible Lord of the Stars and Moon, of course, a "disciple faction".

His strength is quite good, he is an ordinary stalwart warrior, but his position is a bit low, he is the vice captain of the personal guard of the eldest prince Mustafa.

This position is not a real cronie of the eldest prince, and compared to his ancestors, he is not only good at cutting people.

In addition to his powerful hands, he also has a keen eye.

In Baghdad, even the most cunning "descendants" Xingyue Sect spies could not escape his eyes.

There were hundreds of spies and diehard heretics unearthed by him, and most of them proved to be enemies, and they could be called the leaders of the Ottoman Empire.

Villefort had been lurking in the port of Benghazi for a few days when he was caught on a food shopping trip.

Villefort felt that his disguise was extremely clever, but in Hakata's eyes, he was really full of loopholes.

Compared with those Persian Empire "descendants" spies who also understood the teachings of the "Star and Moon Sutra" and had only a limited difference in culture from the Ottoman Empire, every movement and every look of this guy in Villefort seemed to be shouting loudly that he had a problem.

However, Villefort's strength was still good, and in the process of arresting, he made a little movement, killed a squad leader of the new Janisseri, and more importantly, provided early warning time.

So he was the only one who was caught, and Jones didn't have his company.

In the first few days of his arrest, he had a very difficult time, not to mention being thrown into a dung pit, and all kinds of torture and torture were also indispensable.

Villefort's performance was neither good nor bad, he did not immediately kneel and beg for mercy, betrayed the Wu Xin group, and collapsed and disintegrated within a few hours.

However, the experienced Hakata still slowly squeezed out the information on him, and he had basically figured out the organization of the Wu Xin Group.

Villefort himself knew that he was about to be disintegrated, and in a few days he would either confess everything he knew, or commit suicide, which would be difficult and almost impossible.

Villefort's weapons had long been taken away, and although he had the ability to tear his own neck with his hands, Hakata would definitely shoot the High Priest to save him, and the eldest prince had a lot of talent and wealth, so it would be no problem to give him ten "healing fatal wounds".

But that desperation changed about a dozen days ago, when he was pulled out of the dung pit and then asked to have a full meal.

At first, Villefort thought that the other party was trying to lure him down, but he didn't care, and he ate and drank a lot.

Unexpectedly, he later met the chief chaplain of the eldest prince, the name of which he really couldn't remember, but after all, there was a lot of Muhammad or something.

The core-level priest told him about the nobility of the doctrine of the Bishop of the Star and Moon, and then took out several letters.

Villefort recognized Wu Xin's handwriting, the Grand Duke of Tripoli's wording was extremely detrimental to his image, and the praise of Prince Mustafa made Villefort feel a little embarrassed.

This seems to be something that can't be helped, the distance between the duke of the port of Tripoli and the enthroned prince of the Ottoman Empire is really not small, and it is already a chance to be able to get in touch.

But embarrassment is embarrassment, Villefort is still very happy that Wu Xin and Mustafa have reached a cooperation agreement, after all, he doesn't want to die, and he doesn't want to cry and beg for mercy.

Hakata also apologized to Villefort, who accepted and understood, and the relationship between the two sides was very friendly for a time, and they ate together every day.

Although Villefort was always under surveillance, he once felt that he should be fine, and Prince Mustafa obviously planned to send Benghazi to Wu Xin with him, as Wu Xin helped him settle the price of Hayreddin.

Villefort is just a little worried that Wu Xin is playing with fire*** If Hareddin and his Barbary pirates are completely wiped out, then Spain will immediately gain a great advantage, but Hareddin is very likely to be forced to surrender, at that time, Wu Xin and the Knights Hospitaller will become the first targets, although the port of Benghazi is not bad, but Wu Xin will definitely not be able to hold it at that time.

Of course, this is also a matter for the future, and Villefort is generally happy.

He writes daily reports to Mr. Wu about his situation and the situation at the port of Benghazi, which has shrunk again in recent days.

After several battles, this is not a city but a barracks.

A large number of soldiers withdrew from the city and returned home on Ottoman transport ships.

Villefort actually saw more than 20,000 troops leaving, which cannot be faked, here in Benghazi, you want to lurk and there is nowhere to lurk, leaving the oasis, and the troops will lose a lot of combat effectiveness in less than a day.

Exposure to the sun in the desert is extremely dangerous in itself, and combined with water moderation, morale and physical strength can drop rapidly.

And Villefort couldn't be more miserable now, he didn't have any water at all.

So after being tortured for a few hours, he lost his ability to observe.

In a half-conscious state, he saw Hakata suddenly kneel down and salute a man and a woman in an exaggerated manner.

And not only him, but dozens of Ottoman soldiers around him.

The man waved them all to their feet. (To be continued.) )