The leisurely days were not destined to last long, and soon the guards and servants I came into contact with every day began to be concerned about the questions I asked, and it was clear that I knew that there was already a battle outside the road. And Daddy Cheap wasn't as worried as I was, so he issued a gag ban to all the attendants.

But it seems that this kind of sealing ban is of little use to a girl like Pennivis.

Finally, after I questioned day after day, Penevis spoke of the situation around the empire with a worried face.

Alexander led his army on an expedition, and the pagans in the south were quiet for a while, and after confirming that Alexander had landed in Italy, the empire was weaker in Anatolia, and they gathered their troops from all sides and raised their counter-flags.

After careful preparations, led by the Egyptian caliphate, Muslims gathered in Palestine and Israel from all directions set out in unison to Syria, the throat of the imperial Anatolia region. A week ago, almost all of the areas south of Syria had fallen, and only the fortified city of Jerusalem was still entrenched. According to Penives, Jerusalem had gathered most of its local army, and the pagans did not want to waste their time on it, but sent a small number of troops to besiege it and then came north. And the Sultans, who once seemed to be very obedient to us, were silent in this operation. And now Aleppo's outpost fortress Latakia is under siege.

"This coalition is trying to ignite the flames of war in Anatolia while we are fighting outside, and destroy our Anatolia, which combines military and military industry. ”

Penevis was worried, she was in no mood to play a musical instrument or draw or read a book these days: "What then? I heard that there are many of them, will they threaten Constantinople as they did in the past?"

"No, it won't. Their generals don't have that ability, and their armies don't have that strength. For now, Jerusalem is safe. Anatolia is also safe, but no matter how strong the defense of Jerusalem is, it is only an island behind the enemy's strength, and the Syrian defenders will be conquered by the enemy no matter how strong they are, and if we cannot defeat the infidels, it will be a matter of time before Jerusalem is conquered. ”

"Also, I've heard that our army has hit a wall on the Italian side. What to do?"

Hit a wall?

At first glance, I thought Alexander had been defeated. He was also startled, and later listened to Penivis's explanation that he realized that Alexander led his army to land on the Italian Peninsula for several months, and originally thought of forcing the Italian city-states and the French coalition to hurry back to fight the fire by encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao. Then he set up an ambush halfway, but unexpectedly, the French generals were able to cautiously force Alexander's ambush to fail, and now he could only confront him under the besieged city. Turning a surprise attack into a long standoff.

Alexander's army was no more than the enemy. In addition, we need to rely on supplies by sea transport, and because of the dispatch of this reserve, we are in a passive position to rely on Syria for defense because we lack the strength to fight the infidels in the south. In short, many people in the nobility said that this was a failed arrangement, and the commoners were also worried about the situation at the front.

"The slander of our Theofano has spread very much. "In the past, the tricks we used in the previous royal family were used on us, and I don't know how Daddy felt about the cheap ones.

"Slander? No, everyone is worried about the war situation. Actually, I also think that His Majesty the Emperor should not recklessly lead his army to the sea, if he stays and guards Jerusalem with his army. Nor did we know that he had fallen into the situation of being besieged by infidels in Syria. However, the navy of the empire knew that the road was cruising on the seaside. Don't do anything else, the guy who made up the fight like this is a stupid, stupid stupid stupid. However, the emperor still listened to the words of that fool and implemented the strategy formulated by the United Front Work Department. "Penivis is unhappy with the current setup of the Empire.

I figured I should tell her that I was the idiot she scolded: "Everybody says that?"

"Yes!"

"What else did they say?"

"They said we shouldn't mix things up with Austria and France. ”

"That's great!"

Lying in bed, it was as if I had seen victory coming.

"What are you laughing at there? Now that the Empire has heretics in the south, France and their allies in the west, and the Russian Empress in the north, there are ministers under the Russian Empress who are bent on making things bad, and you Theofano will be reviled as the leader in creating such a situation. ”

"Scold, then let them scold, victory proves that I am right!"

"The situation in the Empire is so bad!" Penevis pouted, "Are you right?

"Well, the whole plan was dictated by me, and Alexander went to carry it out... What are you going to do?"

Penevis left her seat, and I swallowed, a chill rising up my spine.

"I'm in a bad mood, so I'm going to play the violin!"

"Woman!! don't !!"

Penevis is in a bad mood for a reason. Actually, let's be honest, the empire is suppressed on all fronts and in numerical comparison.

To put it simply, in Germany, Esviatos, an old man who is barely 75 years old with wisdom and wisdom, has to lead a group of young people with wisdom and wisdom who are not more than 60 against the French, and a group of generals who are either 80 or 85 are not in Italy, or even worse, don't forget that Alexander has only fought a big battle, although he has the support of Birdhark by his side, but the lack of experience is still a weakness.

The situation in Syria is better, our situation with the infidels is half a catty to eight taels, we are inexperienced, they are drunk and dreaming of death, although we have the advantage of some generals in the French army, but even if some people in the French army are biased, the command is as high as 85, and the wisdom is only 20 or 30, but their disadvantages will be made up for by other wise generals. There are a few generals in the country who have a good command value, but because they are not Romans, they have not been able to be trusted, and so far they have not been able to directly lead troops.

Therefore, it seems that no matter how you get it, it is a losing word.

But the reality is that a few weeks later...

"Big win!"

"Your Royal Highness, a great victory!!"

Early in the morning, one of the guards broke down my door and yelled at me, and I was in front of Pennivis, who sighed all day, and I was depressed.

By the way, I forgot to say that because of Alexander's accession to the throne, I was promoted to the rank of prince, prince of the navy ...

"Where did you win?"

"Syria! the infidels of the south!!"

"Countless beheadings! The Muslims who tried to invade Anatolia were almost completely wiped out!"

Oh, that is to say we exploded the pagan chrysanthemum in Syria.

"Win?" Penevis looked incredulous, "It was the army defending the city that defeated the heretics outside the city?"

"No, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor personally led a large army from the sky to annihilate the infidels in Latakia in one fell swoop!"

"Isn't His Majesty the Emperor in the Italian Peninsula?"

"I don't know what to say, the messenger who ran in from outside the city all the way called it, the emperor and the prince broke the infidels, beheaded countless people, and the Syrian crisis was resolved!"

After the guards left, Penevis asked, "Haven't you been here all this time, why did you go to Latakia?"

"I've really been here all along. ”

Peneves pouted: "Then how did the emperor get from Italy to Syria? Italy did not go from Constantinople to Thrace. It's a day of horseback riding. ”

"We have sea boats, and many of those boats are big boats with oars. ”

Penevis was not slow to react, she was surprised: "You mean that the soldiers of our empire moved from Italy to Syria in half a month on sea ships?"

"Yes. ”

It was my plan to use the navy to drive the sea on the coastal side, and through the past months of clearing, to clear a sea area where there were no Muslim ships cruising, and to minimize the chance of the Muslims running into our fleet.

Alexander and they sailed from Italy to Latakia, and the infidels, unalerted, were suddenly attacked, thinking that we had fallen from heaven and their morale had plummeted, and in an instant the rabble was broken.

It's just that what surprised me was what was going on next. (To be continued......)