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The reason why Damascus was captured by the Crusaders was mainly because Li Tong sent his personal army out to suppress the rebellion. There were only more than 1,000 personal army and more than 2,000 reserve civilians. The crusaders led by King Conrad II of De and King Louis VII of France exceeded 20,000.

In addition, Li Tong was attacked by the Crusaders without any preparation.

In this way, how could Li Tong be able to defeat him?

For Liu Qi, this crusaders were not enough. He led 100,000 elite troops to the scene this time, and it can be said that he could completely crush the more than 20,000 crusaders led by King Conrad II of Germany and King Louis VII of France.

Therefore, there was no suspense in this battle. The more than 20,000 crusaders were almost wiped out by the central army. Two rabbit guys, King Conrad II of Germany and King Louis VII of France, fled to Jerusalem with a very small number of crusaders.

Lieutenant General Zhe Yanzhi led three thousand light cavalry to bite King Conrad II of De and King Louis VII of De to Jerusalem.

Li Yan has made a clear instruction about Jerusalem: It cannot be destroyed or attacked. As a later generation, Li Yan knew too much that Jerusalem was just a pack of explosives. If it was not done properly, it would cause trouble. The key is that the gain is not worth the loss. There is no need to provoke those fanatics because of such a big place.

Therefore, although Zhe Yanzhi wanted to attack Jerusalem, he could not help it in the end.

Slowly, more and more central troops gathered in Jerusalem and then surrounded the place.

Li Yan just explained that he could not attack Jerusalem or talk to Jerusalem, and did not say that he could not scare the king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Therefore, Liu Qi discussed with his subordinates and decided to write a letter of intimidation to the king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Liu Qi said in the letter: "We do not want to destroy this sacred place, so you'd better surrender immediately and let us take over here. Otherwise, if the army attacks the city, we will teach us that there will be no tiles and no grass left here!"

At this time, the king of the Kingdom of Jelualem, no, it should be said that the queen of the Kingdom of Jelualem was Melisander, who ruled with her husband Fulk.

Unlike the two idiots, Conrad II, and Louis VII, Melisand and Fulk, who were on the edge of Central Asia, were very clear about how powerful the central army in Central Asia was. This kind of power had already left them with no desire to resist.

So, after discussing with their ministers, Melisand and Fulk finally decisively opened the city and surrendered.

Seeing that things were not good, King Conrad II of De and King Louis VII of Desert escaped quietly to Jerusalem, and then fled westward.

Liu Qi did not send anyone to pursue King Conrad II of De and King Louis VII of Desert, because these two goods were the best excuses for the Central Army to attack Europe.

On the other hand, the left-wing army led by Yue Fei also crossed the Caucasus Mountains and opened up the north-south communication line of the Caucasus.

A month later, Li Yan led a large number of 150,000 elite troops and 300,000 reserve soldiers to Damascus.

Seeing the body of the young Li Tong, Li Yan was very sad!

Although Li Yan didn't even have a single white hair, this was also a white hair person who gave him a black hair person.

fine--

Li Yan has enough sons, and it’s really not bad for Li Tong.

So, not long after, Li Yan came out of the grief of losing his son.

Shi Hao suggested that Li Yan let Li Tong's eldest son be the king of Tongguo.

However, after considering it, Li Yan rejected Shi Hao's proposal, and then did not draw lots for the first time, but let Li Bi, who was more capable among his sons, serve as the king here. Through this incident, Li Yan realized that Damascus was extraordinary and people who were not capable could not be allowed to be kings. As for Li Tong's son who had just walked, it was even worse.

After dealing with these things, Li Yan came to Jerusalem.

When Li Yan arrived in Jerusalem, Liu Qi and his friends had already occupied Jerusalem, and as usual they captured all the royal families and nobles in Jerusalem, and searched their houses - the royal families and nobles were kept. For the rule of Li Yan's sons, it was an extremely unstable factor. As for circumcising their houses, there was no way. For this Western Expedition, Li Yan spent a lot of money and naturally had to make some money back. Otherwise, this would be a heavy burden for Dazhong.

Li Yan was not pretentious either. Li Yan accepted all the daughters of the nobles, including Melisand, the queen of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. As long as they were young and beautiful, they would accept them.

As for those not-so-great and older women, Li Yan also sent people to escort back to Dazhong - for the future rule of his sons, they must live in Dazhong in the future.

Li Yan also collected all the treasures plundered by the soldiers of the central army and prepared to take them back to Dazhong.

but--

There is a treasure that Li Yan didn't want.

Such a treasure is a true cross.

Not only did he not ask for this treasure, Li Yan also personally sent the treasure to the Holy Sepulchre Church.

After this, Li Yan declared that Jerusalem is always a land of freedom, and it does not belong to anyone, including him, Li Yan.

After the announcement, Li Yan ordered all the soldiers of the central army to withdraw from Jerusalem, leaving only a thousand unfaithful Chinese to maintain the public order in Jerusalem. Li Yan set a rule: In the future, the guards of Jerusalem will never be allowed to join, and the guards will always serve the public order in this holy land of Jerusalem.

In addition, Li Yan also stipulated that everyone entering Jerusalem must pay one yuan or more.

Li Yan did not collect this money, nor was anyone allowed to collect it. It was only used for the expenses of the Guards and the maintenance of the city of Jerusalem. In addition, Li Yan also asked someone to build a stone slab to disclose every dollar of income.

By the way, this first yuan was paid by Li Yan.

Li Yan is a holy land that hopes that Jerusalem can become a true holy land, a holy land with no war, and a holy land where all believers can enter and exit freely.

After dealing with the matter of Jerusalem, Li Yan did not stay in Jerusalem. Afterwards, he ordered Liu Qi to continue the expedition, while he himself brought his army to Cairo.

After occupying Central Asia, the army and navy of the Greater and Middle School can already be connected.

but--

There is another problem here, a very serious problem, that is, Asia and Europe are isolated from land. In other words, large and medium-sized ships cannot use Europe unless they circle a huge, huge circle.

In this case, it is obviously not conducive to large-scale and medium-sized trade.

In addition, it is not conducive to communication with Dazhong and the future countries established by Li Yan's sons in Europe.

Therefore, Li Yan was preparing to open up a canal, open up the sea transportation between Asia and Europe, connect the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and provide the closest route from Europe to land near the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific.

To put it simply, Li Yan is preparing to dig the Suez Canal.

actually--

The Suez Canal has existed for a long time, but because of various things, it has been abandoned and needs to be dug again.

However, even though the Suez Canal has existed for a long time, this canal is definitely not so easy to dig.

You know, historically, it took nearly eleven years for the poor Egyptians to dig canals through the desert.

(This is mainly because they are not good at technology and have serious shortage of funds, otherwise it would not take so long.)

After Li Yan arrived in Cairo, he immediately sent troops to occupy Cairo, and even attacked Egypt and divided Egypt to his sons.

But Cairo and Li Yan did not continue to enfeoff, and it was clearly stated that Cairo will always belong to the Great Middle School. After the Suez Canal was opened, Cairo will be one of the richest places in the world. Li Yan was reluctant to give up on it.

After repeated discussions with the ministers, Li Yan decided to contract the project to the Jews to dig the Suez Canal and demanded that they must dig the Suez Canal within two years. Li Yan is not short of money, and the Jews are much smarter than the Egyptians. Therefore, Li Yan believes that in less than two years, the Jews can help them dig this important canal.

In Cairo, after the 300,000 elite troops and sufficient weapons and ammunition sent by the fleet on both sides of the sun, Li Yan's journey to Europe in the west was truly beginning...

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Chapter completed!