Today is December 26, 2005. The festival of the birth of the legendary Son. At this time, in the days of this religious connotation, the restlessness and anxiety began to spread among the crusaders. The vast majority of the soldiers, the simple-minded, straight-thinking soldiers, could not understand the king's calculations - we had already reached the side of the legendary holy place, and had gone through a great deal of hardship. So why not go south and take Jerusalem back?

The soldiers, naturally, did not understand. At this moment, the crusaders are waiting for a good show. A good show that would make Albert appear more idiotic, the infidels more murderous, and himself more wise and powerful - after the announcement of the Allied commander-in-chief, General Egil, and the more than 30,000 German soldiers who were now gathered around Albert, did not obey the order and preemptively went south. The vast majority of the Crusaders understood this. After a lewd laugh, I left him alone.

Philip wanted to do something for his allies. But in the face of overwhelming opposition, the proposal to go south to catch up with Albert was rejected. Philip could not have really lived and died with Albert and brought the French to help. So I had to scold in my heart depressedly: "Bastard bastard." He obeyed Egil's orders and stayed in Antioch.

In this way, during this period, with the exception of the German soldiers who came ashore one after another, loyal to Albert, and some idiot adventurers who could not see the form clearly, the vast majority of the crusaders remained immobile. Waiting for Egil's orders.

"What do you really want to do, cunning fellow, do you really want to challenge the mighty Roman Empire?" asked Basil II in a secret meeting with Egil the day before Christmas, "you have broken the treaty with the Empire, and not only the Zaporozhye Khanate?" And the entire Crimean peninsula was annexed. After that, you gain the right to command the entire Crusader. And now, you sit back and watch one of your allies die - though he doesn't do much...... What are you scheming about? You know, before that, it was stipulated in your treaty with the Empire. The Mediterranean Circle belonged to the Empire. Your territory is in the north. And now, you've broken our agreement!"

During this period, he pounded the table four times and knocked over the teacup twice. The spitting star also sprayed on Egil's face several times. Basil II looked particularly excited. However, Egil kept smiling throughout, and even if the spit was sprayed on his face, he just quietly took out a handkerchief and wiped it quickly. Although it has not reached the level of self-drying of the best cheap noodles in ancient times. But this kind of cultivation is also rare.

"Please calm down, Uncle Basil. The mention of the title made Egil want to laugh. So he was even happier: "You should have heard that Pugachev guy colluded with the Arabs and then wanted to attack us, so we defeated them." Kings and dukes of other countries can testify. ”

"That's not how I see it. Basil snorted coldly and stared at Egil's eyes: "Who knows if those people have any collusion with you." Or simply, you've fooled them too - you're the biggest liar and villain in the world. I've known this for a long time. And take 10,000 steps back. Even if what you say is true. So what does it have to do with me?! I just care, you have now annexed the whole of Crimea. This allows your fleet to head south at any time and attack the territory of the Empire. Or march from Crimea and attack my territory in Greece?!

"You're overthinking. Egil shrugged: "It was really just an accident. ”

"If that's the case, give me the evidence!" Basil said reluctantly, "Exit the Crimean Peninsula." Only Kherson is kept for use as a port. The rest of the territory was returned to the Cossacks!"

Hearing Basil say this, Egil rose up and shouted at Basil: "There are no more Cossacks! It is now the territory of the Normans! They are not Cossacks, but the inhabitants of the Crimean province of the empire! They are my people!" Egil was also a little angry: "The empire has never happened yet. There are examples of land lost without a single battle. You want me to get out of Crimea. Simple. It's good to fight. If you win, let me withdraw from Crimea, I can take my life!"

"-You?!" Hearing Egil suddenly harden. Basil was a little discouraged, looked at Egil viciously for a moment, and finally snorted coldly—now, though Basil II did not want to admit it. But the fact is that the Norman Empire's overall national power has slowly, slowly begun to surpass the Eastern Roman Empire under his command - which makes Basil II very confused - why its own Rome is getting poorer and poorer because it is obviously a militaristic empire. And the Norman Empire is getting stronger and stronger as if nothing is happening?

And on that day - Egil's speech in Cam Ranh Bay outside Constantinople. After this period of circulation, it has long been listened to by Basil. At the same time, the Roman emperor sighed, and at the same time, he was even more confused about the rise of the Norman Empire and the future of the Roman Empire.

"In short, however, it is absolutely necessary to limit the continued expansion of the Normans. That's true. Basil thought. At the same time he snorted lightly, and continued, "Then what are you going to do? You must give an account to the Roman Empire." Otherwise, don't think that I really don't dare to touch you!"

The corners of Egil's mouth turned up when he heard Basil say this. He smiled again, then sat down and snapped his fingers, telling Sonya, who had been standing behind him in a gothic loli outfit, to reload her glass with a new cup and pour new lemonade with ice cubes—for some time, Egil had noticed that Sonia had been following him in men's clothes. It's a not-so-good behavior. Because of Sonya's barren figure, many people will mistake her for a cute boy. and then mistakenly thinks Egil is a.

In particular, two days earlier, Egil had returned the dead fat prince of Antioch, Persimonte, in Egil the ones he had given to Egil. Egil looks down on the so-called "beauty" with large pores, and after hearing about the fact that Egil has been taking Sonia with him. After pretending to be clever enough to send a few prostitutes to Egil......

"Let's change into a maid's costume from now on. "Who is Egil, after seeing that group of lovely boys, I figured out what the crux of the problem was. Turning to Sonya, she said something like that weakly.

“...... Huh?" Sonia wasn't stupid either, and after analyzing the current situation a little, she clutched her chest and fell to the ground. From this point of view, the power of public opinion is really powerful. Even a tyrant as strong as Egil, a master like Sonya, had to be swayed by it.

Without further ado, after hearing Basil II's question, Egil snorted lightly, seeing through Basil II's fierce and restrained true posture, he couldn't help but feel a little disdainful, and secretly mocked in his heart, I don't know when the invincible Roman Empire in the world will also rely on diplomatic blackmail to live...... However, the Eastern Roman Empire still has a lot of use - at least until the Mongols are defeated, Egil does not want to turn against this old power.

"Of course, I'll give you an explanation, Uncle Basil. Thinking of this, Egil smiled and said, "What do you want? a better trade policy, a more favorable religious policy, or some Norman tribute? Otherwise, how about I give you a few Norman beauties?

"-- I want the island of Cyprus. Basil's words made Egil's smile suddenly cold......

At the same time, on a Gobi desert more than 120 kilometers from Jerusalem, people are dizzy when the sun shines......

"Damn it, why is such a holy place called a holy place?!" complained Albert II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, as he opened his water bag and poured a large gulp of water. The "grunting" sound made by the throat envy of the soldiers around them, who had been marching continuously for almost a day. The food was not too much of a problem. However, drinking water is quite difficult. Right now, my throat is smoking.

Seeing the eyes of the soldiers around him, Albert II cursed in his heart, and then remembered what Alexander had done back then. Then he poured the water bag over the heads of the others, and asked as he poured, "My soldiers, have you drunk any water?"

However, there are some things that some people will do well and others will be considered brainless when they do them. Albert's doing so did not resonate with any of the soldiers at all. On the contrary, many people sneered, "Bastards, shameful waste of water resources!" -- but who made the family emperor? So the soldiers, despite their dissatisfaction, still replied weakly: "Yes, what cool water!

Hearing the soldiers say this, Albert's self-esteem was greatly satisfied. While fantasizing: "Thousands of years from now, will there be people who will sing about what I have done - it must be, because I am such a great emperor......

In the middle of the masction, I heard the soldiers in front of me suddenly shouting: "Water! It's a river!! I see the river!!" )