。 In the end, Erius did not move his emperor to abandon the war. On the contrary, he lost the trust of the emperor because of this. The recent period of unhappiness, the increase in age, the discomfort in the desert...... And so on and so forth, which made Basil's temper very short-tempered. Especially when participating in a series of meetings, or banquets, or some other event—in short, any group event, will make this guy angry—because people's eyes, topics, compliments, and even hostility are always directed at Egil. For better or worse, the focus is always Egil, and the attention is always Egil......

And Basil II...... Well, the Roman emperor was indeed of high status and great power. But few people regard him as "their own". There were even quite a few who did not see him as part of the Crusaders. Rather, they saw it as an ally of the Crusaders, an even more alienating identity. In addition, many people remember the war of the previous two years, the full-scale invasion of Europe by the Orthodox Roman Empire, and the declaration of Egil, who was still the king at the time, in the Second Battle of Budapest: "Now they are here again, and they want to enslave us again!" Especially King Attila of Hungary. When I looked at Basil, there was a clear, undisguised look in his eyes, all hatred......

"It's boring. "That's it, the other party doesn't welcome you. And he actually doesn't look down on those "barbarians". After a lot of unpleasantness on both sides, Basil II did not participate in similar events. This has also deepened the estrangement between the two sides.

In fact, in fact, Basil II did not fail to listen to Elius's proposal. In fact. He's kind of fed up with the war here, too. He wasn't a fool, and when he saw Egil's operations in the Holy Land, he knew he was really hopeless. Instead of expecting this moment to fight Egil in the Holy Land. It is better to wait until Egil retreats, and then win over and influence Egil's vassals who are far away from Norman proper. As for whether Egil would actually abide by the new treaty with Basil II. Or like the Crimea before. Find an opportunity to tear the treaty apart...... That's going to come later.

But then again. Even if Egil's words didn't count, what could Basil II do? The whole world shouted that he had been played by that Norman boy again. The emperor can't afford to lose this man!

At a time when the Eastern Roman Empire could not think of any good way to sanction the Normans, it did so except in protest. Basil had no idea......

"If only this war had ended sooner......"

Over the next few days. The Crusaders never again attacked Jerusalem. Every day, however, some people who were familiar with the Arabic language ran to the gates of Jerusalem and shouted insults, hoping to lure them out of the city to fight. But the gates of Jerusalem had long been sealed with large stones by Saladin. Even the Arab soldiers couldn't get out if they wanted to. So such scolding battles ended in failure.

And in addition to such a failed scolding array, there are places where the two sides occasionally clash. It was on the west side of the city wall. The tower that had been breached by the Crusaders. The Arabs would attack there several times a day. But after a period of ineffective attacks, the Arab soldiers' attacks became somewhat of an errand.

Other than that, there were no more clashes between the Crusaders and the Arabs. Saladin waited restlessly, not knowing what the Crusaders, Egil, wanted to do. The last news that the Assasins had brought from outside the city had been five days earlier, and after the siege of the Crusaders, there had been no news of the Assasins, who were operating outside Jerusalem. And in the city of Assasin, even to maintain the city's security. Fighting the spies that Norman planted was not enough. After sending Assasin out of the city twice, but not hearing from him, Saladin had to abandon a similar attempt. ...,

"He's definitely plotting something -- absolutely, yes. But. What is it?" lately, Saladin has been directing his army to fortify the city's defenses. While mending the damage caused by the previous Crusader sieges, he was constantly thinking about such questions.

And while Saladin was pondering such questions, in the dimly lit dungeons of Jerusalem. Filthy, foul-smelling, sewage-ridden, hay full of fleas and bed bugs, and rats infested with the voice of the cell: "Damascus, I guess." ”

The person who utters such words has unkempt hair and dirty deliberateness. The clothes were also tattered, and I don't know how many hands had been changed - the original one had been snatched by the jailers and taken for themselves.

"I do have some skills. The man he was talking to was dressed in an Arabic-style robe. With his head down, it was impossible to see his eyes, and his hoarse voice sounded like stones rubbing against him.

"That's all I can be proud of now. The new prisoner inside smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Why don't you tell Saladin about this, if that is the case, he may pardon your sins. The man outside the cell then asked.

"If I had anything to threaten him, it would have been more effective. However, the meritorious ...... I worked for him for more than ten years. What is the end result?" the man snorted.

"In other words, you can consider my lord's conditions?"

"Hmph......" However, when the man asked this, the prisoner snorted softly and did not answer.

"Look at your current situation, you don't have much room for bargaining. Moreover, the terms offered by my lord are good enough. The man was a little angry at the prisoner's attitude.

At this moment, outside the cell, the jailer, dressed in a somewhat tattered armor with an impatient face, came out of his head and shouted to the man: "Hey, just send a meal, do you want to talk about it for so long?!

"It's going to be over, it's going to be over. When the man spoke to the jailer, he changed his tone, and appeared flattering and low. At the same time, he nodded his head again and again.

"Cut...... Really, don't look at the previous one as a great general. It's like a rat here......" The jailer muttered, and then reminded again, "Hurry up then! If it weren't for the fact that you gave you a lot of money, I wouldn't have let you in......

"Eh, eh. Thank you, thank you. The man dismissed the jailer, then turned his face away and whispered to the prisoner, "I'll be here again tomorrow this time." Think about it. With that, he left. After a while, the prisoner, after making sure that the man was gone, hurriedly opened the basket he had brought with him—and found that the two bowls inside were leftovers from someone else's eating, and all that was left was a little bread crumbs and a little minced meat......

"Your sister !!"

After eating the stinky black bread for nearly a month, Zhao Haier, who almost hung up because of malnutrition, scolded. However, he licked the breadcrumbs off the plate as quickly as he could, carefully picked up all the minced meat, and looked at it carefully for a long time to make sure that there was nothing left. After that, I kneaded the minced meat into a small piece, put it in my mouth and chewed it little by little...... It's as if you're eating a supreme delicacy......

Immediately afterwards, the general burst into tears...... The hatred for the previous master, Saladin, also deepened.

When Zhao Haier was imprisoned by Saladin. Egil soon got the news. After many encounters with the Assasin cult, the Norman espionage system and intelligence department, which were more professional, manpowered, and resourceful, eventually triumphed. Inversely proportional to the semi-paralyzed Assasin sect. In the city of Jerusalem, in the Holy Land, and in Syria as a whole. The Norman spies and killers grew dramatically with the Crusaders. In Damascus, in Baghdad, in Alexandria and Cairo. After a series of conspiracies, assassinations, and fires, Norman spies have gained a great advantage over the underground forces in these cities. With the establishment of the espionage system, the information of these areas has also been transmitted to Egil's hands. It gives him a feeling of "everything is under control".

The Emperor of the Empire was scapegoated by Saladin after he got Zhao Haier. When he stumbled into prison, he secretly lamented Saladin's self-destruction of the Great Wall, while gloating, and at the same time quickly figured out the value of this matter. He then ordered the spies who were still operating in Jerusalem and had not yet been exposed, to contact him. Find a way to win him over - two paths are up to him. If he dared to fight hard, let him gather his old troops and organize a rebellion in the city. The inside and the outside should join forces to conquer Jerusalem. If he didn't dare, he let the Norman spies send him out of town. Then as another weapon to attack the heart, to strike at Saladin's prestige. At the same time, it was used as a prop to soothe people's hearts after the war.

And for the two roads, the price offered by Egil is also different. In the former, if he could help Egil to seize Jerusalem, then Egil would be willing to canonize him as Prince of Jerusalem - of course, he would have to convert back to the Catholic faith. And the latter, Egil is also willing to gather such a capable general. Of course, the Prince of Jerusalem could not do it. However, it is still possible to have a fief. Continue to enjoy the glory and riches of Egil as one of Egil's vassals in the Holy Land...... ()