People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Following the patrolling soldiers all the way to the atrium garden of the inner courtyard of Jaffa, they were replaced by a sleepy-eyed housekeeper to receive them.

"My lord, please wait a moment. My Highness is already washing and washing. If you are sleepy, you can go down and rest. If you are sleepy late at night, Your Highness cannot receive so many people at once."

Lothar looked at the crowd. Fringila was already yawning from sleepiness. The little girl's schedule was too healthy, she didn't look like a vampire at all.

"Go and rest."

Late at night, lonely men and widows.
Jeanna frowned, stretched out her finger and tapped her nose, indicating that she had a very keen sense of smell. Lothar immediately understood, and nodded with a helpless smile.

This guy is worried that he will lose his body here.

Celinina frowned and said, "My lord, as your chief guard, shall I stay by your side?"

Lothar shook his head: "No, I believe that Princess Sibilla's guards can fully guarantee our safety; everyone has worked hard these days, and there is still some time before dawn, so let's take a rest."

After dawn, they had to go back and forth again, and rushed to Hebron.

The butler replied respectfully: "Ma'am, please rest assured that no one can hurt the Sir here."

Celinina nodded slightly: "I understand."

The butler said again: "We will arrange someone to take care of your mount, but just now I heard from the groom that your horse eats meat, and he didn't know if he heard it wrong, so he asked me to ask you again. fan."

"That's right, solar eclipses eat meat, so there's work."

Lothar said very politely.

The solar eclipse is a one-horned nightmare beast, not an immortal zombie. Naturally, it needs to eat, and its appetite is astonishingly large. It must have wiped out more than half of the food stored on the Ocean Calamity.

Fortunately, Jeanna's "Grape" returned to the Holy Land with the remaining veterans ahead of schedule, otherwise she might have been bullied by "Eclipse" on the boat.

Soon, Lothar was invited into the room.

This is a living room with a long table. On the side walls, coats of arms, swords, tapestries and other decorations are hung. Aromatherapy is lit on the window sill, and the candlelight on the iron lamp stand illuminates the room brightly.

Princess Sibilla was sitting opposite the long table, with light makeup on and a black cloak.

"Your Highness, Ye An, I'm really sorry for disturbing you late at night."

"You just arrived at the Holy Land?"

"Ah."

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

Sibila looked at Lothar with complicated eyes. She also thought that Lothar would stay in Constantinople, whether it was for the noble caster, the eldest princess born in the purple room, or the empress of the empire .

"I'm afraid they will be disappointed."

Lothar looked indifferent. The prospect of staying in Constantinople was tempting, but there would be no poison hidden in the food and wine.

The attendant poured bright red wine for the two of them respectively.

"This wine glass?"

Lothar picked up the wine glass and looked at it. Although the luster could not be said to be translucent, it was at least translucent white.

"Yes, this is indeed something that was trial-produced in your workshop after you left."

Unexpectedly, Marles improved the glass technology quite quickly, and the finished product was produced so quickly.

Lothar was a little surprised, this is definitely more beautiful than the glasses made by Egyptian glass workshops.

Sibyl put her hands together and put them on her chin. There was a trace of admiration in her eyes, but also a trace of unwillingness: "Sometimes I really wonder, how do you, a little noble in the valley, know so many things?"

"Blessed be the Father."

Lothar made a perfunctory sentence.

She didn't ask any more questions, but instead asked: "Your Majesty's illness has been cured, it's your credit, right?"

Lothar shook his head and said, "It's the credit of Bishop Urdin. His medical skills are superb. All the nobles in Jerusalem should have experienced this."

"But Father Urdin is your man."

Lothar smiled lightly.

"I heard that your holy treasurer has gathered an army of tens of thousands of people in the territory. It really is not what it used to be. How long has it been since you have such power? The lord who knows the news, I am afraid No one was surprised."

The tens of thousands of troops are already one-third of the mobile army that can be assembled in the whole of Jerusalem.

Lothar smiled bitterly and said, "It's nothing more than militarism. If this battle lasts 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 loss is too heavy, his previous move to recruit the pilgrims and the people can almost be said to be in vain.

This is all adult labor.

This is true for the army, and so is the logistics staff.

The whole of Transjordan is like a bowstring stretched tight, and if it takes longer, there is a risk of collapse.

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

At that time, Duke William could recruit a large number of nobles and knights from all supporters. They were all equivalent to William's investors, and William had already paid in advance, that is, after Albion was captured, they would be given land.

Lothar's are all real farmers and soldiers.

"Who isn't?"

Princess Sibylla sighed softly.

During this period, in the whole of Central and Western Europe, only the Gaul region had a population of about 700 million, and the Apennine Peninsula countries, which were smaller in size but richer, should have a combined population of more than [-] million.

On the contrary, Germania, which seems to have a larger territory than Gaul, has a population less than that of the countries of the Apennine Peninsula. This is why successive Germanic emperors were obsessed with bringing the Apennine Peninsula under their control.

In comparison.

The combined population of the Kingdom of Jerusalem is less than a million, which can only be compared to a small country in Europe such as the Kingdom of Gaelic. They want to support a field army that is estimated to be no less than [-], and send enough people to deliver supplies. It's really quite difficult.

It is far away from the mainland of Europe, and it is difficult to hire a reliable mercenary with money.

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

Surrounded by the Turks and Ayyub, they could not take care of themselves. At most, they could send an expeditionary force whose symbolic significance was greater than the actual significance.

Both the Greeks and the Germans focused their attention on Sicily.

The Gauls and Albion also stood still.

Jerusalem is in a state of unprecedented isolation.

There was sarcasm in Lothar's tone: "When I set off to the Holy Land, I heard that Gaul had sent several princes to lead a mighty crusade, but it hasn't arrived yet."

There have always been scattered nobles of the Gaul Crusaders. After all, the Gauls are the main force of the Crusaders, and the Germanic Crusaders can only come second.

But not to scale.

Count Leopold of Austria also promised to participate in the Eastern Expedition, and now he is estimated to be trapped in the chaos in Sicily and cannot escape. This is also the abbreviation of the current situation of the European Crusades, and there is no hope at all.

Sibila sighed softly: "People are fighting for their own selfish desires, justice and axioms have become empty talk, just as you said at the court meeting, we can only rely on ourselves."

In the last war, the Crusader princes had realized that the rulers of Europe were unreliable. Unless the Holy Land fell, it was impossible for them to take all kinds of risks to rescue a kingdom that was of no real benefit to them.

"Hopefully we can win in the end."

Lothar drew the sign of the cross on his chest.

The comparison between the strength of the enemy and ourselves should not be too disparate. After all, the Kingdom of Jerusalem can be said to have mobilized the military power of the whole country, and Saladin was limited by his ability to project, and at most he could 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 means that I captured Rauf's territory."

It is indeed his fault to start a war against Zayn, but there is also an excuse for Zayn to kidnap Leonard's fiancée. As for the subsequent war with Rauf, it is Rauf who took the initiative to declare war on him.

"You expected it?"

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

"The special envoy of the new pope, a cardinal named Sebastian, took a fancy to your new Habsburg and planned to lease the land there. If His Majesty's body hadn't recovered, he would definitely attack you. "

"Have you taken a fancy to the new Habsburg?"

Lothar frowned.

This was not what he expected.

If he wants to hold secular authority and church power in his own hands, he will definitely offend the church.

It is no wonder that the tree of life, a miracle that cannot be hidden at all, is not coveted by others.

"That's right, after all, there is a miracle of the heavenly father in the world. Some monks claimed that the sacred tree is the tree of wisdom recorded in the New Testament. As long as you eat the fruit it bears, you can have the world's top wisdom. .”

She spoke in a Wetton tone, and said, "There are also monks who refute, saying that this sacred tree is actually the legendary Tower of Babel, and it will grow infinitely until it reaches the kingdom of heaven."

Lothar thought about it.

At this time, he found Sibila staring at him with piercing eyes: "Tell me, what is that, I know you must know."

Lothar didn't prevaricate this time, and said frankly: "It's just an oak tree full of vitality. It won't grow infinitely. It's not a Babel tower, and it won't bear wisdom fruit. The biggest role is to make greening."

Sibyl said seriously: "What you said is true?"

Lothar said sincerely: "Of course it is true."

"Even if this is the case, it is still a miracle."

Greening is not a big deal for other places, but in the holy land full of deserts, it may be more effective than the Tower of Babel and the Tree of Wisdom.

Sibyl was silent for a moment, and said: "I am a woman, and I cannot go to the battlefield in person. Since you set off from me, lead my army and go to Jerusalem together. I only hope that you can win for the Holy Land and for Jerusalem." Victory in this war."

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