The moonlight is hazy.

The mist that shrouded the shore cast a mysterious veil over the bright silver moon.

The fleeing girl, blocked by her flower messenger, looked at the town guards who surrounded her with a look of despair.

The boy waved the weapon in his hand: "Get out of here, don't come near us!" ”

The guard stretched out his hands and pressed them falsely:

"Calm down, boys, Aronia is the girl personally chosen by His Majesty Isaac's flag bearer, and in the future she will live a thousand times better than she does now."

"Think about it, little girl, that you will live in the palace of Nicosia, and live a life of food and clothing, and that the untouchables will have to bow down when they see you, which is the day that many people dream of."

"Come back with us, and I'll keep you all safe in the name of the captain of the Limassol City Guard."

Three people indeed.

Two and a half boys, with scythes and hoes in their hands, guarded the girl, and nervously scolded their pursuers.

"What nonsense are you talking about, everyone knows that if you enter that tyrant's palace, no girl will be able to come out alive!"

"What kind of emperor is he, Your Majesty, we all know that only the emperor of Constantinople is the real emperor!"

The captain of the guard gradually lost his patience: "Boys, stop talking nonsense. Now, stop your romantic escape at once, and go back with us. ”

"Otherwise."

One of the soldiers looked up, his gaze fixed, and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

He pointed to the misty sea: "This"

"Lucius, what are you looking at?"

The soldier, known as Lucius, suddenly opened his mouth, and he pointed into the distance: "Look, where is that ship?" ”

The crowd followed.

It was found on the surface of the sea, at this time there was a dense crowd of tall ships, waving purple eagle flags, piercing through the fog and heading towards the shore.

The soldiers exclaimed in astonishment: "It's the banner of the double-headed eagle, it's the fleet of Constantinople, they're coming to crusade against the rebellion!" ”

"What should we do?"

"Run!"

"Isaac is a puppet emperor, I don't want to throw my life in this kind of place for the ambition of those big people."

"Hurry up and inform Lord Turiados, whether it is to welcome the royal master, or to take advantage of their unstable foothold and strike at them, you have to let the adults prepare early!"

At this time, the soldiers could no longer care about arresting this little girl, in their opinion, the rebel army had arrived, and Isaac could not be the emperor for a few days.

The soldiers dispersed in a hurry.

The boys looked at the girl, "Aronia, what are we going to do?" ”

The girl was very beautiful, with a maturity on her face that was obviously not appropriate for her age, and when she heard this, she only thought for a moment, and then made up her mind: "Let's stay here." ”

…

Anna is gone.

There is only a short stop on the boat.

There was not the slightest thought of getting involved in the war.

This is also the norm for wizards, and the vast majority of spellcasters do not want to get involved in mortal wars.

This seems to be a convention, and it is also a kind of self-restraint that jade does not touch the crockpot, and the wizards are not fighting and killing, they are more willing to enjoy life.

The narrow bay here is obviously not a good harbor.

But as a landing site, it can barely be used.

Fearing the reef on the shore, the sailors lowered the small sampans hanging from the side of the ship and transported the first hundred-man detachment, along with their equipment, to the shore.

These experienced veterans began to dig up the earth with shovels and began to build rudimentary fortifications as soon as they landed on the shore.

This is the specialty of Roman veterans.

This was followed by a larger-scale landing.

No enemy stood up to stop them, and they were expected to be thrilling and lose a lot of landing, but they did not meet any resistance.

The soldiers who landed ashore began to camp in an orderly manner and receive their ordnance.

Some of the squires were armed with scythes and harvested nearby grass to mix in their mounts' fodder, which was also one of their melee weapons.

In fact, samarium sickles, flails, such weapons were all modified from agricultural tools.

On the sea.

The admiral of the fleet, who shouted for luck, hurriedly returned with his transport fleet, thinking about how to spend the rich remuneration for this trip.

In her camp, Lothar picked up a smoked eel with a loaf of white bread and munched on it, occasionally pouring two sips of wine.

I haven't finished a meal yet.

Knight Ned came out of the tent with three and a half boys.

"My lord, we caught three spies."

Lothar looked at two trembling teenagers, and a young girl whose clothes had been torn by thorns.

He frowned, "Knight Ned, this looks like two boys dating a girl - although this is immoral, what does it have to do with spies?" ”

Ned hesitated, "I'm sorry, my lord, I don't understand them, but they're lurking in the grass, snooping on the camp from afar. ”

A young man exclaimed, "We are on the run, Isaac, and we have sent someone to take Aronia as his toy, but everyone knows that none of the women who have entered Isaac's palace have lived to see the next day's sun." ”

Lothar frowned.

He has mastered Greek quite proficiently, which is also the result of learning with Prajna in recent times, with high mental power and fast learning efficiency.

"Why are you snooping on our camp if you're on the run?"

The girl calmly asked, "Are you a crusader against tyrants?" ”

Lothar nodded, "That's right, we were invited by Venerable Baselisa, Queen Regent, Lagaia Ducasse, to exterminate the usurped puppet emperor who had established himself on the island of Cyprus. ”

The girl hurriedly pulled the teenagers to their knees: "Please, noble sir, my companions and I hope to be able to get your protection, we are very capable and very good at enduring hardships. ”

Lothar looked at Prajna.

She nodded imperceptibly.

Prajna's ability to tell the difference between lies, though not outstanding, is stacked with Lothar's beastly instincts, and the chances of this kid being lying are slim to none.

Lothar waved her hand, "Take her and her two admirers down, give them a bite to eat, and assign them some chores." ”

The girl is good-looking, and she deliberately smeared mud on her face to cover it, and she is a very smart girl.

He hadn't expected anything useful from the three young men, and as expected, someone would soon come to him for a conversation.

An army of 1,000 people landed here, and it was impossible for the nearby towns and castles to be unresponsive.

If the nobles of the island of Cyprus were lax to such an extent, would they not be infested by pirates raging in the Mediterranean every day?

Sure enough, soon a group of cavalry, also flying the banner of the double-headed eagle, patrolled from afar, not daring to approach the attack, nor far away.

Heberland spoke, "My lord, do you want us to go out and drive them out?" ”

Lothar's newly expanded 100 light cavalry to serve as scouts had not yet been trained, and hussars, whose speed was comparable to light cavalry, had not yet been brought into battle.

But the knightly squires of the Teutonic Order were quite good light cavalry.

"No, I don't expect to hide it from them, I think the leader of the enemy will soon send someone to contact us."

Lothar swallowed the last bite of smoked fish with the fluffy bread into her stomach.

"Order, go down, the whole army will build improvised camps in shifts, don't consume too much physical strength, and beware of the enemy's possible attack, we will rest here tonight."

Long.

There seems to be a weighty figure on the hillside.

A light cavalry with a red background and yellow wheels galloped towards this direction.

Jeanne teased: "Heh, it seems that the lord here has once driven a chariot for a certain emperor, or won the driving championship of the Imperial Colosseum. ”

The arriving cavalry, immediately surrounded by heavily armed sergeants, raised his empty hands and signaled that he was not carrying a weapon.

"Who is the most honorable person here?"

He shouted in accented Greek.

"I am the Count of Transjordan, Lothar, you may have heard my name, and at the invitation of the most honorable Barcelissa, the Regent Lagaia, I lead my loyal subjects to come and fight against the tyrant who usurped the throne."

A hint of consternation appeared on the cavalryman's face: "It's an honor to meet you, Lord Count. ”

"My lord is the governor of Limassol, Lord Turiados from the ancient 'Agrastos' family, and he wants to meet you."

"Where is he?"

"He's in the car, he's up the hill ahead, and he's looking forward to meeting you."

Lothar replied, "How many guards can I carry?" ”

The cavalry sneered: "My lord swears by the honor of the family that he will never use despicable means to assassinate a noble person like you, please rest assured." ”

"Oh, that's a nice thing to say."

Lothar laughed, and did not embarrass him, and said, "Prajna, Chelinina, Friengira, you three come with me." Jeanne, I'll leave it to you. ”

"Wrap it up on me."

Jeanne tapped her breastplate with an iron glove, making a clanging sound.

Lothar turned over and jumped on his horse and headed up the hillside.

In the distance, I saw a middle-aged nobleman wearing a red toga-style silk robe with a big belly, welcoming Lothar.

The two exchanged two words and quickly got to the point.

The middle-aged nobleman said with a bitter face: "The original Cypriot general, Lord Ioannis, was mutilated by Isaac's rebellious minister and thief.

He was the governor of Cilicia, and he brought an elite guard with him, and he gathered a rebellious party, and we are not opponents, and we can only pretend to surrender.

If the soldiers arrive today, I am willing to immediately set things right and assist the heavenly soldiers in their crusade against the traitors. ”

By this time, the bureaucracy of the empire had collapsed to the point of serious decay, and the bureaucracy from the bottom up had been reduced to a feudal system that was not much different from that of the rest of the European continent.

The generals, deacons (supervisory officials), and governors of the major political districts have all been replaced by feudal aristocrats.

Only nominally, they still belong to the generals of the military districts, not to the princes of one party.

Lothar smiled:

"That couldn't be better, Lord Turiados. I need you to raise enough food and grass as soon as possible, fine fodder, and accessories to build siege equipment.

If you can, I'd also like you to block the news as much as possible, and try to get to Nicosia and take a few important fortresses before Isaac can react. ”

After a moment's hesitation, Turiados readily agreed to Lothar's request.

"Lord Turiados, I will truthfully report your contribution to our army to the honorable Barcelissa, so that she will be exempted from your guilt."

Turiados's face squeezed out a flattering smile: "Lord Earl, young talent, if you can arrest that tyrant this time, and make a steady rise in the empire, you can count on it, and then you will have to rely on the support of your lords." ”

"Well, I have a deep friendship with a purple-clothed princess of the Ducasse family, and when the time comes, in front of Baselisa, I will definitely say a few kind words for you."

The two of them made another fuss, laughing so hard that Lothar's face froze, before they each returned to their own camps.

Lothar looked at Prajna.

Praruo nodded slightly: "He didn't lie, he was indeed willing to provide us with logistical supplies, but his position was not firm enough." ”

Lothar said "um".

"That's enough, I don't expect him to lead the army and join me."

The last chapter was overhauled.,This is yesterday's update.,There's another chapter in the morning.。