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Chapter 42 In Despair

If things end like this, it might be better. Although the plague is terrifying, it will subside one day. The army of the Mongolian Empire is also ready to leave in disappointment. The final contest between the two huge empires in the East and the West ended in a draw. Immediately afterwards, Asia will fall into the century-old dark age brought by Mongolia. Europe will become a hell on earth under the rampage of the Black Death. Until the next cycle begins...

But in the end, things didn't develop like this.

When the Mongolians were disappointed and prepared to return to the Mongolian Plateau, an uninvited guest was welcomed in Genghis Khan's camp. This unexpected person brought hope to Genghis Khan again.

This man was dressed as a Roman nobleman, speaking fluent Mongolian words. He claimed that he was the messenger of the Grand Duke of Moscow. He also took out the evidence that could prove his identity and prove it true. He claimed that his monarch was very annoyed by the Normans, who deprived him of the Grand Duke of Moscow of his title, and was even more amused by the Norman Emperor, who used his territory as a battlefield and ravaged his will. At the same time, he was afraid that under hundreds of thousands of troops, the Normans would directly annex his country...

These sound more reasonable. And there are reasons that sound like a random mess or a typo. The messenger claimed that this disaster, the plague, caused God's anger because of Egil's backward actions. In addition, there are other solar eclipses, comets, fires, earthquakes, floods, etc., which are also due to Egil. This describes Egil as a demon and a fool who caused countless disasters. The messenger said this, hoping that the real demons would save them.

"Then..." After listening to this for so long, Genghis Khan was a little impatient. For this ruthless person, it was really impossible to believe in God or something. Even if the real God appeared before Genghis Khan, he probably had to think about it for a while. What's more, these guys who looked like charlatans.

In addition, although they were hostile to Egil, Genghis Khan still admired Egil very much, whether it was force, command or wisdom. They were all extremely excellent. Genghis Khan regarded Egil as a powerful competitor and thought of Egil as an existence of the same height as him. And this envoy derogated Egil so much that Genghis Khan naturally hated it.

"You have just agreed, what kind of benefits your master wants. And what kind of services can you provide to the great Mongolian army?" Genghis Khan waved his hand and interrupted the envoy and asked this afterwards.

"This...is so." The messenger originally thought it was very pleasant and could resonate with tears. By the way, he took a long speech on the other party's horse, and it was finally proved that he had photographed the horse's hooves.

"The savage man who is ungrateful..." The messenger secretly complained in his heart. The smile on his face became even brighter.

"It's like this. The great Genghis Khan. We feel that, compared to that tyrant Egil, your kindness is like the sun, enough to shine on the earth. So we are willing to regard you as the monarch, just to let you keep Moscow, a barren and insignificant territory. We are willing to station you in this place and provide you with tribute. In addition, we are willing to share some secrets with you, such as the hidden weaknesses of the other party's seemingly solid fortress..."

After the messenger said such words, Genghis Khan's eyes suddenly lit up. He looked at the messenger, looking at the messenger, looking at the Ross man with hair all over his body.

"If you say this, I will accept your conditions! As long as what you say is true, I will provide protection to Moscow to ensure the existence of your poor country. The price is only a trivial tribute!" Genghis Khan said in this way, sweeping away the decline accumulated by the constant bad news in recent times.

Around Genghis Khan, other Mongol generals were also very excited to discuss. If this matter was true, then take revenge! Completely destroy the damn Norman Empire! Conquer the world!!! Such ambition might as well burn for a while.

"Thank you for the reward of Khan!" Hearing Genghis Khan's promise, the Ross messenger looked ecstatic. However, because the East and West cultures were different, they did not kowtow like a dog-legged man before. This also made Genghis Khan's impression of this messenger a little better.

"Don't rush to thank me for it first. Tell me, what you said before. If what you said is a little false, then be careful of your head!" Genghis Khan seemed to be stern when he said this. At the same time, he carefully observed the messenger. The messenger seemed to be frightened by his expression, but if you look closely, you can see that there is still one or two points of confidence in his eyes. This made Genghis Khan believe in what he said twice.

"This is the thing, khan." The man cleared his throat and said, "The fortress built by the Norman Empire is indeed very large and strong. The key city gate is only on the west side. If you want to attack, you have to go around the fortress, which is almost impossible. But in fact, the Norman Empire was building these two fortresses - no, it should be said that when building this series of more than a dozen fortresses in six lines of defense, they all left a flaw."

"What flaw?!" He paused when the other party said this. Next to Genghis Khan, the Mongolian general Zhebe, asked quickly.

"That's right, this Mongolian Lord." The messenger nodded to Zhe, then turned around, his eyes still on Genghis Khan, and then said in a calm tone: "Maybe the noble and wise Khan has guessed something--before, your army had been attacked by the Norman Cavalry. The Norman Cavalry assembled very quickly. Is that true?"

Although I hadn't guessed it before, since the other party said so, Genghis Khan had to act in a mysterious way. However, when he heard the other party mention that his army was about to withdraw last year, Genghis Khan was really thinking about it when he received this prompt.

"You mean... the other party has control over other passages from the fortress?" Genghis Khan tried to ask.

"That's true!" the messenger clapped his hands and shouted: "The Khan is indeed extremely wise! When the Normans built every fortress, they built secret doors that could freely enter and exit the walls under the fortress' walls in an inconspicuous place! The original intention was to gather troops secretly, hoping to counterattack and raid your army!"

"So that's it! So you know the location of these secret doors?!" After finally solving the mystery, the Mongolian generals were full of fun.

"Yes, although the other party did it very secretly. As an ally, and this happened on our land, it would still be possible to detect the information clearly if it took a little effort." The messenger said.

"Then let's tell you all the location of the secret door as you know!" The Mongolian generals continued to urge.

"Is there any paper and pen? I can draw it." The man said. So the Mongolians were in a hurry and brought the paper and pen to the man.

"This...this..." Looking at the brush that was forced to be sent to him, the messenger smiled bitterly and asked, "Can you change the quill?" Then he was in a hurry and found the quill and ink. The messenger took action. He quickly outlined the fortress with a painting method called sketch that the Mongols had never seen before, and clearly marked the location of several secret doors. He then took it to Genghis Khan and said:

"Khan, this is the secret door of the fortress on the left."

Immediately afterwards, the man continued to write down the six Norman lines of defense, fourteen (the main body of the last two lines of defense are three large fortresses side by side), and the secret doors of each city wall. Then he added: "These mechanisms that rotate the secret doors are only on the inner walls of the fortress. So it is impossible to enter at once. But these places are still weak links in the fortress's defense. With a little effort, they can be destroyed."

"Yes." Genghis Khan nodded, then picked up all the drawings, and showed a playful smile again: "Then, just in case, you can draw these drawings again."

The messenger was stunned and immediately figured it out. This was Genghis Khan's suspicion. He nodded immediately and said, "Okay." Then he drew it again. Compare the drawings twice and compare them, and it was exactly the same!

Genghis Khan then burst into laughter. While laughing, he patted the messenger's shoulder and shouted: "Prepare! Select a group of the bravest and most warlike soldiers! Tonight, we will attack the city according to what is drawn in this picture! After occupying the city wall, open the city gate and magnify the army into the city!"

After saying this, a group of Mongolian generals took the order. Genghis Khan made a detailed arrangement and discussed tactics with the generals. After all, the generals were all busy. Genghis Khan then smiled and patted the messenger's shoulder and said, "I'll stay here tonight. I think you are a talent. After winning this war, you should follow me directly. I think your original monarch dared not speak irrelevantly to my decision, right?"

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