Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 891 World War ([-]) (Please subscribe!)

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The reason why Damascus was captured by the Crusaders was mainly because Li Tong sent his pro-army out to suppress the rebellion. There were only more than 1000 pro-military and more than 2000 reserve civilians around him, while King Conrad II of Germany and King Louis VII of France The crusaders led by the world exceeded [-].

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 Kai, this crusade is not enough at all. He led 2 elites this time, and it can be said that he can completely crush the more than [-] troops led by King Conrad II of Germany and King Louis VII of France. crusader.

Therefore, there is no suspense in this battle. The more than 2 crusaders were almost wiped out by the Chinese army. The two rabbits, King Conrad II of Germany and King Louis VII of France, only brought a small part of them. The Crusaders fled to Jerusalem.

Lieutenant General Orihiko led three thousand light cavalry to chase King Conrad II of Germany and King Louis VII of France all the way to Jerusalem.

Regarding Jerusalem, Li Yan had given clear instructions: Do not destroy it, do not force it to attack——As a person of later generations, Li Yan knows too well that this place in Jerusalem is completely a dynamite bag. There's no need to mess with fanatics for such a big-ass place.

Therefore, although Orihiko wanted to attack Jerusalem, he couldn't help it in the end.

Slowly, more and more Chinese troops gathered in Jerusalem, and then besieged it.

Li Yan just explained that he could not attack Jerusalem by force, or destroy Jerusalem, but did not say that he could not frighten the king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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

Liu Kai said in the letter: "We don't 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, there will be no tiles or grass left here!"

The king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem at this time, no, it should be said that the queen of the Kingdom of Jerusalem at this time is Melisande—she is in power together with her husband-in-law Fulk.

Unlike the two idiots, King Conrad II of Germany and King Louis VII of France, Melisande and Fulk, who are on the edge of Central Asia, are very aware of how powerful the Central Army that has conquered the entire Central Asia is. This kind of strength has left them without the slightest resistance.

Therefore, after discussing with their ministers, Melisande and Fulk decided to leave the city and surrender.

Seeing that things were not good, King Conrad II of Germany and King Louis VII of France led people to escape quietly out of Jerusalem, and then fled all the way west.

Liu Kai did not send anyone to chase after King Conrad II of Germany and King Louis VII of France, because these two goods are the best excuse for the Chinese army to attack Europe.

On the other side, the left 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 15 elites and 30 reserve civilians to Damascus.

Seeing the young Li Tong's body, Li Yan was very sad!
Although Li Yan didn't even have a single white hair, it was a white-haired person giving a black-haired person.

fine--

Li Yan has enough sons, Li Tong is really not bad.

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

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

However, after thinking about it, Li Yan rejected Shi Hao's proposal, and for the first time did not draw lots, but let Li Bi, who is more capable among his sons, be the king here—through this incident, Li Yan realized that , here in Damascus, it is unusual that a person with incompetence cannot be allowed to be the king, let alone Li Tong's son who can only walk.

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

When Li Yan arrived in Jerusalem, Liu Kai and the others had already occupied Jerusalem, and as usual captured all the royal family and nobles in Jerusalem, and confiscated their homes—the royal family and nobles kept them, and the rule of Li Yan’s sons As far as they are concerned, it is an extremely unstable factor. As for copying their homes, there is no way to do it. Li Yan spent a lot of money for this Western Expedition, so naturally he has to earn some back, otherwise, for Dazhong, This is definitely a heavy burden.

Li Yan was not hypocritical. Li Yan accepted all the daughters of nobles, including Queen Melisande of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, as long as they were young and beautiful.

As for those unattractive and older women and men, Li Yan also sent people to escort them back to Dazhong—for the future rule of his sons, they must live in Dazhong from now on.

Li Yan also took all the treasures looted by the soldiers of the Chinese army, and planned to take them back to Dazhong.

but--

There was one treasure, but Li Yan didn't want it.

This treasure is the True Cross.

Not only was it unnecessary, but Li Yan personally delivered this treasure to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

After that, Li Yan announced: Jerusalem will always be a land of freedom, and it does not belong to anyone, including Li Yan.

After the announcement, Li Yan ordered all the soldiers of the Chinese army to withdraw from Jerusalem, leaving only a thousand non-believing Chinese to maintain the security of Jerusalem. Moreover, Li Yan made a rule: from now on, the guards in Jerusalem will never allow people with faith Join, the guard will always only serve the security of the Holy Land in Jerusalem.

In addition, Li Yan stipulated that every person entering Jerusalem must pay one yuan, and more can be paid.

Li Yan didn't accept this money, and he didn't allow anyone to accept it. It was only used for the expenses of the guards and the maintenance of the city of Jerusalem. Moreover, Li Yan had someone build a stone slab to disclose every dollar of income.

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

Li Yan hopes that Jerusalem will become a real holy place, a holy place where there will never be war, and a holy place where all believers can come and go freely.

After dealing with the matter in Jerusalem, Li Yan did not stay in Jerusalem—then, he ordered Liu Kai to continue his westward expedition, and he himself brought an army to Cairo.

After occupying Central Asia, the army and navy of Dazhong can already be contacted.

but--

There is another problem here, a very serious problem, that is, Asia and Europe are separated by land. In other words, large and medium ships cannot travel to Europe unless they circle a huge, huge, huge, huge circle.

In this case, it is obviously not conducive to the trade between China and China.

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

Therefore, Li Yan plans to develop a canal to open up shipping between Asia and Europe, connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and provide the closest route from Europe to lands near the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific.

To put it simply and bluntly, Li Yan is going to dig through the Suez Canal.

in fact--

This 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 if the Suez Canal has existed for a long time, this canal is by no means so easy to dig through.

You know, historically, it took nearly 11 years for poor Egyptians to dig a canal across the desert.

(This is mainly because their technology is not good and the funds are seriously insufficient, otherwise it would not take so long.)
After Li Yan arrived in Cairo, he immediately sent troops to occupy Cairo, and even defeated Egypt, entrusting Egypt to his sons.

But Cairo, Li Yan did not continue to entrust it, and made it clear that Cairo will always belong to Dazhong——After the opening of the Suez Canal, Cairo will be one of the richest places in the world, so rich that Li Yan is reluctant give up here.

After repeated discussions with the ministers, Li Yan decided to contract the project of digging the Suez Canal to the Jews, requiring them to dig the Suez Canal within two years—Li Yan was not short of money, and the Jews were much smarter than the Egyptians, so Li Yan believed that the Jews would be able to dig this important canal for themselves in less than two years.

In Cairo, after the 30 elites and sufficient weapons and ammunition sent by the fleet around sunset, Li Yan's journey to Europe was really kicked off...

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