Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 256 Great Mongolian Navy! ! ! 【Seek full order】

After some more detailed exchanges, Wang Baobao finally knew the real reason why Alexios, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, asked him to be the Roman emperor.

Emperor John V of the Eastern Roman Empire had neither the means to win over insiders nor the ability to resist external aggression, and he was gradually regarded as an outcast by the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church and Roman citizens.

Thinking of this, Wang Baobao suddenly felt his blood boil.

He led his men to trek thousands of miles to the strange land of Europe.

As soon as I came here, I taught the Kingdom of Poland, which is known as the most powerful country in Eastern Europe. Now that the seat of the city of Sarai is not hot, someone will take the initiative to send it to your door, begging yourself to be the emperor of Rome. Best proof.

Wang Baobao immediately agreed to the invitation proposed by Joseph on behalf of Patriarch Alexios.

However, the implementation of this plan is quite difficult.

Because there are still Genoese fleets patrolling vertically and horizontally on the Black Sea, they have blocked all routes on the blackboard.

It is impossible for Wang Baobao to lead his [-] Mongolian army to swim across the Black Sea.

There must be a powerful fleet to transport its own soldiers and horses to Constantinople.

Otherwise, if Wang Baobao went to Constantinople alone, let alone replacing John V as Roman emperor, he might be chopped off by a few guards.

"I don't have a navy in Great Mongolia!" Wang Baobao looked worried.

It has to be said that this is a problem that has plagued the Mongolians for hundreds of years.

When Genghis Khan rose on the grasslands, he had no chance to train any naval skills.

No matter in the east or in the west, once the Mongols engaged in the navy, it seemed that it was very difficult.

In the east, the two large-scale eastward expeditions against Wa were defeated by hurricanes and enemies.

In the West, the Golden Horde has not built a combat-capable Black Sea navy for hundreds of years.

It is Wang Baobao's wish at this time to have a navy belonging to the Mongols.

Regarding this difficulty, Archbishop Joseph had already discussed with Patriarch Alexios before coming to see Wang Baobao.

There are two ways to solve this problem. One is to compromise with the Genoese. As long as the Genoese agree to a truce with the Great Mongolia, they can give up the route on the Black Sea.

Then the Mongols can hire the Genoa fleet to transport troops to Constantinople.

For such a suggestion, Wang Baobao immediately shook his head.

"No! No, it's too dangerous. I heard that the Genoese are capricious. They only value interests and don't speak morality at all. Not to mention whether they are willing to strike a truce with us. Even if there is a truce, I will It is impossible to let the soldiers and horses under him go to Constantinople on their warships!"

"Who knows if they will play any tricks on the way! Once the warriors of my Mongolian Kingdom reach the sea, they will not be able to display their combat effectiveness!"

Wang Baobao was really scared!

In case the lively Yaren made trouble on the boat and threw all his Mongolian warriors into the sea and fed them to the fish, he couldn't even find a place to cry.

The first suggestion made by Archbishop Joseph was immediately rejected.

Then he made another suggestion.

That is to hope that Wang Baobao can spend a sum of money to buy the Roman fleet in the port of Constantinople.

Although this Roman fleet belonged to the Roman Emperor John V, his commander was a devout Orthodox Christian. For John V, he had long been dissatisfied with his desire to surrender to the Roman Catholic Church.

As long as he can be bribed with a large sum of gold and silver, the Roman fleet can definitely be transferred to Wang Baobao's command.

In this way, with the escort of the Roman fleet, it is possible to transport tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Wang Baobao to the city of Constantinople.

At that time, there will be an invincible Mongolian army outside the city, and Patriarch Alexios and other archbishops in the city will mobilize the people to force John V to leave Constantinople.

Wang Baobao was not very satisfied with this suggestion.

That's not to say he wasn't willing to spend the gold and silver that bought the Roman navy.

For Wang Baobao, the gold and silver treasures in his hands are too much to spend.

The treasures he snatched from the Muslims in the river alone allowed him to buy several Roman navies.

In addition, the gold and silver treasures robbed from Poland were all piled up in the warehouse to eat ashes.

After all, in this remote and desolate place on the Eastern European Plain, there are not many places to spend money if you want to.

Since it's not about money, Wang Baobao is still worried about his own safety.

Although the commander of the Roman fleet is a devout Orthodox Christian, he is willing to obey the command of the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

But he is a complete stranger to Wang Baobao.

In case he also had bad intentions and plotted against the Mongols, Wang Baobao would have nothing to do with him.

What's more, Wang Baobao had heard a long time ago that the Roman navy had been beaten and retreated by the Genoese navy, and he hid in the port of Constantinople and dared not go out.

At this time, if the Roman navy is allowed to transport its own soldiers and horses, if it encounters the Genoese navy, isn't it in danger of being sunk and feeding fish on the sea!

For this problem, Archbishop Joseph has no choice.

He thought for a while and said, "Why don't you spend some more money to bribe the Genoa Navy, let them retreat, and don't obstruct our fleet's navigation, it should be possible."

Wang Baobao refused this proposal after hesitating.

The Genoese in Kaffa City on the Crimean Peninsula have long been a thorn in Wang Baobao's side.

He would never have any idea of ​​peace talks with the Genoese unless Kaffa City was removed.

In the end Wang Baobao felt...

This Roman navy must be in its own hands and fully obey all his orders before it can be completely relieved.

but.

This proposal made Archbishop Joseph difficult.

Finally, Archbishop Joseph said hesitantly, "The navy of the Roman Empire can obey your command, but in that case, the secret weapons of the Roman Navy may not be brought out, because these weapons have been kept secret for hundreds of years. After you become the emperor of Rome Before, I'm afraid I couldn't give you this secret."

The secret mentioned by Archbishop Joseph is naturally the secret weapon in the hands of the Roman Empire-Greek fire.

Since the Roman Empire mastered Greek fire six or seven hundred years ago, it has mastered the invincible code in various naval battles and city defense battles.

Neither the Arabs nor the Seljuk Turks could defeat the Roman army with Greek fire.

The Romans were superstitious about the secret weapon of Greek fire, which had reached the point of blind faith.

After knowing that this so-called secret weapon was called Greek fire, Wang Baobao showed a look of disdain.

"The Greek fire you mentioned, I'm not interested at all! To be honest, in our Dayuan army, that Greek fire is completely outdated."

After hearing Wang Baobao's words, Archbishop Joseph showed a look of "I know you are bragging, so I won't expose it".

Wang Baobao was very displeased with Archbishop Joseph's expression.

He immediately led Archbishop Joseph to the teaching field in his backyard.

Wang Baobao is now very keen on letting craftsmen make all kinds of new weapons.

There is a large pile of weapons and equipment in the backyard of his mansion.

Wang Baobao ordered the guards to pull out a strange-looking metal cabinet from a warehouse.

This cabinet is like a bellows, except that it has a long beak and a long push rod behind it.

Under Wang Baobao's order, several guards carefully checked the brass cabinet, and then filled a pot of black slime.

After some preparations, following an order, the viscous liquid ejected from the brass cabinet flew forward more than ten steps in an instant.

When the viscous liquid flew out, it was already ignited by the torch.

A pine tree in the distance immediately burst into flames.

Archbishop Joseph looked at the scene in front of him, and instantly turned into a statue, motionless in horror.

He never expected that the Greek fire, which had been treasured by the Romans as a secret weapon for hundreds of years, had already been mastered by the Mongols.

And from the demonstration just now, he can clearly see that the Mongols' ability to control this kind of Greek fire is much stronger than that of Eastern Rome.

Because the flames emitted by this kind of copper cabinet are farther and more accurate than those of the Eastern Roman army, the power is naturally greater.

Moreover, during the soldiers' handling, the kerosene in this cabinet did not leak.

This shows that the Mongols also had the ability to install Greek fire on warships.

After all, the battleship was very bumpy, and once the kerosene leaked, it would definitely be a tragedy of suicide.

After demonstrating the fierce oil tank in his hand, Wang Baobao showed a very proud expression.

In his eyes, these Eastern Romans were just some ignorant bumpkins.

Both Song Jun and Yuan Jun threw away outdated weapons, and they even regarded them as treasured magic weapons.

It's really funny.

Wang Baobao told Archbishop Joseph that he could buy the Roman navy with money, but all the warships and sailors in the navy must obey his command, and he could pay additional employment fees, and he paid the highest price at present.

At the same time, Wang Baobao will not ask the Roman Empire to hand over the Greek fire weapons in their hands, because Wang Baobao himself has better weapons that can replace the Greek fire.

Under Wang Baobao's series of actions, Archbishop Joseph was completely convinced.

At the same time, his heart burst into ecstasy!
Such a powerful Mongol will march into Constantinople in the future, become the emperor of the Roman Empire, and support the Orthodox Church!

When the Orthodox Church is overwhelmed by the Roman Catholic Church, it will be a success!
At that time, Archbishop Joseph felt that he would become one of the most powerful people in the Christian world.

Archbishop Joseph agreed to all of Wang Baobao's conditions.

Then, with great excitement, he quietly returned to Constantinople.

When Archbishop Joseph returned to Constantinople, he received news that Eastern Roman Emperor Joseph V had left for Rome.

All Roman citizens could do nothing about it.

They don't want to go to the Roman Catholic Church because that's heresy in their eyes.

But now that the Roman Empire is in a precarious situation, they seem to have no other better choice than to seek assistance from the Roman Catholic Church.

Archbishop Joseph entered Constantinople at this time and told Patriarch Alexios the results of his talks with Wang Baobao.

In the description of Archbishop Joseph, these Mongols from the east not only possessed endless wealth, but also possessed a powerful force beyond everyone's imagination.

At the secret meeting hosted by the Patriarch, Joseph eloquently described what he saw with his own eyes.

"The Mongolian army is powerful, and there are as many horses in Mongolia as grass on the ground. I saw at least a million horses outside the city!
There are huge amounts of gold and silver treasures piled up in their warehouses, which can buy the Roman navy ten times!
And these Mongols also have brilliant culture and art.Their courts are filled with works of art from the East and countless silks and porcelains!
What is even more incredible is that the Mongols have long mastered the Greek fire that we regard as a secret weapon!Their technology is even better than ours. I saw with my own eyes that a powerful Greek fire weapon was thrown in the warehouse by them and turned into obsolete waste!

John Timur said they already had better weapons that could easily replace the Greek fire..."

After some descriptions by Archbishop Joseph, Patriarch Alexios and others all believed that this 'John Timur' from the Eastern Grassland was the great savior of the Orthodox Church and the Roman Empire!
"Praise God!"

Patriarch Alexios happily crossed himself on his chest.

After knowing that Wang Baobao's Mongolian Kingdom was so powerful, Patriarch Alexios immediately made a very decisive decision.

In the name of the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, Alexius mobilized part of the funds and secretly bribed the Genoese to temporarily lift the blockade and hostility against the Eastern Roman Empire's navy.

The people of Genoa actually pay more attention to credibility.

After all, they are businessmen, and their favorite thing to do is to do things with money.

After receiving the gold and silver treasures sent by Patriarch Alexios, the Genoese lifted the blockade of the Roman navy.

It’s just that the Genoese said that this lifting period is less than two months. After two months, if the Roman Empire cannot compensate them more money, as compensation for the war, the Genoese navy will continue to blockade Rome’s port.

Patriarch Alexios took advantage of this opportunity and immediately sent Archbishop Joseph to contact Wang Baobao, asking Wang Baobao to spend money to buy Roman Navy commander Paul Gale.

Wang Baobao was unequivocal, directly took out almost 50 imperial silver coins, and bought the Roman fleet under Paul Gale.

However, when the acquisition was completed, Wang Baobao did not feel any joy, but rather worried.

Because Wang Baobao obviously felt that this matter was not as simple as imagined.

John Sale City.

Wang Baobao and the Empress Dowager Qi were lying in bed, and after a hot fight, he expressed his worries.

Empress Dowager Qi immediately expressed her opinion.

"Expansion, I always feel that the Genoese seem to have another purpose!" Empress Dowager Qi said.

Wang Baobao put his arms around Empress Dowager Qi's smooth and tender shoulders, "That's how I feel. Could it be that the Genoese are trying to lure snakes out of their holes, and when we Mongolian warriors board the boat, they will rob and kill us halfway at sea?"

The Mongols are not good at naval warfare, which is almost a well-known thing in the West.

Although the Roman navy led by Paul Gale had declared to obey Wang Baobao's order, they had been parked in the port without moving since they arrived at the port of the Black Sea.

Wang Baobao didn't know how powerful they were, whether they could really protect the Mongolian army in times of danger.

(End of this chapter)