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Chapter 100 Interrogation

Last night, Alpha also received the influence of the Death Moment skill, and he was much stronger than other light cavalry. So before the main force could successfully penetrate, he was already trapped in an unknown corner of the enemy. After Egil led a small group of cavalry to break out, the large number of cavalry left in the spot also lost their skill blessing. They were either cut to pieces by the angry Greeks, or they were captured with great strength like Alpha.

There are more than twenty in total. The number is not large. Except for one of them, a Hungarian Ranger leader, the others are all royal knights and have the title of nobles. They are not very worried about their own life safety. After all, they are nobles. The nobles have privileges from beginning to end. Even if they become prisoners, they are the same. The Greeks claim to be civilized nations, so they are naturally more particular about this. The knights arranged food and accommodation the next day after they were disarmed. The standards are indeed based on the quota of ordinary nobles. They just cannot leave their own camps.

When he heard Alpha's self-reporting home, Basil II nodded, not caring about it on the surface, but he was a little confused in his heart. Then he glared at Ellius fiercely. The Greek generals around Basil II, especially the one who had said before, "I want to teach him a lesson", began to be on full alert. He was afraid that this guy would suddenly hurt people. Especially the translator next to Alpha, he was so scared that he crawled under the table.

Speaking of which, Ellius did a good job in intelligence. He got all the general information about important generals related to the Norman Kingdom. Among them were Viscount Alfa: "The strongest knight under Egil, the champion of the Norman Kingdom Knights Competition. The first general in the Norman Army."

Such a guy is extremely dangerous even if he doesn't have weapons in his hands. Who can feel at ease if he doesn't tie this guy up or chop his hands and feet? If he suddenly starts to hurt someone, who can control it?

For a moment, the air almost condensed, and Elius smiled bitterly, and felt a little unbelievable. Who knew that such a thin, premature tuberculosis man would be the first brave general in the Norman army?

Both sides were speechless for a moment, until two fully armed Eastern Roman Imperial Guards walked into the tent and vaguely surrounded Alpha in the middle, the Greek generals breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmph." Alpha snorted lightly, expressing disdain. However, it made the Greek generals blush a little.

"So, next, the second question..."

Next, Basil II asked a lot, but they all were about the customs, political systems, economic development, etc. of the Norman Kingdom. Viscount Alfa was a little surprised. I don’t know what kind of abacus this Greek emperor could do. It’s just that Alfa was the first knight in the army, not the first encyclopedia in the army. He knew a lot about marching and fighting. However, he only had a little understanding of the questions asked by Basil II. He even didn’t know at all. However, seeing Basil II nodded repeatedly, Viscount Alfa thought his answer should satisfy him.

"So, the last question, the raid last night, please explain in detail."

Alpha said intimately, "The playful meat is finally here." Then he cheered up and replied, repeating Egil's pre-war plan. When he said, "The Greeks would never have thought of it," he didn't look very good from Basil II to the surrounding imperial guards.

"Then immediately afterwards, His Majesty shouted that the cavalry who were still able to fight were out of the line, and selected the still strong war horses, including His Majesty, a total of 324."

"Wait a moment-" Basil II frowned, and then stopped Viscount Alfa's words: "You say, including Egil? That is to say, King Norman is also in this night attack?"

"Of course, otherwise how could the warriors fight so hard?" Alpha snorted. Instead, he gently brought the desperate moment stunt used by Egil.

Basil II nodded and thought to himself: Indeed, if the king came to the front line in person... the other party might have used some kind of stunt.

As a world-famous emperor and military commander, Basil II naturally also had special stunts. However, in yesterday's battle, he did not use his special stunts, and the battle had already gained an advantage. So this trump card was continued to be collected by Basil II...

Of course, this is not the most important thing now.

"So is His Majesty Egil among the prisoners of war?" Basil II stood up suddenly, and his eyes burst into astonishing spirits, and he asked anxiously.

Alpha was stunned for a moment, but laughed out louder and louder, and the more she laughed, the more ugly the Greeks around her face became. In the end, someone couldn't stand it. Regardless of Alpha's skills, she shouted to him: "Stop laughing!" However, Alpha was still laughing until she finally made her chest hurt and laughed so hard that she felt uncomfortable. Then she stopped.

"If His Majesty is really captured, His Majesty will definitely let me kill him. He is King Norman, the pride of heaven. How can he withstand such humiliation?"

Basil II nodded, and once again raised the importance of Alpha in his heart. Because Christian doctrine does not allow suicide. Therefore, some arrogant kings will order their most trusted knights to kill them when they are defeated and about to be captured. And according to Alpha's current statement, this is most likely the case.

"Go, gather all the bodies, and then ask other prisoners of war to identify them." Basil II thought for a while: If he had not been captured, he might have died in battle. So he gave this order, so Elius nodded and walked out.

"You don't seem too panic." After giving this order, Basil II turned over and looked at Alpha and asked, "Or, don't you feel sad when your lord is killed?"

"Your Majesty will never die before completing his destiny." Speaking of this, Alpha seemed extremely enthusiastic: "Your Majesty was chosen, unique and unique! How could he die in such a place?!"

"Arrogant." The Greek general next to him couldn't see it and shouted. Alpha snorted lightly, but seemed extremely disdainful.

After a while, Elius returned to the camp and shook his head at Basil II.

"No..." Basil II was slightly disappointed: if the Norman died, he could save a lot of things. He didn't even need to negotiate with the other party. However, he was not dead. Thinking of this, thinking about what Alpha said, Basil II felt a little annoyed inexplicably.

"Okay, Viscount, you can go down." Basil II was very interested at this moment, so he ordered the guards to take Alpha down. Then he glanced at the Greek generals present: "Everyone, I have made it clear. I am going to negotiate with the Normans. What do you think?"

The Greek generals thought for a moment, and one of them said, "The negotiation is indeed possible. Your Majesty. At this moment, we have made enemies from all sides, and we should indeed stabilize the situation first. But I wonder what your negotiation plan is?"

Basil II nodded and said, "In view of the fact that those savage coalitions still have very strong combat power, I think it is not impossible to accommodate them for the time being. Before this, the other party had put forward conditions. I have thought that the compensation could be reduced slightly, and then agreed. After all, our Rome is the most wealthy in the world, and it is definitely not that little money.

And the problem of land... Hungary, I can restore it. But its territory must be strictly controlled. All the land plundered from Poland before must be transferred to the empire.

I can ignore the crime of destroying Naples by those savages. But I will never give up on the two Sicilies. There is also Ragusa, the Venetians have no ability to guard that city-state, and it also belongs to the Balkans, so I will never give up on it.

But Iberia...the barren mountains. If they really want it, I can give them some."

Basil II said, causing the Eastern Roman generals to nodded repeatedly. They paid the barbarians gold to stop their plunder and hostility towards the Eastern Roman Empire. This was also a tradition of the Eastern Roman Empire. And the mountains of Iberia, these nobles from Constantinople did not care about it. It was no big deal to have so many mountains in Iberia. Now Hungary has suffered such a disaster and has basically become a ruin. It is urgent to have no effect when it is taken. It is better to use it as a favor. However, Naples and Sicily are the key areas that control the Mediterranean, so naturally they cannot be cedeed.

Basil II is worthy of the wise king. In this moment, he had come up with such a comprehensive negotiation plan. He had concessions and persistence. I believe that the barbarians would not be ungrateful. After this battle, the barbarians were also seriously injured. In addition, this peace agreement. The battlefield on the Western Front of the Empire was stable, so he could focus on the Eastern Front and fight against the Turks.

So no one objected, so Basil II sent an envoy to the Norman camp.

But the messenger failed to see Egil. After that, the messenger wanted to go back but could not go back. He was directly detained by the Normans. It was not until four days later that Egil had the chance to meet the Norman King, the eldest King of the Profile. Of course, Egil was not in the mood to talk to him at this time. He said directly: "Let Basil talk to Yu in person." He sent him away. Then he ran to Joan of Arc's tent in a hurry...
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