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After several days of voyage, the fleet led by Egil once again docked.

Because the voyage was not very long, I didn't feel very tired.

Of course, it cannot be said to be very good.

"It's so hot." Egil wiping the sweat on his forehead, while raising his head to look at the sky - a dazzling blue, cloudless sky.

"The time period is quite good now. In a few hours, it will be even hotter by noon." Beside Egil, the Governor of Venice, said this. After casting the critical vote, whether this guy wants or not, he is regarded as a member of the Norman Empire. Just as Henry of Bavaria is willing or not, he will be regarded as a person on Albert's side. However, this is not very unacceptable for this Governor, after all, before that, he relied on the Norman Empire to win the title of Governor of Venice. He has been a younger brother under Egil for a long time...

"That's it." Egil nodded. It seemed that the Governor of Venetian had been here before or as a merchant.

Speaking of which, the Antioch Principality was not peaceful at this moment. Antioch Northern is an important city of Adana, the Ottoman Turkey. A large number of Sassanid cavalry, Sipahi cavalry and Turkish nomad cavalry were concentrated here, ready to cross the Asi River at any time to wipe out this small principality.

In addition, in the east of Antioch Gonggu, Aleppo, another powerful pagan country, a military center of Egypt. Also gathered here are large numbers of Mamluk cavalry, Guram cavalry and Arab cavalry. These cavalry are also ready to cross the Asi River at any time to recover Antioch.

The weak Antioch Gonggu survived until now, mostly because these two countries have their own opponents, and Antioch's position in this area is relatively minor. Saladin fought his life to attack Jerusalem. Every time Suleiman mobilized the Turkish army, he was to attack the Greeks. The Antioch Principality survived in this area inconspicuously and continued to eliminate the country.

However, now, this situation has been broken with the fall of Jerusalem. At this moment, Prince Antioch (in order to maintain his own **xing, all Antioch monarchs have called themselves princes)

Oxméng I was extremely afraid. After losing this only reinforcement in Syria, the fate of the Antioch Principality would be like a candlelight in the storm, and could be extinguished at any time by the terrifying and powerful pagan country.

However, although he was extremely worried about his destiny and the pagans would destroy him, the prince was not completely welcomed by the Crusaders who were about to fight against the pagans for the first time, especially after Egilskadra Grimsson, the Norman Emperor, who had never dealt with, brought the entire Cyprus into his possession.

"These guys can be used, but they must not be completely trusted. They are on the surface of being a cloak of believers and knights, but in fact they are a combination of invaders and beasts. They come here on the surface to regain the holy land, but in fact they are to expand their territory and sphere of influence and gain enough benefits in the war so that they will not care whether the territory they plunder is Catholic or pagan."

Perhaps because of the same kind - Prince Antioch who also started his business with the Crusaders

Sid was very wary of this group of crusaders. Sometimes he even asked himself, these crusaders, like beasts, were probably even more terrifying than those pagans - but what could he do? The Crusaders had a large number of warships, tens of thousands of generals, the most capable of fighting nobles, kings, and emperors in Europe. What was Antioch? A fairly good and prosperous city with about 10,000 standing troops, and nearly 30,000 peasant soldiers who could be recruited at the same time. Such power is probably not enough for people to get stuck in their teeth.

Therefore, Prince Antioch had a lot of ambiguous attitudes towards the Crusaders. While meeting the requirements of these great men as much as possible, even regardless of the lives and death of the people under his rule, he also curled up with the kings and dukes from Europe. In the eyes of the wealthier countries in the Middle East, these guys who were just a group of country bumpkins were satisfied with the fat man who was bloated and smiling.

Except Egil.

Perhaps part of this is because the beauty given by Osiméng De made Maria and Sonia next to Egil very unhappy, and then made Egil neglected for several nights. This made Egil very unhappy the most important thing is that those beauties are actually not very good-looking. In other words, these white women with large pores do not conform to Egil's aesthetic view.

So he was decisively photographed off - but, the more important reason is that Egil took a fancy to the Antioch land.

“There is no special reason or meaning.

You see, the economic status here is not as good as Damascus, the political significance is not as good as Jerusalem withdrawal, and the strategic significance is not as good as Cyprus.

Why am I interested in this place?" Egil spoke to the corner of the tent, a place with no one, while smiling: "Because this is "land, can you understand what I mean? This is "land". What I am interested in is not Antioch, but "land"

"Well, your majesty, what are you doing?" He had never had any sense of existence because Egil had a baron some time ago, so the clerk Talleyrand, who had secretly been happy several times.

"No, nothing." Egil quickly turned around and looked at Talleyran calmly. His look of "If you have nothing to bother me, I will kill you", made Talleyran feel very stressed for a moment.

"That's right, your majesty." Unlike others who like Nihuer as the Lord, this not very loyal clerk prefers to call Eguier as His Majesty. It sounds like a lot more than other people.

"What banquet did those idiotic kings want me to attend? Or did the Fat Pig Prince send me another gift? Or was there another soldier from which family caused trouble again. "Boe, the woman of Antioch? Or, you dare not tell me that Saladin's brain is so funny. He rushed towards Antioch with all the pagans in the world, right?" Egil interrupted him in anger without waiting for Talleyran to continue speaking, and said this.

"In fact, everything except the last one happened. This is exactly what my subordinates want to report to His Majesty."

"It's so bad. A group of unsavvy idiots - an Antioch. Before he could get to Jerusalem, he was so angry that he was slapped. "Egil complained while kneading his sun.

"However, I have to say that the closer we get to the East, the higher the living standards. Spices, silks, porcelains, and treasures from the East are always irresistible. Also, I recently discovered that a kind of thing produced in the East is called tea, which tastes very good. Although people always like to soak various seasonings and tea together, or stir with milk. But I think the taste of simply brewing tea is the best-

Although it is a bit bitter. Although the hot climate has contributed to part of the desert terrain, if the water sources are sufficient, it will become an incompetent food production area. It is like-

"Okay, okay. I don't have time to listen to you about these things now. Something came from the East. The leaves and foam that was dry for unknown amounts of time can be destroyed by you. You are really useless." Egil, who traveled through time at the age of sixteen and drank too many mixed canned drinks in his previous life, complained: "When is the party? Tell me. And that fat man accepted the gift from that fat man. He forced him to "beep, the guy from the fu girl gave him twenty whips. He claimed that the woman was a prostitute. If there are similar things in the future, he didn't need to tell me. Follow this.

"But, if this arouses dissatisfaction among the citizens-"

"—What else can they riot?" Egil snorted coldly: "Brave (harmony) movement follows mob convention, hang, behead, cross... I see that you are learning more and more back."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Talleyran felt speechless when he heard his emperor's remarks, and finally said that the banquet started at four o'clock in the afternoon. He heard Egil complaining, "A group of foodies." Then he left.

In fact, Egil called this group of monarchs a foodie in this way. Although the kings from the bitter and cold land of Europe were more or less confused by the holy land that flourished due to the East-West trade, they did not forget the serious things in this way. Now, although these people have shrunk in Antioch and have no action, there is a reason for this.

The army was not fully transported, and the troops transported to Antioch also took some time to rest and adapt to the hot weather here - despite this, hundreds of small-scale troops also marched to the south as scouts and advance troops. Their goal was to seize the small pagan towns and villages, so as to facilitate the subsequent large troops to enter.

In addition, Emperor Albert, who did not want to obey Egil's orders, also did something unexpected. After landing with the Norman ships, the emperor couldn't wait to drive south... as if he felt that he could save the holy land with the tens of thousands of troops under his command.

"It's really naive. I hope Saladin will give him a profound lesson and let him understand how ignorant and stupid he is." Egil had no intention of stopping after receiving the news. He was so happy that he saw that idiot was beaten up by Saladin. It would be better if he died because of this (to be continued)
Chapter completed!