Although Tuhuan wanted him to play, there were too many things on Guo Kang in the next few days.

Moreover, the amount of grape juice drunk at the Khan's court banquet was so terrifying that he wondered how the Great Khans of the past dynasties had persevered. Therefore, he told Tuhuan that he was very busy during this time, and he really couldn't take care of it after a day of drunkenness.

He also found his own cousin to replace him twice on the grounds that Guo Di's direct descendants were not his own, so he pushed off most of the banquets and finally had a little leisure.

Princess Jeanne boarded a Genoese merchant ship and arrived at the docks of Dadu. For this reason, Theodora summoned Guo Kang and others to the platform and greeted them with great fanfare. Guo Kang was skeptical at first, isn't this matter as small as possible, but when he arrived at the place, he found that the banner she played was to welcome the Frankish crusades.

It may have been a little too hellish for the local Greeks, but Theodora said it was a very useful reason.

The participation of European nobles in the crusade was a completely publicized. No matter how unhappy the nobles are, they have to praise them on the surface, and most of the people who have nothing to do with themselves will generally help to advocate for face.

As for who the crusaders fought and when, it really didn't matter. Although the Holy See has issued many calls, the actual action still depends on the mood of the nobles. She could have stayed in the city, or even wandered around, anyway, it would take time to recruit troops—few people were really willing to take Jerusalem these days, and there was a reason to drag it out.

The Purple Horde itself, although established itself in northern Syria, had been uninterested in expanding southward, and was content to do business with the local emirs. As for Jerusalem, it is a worthless target. Guo Kang said that it is a religious town, which may be a relatively decent statement.

More than a hundred years ago, after Khorezm was defeated by the Mongols, Prince Zalandin led the remnants of his defeated army to flee westward. After the defeat of Zalandin, a group of scattered Khorezm troops entered Syria.

Although from the perspective of these Orientals, Khorezm was just an inconspicuous country that relied on the rise of the Western Liao Dynasty and was destroyed because it had nothing to do with the Mongols, but in the west of Central Asia, he was really a hegemon, and he was the kind of serious sultan who had successfully gone to Luo and captured the caliphs.

In Western Asia, the Khorezm people were known for their brutality and warfare, and the Ayyubid dynasty, which was in the midst of a civil war, hired the remnants of this army to attack the disobedient Syrian princes. Due to the "prestige" of the Khorezm people in the past, the locals immediately united.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Tripoli and other Crusader states sent troops, temples, hospitals, and troops of the Teutonic Knights, as well as the emirs of Damascus and Homs, as well as local Kurdish warlords and Bedouin tribes. Count Walter, a nobleman from France, served as the leader of the coalition against Egyptian and Khorezm mercenaries.

The emir of Homs had fought with the Khorezm men before, and thought that he should hold the fort and wait for the enemy to wear out, but the Count of Walter, relying on his strong army, decided to take the initiative to attack. As soon as the two sides fought, he led the main knight to the enemy, but he was dragged back and failed to achieve results.

The most combat-ready Frankish knights inexplicably ran away, while the others were routed by the superior cavalry of Khorezm, and the knights were finally surrounded by the free-handed enemy army.

As a result of this battle, the main military forces of the three major orders in the Middle East were almost completely lost, and the Crusader states' slow recovery over the years was once again severely damaged. The entire history of the crusaders in the Middle East has also entered the final phase of extinction.

On the other hand, the Egyptians did not actually take advantage either. The army of Khorezm stormed Jerusalem, where the defenses were empty, and carried out near-indiscriminate massacres and pillage. When the Ayyubid officials later took over, they found that the entire city had been completely destroyed and had basically lost its usefulness.

This loss may have been worse than the massacre of the Crusaders that year. After the war, Jerusalem, once a sizable city, had little left except religious significance, and it was not restored until more than 100 years later.

More than ten years ago, when Emperor Timur's uncle attacked Syria, Jerusalem was still in ruins, so that Timur did not even bother to wage a holy war against it, but only grabbed a circle in Damascus and left here.

Considering that Uncle Huang has launched jihad against the "Mujahideen State" more than once, and has beaten up the two major Gazi countries of Delhi Sultan and Ottoman, this place should really have no oil and water at all.

Therefore, the nobles of the Purple Horde and even Western Europe are now few interested in this kind of place that Timur did not rob.

On the contrary, Jerusalem has a great religious significance, and it is very uncomfortable.

The Egyptians who occupied this place should feel this the most.

At the beginning, Saladin, the founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty, was scolded back and forth by various parishioners every day because he led the army to clean up the civil strife, but did not fight Jerusalem. After the defeat, the parishioners were not very grateful to him, and there was no shortage of those who should have been in civil strife or who should have rebelled against water. Saladin himself couldn't figure out what the city was all about.

On the European side, the same is true: the Holy Land is only valid for a moment before and after the occupation, after which it is left to fate.

After many futile battles, the famous crusader participant "King Lionheart" Richard even devised a marriage plan: let his sister marry Saladin's brother, and then hand over Jerusalem to this "United Kingdom", so that everyone should not toss in the future. Saladin agreed, and it was the resolute resistance of the nobles on both sides that led to the collapse of the plan.

Therefore, the Purple Horde has no interest in such troublesome places at all.

At that time, some Greek fanatics wrote to the Khan's court in the hope of recovering Jerusalem from the infidels. The Khan's reply was that the local pagan forces were so strong that Rome was now too limited to act rashly.

Of course, if everyone is religious and determined to fight the powerful infidels, then the Khan's court can help to contact the ships and send the volunteers to take them on their own.

The Greek believers hesitated.

They argued that although Jerusalem was now empty, it was the nominal territory of the Mamluks. If the holy city is captured, the Mamluks will definitely be urged by the parishioners to recover it, and they will have to fight them when the time comes.

Everyone wanted to fight the powerful infidels, but the Mamluks were a little too powerful. Heavenly Father has always been kind to the world, and he must not want such devout believers to die in vain, so forget it.

The Khan court pushed the boat down the river, saying that all this was the will of the Heavenly Father anyway. The fact that we can't fight now means that Heavenly Father is more cautious and not ready yet. When he's ready, we'll talk about it then.

After that, the Greeks didn't say much about it.

So, at this point, Princess Jeanne could indeed declare her participation in a crusade, and declare that the Purple Horde would support her and pull out a group of her own followers. But here, there are really not many people interested in it now, so it is estimated that it will not be able to make up in the short term, and there is no way to force it.

Moreover, the Crusaders suffered heavy losses that year, and although there were still many believers in Syria, there were not too many powerful military forces left, and she needed to contact the bishops to regroup her forces. This period of time can be long or short, just consume.

(End of chapter)