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Palmar City.

Popes Eugene III, Conrad III, and Louis VII looked at the burned camp with gloomy faces.

This was a supply camp where some weapons and flags were stored, but now these things have turned into charcoal.

"Damn it, how did you guard it?"

Conrad III looked at a general angrily. Most of the supplies in the camp belonged to their Holy Roman Empire.

"Your Majesty, the enemy suddenly attacked in the middle of the night. We were completely defenseless!"

The general argued.

"Stupid! Do we need to say hello to the enemy when they attack us?"

Conrad III was furious. These generals were so stupid that they couldn't even find a better excuse.

"Your Majesty, the enemy doesn't seem to be numerous. They are just harassing us, probably trying to stop us from moving forward!"

Richard I looked at Conrad III and said that according to the soldiers' report, there were only one or two thousand enemies in the sneak attack. Such a small number of enemies could not threaten them at all, and the purpose of doing this was nothing more than to stop their advance.

"Hmph, let's go now!"

Conrad III immediately gave the order. He naturally saw this point, but before the Pope wanted to wait for the Byzantines and Vikings, so he put it on hold. Now it seems that there is no need to wait. A few thousand enemies are not worth being so cautious.

Pope Eugene III looked at everyone and said nothing more. He wanted to wipe out the Qi army in one fell swoop, but he had no choice now. The Qi army was elusive and kept harassing them. They had no way to deal with it.

When Frederick I arrived with his troops, the entire army of Parma had already gathered.

"What is this going to do?"

Philip I asked.

"His Majesty the Emperor has given orders for the army to march out immediately and raze Venice to the ground."

Philip II said with a smile.

"Leave now?"

Philip was a little unresponsive for a moment.

"Of course. Don't you see that the army has been assembled? You should prepare early!"

Philip II said with a smile.

King Philip I left with his troops. His army still needed to collect equipment and join the team.

"He's back. It looks like Qi didn't kill him!"

Richard I spoke.

"Have you figured out a solution?"

Philip II said that Richard I had promised him to get rid of Philip I.

"Did you see the armor he was wearing?"

Richard I smiled and said, Philip I was wearing shiny and gorgeous armor with exquisite golden patterns on the silver armor.

"This guy just knows how to show off!"

Philip II said coldly that the armor on Philip I was specially made to show off the power of the German Kingdom.

"I know this armor. It's made of pure silver and is extremely strong. It's said to be able to drive away evil spirits and destroy demons."

Richard I spoke.

"What do you mean? Explain yourself!"

Philip II didn't want to play guessing game with Richard I anymore, so he asked directly.

"I know the craftsman who made that armor, and I've even seen the blueprints. That armor is pretty good, and its defensive capabilities are quite strong, but it has a fatal flaw, which is that it's not easy to take off!"

Richard I spoke.

"This kind of one-piece armor is hard to take off!"

Philip II said indifferently.

"Difficult to take off? You still don't understand. It's impossible to take off that armor without the help of two people! And that armor weighs dozens of kilograms!"

Richard I said.

"and then?"

Philip II still didn't understand.

"Red Beard is not a good swimmer! What do you think would happen if he fell into the water in the chaos of an army while wearing such heavy armor?" Richard I said to Philip II.

"You mean let him drown!"

Philip II reacted immediately.

"Of course, we can't do it ourselves. Otherwise, what will we do if the news gets out?"

Richard I said that they all wanted to destroy the Holy Roman Empire, and getting rid of Philip I was the best way, but they could not do it themselves, otherwise the crime of regicide would make them the public enemy of all kingdoms.

"In the chaos of the army! Drown! What a good idea! What a good idea!"

Philip II said with a look of surprise that he was very satisfied with this method. If they had taken action, it would have been a big problem, but if they had drowned, that would have been another matter. It was reasonable for a person who was not good at swimming and wearing heavy armor to fall into the water and drown.

"Then the war is... the State of Qi?"

Philip II looked at Richard I and asked.

"Of course, it's easy for you and me to work together on this matter!"

Richard I smiled and said that the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of England were the main forces in this Crusade, and it would be easy to create a disastrous defeat and chaos.

"Okay, then let's..."

Philip II smiled and discussed in a low voice.

……

The north bank of the Po River.

Xin Qiji and Lu You also received the news.

"You can't help it? You are so narrow-minded! How boring!"

Xin Qiji said dissatisfiedly that he had not fought enough.

"Are you still not satisfied? We only have so few people? If a fight really breaks out, we will suffer. It's time to leave! The enemy will arrive today!"

Lu You reminded them that they only had 2,000 people and the enemy had more than 200,000.

Although they are well-armed, they have limited bullets and other supplies. If they are surrounded by the enemy, they will not be able to defeat them.

The two men quickly returned to Venice with their cavalry.

"General, what's going on?"

When the governor and others saw Lu You and Xin Qiji returning, they immediately surrounded them. They had been living in fear these days, fearing that the Crusaders would attack them.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand troops have come. They will be here in three or four days."

Lu You spoke directly.

"Three or four days!"

Those people were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and it seemed that they only had three or four days to live.

Lu You and Xin Qiji did not stay long and went directly to the beach, where a camp had already been set up.

“These people don’t look very determined!”

Xin Qiji said in a low voice.

"Traitors are everywhere, not to mention that these people are businessmen!"

Lu You said that these Venetian merchants were obviously shaken and a traitor would probably appear in the next two days.

"Do you want to kill me?"

Xin Qiji touched the knife at his waist.

"Of course I have to kill him, but not now!"

Lu You said, if there is one traitor, there will be a group of them, so of course we have to wait until all of them jump out and then solve them together.

The news that the Crusaders were coming spread quickly, and those people who were already weak in spirit immediately took action. As soon as it got dark, they rushed out of the city and headed towards Parma.

"Governor, what should we do?"

Looking at the nobles who were leaving, Les asked, Venice is now on the verge of division, and the nobles and merchants who left took away a lot of troops.

"You can leave if you want, but I can't leave!"

The Doge said that the Church might forgive some people, but he was definitely not one of them. He was the Doge of Venice, and he surrendered and betrayed the Church with his entire country, which was a capital crime. (End of this chapter)