Chapter 816 Seeking Help

Just after noon, the Crusaders completely cleared out the remnants of this sturdy castle named "Saladin".

The green, red, and yellow holy fire flags were cut off by the Crusaders who climbed up to the top of the city and dropped on the top of the city. Instead, they were replaced by crosses and double-headed eagles.

Saladin Castle was originally a commanding height. Once the flags changed, most of Cairo could see it clearly. Even if there were many defenders in the city, the morale of the army was shaken and they were trembling with fear.

Historically, sieges have been protracted and accumulated over the years. How could it take only half a day to capture a strong city fortress?

In addition, the magic dragon was in the air, and the Cairo defenders had no countermeasures at all. Those magic-blocking golden crossbows would have been a threat before Radon was promoted, but now, even if they could penetrate Radon's scales, they could not hit him at all.

If the siege had been replaced by a Crusader monarch with milder means, Cairo would probably have been ready to open the gates and surrender.

But Lothar would not give in. A small ship is easy to turn around. If he does not take advantage of the establishment of the country to clean up a group of original rentiers, it will take a long time before he conquers Egypt or Egypt conquers him.

He does not like to raise the butcher knife and scrape off the rotten meat internally, so he simply raises the threshold to become his own people.

While he was thinking, Kurs, the treasurer of the royal family, wrapped in the shadows, came to him and whispered: "My lord, the Holy Light Seeds of the Knights Templar ask you to join the siege."

The Holy Light Seeds refer to the Templar Knights who have initially mastered the power of Holy Light in the Temple, Hospital and Teutonic Knights. They now have a total of more than 100 people. Although their combat power is still far behind the reinforcements of the Hospital Knights in the simulated battle, they are also real extraordinary forces.

Lothar came back to his senses and shook his head and said: "Let them be patient, they will be useful tonight."

He planned to repeat the old trick and take Cairo in one fell swoop through a night attack.

This trick has always worked for elite troops against mobs. Cairo is already a fat piece of meat on his lips. If he ignores the losses, he will probably be able to break the city overnight. But he came to train his troops, not to send his men to die.

As the sky gradually darkened, the Crusaders who had been fighting for a day gradually retreated to the safe fortresses, towers, and urban areas with the sound of horns, picked up the sumptuous dinner sent by the logistics team, and feasted on it.

Lothar was about to go out to patrol the camp, and the imperial emblem on his chest suddenly became hot.

He picked up the communication, and Anna's slightly tired voice came from the other side.

"Good night, the noble King of Egupisto, the Holy Lord of Heaven, the nightmare of the Saracens, the slayer of legends, the king of the Eastern Franks, the master of dragons."

Lothar couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't flatter me, Anna."

"You should be about to take over Cairo now."

"You are well-informed."

"Of course, the Levant Wizard Association still has some people, and they usually share what they have."

Lothar smiled, but he didn't doubt that Anna had planted spies in front of him.

"How is your war in Sicily?"

"Not good. The fake King Tancred of Sicily has reached an agreement with the Venetians. In fact, since the Queen ascended the throne, she has abolished many of the Venetians' commercial privileges, and the relationship between the two countries has reached a freezing point."

She paused and said, "And the Empire lost a large number of ships in the Cyprus naval battle. Now the Empire's fleet is no match for the Venetians. They blockaded the sea and cut off our supplies. The situation that we originally had the upper hand has become confusing again."

Losa frowned: "Didn't Henry VI just subdue the northern Italian city-states? If they put together a fleet and persuade the Venetians' old enemy Genoa to take action, plus the sea dragon you raised, they should be able to solve this dilemma, right?"

Anna sighed helplessly.

"A new round of Crusades is gathering in Pannonia. They were bribed by Alexios of the Angelos family and planned to join the journey to claim the throne for him. Lothar, our situation is very bad now. I don't know when they will board the Venetian fleet and attack the heart of the empire like a wolf."

Isn't this the infamous Fourth Crusade in history?

I didn't expect that although I conquered Egypt and made the Third Crusade a great victory, this Fourth Crusade still happened.

Lothar frowned and said, "Anna, do you mean you want my help?"

The other side was silent for a moment, and said somewhat powerlessly: "Yes, I know you are in the critical stage of attacking Egupisto and it is difficult to withdraw troops. I shouldn't have said this, but I know that the only one who can help me is you."

Today is different from the past. Lothar has been crowned the King of Egupisto, occupying Alexandria and Cairo, two powerful cities in the Mediterranean world second only to Constantinople. His power and wealth have ranked among the top monarchs.

She really couldn't think of what price the Empire could offer in exchange for Lothar to go to war with his Frankish compatriots.

Lothar said noncommittally: "Tell me the details."

"Alexius has been in exile for many years. He now has the support of King Bela III of Hungary, bribed the Crusaders stranded in Croatia, Austria, and Veneto, and reached an alliance with the Venetians. He made a large amount of empty promises that I think he can't fulfill at all, and recruited a huge army of no less than 50,000 people."

Anna talked slightly, and said, "It is estimated that there are no less than 5,000 knights, tens of thousands of armored soldiers, and the remaining obedience. The pilgrims cannot count. "

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Losa couldn't help but sneer: "Such a huge army, the early branch to the Holy Land, I'm afraid that Saladin can now even be able to keep Aleppo, and it will be exiled Baghdad."

The businessmen are profitable, no matter what sacred jihadic war career, there are many people who ride overseas, and they have to increase their prices. This has led to a large number of jihadists staying and unable to support the front line.

Think of the Venetian who had previously intended to be funded at the cost of funding in exchange for the trade privilege in Alexander, Semantanard and other cities, and established his own business port. He could not help giving birth to a strong sense of evil.

"It seems that your previous disposal to the Venetian is offending them."

Anna was quite helpless: "There is no way. The business of the empire is almost hanging in the Venetian rope. It is impossible for the Venetian's privileges to revive the empire."

Losa sighed: "I'm afraid you think that with the weak land of the Venetian people, you only need to maintain the ships of the Venetian one or two at the sea. "" "

In the final analysis, the first -generation emperors of the Eastern Empire did not understand the trouble of economics. They only knew that signing a paper empty text with the Venetian could be exchanged for a lot of funding.

Whoever expected that the more he wanted to go, the more he found that the fiscal and tax he could use became more and more barren, so he gave birth to the idea of ​​turning his face and not admitting his account.

Anna smiled bitterly: "Yes, who can think of the vicious guy of Eriko Dandelonalon, and now reached an alliance with the Hungarians, and deliberately delay the footsteps of the Crusades, incite them to use the soldiers for the empire? I am afraid that it will be brewed from a few years ago. "

"Your busy, I can help."

Thinking for a moment, Lomari said.

On the one hand, because of the friendship with Anna, on the other hand, his overseas country is newly established in the East Central China Sea. It is when it is a hundred waste to reach the league with the empire. Essence

"But what price can you pay? My best friend."

Losa followed up.

"All the gifts in this world have been in the secret price. I am not like the Venetian people. I will cheat you to sign to sign an unbearable contract, but I will not participate in a war that has nothing to do with me for no reason."