Boredom stirred the bonfire, Andreu Ucho yawned lightly, but his mind didn't know where to run at all,

During the day, Giannotto's words made him feel very longing, and he had never met with the nobles and nobles, although he had heard that the nobles lived a comfortable life, and the knights and lords were all high-sounding and heroic, and had always been the objects of praise from the mouths of the clergy and merchants, and those who were well-informed had always praised the character of great men, and Constantine XI, as the emperor of the Romans, was famous in Christendom. Even the most lonely countryman had heard of the great deeds of this emperor, and such a figure could be seen, which made him feel a little trance.

"If only I could go to Constantinople"

Andrei Ucho muttered, his eyes staring straight at the dancing flames, his heart full of fantasy.

"There will be a chance, if you want to."

Andrei Ucho turned his head suddenly, and was about to stand up, but found that it was only Giannotto, so he sat down again.

"Giannotto? Why didn't you go to rest? ”

"I can't sleep, but I can get to the Broner Pass tomorrow, and it doesn't matter if I'm a little more tired today."

Giannotto sat down next to Andrei Ucho, put his hand on the fire and roasted it, in fact, if it weren't for the heavy cold, Giannotto wouldn't even have planned to make a fire, not for anything else, just to prevent the enemy from discovering their whereabouts.

"Don't worry, the enemy usually comes in the first half of the night, in so many days, I haven't seen any wave of enemies come in the second half of the night, it's so late, don't they need to rest?"

Andreu Ucho comforted Gianoto's worries with a big grin, but it was true.

"I hope so!"

Shaking his head, Giannotto didn't argue, but his vigilance didn't relax because of the other party's comfort.

I don't know when, probably after the plague that spread across Europe, from the east to the west, from Constantinople to London, from Sealand to the old city of Tunisia, the whole European world was wailing under the iron hooves of the plague, the legal and moral system began to collapse completely, the sound judicial system became full of holes, and the feudal kings were still waging wars during this time, such as the Ottoman conquest wars at that time, which were often large-scale battles of 100,000 people, and the population began to decline sharply, so that it was ten rooms and nine empty, In the east, India and Persia were further east to replenish the population, but Western Europe was unable to replenish the population, and the population of Western Europe began to decline, especially the men of appropriate age, who decreased more rapidly under the effect of war.

In such a grim situation, if the monarchs were still going to start war, they had to ask thieves, thieves, robbers and other bad people to enter the army, and with the increase in the proportion of such people in the army, military discipline began to inevitably be corrupted, and the plundering of the army occurred one after another, almost unforgiving, which made people even more sigh that the people were not ancient.

The reason why the military of the Roman Empire is strong is because of the military system it implements, in fact, it is very similar to the Liangjiazi system of the Han Dynasty in China.

As the world began to be in turmoil, people's hearts began to become unstable, and if people's hearts were unstable, no one would be willing to invest in production and life, and the army's excellent military source would be cut off, and the Roman Empire wanted to restore the great cause of the past, an excellent military source was indispensable, so Constantine proposed to develop and develop greatly as soon as he took office to solve the crisis of survival, and the solution was the problem of people's stability. Entering the army can be guaranteed by the state, and people are naturally willing to train hard and join the army, and the problem of the army's military resources has been slowly solved.

The number of the army is not as much as possible, the so-called enlightened people help more, and those who lose the way are less helpful, even if Constantine does not know this sentence in ancient China, but what kind of position does the power of man occupy he is still very clear, if those good and bad people are incorporated into the army, first, they cannot guarantee their loyalty to the emperor, which has always been an important reason for the usurpation of the Roman emperor, and secondly, the financial situation at that time may not be able to satisfy their appetite, which is why Constantine did not rush to expand the army at the beginning of his tenure，

Then it is very strange, Constantine did not expand his army, without an army, how could he survive the complicated situation at that time? Without an army is death, and people want to get rid of it and then do it quickly...

But is this really the case?

No, it's still a little different from the East.

In the East, due to the high degree of unity of monarchy and theocracy, the usurper only needs to have an army loyal to himself, which can basically suppress the people below, but it is different in the West, because the imperial power and the divine power are slowly separated in the course of history, the coronation of the patriarch of Constantinople is also very important to the usurper, even if the usurper has an army loyal to himself, but he cannot withstand the interference of foreign forces, and there is another point, the Western tradition, the so-called "king should live on his own", that is, the king cannot collect taxes, Or that taxes cannot be collected alone, and taxes can only be levied under the supervision of the great nobles, minor nobles, burghers, and clergy, and the power of the king is not so covetous.

Of course, the above situation is limited to Western Europe, and the power of the Roman emperor is still very large, otherwise there are not so many people who want to usurp the throne, but with the loss of the power of the Roman emperor later, the temptation of this throne is not so great.

In this case, after solving a rebel army in the country, several other nobles were not interested in usurping the throne, anyway, Constantine wanted to carry out administrative affairs and cooperate with them, their interests were not damaged, and becoming an emperor may not necessarily be very profitable, anyway, all in all, the big nobles had a cold attitude towards the throne, and the small nobles did not dare to rebel, which is why Constantine barely survived the early stage.

Then again, as a result of the collapse of the legal and moral system, thieves and the like have proliferated dramatically on the European continent and have begun to become unscrupulous, because they know that there is no law that can bring them to justice, that there is no restraint, or that the power of restraint is not very great, so how can they not dare to do it?

"What sound?"

Giannotto's ears moved slightly, and a strange sound came from a distance, making it impossible to distinguish for a moment.

"I don't know, what's the sound?"

Andrea Ucho looked dazed, not knowing what Giannotto was talking about.

"It's not good, get out of the way!"

As soon as Giannotto's words fell, a simple wooden arrow flew slowly and stuck in the ground in front of the two, crooked, looking lethal, but the meaning it represented made the faces of the two change sharply.

"Huhu~haha~"

A large group of people approached the convoy from the east and let out a strange scream, which soon woke up the convoy staff, and the viscount was naturally among them.

"It's not good, it's a robber, run!"

I don't know who said this, it was originally the hired employees who dispersed in a hurry, but in a few breaths, they ran away without a trace, and this scene made the viscount angry.

"Damn, you are all going to hell, damned, you are going to be rejected by God, damned, damned!"

I could hear that the viscount was in a hurry, but in this environment, the angry scolding was useless except to provide the coordinates to the other party, and Giannotto naturally saw the scene here, but he didn't say much or do anything, because he didn't plan to rely on those people to do something.

"Don't skimp on the arrows, Andrei Ucho, you go and protect the Viscount, we have a fierce battle today."

After saying that, he didn't care whether Andrei Ucho should be or not, as soon as Giannotto raised his hand, the iron arrow was sent out, hitting an enemy with precision, knocking the opponent to the ground.

This scene did not make the enemy feel frightened, but on the contrary, it stimulated the ferocity of the other party, and they looked even more annoyed, and they killed this side violently.

"Damn, damn it, don't they know I'm a viscount? Aren't they afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will arrest them all and hang them? A bunch of Diao people, damn it, damn it! ”

The viscount was still scolding, obviously his anger could not be stopped for a while, and his angry scolding had already caused more serious consequences, the enemy was divided into two waves, one of which came towards the viscount, which made Andrei Ucho, who was always paying attention to the situation, break out in a cold sweat.

"Lord Viscount, don't speak, you quickly hide in the carriage, we still have a very serious battle to begin."

Forcibly stuffing the viscount into the carriage, despite the other party's angry scolding, Andrei Ucho didn't notice that his head was already sweating, but fortunately, his hands were not sweating, so he didn't have to worry about slipping, but to be on the safe side, he still wiped a few handfuls on the ground, so that his hands were covered with dust.

Holding his big shield tightly, Andrei Ucho thought about the way of Giannotto's teaching, stood firmly in place, took a deep breath, and saw that the other party was about to approach, he rushed up violently, and pressed against the other party, the other party really didn't guard against it, the sword slashed on the shield, it didn't play any role at all, and he was almost overthrown to the ground, but fortunately, the companion behind him caught it in time,

Andrea Ucho threw the big shield at the other party, picked up the small shield beside him, and looked at the three people opposite, Andrei Ucho was extremely nervous.

Some people died, but not completely......