Water Margin people

"I don't care if you are a big guy or a small guy! This is our camp, get out!"

A group of Turks glared and roared.

"Barbaric, stupid, and ignorant!"

Bernard immediately defined the Huns in his mind. These were barbarians from the northern grasslands.

"I'm Bernard, the commander of the front line! You're all under my command now!"

Bernard said, looking at the Huns.

"We don't care about that. Call us when the war starts!"

The Huns refused to buy it and slammed the table, demanding that Bernard leave.

Bernard frowned at these barbarians. These people were completely uncivilized and even communication was a problem.

Seeing that the Huns' eyes were becoming more and more ferocious, Bernard had no choice but to turn around and leave. The situation was still unclear and he could not conflict with these barbarians.

"Send someone to keep an eye on these Huns and report anything unusual immediately."

Bernard gave an order to a general beside him.

"Yes, my lord!"

The general received the order and immediately arranged personnel.

Inside the tent.

"General, can you say this is a bluff?"

A soldier looked at Xin Qiji and asked, "Bernard came in just now and looked them over, his eyes were full of suspicion."

"It's not that easy. That guy is not easy to fool! Indulge yourself a little these days, eat and drink as you please! But everyone, remember, don't be alone and don't get caught!"

Xin Qiji looked at the crowd and said that on the surface they had passed the test, but these people would definitely resort to some tricks behind the scenes. The simplest of them would be to capture someone for interrogation. There were nearly a thousand people on their side, and if one person let the cat out of the bag, all would be finished.

"Yes!"

All the Turks patted their chests and guaranteed that they had risked their lives just to make merit and obtain the status of Qi State, and they would rather die for this.

As for the other Qi soldiers, there is no problem at all.

Bernard was resting in the tent next door. He kept an eye on Xin Qiji's tent. Xin Qiji led everyone in laughter until midnight before resting.

“Do they do this every day?”

Bernard asked, looking at the generals around him.

"Well, not until this time. Then I will sleep until noon tomorrow."

The generals spoke.

Bernard just nodded and closed his eyes to rest. He was also very tired recently.

Bernard didn't find any problems in the next two days, which made Bernard very strange. He even suspected that he was overthinking.

"Is there no one left alone?"

Bernard asked, looking at the generals.

"No, these Huns always go out in groups of more than ten, even when they go to the bathroom, they go in groups of several."

"They were also very wary of outsiders. As soon as we approached them, they walked away without even a word."

The generals said that they had thought of many ways in the past two days. At first, they wanted to get acquainted with some Huns and then get information from them.

Later, I found that it was not working, so I thought of catching one or two of them while they were out. Even if they made a fuss, I could say I didn't know.

But the Huns always came in groups and didn't give them any chance at all.

"Sir, His Holiness the Pope has summoned you to discuss matters!"

A priest came over and said.

"What happened?"

Bernard asked.

"Reinforcements are coming. His Holiness the Pope is ready to discuss the war with Qi."

The priest spoke.

After hearing this, Bernard didn't care about the Huns and took his men to Verona.

Verona had become a solid fortress. They had suffered enough from Qi's artillery bombardment, so they were fully prepared this time. "Your Holiness!"

Bernard bowed to Pope Eugene III.

"Please take a seat, everyone is here, I have something to announce!"

Pope Eugene III spoke.

Bernard sat down, and the others looked at the Pope, ready to hear what was going on.

"I have contacted Saladin of the Arab Cult before, and they are also preparing to launch a general attack on Qi!"

Pope Eugene III spoke.

"Your Holiness, the Arabs have suffered several disastrous defeats and have now lost more than half of their territory. They are now living in the desert and Gobi. How can they have the strength to launch a counterattack?"

King Bela III of Hungary said that they were close to Byzantium, which was once the territory of the Arabs, and they knew more clearly what situation the Arabs were in now.

"They do have a limited number of soldiers, but they are still able to fight. Saladin has been preparing for this battle for more than half a year."

"They built dams on the northern plateau to cut off the flow of the two rivers, while the Qi army was on the plains in the two river basins, waiting for the flood to be released, and the Qi army would be swallowed up by the flood."

Eugene III looked at everyone and said.

"big flood!"

Everyone's face changed. Of course they knew how terrible the flood was. The Bible recorded that God destroyed mankind with a flood.

"Then what do we do?"

Everyone looked at Eugene III and asked, the Arabs on the other side of the Persian Gulf are already preparing for a general attack, and they cannot fall behind.

"There are still ten days until half a month. We have to wait for ten days!"

Eugene III shook his head and said that it was they who proposed the duel, and the news had spread far and wide, so they had to abide by it.

"This is good. We can distract the Qi army. If the Arabs succeed, it will be good news for us. The Persian Gulf is the only way for Qi to go from the east to the west. If it is lost, Qi will have no choice but to shrink its defense."

Bernard said that Qi's biggest weakness was its long supply line. It was not an easy task to transport the army and supplies from Qi to Venice.

"What about Byzantium? Is it really time for them to send troops?"

Some kings said that Byzantium was also a huge empire.

"This is another thing I want to say. The Byzantine Empire has surrendered to Qi. Although there are some nobles who are resisting, they are scattered all over the place and cannot make a difference."

Eugene III shook his head. The surrender of Byzantium also made him very angry. Such a huge empire was forced to surrender by just a dozen ships.

"The whole of Byzantium surrendered?"

Everyone looked at the Pope in disbelief. Byzantium was the inherited giant empire of the Eastern Roman Empire and was a country that could compete with the Holy Roman Empire before.

"This bunch of trash!"

"How dare they call themselves Roman Orthodoxy!"

"They surrendered before the battle even started!"

……

All the kings started cursing. They were very angry about the surrender of Byzantium. They were fighting bloody battles, but the Byzantines surrendered without a fight.

"Don't worry about them, we can only rely on ourselves now!"

Eugene III looked at everyone and said.

"Your Holiness, the war horses will be delivered soon, enough to equip 30,000 troops!"

An archbishop spoke up.

"Thirty thousand troops? Well, good, that's enough!"

Eugene III nodded and said that 30,000 troops were already a lot, and the State of Qi only had this many people.

"You must train your coordination in the next few days. When the fight breaks out, you must rush to Qi State and engage in hand-to-hand combat as soon as possible to buy time for the infantry!"

Eugene III looked at everyone and said.

"Yes!"

The kings all bowed. (End of this chapter)