"What are you going to do?"

Constantine stopped Laszlo and asked about the purpose of the visitor.

Bishop Edmund was just about to say something, when a middle-aged man came from a distance, trotted all the way to a few people, and saluted Constantine and a few people,

"Archbishop Carlos Luzignan of Antioch has seen you."

and then rebuked Edmund, the old man who called himself Patriarch of Antioch,

"Edmund, what are you doing here? Don't go back soon. ”

Edmund glanced at him disdainfully, and didn't bother to say anything, which angered Carlos even more,

"Heretic, damn heretic, I'm an archbishop personally appointed by His Majesty the Pope, and you dare not listen to me?"

"I'm an Orthodox Christian, and your pope can't control me." Edmund spoke in a flat tone, indifferent to Carlos's fury display.

Carlos also wanted to refute Edmund, but was stopped by Constantine in time,

"Okay, we're not here to listen to you quarrel, let's talk about things if we have something!"

Carlos stopped, smiling flatteringly,

"It's not a big deal, it's just too happy that after hundreds of years, the Crusaders have finally come to this land again,"

Speaking of this, he pretended to wipe his eyes,

"We, the remnants of the crusaders, rejoiced when we heard that you were coming, and our brothers in Western Europe have not forgotten us!"

"For this reason, we have specially held a dinner party in the city, and I hope that several Your Majesty and the Grand Duke will participate in it, and I am very honored to wait."

Alfonso smiled, and didn't hold it up,

"Don't worry, a few of us will be there."

Alfonso will definitely not refuse the overtures of local interest groups, they outsiders, although they are powerful, but they can't stop people from secretly stumbling, it is best to be able to cooperate, not to mention that the enemy's army is about to arrive, and it is not a good thing to have an internal conflict at this time.

Hearing Alfonso's promise, Carlos saluted again, and then dragged the reluctant Edmund away, although Edmund tried to speak several times during the period, but in the end he did not say anything.

"It looks like it's worse than we thought." Alfonso sighed, looking at the two people in the distance, a little helpless.

"yes, but that's what I expected." Constantine, on the other hand, was relatively calm, and it was not surprising that he had not participated in the synod, and every time he made a decision to unite the churches, he would be subjected to all kinds of white eyes, or even worse, when he returned to the country, and that was nothing.

"By the way," Alfonso seemed to suddenly remember something,

"What about the Arabs in the city?"

According to the Crusader tradition, all the Arabs in the city were to be expelled or killed, as was the case when Jerusalem was first captured.

"It's better to leave it alone, after all, it won't affect us." Constantine suggested.

Constantine tried not to show obvious ethnic and religious tendencies, after all, under his rule, there were still many foreigners, or pagans and the like, and the Greek Orthodox Church was not very exclusive to pagans, at least compared to Catholicism.

"Well, I'll have to deal with Harry first, I heard that the Mamluks he brought this time are equipped with Damascus scimitars, which are sharp weapons."

They didn't talk for long, they had just entered the city, the army needed to be repaired, the supplies needed to be moved into the city, the camp outside had to be dismantled so as not to be used by Harry, etc., and there were many more things.

In the evening, after the guests had enjoyed a feast, Constantine returned to his lodgings a little drunk, for he was not very fond of drunkenness, for when drunk, he was more likely to be deceived.

picked up a puff of water, washed his face, and forcibly made himself feel a lot more energetic,

"Your Majesty, Patriarch Edmund asks to see you."

The guards came in to report it, but of course he didn't know the identity of the outsider, but he had just heard him call himself the Patriarch.

"Edmund," Constantine murmured, pondering the necessity of seeing Edmund.

"Bring him in."

In the end, Constantine decided to meet him and hear Edmund's purpose before he could know if it would be useful to him.

With a burst of footsteps, Edmund appeared in front of Constantine, and with a simple chest salute, he couldn't wait to speak,

Constantine did not look up at him, but sat down in his chair, put his hands on the armrests, and simply pointed to the seat next to him, motioning for him to sit down first.

Edmund sat down helplessly, and then spoke,

"Please save us, Your Majesty!"

Seeing Edmund's serious tone, Constantine also became serious,

"What's going on? Let's talk about it carefully. ”

With Edmonton's words, things gradually became clear,

It turned out that Carlos relied on himself to be the archbishop of Antioch appointed by the Pope himself, and the family territory of Cyprus was close to Antioch, so he persecuted Orthodox Christians in Antioch, and the governor at that time, Catona, was also happy to see it, and did not stop Carlos's behavior, and many Orthodox Christians were forced to leave Antioch and go to Egypt, Anatolia and other regions, and there were fewer and fewer Orthodox Christians left there.

"What do you want me to do?" Constantine rubbed his head, embarrassed.

Edmund snorted, slightly embarrassed,

"If only Carlos could be abolished as Archbishop..."

"Impossible!" Constantine directly refused, joking, there were a lot of domestic affairs, and he still wanted him to come here to wade into troubled waters, Antioch had been separated from the empire for hundreds of years, and the current Byzantium had no strength to interfere.

Edmund wanted to say more, but Constantine interrupted him,

"At most, I can crown you as Patriarch of Antioch, and I won't be involved in anything else."

This is already the limit of what Constantine can do, and there is one thing that Constantine did not say, where the Luzignan family, Constantine will definitely mention it, but this can only be done, not said.

Edmund is not discouraged to get such an ending, which is already a good result.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Edmund stepped forward and kissed his hand and left consciously.

Watching the white robe slowly move away, Constantine couldn't help but shake his head, this person looks like a fairy, but in fact, he still can't escape the desires of the world, he just looks at bluffing.

And internationally, with the fall of Antioch, the entire Near East was shaken, and Harry also got the news and accelerated his pace.

Constantine and the others only knew that Harry would arrive in a few days, but the specific time was not clear, so they did not dare to slack off, and seized the time to start the countermeasures.

At this time, Antioch was like a big construction site, the collapsed city walls had to be repaired simply, the mud from the collapse of the mountain had to be cleaned up, the fallen soldiers had to be buried, time passed slowly, and supplies were continuously transferred through Cyprus, so that the Crusader soldiers did not have to worry about survival.

After all, the Arab region was a desert a long time ago, and food production was really not abundant, and if you relied on local supplies, you might have to starve to death in Antioch, so you don't have to worry about this problem now.

After a few days, Harry finally saw the walls of Antioch, and it was obvious that the traces of the collapse of the walls had not yet been fully repaired, and Harry had learned the reason for the fall of Antioch from the rout in the city very early.

Since Harry did not hide his whereabouts, the city sentries quickly discovered Harry's presence.

"My lord, it seems that we have been spotted on the other side." A knight reminded,

"Are you stupid? They are not blind, so how can they not see us. ”

Harry wasn't very polite, but the knights were already surprised, and the scolder just lowered his head and smiled embarrassedly.

"Leave them alone, set up camp first, and then go to call the battle tomorrow." Harry took his horsewhip, waved it a few times, and returned to the army.