king of ros

Chapter 533 Miscellaneous Fish Army
"It's the first time I've seen such a huge army."

Gregory put his hands on his forehead to make a shade, and watched the crowd gather.

What appeared in front of the Ross people was an extremely life-like picture, with people and animals scattered among the tents in a mess, wisps of cooking smoke rising into the sky, and different things roasting on the fire.

Now the people in this camp didn't have much amazement when they saw Constantinople. When they first came to Constantinople, they saw that this was the most prosperous existence in the whole of Constantinople. Residents from all the backwaters of the Latin world were not uncommon for disturbances.

People were discussing the price for the prey collected by the hunter. The hunter obviously had an advantage, and he still insisted on his price in the face of so many people's persuasion, and those people had no choice but to agree to the hunter's request.

The children's laughter kept ringing. For them, this was just a big stage for fun, which added a breath of life to the "barracks".

The Crusader flag hangs weakly on the flagpole, just like the current army that is temporarily resting.

The citizens of Constantinople have a good impression of the Crusaders. Although these people caused some troubles, they are still quite grateful for such an army going to recover the Holy Land. A lot of supplies - most of them are the nobles and businessmen of the imperial capital, these people will not let go of the opportunity to earn fame.

"Pay attention to the road." Vasiliko reined in his horse and let the children run past him in groups. "I don't think you want to bump into children here, and then you will be in big trouble."

"Yeah, bumping into a child in this kind of place, I don't want to talk to a group of parents who don't understand the language." Gregory echoed, and he did focus on riding more.

Fortunately, only those children are not sensible here. When the adults saw Vasilico and Gregorian wearing armor inlaid with gold and silver and riding tall horses that ate grain, they all stood aside and bowed humbly, using their The language of the two masters.

"To be honest, I'm not optimistic about this army, it's too bad." Vasilko commented ruthlessly, anyway, these people couldn't understand his language, "Such an army is going to the territory of the Turks, tsk, I It's hard to imagine what's going to happen, and what's worse, we'll have to babysit them, damn it, and besiege Konya with them."

In the agreement reached between Emperor Alexios and the hermit Peter, winning Konya was the most important part of the cooperation, and it was an important condition for the Eastern Empire to provide supplies to the Crusaders.

And Konya was indeed blocking a road for the Eastern Expeditionary Army to go to the Holy Land, so Peter readily agreed to the emperor.

However, Vasilko suspected that it was mainly due to the gold and silver gifts from the emperor. Emperor Alexios sent gifts to every leader of the [-] civilian crusaders who could be named. It was these gifts that made everyone Everyone agreed to the emperor's request.

"In this army, only the 5000 people in the hands of Walter and Peter are considered soldiers. The rest are all rubbish that can only perform on the battlefield. I have never met such a bad friend. God, why are you doing this to me?" Vasilko continued his ruthless evaluation, and then the evaluation was about to turn into a wail, "If the citizens of the imperial capital didn't see these people as poor and pitiful, they pooled money to provide them with a lot of weapons and armor, and most of the people here wouldn't even have a piece of decent equipment. No, damn it, it’s really damn damn, I’ve been doing well in the library, why should I be made to suffer like this.”

In the agreement reached between Alexios and the civilian crusaders, a very important one is that Alexios will provide the crusaders with guides and reinforcements. The emperor's chosen guides are naturally those Turkic mercenaries, and the reinforcements are Varangians. guard,

When he received this order, Vasilco felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly. On the first day he saw these so-called crusaders, he understood what they were. It is better to kill him directly.

He didn't want to be implicated by these wastes, and then go to be a prisoner of the Turks, but now he has to go.

"Master Vasilko, don't be too depressed, it's hard to say what will happen next."

Gregory comforted Vasiliko, but he was so calm here because he didn't have much experience in war.

For an old fritter like Vasilko who has fought for an unknown number of years, his understanding of war matters should not be clearer, especially regarding the combat capabilities of the Turks in the interior of Asia Minor, so he is so depressed .

Gregory had a completely different idea. Having participated in the battle against the Sultanate of Roma under the command of Vasilko, those Turkic people didn't seem too difficult to deal with, and he felt pretty good.

Next, Vasiliko didn't talk to him. He didn't want to say anything more. Some things can only be realized after real experience, so there is no need to waste saliva here.

The goal of the two was the camp of the civilian crusaders. As they got closer to the center of the crusaders, the scenes they saw became more fanatical. There were fanatics with the bones of so-called saints hanging all over their bodies; Monastic soldiers whose bodies were beaten bloody; and missionaries who chanted, "Killing heretics is not killing people, but sending them to heaven"...

There are also normal soldiers, but these soldiers dressed as tough guys are now mostly confessing to a priest from God knows where, or they are directly looking for women in the camp to fool around.

This scene made both of them feel a little suffocated, even Gregory, who had always been optimistic, because they found that what they saw before them was really a group of demons dancing wildly, and it didn't look like a serious army fighting.

Before arriving at the camp, the two couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Under the bright red flag, the crusader knights stood there solemnly, their faces hidden behind their helmets, and outsiders could only see their iron faces. Here at least It looks normal.

Walking into the tent, the two also saw Peter the Hermit, the supreme commander of the army, and Walter, who owns an elite team. The temperaments of these two people are very different, and the building standing there is the embodiment of the word "distinct".

Peter is the kind of person who exudes a strong and friendly temperament. When he speaks, people will involuntarily want to succumb to him. Vasiliko couldn't help but look at this person seriously, and take a good look at this father. An important initiator of the Crusade movement mentioned in the letter.

As for Walter, in Gregory’s view, he is no different from those desperadoes under his father-in-law who came to take risks for gold, silver and status. As for Vasilico, he saw through this man at a glance. Yes, he has faith. But at the same time, he also has ambitions, the ambition to establish a state in an overseas place.

These two men also seemed to be the epitome of this army, an army of the pious and the ambitious walking side by side.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Peter was honest about the situation of the army under his command. He directly admitted that the army was vulnerable, which surprised Vasilico. Trust the crusaders he raises.

To this question, Peter answered more calmly. He is just a pawn of God. All he has to do is to provoke this movement. As for this movement, where this army will go next is not at all what he can do something to control.

Yes, it is not something that can be controlled at all. The only thing they can do next is to move forward all the way until they hit their heads and bleed, then they will stop temporarily.

Peter's frankness only made Vasilko feel even more headache. Well, I can only hope that there will not be too many staff cuts on the road to Konya. I hope that Khan will be confused by the number of crusaders.

Next, Vasilko put all these headaches behind him, and discussed the next march, how to cross the sea, how to obtain resources in the empire territory of Minor Asia, how to build camps... There are many things to discuss , And in this process, Vasilko confirmed one thing, Peter really didn't know about military affairs, his preaching ability was as strong as their war ability, but from the beginning, Vasilko didn't count on these people That's it.

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