Becoming a Frontier Count is not a big deal.

What really shook Jerusalem was that Lothar stood clearly in opposition to the regent Raymond.

After Lothar exchanged pleasantries with the nobles, the smile on her face gradually faded.

Hans, dressed in a red and white robe, stepped forward at this time: "My lord, I have to congratulate you on your promotion to the rank of Bianbo, which reminds me of the two illustrious royal families in our world, and you happen to be one of them. ”

"You're talking about Brandenburg and Austria."

The former, the land of the Hohenzollern royal family; The latter was the place where the Habsburg royal family flourished.

The Teutonic Knights, to which Hans belonged, were also placed under the rule of the Prussian king, who was also the Elector of Brandenburg, in the setting of yesterday's giant ship.

"That's because only these two border states are worth remembering in the history books, and how many of the sixteen frontier states set up by the Frankish Empire in Billia, such as 'Roussillon', 'Barcelona', 'Bessaro', and 'Girona', have been left to the present?"

Hans smiled and said, "You are right, you are not distinguished by the title of Bianbo, but by the title of Bianbo." ”

Lothar was a little helpless: "Okay, don't praise me yourself, I've heard too many similar words today, and no matter how much, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself, and I'm going to be fluttering." ”

"Hans, Your Majesty has the intention to let you replace me as the Grand Master of the Royal Knights.

"I think it's the opposite, with you behind me, I, the commander, can do more securely."

Lothar patted Hans on the shoulder: "No one will think that if you replace me as the Grand Master of the Royal Knights, it means that you have betrayed me.

Hans, I've been watching you grow and look forward to seeing the day when you're truly on your own. ”

Hanston felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.

Immediately, he was a little helpless: "My lord, I think my burden is already very heavy, don't think about calling me like Curs." ”

Lothar couldn't help but laugh and said, "You stinky boy. ”

He rolled over and came to the horse: "Farewell to Your Majesty for me, I will return to Hebron with Prajna, Fryn and Cellinina." ”

"You really sound like you're on your honeymoon."

"In your eyes, I'm the kind of person who is greedy for pleasure?"

Hans recalled, shook his head, and said, "No, that's why it sounds, my lord, you can go with confidence, and I'll leave it to me." ”

"Well, there is something to discuss with Uldin, he is a very decent man, and although I hate you because of your blood, I feel that you should get along."

Lothar commanded, and raised his horsewhip.

The two hussars bowed slightly to Hans, and then followed behind Lothar, raising the banner of the double-headed eagle and heading in the direction of the Constance manor.

…

When they returned to the manor, Flynn and Cellynina had not yet returned.

Sitting on a chaise longue in the courtyard, the water from the fountain shimmers in the sunlight.

"All the best?"

"Well, all the best."

The conversation between the two men was very tacit, and the two hussars who followed Lothar retreated very consciously, leaving the empty courtyard to the two of them.

"When are we leaving?"

"In the afternoon, we'll see how Cellynina is doing in the past two days."

"Hmm."

Lothar took out the chaise longue and sat down opposite Prajna: "Gallic Wars, translate it to me." ”

"You've listened to me tell stories every night, and it's time to pay it back."

Praruo frowned slightly: "It's obvious that Flynn is pestering you to speak, but if you want to hear it, I'll read it to you." ”

Lothar's ears rang out with a soft voice.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, letting the glimmer of light shine through the gaps in the leaves on his face.

Listening to Prajna's story, he quickly put himself in the shoes of Julius Caesar, who led his legions to Gaul.

There were some exaggerations in it, but Lothar learned a lot.

Long.

Prajna paused and asked, "Do you feel anything?" ”

"Vitochinli is a formidable man, but unfortunately the Gauls, although they are of the same language, are only a loose alliance, and if they can really unite under Vitochinli's men and carry out his guerrilla warfare and scorched earth strategy, Caesar may be defeated."

Lothar's tone paused slightly, and then he said: "It's the same with Saladin, and the same is true with Egypt under Adil, this is my chance to win the big with the small, and defeat the strong with the weak." ”

Prajna said softly, "It's good if you have feelings." ”

Lothar nodded: "I'm a little tired, Pranya, remember the first request, when I was camping?" ”

"Want a knee pillow?"

"Hmm."

"Come on, then."

There was no obvious fluctuation in Prajna's voice, making Lothar a little unsure if she really wanted to.

He hesitated, tentatively pulled the chaise longue closer, and gradually lay down.

It's soft to the touch.

You can smell a surging fragrance.

Prajna unfolded the old book in his hand and said, "Do you want to continue listening?" ”

"No, I want to think about something."

He quickly relaxed, and neither of them felt anything unusual because of this level of intimacy.

Everything fell into place.

He quickly cleared his mind and focused on his newfound reward.

Byzantium is very similar to the Eastern Empire of this world, it cannot be said to be exactly the same, but it is not bad.

Caesar, Octavian, Trajan, Hadrian, Belisarius... The world also has its own trajectory.

The mounted cavalry of the Eastern Empire was a typical heavy shock cavalry.

Heavy tanks that carry out a frontal assault on the enemy's formation are less mobile than the Crusader knights, because their opponents are infantry phalanxes formed in formation.

And the Crusader cavalry was so versatile, both to charge the infantry and cavalry, and even to dismount at critical moments.

Heavy archers sound strange, like a game or a made-up class.

After all, the advantage of the cavalry archers is mobility, and if they are fully clothed and equipped with men and horses, wouldn't they be able to use their weaknesses and avoid their strengths?

But in fact, not only the Eastern Empire, but also Sassanid Persia, as well as the Mamluk cavalry of Saracen, had a considerable part of them in the sequence of heavy archers.

The advantage of this kind of cavalry is that it can shoot at close range, and after shooting, it can use a war hammer, ride a spear, and engage in hand-to-hand combat, to put it bluntly, it is an equipped cavalry that can shoot arrows.

It is not much different from the barracks unlocked by the mounted spear in Hans's hand.

In terms of cost performance, the cost performance of this cavalry can be described as extremely low, and the practicality is not high, because it is too expensive.

But that doesn't mean they're not strong.

They were better suited than hussars to charge enemy infantry phalanxes from the front or from the flanks.

Even the wealthy Eastern Empire now has only a small number of mounted cavalry.

Among them, although there is the loss of horse breeding land in Asia Minor, and the mountainous Balkan region, which is more suitable for infantry combat.

But the flashiness of the mounted cavalry is definitely one of the reasons.

"Having such an army is not necessarily more practical than getting a hussar, but surely all enemies will think that I am rich."

Lothar had such an idea in her mind.

However, he was pleasantly surprised that the Woodland Elf Archer was able to enter the combat sequence in advance.

The historical Battle of Agincourt was not so much a victory for the English longbowmen over the French knights as it was the result of stumbling over horses, rejecting horses, trapping horses, and terrain such as marshes.

In fact, the bow and arrow could not penetrate the defenses of the French knights dressed in full-covered plate armor.

But a light infantry comparable to the English longbowmen was still of great value to Lothar.

This means that the biggest shortcoming of his army has been filled.

You must know that if an army can only be beaten and does not fight back, the blow to morale will be extremely huge.

At the same time, having an infantry archer is also a great threat to the enemy's cavalry archers.

During the expedition to Parthia, Crassus of the Roman Triumvirate was defeated by the archers, who were good at cavalry and archery, because they were not equipped with enough light infantry.

And when the Romans came back and were equipped with a large number of light infantry, Parthia was by no means a match for the Romans in the field.

Here, at the same time, it is also the advantage zone of the hoplite archers - almost unafraid of the fire of the enemy's foot archers.

Holding the riding bow in his hand, he also dared to shoot at the opposite stepping bow.

In addition, the ability of the Tree of Life to split the offspring is also crucial, after all, although the territory under his command is vast, it is full of useless deserts.

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Once all the desert can be converted into arable land, his territory will be able to feed at least a million people.