People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 252 The Future
Becoming a frontier earl is no big deal.

What really shocked Jerusalem was that Lothar stood unequivocally on the opposite side of Regent Raymond.

After Lothar exchanged greetings with the nobles, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Hans, who was wearing a red and white burqa, came forward at this moment: "My lord, I must congratulate you for being promoted to Bian Bo, this reminds me of the two prominent royal families in our world, and you happen to be one of them."

"You're talking about the Brandenburg Bimber and the Austrian Bimber, aren't you?"

The former is the place where the Hohenzollern royal family lived; the latter is the place where the Habsburg royal family lived.

The Teutonic Knights that Hans belonged to were also in the setting of the giant ship yesterday, under the rule of the King of Prussia who was also the Elector of Brandenburg.

"That's because only these two counties are worth remembering in the history books. The sixteen frontier counties established by the Frank Empire in Iberia, including 'Roussillon', 'Barcelona', 'Besalu' and 'Girona', How many of them are still there?"

Hans smiled and said, "You're right, you don't deserve to be honored by being an uncle, but the title of uncle should be honored by you."

Lothar was a little helpless: "Okay, don't flatter me from my own people. I have heard too many similar things today. If there are more, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself, and I will be swayed."

"Hans, His Majesty intends to let you replace me as the Grand Commander of the Royal Knights. Only a good name can make it right."

"I think it's just the opposite. With you behind me, I, the commander, will be more stable."

Lothar patted Hans on the shoulder: "No one will think that you have betrayed me by replacing me as Grand Master of the Royal Knights.

Hans, I have been watching your growth, and I sincerely look forward to seeing the day when you can truly stand alone. "

Hanston felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.

Immediately, he felt a little helpless: "My lord, I think my burden is already heavy, so don't try to use me like you use Coors."

Lothar couldn't help but said, "You brat."

He turned over and got on the horse: "Say goodbye to His Majesty for me, I will return to Hebron with Prajna, Flynn, and Celinina."

"You sound like you're on your honeymoon."

"In your eyes, I'm the kind of person who seeks enjoyment?"

Hans recalled, shook his head and said, "No, that's why I said it 'sounds' like it. My lord, don't worry, I'll leave this place to me."

"Well, I can discuss something with Uldin. He is a very decent person. Although he hates you because of your blood, I think you should get along."

Lothar gave an order and raised his whip.

The two hussars nodded slightly to Hans, then followed behind Lothar, raised the flag of the double-headed eagle, and headed towards Constance Manor.

...

When they returned to the manor, Flynn and Celinina hadn't returned yet.

Banruo is sitting on a deck chair in the courtyard, and the water splash of the fountain is shining with colorful rainbow lights under the sunlight.

"all the best?"

"Well, everything went well."

The conversation between the two was very tacit, and the two hussars who followed Lothar retreated consciously, leaving the empty courtyard to them.

"When shall we leave?"

"Afternoon, let's go and see Celinina's progress in the past two days."

"Ah."

Lothar took out the reclining chair and sat across from Prajna: "Gaul War Records, translate it for me."

"You listen to me tell stories every night, and it's time to pay back."

Banruo frowned slightly: "It's obvious that Fulin pestered you to talk, but if you want to hear it, I'll read it to you."

In Lothar's ears, Prajna's soft voice sounded.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, letting the faint light through the gaps in the leaves cast on his face.

Listening to Banruo's narration, he quickly entered the perspective of Caesar who led the legion to Gaul.

Although there are some exaggerations and falsehoods in it, Lothar still learned a lot.

for a long time.

Prajna stopped and asked, "What do you think?"

"Vito Chinley is a formidable figure. Unfortunately, although the Gauls are of the same language and race, they are only a loose alliance. If they can really be united under Vito Chinli's men and carry out his guerrilla warfare and scorched-earth strategy, Caesar may be in danger. It’s going to be a fiasco.”

Lothar paused slightly, and said again: "The same is true for Saladin, and the same is true for Egypt under Adil's rule. This is my chance to use my small to make a big difference, and use the weak to defeat the strong."

Prajna said softly: "It's good if you have some thoughts."

Lothar nodded: "I'm a little tired, Hannya, do you still remember the first request when you were camping?"

"Want a lap pillow?"

"Ah."

"Come on then."

There was no obvious fluctuation in Banjna's voice, which made Lothar a little uncertain whether she really wanted to.

He hesitated for a while, tentatively pulled the recliner closer, and gradually lay down.

It is soft to the touch.

Can smell a faint fragrance.

Banruo unfolded the old book in his hand, and said, "Do you want to continue listening?"

"No, I want to think about something."

He quickly relaxed, and neither of them felt any difference because of this level of intimacy.

Everything is a matter of course.

He quickly cleared his mind and focused on his new reward.

Byzantium is very similar to the Eastern Empire in this world. It cannot be said to be exactly the same, but it is not bad.

Caesar, Octavian, Trajan, Hadrian, Belisarius... This world also has their trajectories.

The armored cavalry of the Eastern Empire is a typical heavy shock cavalry.

That is to say, the heavy tanks that perform a frontal assault on the enemy's formation lack mobility compared with the crusader knights, because their opponents are infantry phalanxes formed in formation.

Rather than being so omnipotent as the Crusaders cavalry, they both charged infantry and cavalry to hedge, and even dismounted to fight at critical moments.

Heavy cavalry archers sound weird, like a fictional unit in a game or a novel.

After all, the advantage of cavalry archers lies in their mobility. If they are fully clothed and equipped with horses and horses, wouldn't they make use of their weaknesses and avoid their strengths?
But in fact, not only the Eastern Empire, Sasanian Persia, and Saracen Mamluk cavalry, a considerable part of them belonged to the sequence of heavy archers.

The advantage of this kind of cavalry is that it can shoot at close range. After shooting, they can use warhammers, mount spears, and carry out hand-to-hand combat. To put it bluntly, they are equipped cavalry who can shoot arrows.

The effect is not much different from the barracks unlocked with the mounted spear in Hans' hand.

In terms of cost performance, the cost performance of this kind of cavalry is extremely low, and the practicability is not high, because it is too expensive.

But it doesn't mean they are not strong.

They are more suitable for attacking the enemy's infantry phalanx from the front or the side than the hussars.

Even in the prosperous Eastern Empire, there are only a few equipped cavalry now.

Among them, although the horse breeding land in Asia Minor was lost, and the mountainous Balkans were more suitable for infantry operations.

But the flashiness of the mounted cavalry is definitely one of the reasons.

"Having such an army is not necessarily more practical than obtaining a hussar, but surely all enemies will think that I am rich."

Such an idea came to Lothar's mind.

On the contrary, the woodland elf shooter was able to enter the battle sequence ahead of time, which surprised him very much.

The Battle of Agincourt in history was not so much the victory of the British longbowmen over the French knights as it was the result of stumbling horses, refusal of horses, trapping horses, and terrain advantages such as swamps.

In fact, bows and arrows could not penetrate the defenses of French knights in full plate armor.

But a light infantry that can compete with British longbowmen is still of great value to Lothar.

This means that the biggest shortcoming of his army has been filled.

You must know that if an army can only be beaten without fighting back, the blow to morale will be extremely huge.

At the same time, having an infantry archer is also a huge threat to the enemy's cavalry archers.

Crassus, the three giants of Rome, was defeated by cavalry archers who were good at riding and archery because they did not have enough light infantry during their expedition to Parthia.

And when the Romans came back and equipped a large number of light infantry, Parthia was by no means an opponent of the Romans in field battles.

Here, it is also the advantage zone of heavy cavalry archers-almost no fear of the enemy's infantry archers shooting.

With the riding bow in hand, he dared to shoot at the infantry bow on the opposite side.

In addition, the ability of the Tree of Life to split offspring is also crucial. After all, although the territory under his hands is vast, it is full of useless deserts.

Once all the desert can be turned into arable land, his territory can support at least 100 million people.

(End of this chapter)