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Venice.

City Lord's Mansion.

"What should we do! The Crusaders are here, and 250,000 troops have entered the plains!"

The nobles looked at the governor with fear. The crusaders of the previous two jihads had only tens of thousands of people, but this time there were 250,000, not including the navy. There were probably another 100,000 people coming from the Vikings and Byzantines.

"What about Qi? Still no movement?"

The governor looked at several generals and asked. He was also at a loss now. He could not stop hundreds of thousands of Crusaders from rushing towards him.

"There is no movement from Qi!"

The generals spoke.

"What? No movement? No matter how angry we are, we can't ignore the overall situation like this!"

"We've sent the money, but they're still not satisfied?"

"Are you going to abandon us?"

……

The nobles complained that they had already paid a shipload of gold and silver as atonement.

"What about the believers? Even though Qi doesn't care about us, it's not like they will really ignore the believers! The Crusaders will never forgive these pagans!"

Baldwin IV asked.

"The believers were at the seaside, and several heavenly kings of Qi asked them to camp and pray on the coast."

The general replied.

"Camping and praying by the sea? This is to kill them. If the Crusaders come, they won't even have a place to run!"

The governor said with a gloomy face that he was truly disappointed with the State of Qi.

These people are very rich, have strong fighting power, and come from wealthy places.

But these people are too self-righteous. They are simply arrogant and look down on others. They act recklessly and without regard for the overall situation for a tiny matter. This is not what a wise and great country should do at all.

The governor now feels that it was a mistake for him to be misled by Baldwin IV. Now they are really at their wits' end.

The governor had thought about surrendering to the Vatican, but the Vatican would never forgive them.

Baldwin IV saw the unfriendly looks from the crowd and knew what they were thinking.

"It's useless for you to just look at me. Actually, you don't have to worry. Qi State has not left, which means that Qi State is not ready to give up on us! We just need to wait quietly."

Baldwin IV looked at everyone and said.

"Not giving up on us? That's what they're doing?"

Everyone was furious.

"You have no choice but to choose to believe."

Baldwin IV said coldly that he could not show weakness now, otherwise these people would only become more aggressive.

Everyone looked at Baldwin IV fiercely, then walked away.

"Your Majesty, what should we do? I'm afraid these people will not give up."

William asked in a low voice when he saw that everyone had left.

"It's nothing more than surrendering to the Holy See. If some of the people at the beginning can provide some information, they should be able to buy a chance to survive."

Baldwin IV said that this was not surprising, as these Venetian merchants had little loyalty and integrity.

"Then what should we do!"

William also thought of this, but after this time they would no longer have a foothold in the West.

"I've said before, Qi has not left, so it has not given up on this place. Since Qi has not given up, what are we worried about?"

Baldwin IV said.

"Will Qi really take action? They only have so many people?"

William said, "They only have so many people and only a dozen ships! They are not in a hurry, so why should we be in a hurry?"

Baldwin IV said from another perspective that the people of Qi were very selfish. In their eyes, the lives of the people of Qi were very precious, and one life of a person of Qi was worth tens of thousands of other people's lives.

William was silent. This was something that puzzled him. The people of Qi did not like death and would not seek death. It was very strange that they were still staying near the coast.

"Let's go, we are missionaries, we should go to the coast and be with the believers."

Baldwin IV stood up and said.

The backyard of the city lord's mansion.

A group of nobles and big businessmen surrounded the governor.

"Governor, what should we do? Don't just wait like this! We can't die!"

Those big businessmen said that they were wealthy and had endless wealth and glory, and they were unwilling to wait for death.

"Governor, let's surrender!"

Suddenly someone spoke.

Everyone looked at that person.

"We know everything about Qi State, and we can give these medicines to the Holy See. If we give enough money, the Pope will forgive us!"

The man took out some pills and said that these pills were medicines distributed by the State of Qi and were used to treat diseases. The Black Death disappeared under the effect of these medicines. He felt that the Holy See would definitely want these things.

"It's too late. This incident is too serious. The Holy See will never forgive us!"

The governor shook his head and said, this time their entire country betrayed the Holy See and surrendered to Qi. How could the Holy See forgive them?

"Governor, how can you know if you don't try?"

Some people refused to give up and said that they did not want to die and they would give it a try even if there was a glimmer of hope.

"Let's not discuss this matter anymore!"

The governor waved his hand irritably and said that his mind was in a mess. He was even ready to escape by ship. As long as he took the money and found a place overseas, he could make a comeback.

The crowd clamored for a long time before leaving. Some people had grim looks on their faces. They had already made up their minds to join the Holy See and they would not die with Qi State.

Coastside.

The believers all knew that the Crusade organized by the Holy See was coming, and they were going to deal with these pagans.

“Are there only so many believers?”

Baldwin IV looked at the people on the coast and sighed that there were still 50,000 to 60,000 people on the coast, which was far from the number of believers before.

"The news of the Crusades spread, and many people left! Their faith was not that strong! Those who stayed were those who had suffered from the Black Death and were cured by Qi. They are true believers!"

William said that people are afraid of death, and when they knew that the Crusaders were coming, many people left immediately.

"Forget it, let's just wait patiently!"

Baldwin IV sighed and said that there were some things he could not change.

on the island.

"It's a mess, but it's okay!"

Yue Fei looked at the city of Venice through a telescope and saw many people fleeing.

"We have to make a distinction! If you don't dare to die, how can you gain our trust?"

Wu Yong smiled and said that the purpose of their keeping their troops in place was to distinguish those fake believers who had sneaked in. If they wanted to truly gain a foothold in the West, a group of firm believers was essential.

"Ruan Xiaoqi's fleet has arrived at the entrance of the bay and is now waiting for the Crusaders to arrive. However, those people are really too slow. It took them more than half a month to travel more than a thousand miles. Can they be considered an army?"

Yue Fei looked at the West with dissatisfaction and said that he had waited too long for these Vatican Crusaders.

"According to the latest intelligence, the enemy's vanguard has reached Vicenza, only two hundred miles away from Venice."

A general reported. (End of this chapter)