The soldiers who followed the patrol all the way to the atrium garden of the house in Jaffa City were greeted by a sleepy-eyed butler.

"Sir, wait a minute, my Royal Highness is already freshening up, if you are sleepy, go down and rest, you are sleepy late at night, Your Highness can't receive so many people at one time."

Lothar looked at the crowd, Frigila was already yawning from sleepiness, this little girl's routine was so healthy that it didn't look like a vampire at all.

"Go and rest."

Late at night, lonely men and widows.

Jeanne frowned, stretched out her finger and tapped her nose, indicating that she had a keen sense of smell, and Lothar immediately understood, and nodded with a helpless smile.

This guy was worried that he would lose himself here.

Celinina frowned and said, "My lord, as your chief bodyguard, am I going to be by your side?" ”

Lothar shook her head: "No, I believe that Princess Sibylla's guards are fully capable of keeping us safe; Everyone has worked hard these days, and there is still some time before dawn, so let's rest quickly. ”

And when it was daybreak, they were again ready to go to Hebron.

The butler replied respectfully, "Madam, please rest assured, no one can hurt the lord here." ”

Cellina nodded slightly: "I understand." ”

The butler said, "We will arrange a special person to serve your mount, but I heard from the groom that your horse is going to eat meat, and he doesn't know if he heard it wrong, so he asked me to ask you again." ”

"That's right, the eclipse eats meat, and it's hard work."

Lothar said politely.

The Eclipse is a unicorn nightmare, not an immortal zombie, it naturally needs to eat, and the amount of food is amazing, and more than half of the food stored on the Ocean Disaster must have been wiped out by it.

Fortunately, Jeanne's "grapes" returned to the holy land with the remaining veterans in advance, otherwise she might not have been bullied by the "Eclipse" on the ship.

Soon, Lothar was invited into her room.

It is a living room with a long table with a long strip, and on the side walls, there are decorations such as coats of arms, swords, tapestries, etc., incense is lit on the windowsill, and candlelight on iron lampstands illuminates the room.

Princess Sibylla sat across from the long table, wearing only light make-up and a black cloak.

"Good night, Your Highness, I'm sorry to bother you late at night."

"You've just arrived at the Holy Land?"

"Hmm."

"A lot of people say you're not coming back."

Scipella's eyes were a little complicated when she looked at Lothar, and she also thought that Lothar would stay in Constantinople, whether it was for the sake of the noble-born spellcaster, the eldest princess born in the purple room, or the empress of the empire who was high above.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint them."

Lothar's expression was indifferent, the prospect of staying in Constantinople was tempting, but in the good food and wine, there was no poison hidden in it, and he preferred the path he had originally envisioned to ascend to the sky.

The attendant poured red wine for each of them.

"This wine glass?"

Lothar picked up her glass and looked at it, the luster was not very translucent, but at least it was translucent white.

"That's right, this is indeed something that was trial-made in your workshop after you left."

I didn't expect Marles to improve the glass process quite quickly, and the finished product was produced so quickly.

Lothar was a bit of a surprise, and it was definitely more beautiful than the glass glasses made in the Egyptian glass workshops.

Sibyla put her hands together and put them on her chin, there was a hint of adoration in her eyes, and there was also a hint of unwillingness: "I sometimes really wonder, how do you, a little nobleman in a ravine, know so many things?" ”

"Blessed by Heavenly Father."

Lothar said perfunctorily.

She didn't ask any further questions, but instead asked, "Your Majesty has been cured of his illness, and that's your credit, right?" ”

Lothar shook his head and said, "It is the credit of Bishop Uldin, his medical skills are very high, and all the nobles of Jerusalem should know this." ”

"But Father Ulding is your man."

Lothar chuckled.

"I've heard that your Governor of the Sacred Treasury has amassed an army of tens of thousands of people in his territory, and it is really not what it used to be, how long has it been since you had such power? The lords who know this news, I'm afraid there is no one who is not surprised. ”

An army of tens of thousands is already one-third of the mobile army that the whole of Jerusalem can muster.

Lothar smiled bitterly: "It's just a matter of recklessness, if this battle is fought for a long time, I don't know how much food and money will be consumed, and the original construction of the territory will have to be interrupted." ”

If the losses were too heavy, his previous efforts to recruit pilgrims would have been in vain.

These are all grown strong laborers.

This is true for the army, and the same is true for logisticians.

The whole of Transjordan is already like a taut bowstring, and a little longer it is at risk of collapsing.

This is not the same as when William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, attacked Albion.

At that time, Duke William could recruit a large number of nobles and knights from all sides, and they were all equivalent to William's investors, and William had already paid in advance, that is, after conquering Albion, he would give them land.

These are all real peasant soldiers in Lothar.

"Who isn't."

Princess Scipella sighed.

During this period, in the whole of Central and Western Europe, only Gaul had a population of about 10 million, and the countries of the Apennine Peninsula, which were smaller in size but also richer, should have a combined population of more than 7 million.

On the contrary, Germania, which seems to be larger than Gaul, has a population that is not as large as the Apennine countries, which is why successive Germanic emperors are obsessed with bringing the Apennine Peninsula under their control.

Comparatively.

The combined population of the Kingdom of Jerusalem was less than a million, which was only equivalent to that of a small European country such as the Kingdom of Gael, and it was very difficult to support an estimated field army of no less than 30,000 and send enough men to transport supplies.

It's so far from mainland Europe that it's hard to pay for a reliable mercenary.

The closest Christian state is the Kingdom of Armenia, which believes in the Apostolic Church.

Surrounded by the Turks and Ayyubids, they were too busy to take care of themselves, and at best they could send an expeditionary force that was more symbolic than practical, and it was not certain that they would arrive when.

The eyes of the Greeks and Germans were focused on Sicily.

The Gauls and Albions also held their ground.

Jerusalem is in a state of isolation like never before.

There was a mockery in Lothar's tone: "When I set out for the Holy Land, I heard that Gaul had sent several princes to lead a mighty crusade to set out, but it had not yet arrived. ”

There have always been scattered Gallic crusader nobility, after all, the Gauls were the main force of the crusaders, and the Germanic crusaders could only be relegated to second.

But it's not on a scale.

Count Leopold of Austria also promised to participate in the Crusades, and now it is estimated that he is also trapped in the chaos in Sicily and cannot get out, which is also the abbreviation of the current situation of the European crusades, and it is impossible to count on at all.

Scipella sighed: "People are fighting for their own selfish desires, justice and justice have become empty talk, and as you said at the court council, we can only rely on ourselves. ”

In the last war, the Crusader princes had realized that the rulers of Europe were unreliable, and that unless the Holy Land fell, they could not take all kinds of risks to come to the rescue of a kingdom that had no real benefit to them.

"Hopefully we'll be able to win in the end."

Lothar drew a cross on her chest.

The comparison of the strength of the enemy and us should not be so great, after all, the Kingdom of Jerusalem can be said to have mobilized the military strength of the whole country, while Saladin is limited by the ability to project, and at most he will pull up tens of thousands of troops.

"Speaking of which, Saladin's excuse for declaring war on us this time still falls on you."

Lothar was stunned for a moment, and said helplessly: "It's said that I captured Rauf's territory." ”

It is true that he is at a loss to start a war against Zahn, but there is also an excuse for Zahn to kidnap Renard's fiancée, and as for the subsequent war with Rauf, Rauf took the initiative to declare war on him.

"You expected that?"

"If Saladin wants to go to war, he can find a hundred reasons, and I have to be glad that His Majesty the King is in good health and can quickly stabilize the situation and preside over the overall situation at this time."

"The new Pope's envoy, a cardinal named Sebastian, has taken a fancy to your new Habsburg and intends to lease the land there, and if it is not for the recovery of His Majesty's health, he will definitely attack you."

"Fancy the new Habsburgs?"

Lothar frowned.

This was not his expectation.

If he wants to take secular authority and ecclesiastical power into his own hands in his own territory, he will definitely offend the church.

It is strange that the tree of life, a miracle that cannot be hidden at all, is not coveted.

"Yes, after all, there is a miracle of the Father on earth, and some monks claim that the tree is the tree of wisdom recorded in the New Testament, and as long as you eat its fruit, you can have the best wisdom in the world."

She said in a witten tone, and said, "There are also monks who refute it, saying that this sacred tree is actually the legendary Tower of Babel, which will grow infinitely and extend all the way to heaven. ”

Lothar was thoughtful.

At this time, he found Scipella staring at him with blazing eyes: "Tell me, what is it, I know you must know." ”

Lothar did not prevaricate this time, and said calmly: "An oak tree full of vitality, it will not grow infinitely, it is not a tower of Babel, and it will not bear wisdom fruit, and its biggest role is to engage in greening." ”

Sibylla said seriously, "What you said is true? ”

Lothar said sincerely: "Of course it's true. ”

"Even if it were, it was an amazing miracle."

Greening is nothing for the rest of the world, but in the desert-filled holy land, it may be more effective than the Tower of Babel and the Tree of Wisdom.

Sibylla was silent for a moment, and then said: "I am a woman, and I cannot go to the battlefield in person, since you have set out from me, you will lead my army to Jerusalem together, and I only hope that you can win this war for the sake of the Holy Land and for Jerusalem." ”

Lothar got up and said sincerely, "I will do my best." ”