"Learn from Byzantium?" Henry Jr. was stunned for a moment, though it must be admitted that the Byzantines were indeed more civilized than the Germans.

Regardless of how the white pigskin in later generations proclaimed its civilization and democracy, in this day and age, people who are even the slightest bit forced will admit the gap between themselves and the Byzantines.

Compared with the Romans, the aristocrats of Western Europe, who did not bathe several times in their lives, can be described as very standard barbarians.

"But they are heretics......"

In medieval Europe, heretics were more hateful than pagans, not a joke.

In the official history, the Rus', who had just been ravaged by the Mongols, immediately ushered in the murderous Northern Crusaders, and the HRE, Poland, Sweden and other countries jointly sent troops to deal with the Rus' who suffered heavy losses, but they did not treat them as their own family at all.

Welf VI smiled: "What does it matter if it's heresy?" As long as they have something to learn from us and help us win the war. "What time is it now? Who cares about this?

His tone became solemn, "The strength of the Byzantines is much worse than a hundred years ago, and it is unrealistic to rely on them to resist the Chinese alone." The appetite of the Chinese is as greedy as the devil, and the Holy See will never sit idly by and watch the fall of Constantinople. "At this time, I will not mention any Crusader knightly states, which are not as important as half of Byzantium. The consequences of putting the Chinese in Europe are too serious.

You know, the Balkan Peninsula is very close to the essence of the monotheistic world.

When the crisis of the Chinese really involves the survival of the monotheistic world, the crusaders must be real crusaders.

Compared to the previous time, people had different minds, and the next reorganized crusade really existed to defend God.

"John II is not an idiot, Sanjar is the hero who integrated the Seljuks, and their joinforces, as well as the help of the Crusader knights, cannot resist the Chinese. The latter's strength is not accidental.

The Chinese fought from the far east to the Mediterranean, and the strength of them naturally requires us to learn. But the Chinese will not be our teachers, we can only learn from the Byzantines. They suffered too much at the hands of that Eastern army, and they are the Europeans who know the Chinese in the world. ”

"Uncle is too unconfident!" Little Henry frowned, Welf VI's words were to put Europe in the position of a weak, and the weak had to learn from the strong if they wanted to become stronger. "I admit that the Chinese are very strong in combat, but they are thousands of miles away from their homeland. And Byzantium has been completely mobilized, the army is no less than 100,000 people, with the help of the crusaders, and the water army that is willing to be profitable, even if the Chinese hit the Bosphorus, it is impossible to cross the sea to attack Constantinople. "There's a strait in between.

"As for the Chinese in the territory of the Rus' in the north, it is said that there are only thirty or forty thousand, while the Poles and Hungarians can gather at least two hundred thousand troops." Behind the two was the Holy Roman Empire that dominated Europe at this time.

In Little Henry's eyes, whether it is the Northern War or the Eastern War, the monotheistic world may suffer a lot of trauma, but there will definitely be no danger of collapse.

Welf VI shook his head, "You underestimate the Chinese too much. When they hit the Bosphorus, relying on the support of most of the heavenly world behind them, a single strait could not stop them at all. As for the army that conquered the Rus' in the north, it would be the great enemy of Germany. ”

"The Poles and Hungarians could not resist them, and the previous war between the three had already shown it. The Holy See has sent people to contact the Swedes and Danes, and even the heretics in the Baltics, in order to deal with them......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a sound of footsteps outside the door, and saw Rudolf Franz, the minister of the Saxon court, hurrying in. He was one of the few literate men in Saxony, who collected many Latin texts and traveled extensively in his early years, traveling from place to place as an envoy to Black Henry and Henry the Proud. Well-informed, there is a kind of style that is not chaotic in the face of danger. But when he walked into the main hall today, he was sweating profusely and panting, and it seemed that he had come all the way.

Entering the main hall, Rudolf Franz didn't even salute, and directly opened his throat and shouted: "Honorable Highness, honorable Marquis, it's not a good thing!" News came from Rome that the Holy City (Jerusalem) had been lost and attacked by the Chinese and the Celestials, the venerable King Falk was killed in battle, Queen Melisand fled from Jerusalem with her son, and the infidels then washed the entire city in blood. Just like the ......, the crusaders of the year......"

Crusade? It was a standard mob, whether it was Antioch, which had been besieged for a long time, or Jerusalem, which had been taken in a short time, and they had gone on a killing spree against the inhabitants of the city after entering the city.

In Jerusalem, for example, in just one afternoon and evening, the Crusaders slaughtered every celestial, Jew, and even monotheist in the city. A large number of celestial people fled to the Xingyue Temple, but they were all found and slaughtered on the spot in the Xingyue Temple, and according to some witnesses, the blood of the Xingyue Temple even overflowed the bare feet of the perpetrators. None of the entire city of Jerusalem survived, except for the Fatimid governor, who surrendered and was pardoned.

And now, bad luck has also befallen the descendants of the perpetrators.

There were a few gasps in the room, and a few young squire knights standing on the side couldn't stand it anymore.

"Damned heathen, they have defiled the glory of God."

"The Holy Sepulchre is not to be defiled, we must cleanse the earth of the dirt that covers the world and save the Holy City......"

There are also those who are not clear-headed, who first stiffen their bodies, and then shout and shout: "All kingdoms and principalities must unite and dye the cross red as our emblem to defend the place where the glory of the Lord shines, and the Lord will bless us with invincibility!" ”

Last year, the Holy See was preaching that the Holy Land was in danger and that the glory of the Lord would be tainted by the heathen. But that's just "maybe", and it may be a conjecture, not something that has already happened. Now that these are really coming, it's a different story for them. The Kingdom of Jerusalem was destroyed, and Antioch, Tripoli, and Edessa were all in danger, and when the news broke, the entire monotheistic world was in chaos.

Innocent II would certainly not let go of this opportunity, and the formation of a crusader army was inevitable again, and it would be much larger than the last time.

Welf VI was not alarmed, but smiled: "Expected thing. The four countries of the Crusaders were already weak, if they only faced the Celestial People, there was still a possibility of resistance, and if the Chinese were also involved, wouldn't it be easy to destroy the city wall? ”

"It just gives us a more reasonable excuse to reinforce Byzantium."