Volume 1: The American Raiders of Chengguan 45. God's Curse (II)

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Bixia, you're absolutely right, and I think so too! The Turks have been massively migrating to Thrace for a century, and it is so entrenched that it will not be easy for us to suppress their shili, let alone eliminate them completely. ”

Archduke Lucas, commander of the Eastern Roman Empire's navy, immediately echoed the emperor's pessimistic view - after the army set out from Constantinople, he also led six warships to the west by sea, and then commanded the fleet to enter the mouth of the Maricha River, and finally reached the battlefield of Adrianople," ...... Despite the emptiness of Adrianople at the moment, we still have nothing to do with the thick walls. And then, whether it is Albania or Moria's Turkish troops, what awaits us can only be the collapse of the whole army. So ......"

He shrugged his shoulders, "...... If you have robbed enough, don't rob it, and if you have killed enough, don't kill it. Hurry home! It's that simple! ”

Next, Army Commander Johann, State Secretary Franz and other important ministers of the empire also expressed similar views one after another - although the Ottoman Turkish Empire is currently in an extremely weak state, having its heart gouged out and its backbone broken, it has not been completely destroyed after all. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and in the face of the extremely declining Eastern Roman Empire, the remnants of the Turks' military liliang should not be underestimated.

In short, this time the emperor led his army out of the protection of the walls of Constantinople and into the heart of Turkish rule in Europe, which was already a desperate adventure in itselfβ€”the battle had been carried out so far, although the army of the Eastern Roman Empire had driven 150 kilometers long. The captured materials are extremely abundant, but the same spirit has been lost, and it is difficult to make any further progress under the city. To make matters worse, the Turks were approaching reinforcements on both fronts, and the Christian Shijie's allies had not yet had time to act, and in addition to the fact that these allies themselves were unreliable, it was hard to say that they would stand idly by.

By the same token, with no strength to meet the Turkish cavalry head-on, the motley army of the Eastern Roman Empire could not hold up on the undefended Thracian plain. And even if they are lucky enough to win the Turks in Europe, there are Bulgarians, Serbs, Bulgarians, Albanians and Hungarians who will come to grab territory. Such a little Greek under the command of the emperor. Even if you die, you can't stand it.

Therefore, the safest strategy at the moment is to go home, retreat behind the majestic walls of Constantinople, close the gates and continue to be an otaku.

In the midst of this "turning" voice, only the Orthodox Patriarch Gregory, who was armed with a cane, gave a different opinion on the matter:

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Just retreat like that? Didn't breach the infidels' lair, and weren't defeated by the enemy? I know you're trying to avoid losses, but the question is, how do I account to the upright believers? And. How to bring them safely back to Constantinople is also a big question. ”

- In fact. The real march and battle are not as easy as only a few clicks of the mouse in computer strategy games, and even a well-disciplined elite army needs to be quite clever in command if it wants to turn and retreat in an orderly manner on the battlefield.

And if you take a group of rabble to march and fight, then the difficulty of making this ticket of shrimp soldiers and crabs like an arm will probably have to be further increased by several orders of magnitude - imagine a tour guide with a tour group of dozens of people going out for a few days, and there will be no mistakes along the way. It's not easy not to lose a single tourist. And if the number of people reaches tens of thousands, and there is a lack of organization and discipline, many people still have a rebellious mentality...... So in this retreat, I'm afraid that there will be a lot of unlucky people who will stage a tragedy that people are embarrassed.

Next, if the losses of this team were too heavy, it would have caused the already shaky authority of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Orthodox Church. The damage was very heavy – for example, the crushing defeats of the later crusaders dealt an irreparable blow to the prestige of the Holy See.

What's more, morale can be boosted. It is certainly not easy for a volunteer army of fanatics who have been instigated by religious beliefs to forge ahead courageously, but it is even more difficult to ask them to abandon their ideals and beliefs and retreat in disgrace from the enemy.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Oh, rest assured, your retreat will not lead to wavering faith, for all this is the will of the gods......"

Wearing a Mongolian lambskin jacket, with a cross on his chest and his hair combed into many small braids, Yu Zhenbai, broke in at some point. I saw that her eyes were shining with a brilliant golden light that people couldn't look at directly, and it was obvious that she had fully opened the power of the "True Eye of the Evil King" - so except for Emperor Constantine XI, who was a time-traveler, the rest of the participants were all captured, and their eyes were dull and fell into a state of hypnosis.

The little bird Yu Mahaku gave the emperor a look, and jumped to the table with his hands and feet, raised the silver cross hanging from his chest with his right hand, and at the same time proudly held his chest without any undulation, and announced to everyone in a big way:

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Pray sincerely! Lambs! As long as you dedicate your faithfulness to the faith, God Almighty will send angels to appear in the night and cast an irresistible curse on the heretics of the city! Let this hateful land forever become a paradise of death for the undead! ”

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Another shijie, the Fukushima radiation zone in Japan

Looking at the metal barrels painted with black and yellow signs in front of him, as well as the piles of unknown substances mixed in the wreckage of the building in the distance, Wang Qiu couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat oozing from his forehead and took a deep breath.

He knew very well that these seemingly not-so-amazing things were actually emitting nuclear radiation enough to kill an elephant in an instant every second.

What's even more terrifying is that he has to personally carry these substances that represent death, and use spatial abilities to transfer them to Yishijie - although as a spatial ability, Wang Qiu does not have to worry about the damage of radiation, but it does not mean that he can face these terrifying goods calmly.

Instead of continuing towards the nuclear waste dump, Wang Qiu turned around and walked to another clearing that had just been leveled out - here, an oval-shaped advertising airship was lying quietly on the dirt floor, and the Japanese text and cartoon patterns that had been sprayed on the oval airbags had all been erased and repainted with white primer and some golden exotic patterns.

The airship's gondola has also been remodeled to take the shape of a giant cross, with a variety of accessories.

At this time, Wang Qiu's sister Wang Yao was sitting at a folding table next to the airship, tapping on her laptop.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Hey, sis! I've got everything ready for here, how is this big thing of yours doing? ”

Wang Qiu walked over and pulled a chair opposite Wang Yao and sat down, "...... Can you get a different shijie to fool people? ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Well, the flying device and the signaling device are all OK! The tweeter and holographic projection equipment have also been tested, but unfortunately the time is too rushed, and there is only time to use the angel with the golden ring to directly replace the image of Miss Hatsune Miku, and then replace a dubbing. As for the more detailed movement adjustment, I really don't have time......" Wang Yao took a sip of instant coffee from a paper cup and replied a little tiredly.

As a result, the expression on Wang Qiu's face suddenly became embarrassed.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Sister, do you mean to ...... Are we going to have an angel dance in medieval Europe? That's too undisciplined, isn't it? ”

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