In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility. - Chapter 721

c718 The Little Man and the Big Man

“Hans, why are you looking at me like that?”

After hanging up the “phone”, Lothar looked at Hans with some confusion.

The atmosphere that had been brewing seemed a bit hypocritical when it was said here. Hans sorted out his emotions, grinned and said with a bright smile: “It’s okay, sir, I just think that I am a big shot now.”

Lothar felt a little puzzled about this.

If we talk about big shots, Hans, as his right-hand man, has long been one in the eyes of many Crusader nobles. Why is he feeling emotional now?

“Of course, big shot Hans. Let’s go, the ceremony is about to begin.”

The ceremony he mentioned was a large-scale execution.

In addition to the coronation ceremony, city patrol and banquet on the first day, Kurs also brought a team of people to eliminate the resistance forces in the city, including many stubborn elements.

These people are much more firm in their beliefs than those Saracens who fled by boat. They are die-hard elements and have no value for reform, so they became the target of killing chickens to scare monkeys.

According to the torture investigation, most of these people are actually foreign pilgrims, and there are very few locals.

After all, the commercial atmosphere of Alexandria is very strong. Every year, there are endless Latin merchants, Greek merchants, and Persians coming here to trade. This is the largest port in the entire Mediterranean except Constantinople.

Compared with it, the port of Ella is just a new junior, and its population has only barely exceeded 50,000 so far, which is far from it.

It is really difficult for a fanatical Zoroastrian to live in this city full of Greeks, Jews and Coptic heretics.

In addition to these diehards, there are gang members who took the opportunity to commit crimes and robberies when Alexandria fell into chaos, or big merchants who hoarded goods and raised prices. In short, the worse the reputation, the more likely they are to be targeted.

Killing the chicken to scare the monkey is one aspect, and appeasing the people is another.

There is no shortage of fools who cannot see the situation clearly in this world. Merchants who want to make a fortune in the chaos originally thought that when the Crusaders came, they would rely on offering their accumulated wealth and their own ability to make money to join the new master to replace the status of those big merchants who fled.

However, they never thought that Lothar wanted not only the little wealth they offered, but all the wealth they had accumulated over the years, including their heads that aroused public resentment.

…

Aleppo.

Ivan and Baron Fulk, who were sweating in the midday sun, waited outside the palace gate anxiously.

It has been a whole week since they took a boat to escape Egypt.

They had not planned to return to Aleppo, but unfortunately, things are unpredictable. The ship they were on encountered a storm halfway through the journey, and the masts were broken. It was still discovered by a Saracen coastal defense patrol fleet and towed back to the port of Suweidiye.

This made Ivan have to start to doubt whether the will of the holy fire was taking effect.

Ivan, who was forced to return to Aleppo, never thought that the first person he saw was not his master Takieddin, but was summoned by King Saladin, who was supposed to be in Damascus.

Inside the palace.

Saladin’s face was not good, and even after drinking a magic potion, it still showed a hint of waxy yellow.

The coalition forces suffered a great defeat in the Battle of Brulus, and the Crusaders ravaged the Egyptian region and attacked cities and territories. Without Adil, the leader, the governors of various places acted on their own and it was difficult to organize effective resistance.

Although resistance was useless, since the failure of that battle, the fall of Egypt was a matter of time.

But at least the later Egypt fell, the more time it could buy for the Ayyubid dynasty on its sickbed.

The defeat of Egypt and the death of his own brother Adil brought heavy damage to this heroic lord, who was already in poor health.

As the two Mamluks of Takieddin walked into the hall, he subconsciously propped up his tired body.

The older the lion is, the less tired he should be.

“You two, originally planned to flee to the territory of the King of Roma, and then go to Sassan, right?”

Ivan’s face was sweating. It was normal for the plan to be leaked. As long as he asked the captain, the sailors would know the destination. But it was leaked so thoroughly that it could only be the so-called “confidant” under his command who betrayed him.

He knelt on the ground with a face full of fear, but he was very smart not to refute. If Saladin wanted to execute him for this crime, he would not give him this opportunity to meet.

Saladin’s expression was gentle: “I can understand your actions. In Galilee and Brulus, you have fought hard and without reservation. Now you want to jump off this sinking ship, which is also human nature.”

The black eunuch serving on the side changed his face. If this statement was spread, the already turbulent people’s hearts would probably be shattered into slag.

The Kasaj guards standing in the hall were still like statues, not moved by Saladin’s words.

Ivan said quickly: “I was confused for a moment. I swear in the name of the Holy Fire that I will fight for you until death to atone for my sins.”

Saladin waved his hand: “I said, I don’t intend to pursue you. On the contrary, I intend to order you to lead an army to Sassan to help our King of Kings to deal with the nomadic tribes from the east.”

“This should not conflict with your original plan, right?”

Ivan thanked him with tears of gratitude.

“Your mission is to escort the envoy I sent to Baghdad to meet our King of Kings. When the time comes, you don’t have to return with the envoy.”

In the end, Ivan, with a grateful face, happily left the palace in Aleppo.

But when there was no one around, the smile on his face quickly disappeared.

Baron Fulk looked like he was surviving the disaster and said with emotion: “King Saladin is really a kind and virtuous king. I have searched all over Europe and it is difficult to find such a kind king.”

Seeing that there was no expression of joy on Ivan’s face, Baron Fulk couldn’t help but wonder: “Why, isn’t this exactly what you expected? His Majesty also gave us an army, and the Sassanid King will probably pay more attention to it.” Us?”

Ivan patted his shoulder helplessly. Going to Sassanid as a mercenary or as a guard of an envoy was not the same thing.

The former is a traitor to the Ayyubid dynasty. As long as he shows outstanding talents, in Ivan’s opinion, there is a high probability that he will be entrusted with important tasks. The latter is deeply marked by the Ayyubid dynasty and is destined to There is one more barrier.

Although there will be an additional army under his command, it will be mixed with sand because of this, and it will be another matter whose orders this army will listen to at that time.

…

The black eunuch watched the two rebels leave and couldn’t help asking: “Your Majesty, why are you so merciful to these rebels?”

“Those who should leave should not be forced to stay – in this situation, killing a small Mamluk general is not enough to deter anyone. Everyone has their own use. It just depends on whether you can use it.”

“What’s more, those Tatars are not that easy to deal with.”

Saladin’s expression was a little complicated. The purpose of the mission was to exaggerate the threat of the Franks, to call on the religious forces of the Sassanid Dynasty to deal with the pagans, to recover the Holy Land, and to urge the Sasanian king to send troops.

It would certainly not please the Sasanian king.

Sending an old, weak and sick army to help the Sasanian king resist the pagans in the east is tantamount to putting the Sassanid king, the leader of the Zoroastrian world, on the fire – after all, I am already in this situation. We are going to send troops to help you deal with the Eastern pagans. As the leader of the Zoroastrian Cult, do you also want to express your disapproval?

In addition, the envoys he sent would carry heavy sums of money to lobby all parties in the Sassanid Dynasty. It can be predicted that in Baghdad, there will be calls for troops to regain the Holy Land in the future.

No matter what the final result is, the Sassanid King will definitely not be happy with this kind of thing that is beyond his control. In retaliation, there is a high probability that Ivan will be sent to the most dangerous battlefield.

The fate of rebellion will still be death. The difference is that before he died, he still exerted some residual energy.

Of course, there is no way to survive.

It depends on whether this Russian slave named Abdullah is lucky enough.