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Looking at the excited auxiliary soldiers, Xin Qiji found it difficult to say what to say next. He only wanted 500 people, and it seemed that none of the 800 people were willing to withdraw.

"Eight hundred is fine. More people will give us better concealment."

Xin Qiji thought helplessly.

"Be quiet, I haven't said anything yet!"

Xin Qiji shouted to the auxiliary soldiers.

"General, you don't have to say anything. We all agree. No matter how dangerous the mission is, we will accept it! We are willing to swear on Changshengtian... no... on our own hearts!"

Those people knelt down, took out the daggers from their waists and cut their faces to show their loyalty.

These people originally wanted to swear by the Changshengtian they believed in, but then they remembered that they had now surrendered to the State of Qi and converted to the Imperial Religion, so they could no longer mention other gods.

"Don't scratch your face, it will affect your combat effectiveness!"

Xin Qiji immediately stopped these guys. A cut on the face would somewhat affect the battle, and it would be even more troublesome if it got inflamed in such hot weather.

"I'm telling you now. I want you to disguise yourself as a reinforcement from the Cuman Khanate and follow me to the enemy side!"

Xin Qiji looked at the auxiliary troops and said.

But those auxiliary soldiers just knelt on the ground and looked at Xin Qiji. They didn't seem to understand, nor did they care about it. In their opinion, they just had to obey orders.

"Okay, that's it!"

Xin Qiji shook his head helplessly. He really had no way to deal with these people.

"Just be stupid, it's okay. I don't have to worry about it!"

Xin Qiji could only comfort himself.

After selecting the auxiliary troops, Xin Qiji also selected more than one hundred elite soldiers from Qi State.

"Are you all ready? It looks like it!"

Xiao Jiasui looked at Xin Qiji wearing animal skins and said with a smile, "This guy really looks a bit like a Turk after being dressed like this."

"Haha, I'm sure I can fool those white pigs!"

Xin Qiji said with a big laugh.

"You're getting an advantage!"

Yue Fei said sourly that he should be the one to go on such a fun thing.

"Okay, let's go, and be careful!"

Xiao Jiasui said with a smile.

"Yes!"

Xin Qiji bowed to Xiao Jiasui and Yue Fei and left with his men.

Since they were pretending to be people from the Cuman Khanate, they were naturally mainly light cavalry, with nearly a thousand people galloping wildly on the plains.

"Northern barbarians!"

"Run!"

"The barbarians are coming!"

Some local villages hid in fear when they saw these Cuman cavalry. To them, the nomadic people in the north were man-eating monsters.

"What a bunch of cowards!"

Xin Qiji cursed, and he just led his men to run wildly, and these people were scared so much that they looked for holes to hide in like mice.

"General, doesn't this just prove that we are pretending to be good?"

A soldier smiled and said that since the locals believed it to be true, the Western Vatican would certainly be able to get away with it.

"Boost!"

Xin Qiji greeted with a smile.

The people of the Cuman Khanate were all nomadic people. They grew up on horseback, and riding horses was a common occurrence for them.

Xin Qiji also selected elite soldiers, whose riding skills were no worse than those of the people of the Cuman Khanate.

A thousand cavalrymen galloped wildly on the plain and soon caused a commotion. These northern barbarians were truly ignorant and fearless, daring to be so arrogant under the nose of Qi State.

The Qi State responded quickly and two thousand cavalrymen began to hunt down these Cuman cavalry.

But the Cuman cavalry was only focused on advancing, with no intention of fighting, and the Qi cavalry could not catch up. Venice.

The news of the appearance of the Cuman cavalry spread quickly, and people were talking about it on the streets.

"What? Cuman cavalry? Why did those barbarians appear?"

Bernard frowned and thought. The Cuman Khanate was located in the north of Byzantium and bordered the Kingdom of Hungary in the west. Although the Cuman Khanate had always had exchanges with the West, the West had always regarded them as barbarians.

"Could it be that he came here on a warrant from the Pope?"

A guard whispered that anyway, the people of the Cuman Khanate could not possibly come to help Qi. Qi always regarded itself as a conqueror, and the nomadic tribes of the Cuman Khanate would never surrender.

"I heard that after Qi conquered the Seljuk and Kimak Khanates, it also sent troops to the Cuman Khanate, but the terrain there was complicated and the nomadic tribes were scattered, so Qi gave up!"

Another guard said.

"Come to help us? They don't believe in God!"

Bernard frowned. Those nomadic people had their own set of beliefs.

"Then what are they doing here?"

The guards didn't understand. This was a battlefield between Qi and the West, so those who came had to help one side.

At this moment, a group of cavalry marched out of the city in the street.

"Look, there are more cavalrymen coming out! I heard that the Cuman cavalrymen are very fast and the Qi cavalrymen can't catch up!"

A guard said.

"Those are barbarians who live on horseback. Who can catch up with their speed?"

Bernard nodded and said.

Bernard looked at the bustling streets. He had been in Venice for two days, but the people of Qi were not in a hurry to see him and even allowed him to walk around the city with his people.

Bernard was very excited on the first day. He thought that Qi was too arrogant. He paraded through the city with his guards, preparing to awaken the common people's faith in God.

But he was soon slapped in the face. Wherever he went, people avoided him as if they had seen a flood or a monster.

This made Bernard feel very embarrassed. He grabbed a few people and wanted to question them, but they shouted for help and some even threw rotten vegetable leaves at them.

"What on earth does Qi want to do?"

Bernard looked at the street in deep thought. Although he had made a big splash, the civilians did not buy it. If he continued to waste time here, he would be like a clown.

"Come with me, the Marshal has time today!"

A Qi soldier came back and shouted at Bernard and the others.

Bernard immediately called on the guards to raise the flags, and then marched along the street towards the City Lord's Mansion.

The civilians on the street remained the same, and immediately ran away when Bernard and others arrived.

"These wallflowers!"

Bernard felt murderous in his heart. After defeating Qi, these people would be branded as slaves and suffer for generations to come, as a warning to those who were disloyal to their master.

Following a notification, Bernard led his men into the hall and met Yue Fei and Xiao Jiasui.

And below, there are the lords of Venice, nobles and Baldwin IV.

"These damn traitors!"

Bernard was gritting his teeth. These were all traitors of the Holy See. If it weren't for these people, how could the Holy See have suffered such a terrible defeat?

"Dear General, I am here to issue a declaration of war under the order of His Holiness the Pope!"

Bernard didn't waste any time and directly took out the parchment letter of challenge.

"War letter?"

Yue Fei looked at the parchment scroll and laughed. It was unbelievable that the two armies were using this trick in a battle.

"General, this is an invitation to a duel!"

Seeing that Yue Fei didn't seem to understand, Bernard emphasized it.

"Duel? Are you kidding me?"

Yue Fei pointed at the parchment scroll and looked at Bernard as if he were a fool. (End of this chapter)