Chapter 184: Layout

Liu Qi said: "According to the current information. The common enemies of Persia and the Great Eclipse were the Great Qin and the Crusaders. Great Qin's enemies were Persia, Great Eclipse, and Crusaders. Both Persia and Dashi are Arabs who believe in Islam. The Crusaders were ostensibly dealing with the Arabs who had occupied Jerusalem. And Persia, through which our food route must pass, is actually an Islamic country where the Lord opposes the Crusaders. ”

Ouyang pointed to the map and said, "Now that all parties are not clear about our identity, we must at least know what our position is." In the past two days, there have been many envoys from all sides, and they all hope that we will be on their side. The Persian prince himself said that if we expelled the crusaders, we would be allowed to establish permanent cities and wars in Persia. And allow us to station troops of no more than five thousand people in these places. It is undeniable that Persian women are in good shape. ”

"......" Han Shizhong Khan, this thinking jump is too powerful, so he asked: "My lord, what does this have to do with us?" "Ask the Persians to send a guide and allow the army to pass, Han Shizhong has a lot of dealings with the Persians. What a woman, he really didn't pay attention.

"Tell me about it." Ouyang Dao: "I personally think that in fact, Daqin, who is the smallest now, still has the strength to fight back. After all, they are still a country. Whether it is a big food or a Persian, they all live as a tribal unit, and it is easy to be divided and not to mention, and there is no cohesion. The only thing strange to me is that the Orthodox countries of the unified faith seem to be in a state of mutual ***. ”

Both generals nodded, and Han Shizhong said: "Last year, we lobbied Persia to give way, but they were unwilling before. But after we bought the clans, everything became simple. For example, what the Persian prince wanted us to stop the Crusaders from potentially invading Persia, but not worried that the Crusaders would be bad for the Great Eclipse. Although they are the same denomination, they are the most numerous. But the Arabs are definitely the least combative. Unless they have a strong leader. ”

Liu Qi said: "For example, Wanyan Aguta, he can integrate all the Jurchen tribes to form a force. But as far as we know, there are no such people in Arabia at the moment. ”

Ouyang asked, "What about General Zhang?" ”

"I'll let him rest first."

"Call him, and the two women he saved, I have something to ask him." Ouyang frowned.

Following the chapter column were two masked women, Ouyang was a little puzzled, this Great Qin believed in Orthodox Christianity, the Greek branch. Women don't cover their faces, right? After asking, he listened to Zhang Liang's answer, and Ouyang Leng was stunned for three seconds.

"Back to my lords, they said it was because they were so beautiful. said it was a poisonous snake that would seduce a man or something, so he covered his face. ”

"Yes, I can listen to Greek."

"Porridge?" Zhang Liang hurriedly said: "They learn fast and can listen to Chinese." ”

Han Shizhong said: "Zhang Lan, you rescued unrelated people without authorization, causing a gap between my Song and the countries. Do you have the heart to intercede, but you don't know how to plead guilty? ”

The chapter column said: "Is it because they are fighting?" ”

"Sure enough, it's a red face." Ouyang smiled bitterly, Zhang Liang didn't know why he was trapped. Ouyang Yi pointed and said, "You two have a veil under it, Ben Qin is not used to talking to people like this. ”

The two women looked at each other, unveiled their veils, and the hall lit up ......]

Ouyang reprimanded: "Don't light it, save candles, it's not easy to transport it." "It's really difficult to transport supplies, and the front line is too long. This is also a concern that Song Jun's top management has always had. Once the Persians turned around and harassed the logistical lines, the army could only return with a heavy defeat. Taking precautions, the Song army is now saving all kinds of resources. If it weren't for this worry, it would not have been possible to retreat a hundred miles and avoid attrition with the Crusaders.

"This one's called Knicks, this one's called Gaia." Chapter column introduction. The two women are indeed very unusual in appearance, tall and tall, with black hair and blue eyes, and they are discharged in a blink of an eye. But the three people in front of them were all outstanding young people of the first rank of the Great Song Dynasty, and the low reaction was very unexpected by these two women.

Ouyang ordered: "Pull it out and cut it." ”

"Yes!" The two guards responded immediately, although they felt that Ouyang was too bad, but the order was to be resolutely carried out.

The woman named Gaia asked in unfluent Chinese, "What is chopping?" ”

"......" a group of men Mu Ran.

Zhang Column hurriedly stopped: "My lord, why? ”

Ouyang Dao: "One of their names is the name of the Earth Mother in Greek mythology, and the other is the name of the goddess of the night. Mary next door, when Lao Tzu is an idiot, take two fake names to shake me. ”

"Slow!" "My name is Minya, the daughter of an Orthodox bishop, and she is my handmaiden. ”

Ouyang ignored his soft submission and asked: "General Han, how to deal with the concealment in the army and the failure to report?" ”

"The heavy ones are beheaded, and the light ones are twenty military sticks." Although Han Shizhong didn't know what Ouyang meant, he immediately ordered: "Come on, pull down and fight." ”

"Yes!"

The two women were pulled down, and Ouyang explained: "These people have *** seedlings, they can hide it, they won't believe us." Without forceful measures, we will not be able to obtain useful information. ”

Liu Qi asked, "Do adults think they are useful?" ”

"Of course, I suspect that they are in control of the next bishop. Great Qin still has a certain amount of power now, and the bishop's influence is very great, even greater than that of the emperor. If this bishop candidate is what we choose to provide...... "At that time, the bishop of the country was the largest in the country, and the resistance of Great Qin was ***, so there must be no orthodox bishop. And the crusaders have been detaining and treating these two women, and it must be for this reason. Bold assumptions, careful verification, standard police style.

Han Shizhong nodded: "Erect a puppet!" General Liu. ”

"The last general!"

"Let the local residents help, and send spies to contact the remnants of the powerful people in Daqin."

"Yes! This will be arranged. Liu Qi took the order and left.

The two women, with their buttocks completely bloody, were pulled back into the hall. The soldier who was executing did not release the slightest amount of water, otherwise he would have received forty sticks. Ouyang didn't shy away from it, so he rummaged through them directly. But even the shoes were torn open, and the flute found nothing of value. Ouyang asked, "Where is the inheritance thing?" "It can't be dictated, otherwise it won't be credible.

"Nope!" Minya replied.

"It can't be nothing." Ouyang Dao: "Just because your identity is not enough to make everyone trust, you must leave the bishop's suicide note." If you don't want to suffer any more, I advise you to hand it over honestly. ”

"Nope." Minya gritted her teeth.

Ouyang's hand touched the maid's face, and Mingya's eyes blinked. Ouyang's heart moved, and he took off the handmaid's veil. This made the maid panic. Ouyang knew that he was on topic, took the veil and looked at the candlelight, there was no text, at most he could only see a few gold threads of noble luxury. Take off Minya's veil again, and it's almost identical.

Ouyang took two veils and pondered, of course this bishop was preparing this thing when there was danger, and he must also think that his daughter would not be able to escape. The consequences of the veil falling into the hands of the enemy were severe. If a bishop is not appointed, the resistance will inevitably fight over the bishopric position. The Crusaders suddenly attacked and besieged Constantinople for more than half a month, which was enough time to demonstrate *** people and engage in some mechanical means.

And what is even more puzzling is De Froe's attitude, who wants these two women very much. Even corpses do. Apparently De Froey had the same doubts as himself. But none of them could find anything useful. Without thinking, the two of them ran away.

Ouyang thought about it, and overlapped the two veils, but was surprised to find that the golden threads did not match. Maybe it was a manual mistake, Ouyang didn't believe in evil, turned the veil in it, overlapped it together, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were words written on it. But...... It's Greek, and I don't know it.

"Bastard." Mingya shouted Greek and pounced on Ouyang despite the pain.

Bai Lian was prepared on the side, picked up the handle of the knife and smashed it on the head, and Ming Ya immediately fainted. Ouyang ordered: "White Lotus, you take twenty Qin guards to guard these two people and give them some medicine." A living person is worth more than a corpse. ”

"Yes!" White Lotus instructed the guards: "Pull it down." ”

As soon as Han Shizhong and the others dragged them away, he slapped the table and shouted: "Zhang Lan, you are getting bolder and bolder, I will order before setting off that you must not get involved in the national struggle unless you defend yourself." You have served as the protector of Great Qin. Do you know how much Your Majesty has high hopes for the Silk Road? You are vain in your grace, but as a general, you don't know how to judge the time, you can be guilty. ”

"The last will be convicted." Zhang Column hurriedly knelt down on one knee. He had little contact with the two women, having arranged for them to be cared for by the merchant's wife. I didn't expect these two people to have such a mission.

"It's good that General Liu is not here, otherwise you would definitely be held accountable. Considering that you did not lose face in this battle, this crime will be recorded for the time being. ”

"General Xie."

Han Shizhong waved his hand: "Let's go out!" ”

"Yes!"

After the people went out, Ouyang saw that Han Shizhong was looking forward to seeing him, and said ashamedly: "General Han is not a man of God, I really don't know this text." However, it can be transcribed and divided into several paragraphs for the person who understands the word to translate. "There are a few people in the Song army who can speak Persian, and if you find someone who understands Persian and Greek, you can translate the above text. This can't be blamed on Ouyang, this learning of foreign languages mainly depends on whether its national strength is strong or not, and a small country like Greece really can't be put on the table. Look at *** people again, although it is annoying, but why Japanese is popular is because of strong economic strength. Otherwise, the African x indigenous languages would have entered the nine-year compulsory education long ago.

The Crusaders had taken Constantinople two years earlier, although the occupation had begun by burning and looting. Don't say that the Europeans are civilized, because they can't be uncivilized in the future, and the history of Europe's development for more than 1,000 years is a history of robbery. Pick up the previous though, there is necessarily but. But since then, the Crusader rulers have adopted a policy of softness and division. And began to use not too drastic means to change the beliefs of the locals.

When it comes to faith, it's something that can take people out of the way of normal thinking. For example, the belief of *** has indeed surpassed physical resistance to torture. And the beliefs of various denominations are naturally the same. However, because TNT did not appear and had a monopoly on gunpowder, or because Deng Ge was not yet born, there were no terrorist attacks such as suicide bombs. Most of the people of Great Qin gathered in a few areas that were not occupied to resist the forces. And the placement of eyeliner will naturally not be less.

The strong entry of the Song army soon became a heavyweight weight on the scales, and whichever side the Song army fell towards could obtain the greatest benefits. Moreover, the abundant resources of the Song Dynasty and the advanced productive forces were all expected by several parties. De Frooy naturally hoped to work with the Song army to eradicate the resistance of Great Qin, who in turn hoped to regain the lost ground. The Great Eclipse hoped to expel the Crusaders, and Persia hoped to weaken the Crusaders and the Great Qin Resistance.

According to the analysis, the Persians could not be offended, otherwise they would have to go to war head-on to ensure the grain route. Persia is not a small country, and I don't know if it will be the year of the monkey. Ouyang thought that it was more troublesome to fight Persia than to fight France. After all, the French have a good personality to deal with, well, and Italy is not bad. A few countries can't touch the will, and the people are too fierce. Thinking left, continue to analyze. It was best for the Crusaders to coexist peacefully, as trade would be important for the Mediterranean countries in the future. The big food is relatively far away, and the war has been very happy in the past few years, so you can ignore it. The resistance forces of Great Qin are basically on the defensive now, and it doesn't matter if they are offended or not.

The above is an analysis from the disadvantages, and Ouyang continued to analyze the benefits. Among the benefits, supporting the Great Qin resistance forces is the most oily. Once you help him restore the country, it is very easy to negotiate by cutting a few pieces of land as a military and merchant station. There are also many benefits in terms of big food, especially the tribe is easy to divide and is very promising. The Crusaders were the most indiscriminate choice, and each city had its lords sealed, and now they were reluctant to spit it out. And after all, it is a lone army, and it may not be *** in the future. And cooperating with Daqin, it may be possible to occupy an area for up to 100 years, 200 years, and even assimilate nearby residents and become a territory in the middle of the Song Dynasty.

Ouyang took a chair and sat on the edge of the bed, smiling at Mingya who was lying on the bed and glaring at him. Ouyang saw his attitude and explained: "You don't know, this is the rule in Song. Lying is to be beaten. ”

Mingya understood the meaning, but it was still difficult to express it, and she thought for a long time before asking, "What do you want?" ”

Ouyang Dao: "I have decided to support you against the abominable crusaders. ”

"What are the conditions?" Ming Ya was overjoyed at first, but when she saw Ouyang's big bad wolf's expression, her heart immediately palpitated.

"The condition is that Constantinople belongs to the territory of the Song State." Ouyang has seen that this Constantinople is close to the sea, dividing Asia and Europe into two sides. Moreover, its land can reach the Black Sea, which is the only passage of the Black Sea out of the high seas, and there is no need to say about water transportation. From the land point of view, this place is a place where soldiers must fight, there are countries in the southeast, northwest and northwest to go, and it is the throat of Asia into Europe and Europe into Asia. Constantinople has a total of 16 large and small cities, with a population of more than 500,000 people, a mild climate, and rich real estate. Definitely a great place to stay in a first class.

“？” Mingya obviously didn't understand what Ouyang meant.

Ouyang patiently explained: "Constantinople was robbed, weren't you?" ”

"Yes!"

"Now I want to ask you to exchange what others have stolen in exchange for our support for you." Ouyang said: "Very, very cost-effective deal. However, don't be perfunctory, once you get it back in the future, you must be sworn by the bishop, and this place will permanently belong to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. However, I can guarantee that Song's garrison here will not only not oppress you, but will provide you with the necessary protection. ”

"I think you're overestimating me." Mingya said: "Don't say it's me, no one in the country can be the master now." ”

"Not really. But for a religious country. The bishop is the leader. As long as you cooperate with us to appoint a bishop, the bishop will be able to unite the forces. Then cooperate with our Song army to expel the crusaders from your country. ”

"This proposal ......" Ming Ya thought about it and turned to look at Ouyang: "The proposal is good, but I can't see any sincerity in your eyes." ”

"This is the decree of God. This was an order from the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. No one, including the emperor himself, could change it. Ouyang took out the holy decree and read: "Fengtian...... After taking Constantinople, the Song army was not allowed to engage in any provocation or any other behavior, and regarded the country with conspiracies against the Great Qin State as an enemy state. Ouyang received the holy decree and said: "In the future, we can make a friendly treaty, and I have the best face in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible to violate the treaty." ”

"En......" Mingya was still pondering.

Ouyang smiled: "Actually, no matter what, you have no loss at all. After all, you are currently in danger of destroying the country and the religion. Even if we don't keep our word in the future, you will be a crusader again. And at that time, we didn't keep our promises, didn't we happen to be in your encirclement? ”

It makes sense, Mingya asked rhetorically: "Aren't you afraid that we won't be trustworthy?" ”

Ouyang Zhengse said: "My Great Song Dynasty has always been to convince people with virtue. Exchanging sincerity for sincerity is the noble character of our nation in foreign exchanges. As the saying goes, what people give me, I give to people. Believe me, I'm genuine. ”

"I finally see sincerity in your eyes." Minya nodded: "I'll do my best." ”

After getting rid of the little girl, Ouyang met with the Persian prince. Both sides were polite and nonsense, and Ouyang expressed his heartfelt thanks to Persia for giving way. The Persian prince was polite, and he had heard about China for a long time. Ouyang echoed and scolded his mother in his stomach, will you smell it for a long time without 10,000 pieces of silk?

After turning to the topic, Ouyang said: "Prince, you can rest assured about what you said. The Crusaders would not invade again. And the remnants of Great Qin could not pose a threat to Persia. ”

The prince asked through the translator: "I want to know the details and the plans of the Song army, so I can return to my father." ”

Ouyang Dao: "The prince should know that only a *** country can have no threat to Persia." ”

"Well, but how?"

"It's simple." Ouyang took out a simple map and said: "From Persia to Constantinople, although the Song army has expelled the Crusader occupation at present, the prince knows that we can't stretch the battle line so long. So wanted to give part of the territory to Persia. Of course, on the bright side, it is natural that our two countries are at odds with each other. Then this northwest piece was naturally occupied by Daqin. But in Constantinople will be taken over by our Song army. In this way, Daqin was cut off by our Song army and became two parts. And we and Persia have become echoes of each other. General Liu, you explain. Ouyang said to Liu Qi, who had been only watching and not speaking.