"But those Crusaders were innocent. otbnkotgt After being angry for a while, Duke Otto began to hesitate again: "That's an army of hundreds of thousands.
Hundreds of thousands of human warriors."
"They are also hundreds of thousands of mercenaries."
William replied: "More than a hundred thousand bastards who burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil."
""For a moment, Duke Otto was speechless.
"Okay, father," so in the end, it was up to William to comfort Duke Otto: "We are not gods or saints.
We can't save everyone.
What's more, those people don't want us to save them in the first place. " "Maybe, maybe."
After hearing what William said, Duke Otto's mood calmed down a little: "Then, let's follow your plan.
I will go to Krakow.
Prepare to gather the remaining soldiers, and I will take care of the recruitment of mercenaries, while you, my son, sit in Cirkesburg."
"We will raise an army of 50,000 people in the shortest time.
There is no problem with money, but food is a little tight.
But in two months it will be the autumn grain harvest.
By then, the production of the Duchy of Mystia will be enough To deal with an army of fifty thousand."
"I hope so."
Duke Otto stood up as he spoke: "Then that's it, my child.
I have to leave now."
"There's no need to be in such a hurry, father."
William was a little surprised: "Can't we leave after lunch?"
Duke Otto shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I can't stay any longer.
Instead of sitting here, it would be better to go to Krakow and do something."
After he finished speaking, he opened his arms.
William hugged him cooperatively: "Well, have a safe trip.
Father, please don't worry about matters in the direction of Circassian.
Also, in addition to military matters and river fleet matters, I will also discuss with Polotsk The businessmen should talk about it carefully.”
"Yes."
Duke Otto nodded.
Then he turned around and walked towards the door of the study.
As he opened the door, he bumped into Shalumi.
Chalumi immediately bowed to Duke Otto.
Duke Otto was not in the mood to reply, so he simply nodded and let Shalomi in.
Shalomi closed the door with her backhand, and then walked towards William: "Uncle's face doesn't look good.
What happened?"
"What else can happen?"
William spread his hands: "In this situation, whoever really understands will have a better expression?"
"I think your expression is pretty good.
You're just like a fox that stole a chicken."
Shalumi said with a smile: "This time everything is going according to your plan.
Hereford The De family will soon become the most powerful and powerful family in the border area.
Isn't it worth being happy that you will also become a hero?"
"But it caused hundreds of thousands or even millions of soldiers and civilians to be killed or injured, Shalumi.
This is a tragedy."
William replied righteously: "This burden is really too heavy, and I don't think I can bear it. rise."
"Nonsense."
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Shalumi said as she stretched out her finger and tapped William's face.
"Okay, let's not talk nonsense.
What do the representatives of the Polotsk businessmen say they want me to do?"
William slapped Shalomi's fingers away and asked.
"Unfortunately, they haven't seen the facts clearly, or they think we haven't seen the facts clearly."
Shalomi said: "They want to encourage us to go to Ruthenia to strengthen the Crusaders.
Until now they Still don’t give up.”
"It's not that you don't give up.
It's that you can't get off the tiger."
William replied: "If the investment market collapses and the bubble bursts, then the entire Polotsk economy will be affected.
Even the guys who have eaten a lot in this feast , or it may die due to chain reaction.
They want to find a scapegoat.
In other words, someone was taken advantage of.
And in this case, our Hereford family seems to fit the mold. " "It's just that we won't agree to it no matter what, right?"
Shalumi said.
"Of course.
Do these idiots think my IQ is the same as theirs?
What a joke."
William snorted.
Then he said: "Of course, the situation of the Crusaders is irreversible.
Those bastards are only thinking about the possibility now.
But they never thought about it.
If all the troops of our Hereford family died in Vistula, East of the river, who else can stop Sarida Khan's iron hoof?
By that time, the United Provinces of Polotsk will not only face a financial tsunami."
"They are businessmen, they only care about profit.
Of course their vision is very short-sighted, isn't it?"
Shalumi replied.
"Yes, of course."
William nodded.
"Then do you want to see them again?"
Shalumi asked.
"I don't want to."
William replied: "In a few days, when the Crusaders are completely collapsed, I will meet with them again.
Speaking of which, even without the help of those guys, I can still hold Polotsk on the Vistula River.
Almost all of their hot money has been drained away.
They don’t have a standing army of their own.
The only thing that has a certain impact on this defensive war is their river fleet.
However, when the water level drops in autumn, their river fleet is not very useful, so it is good to have them, but it will not work without them.
Too bad.
Do they take themselves too seriously?
"Who knows?"
Shalumi didn't care about this issue.
In this way, the servants said, "The count refuses to receive you.
The position of the Hereford family will not change in any way because of the words of the Polotsk people.
The army of the Hereford family will never march past the Vistula."
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Take a step, because, when most of the Crusaders around the world are already in danger, the Hereford family is already the last barrier to ensure the safety of the human world.
We take no chances because our responsibilities are great.
"After the servant finished saying this, he bowed slightly, bowed, and then said: "These are the earl's original words, and what the earl wants to say to you.
So, bye, everyone.
"After saying these words, the door of the castle slowly closed, leaving behind a group of stunned Polotsk envoys.
One of the Polotsk envoys became so angry that he shouted: "Who does he think he is and why is he talking to us like this?"
"He is the heir to the Hereford family.
He is also the commander of the only army in the border area that can reverse the situation."
Next to him, a messenger said coldly.
After this, the messenger who spoke first was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what to say anymore.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on them, making this group of neatly dressed businessmen look extremely miserable.
The Herefords refused to offer aid.
Beyond this, there was little liquidity in the Polotsk region that could be used to hire troops.
In the interior of the empire, the number of spontaneous crusaders was only a drop in the bucket, and it was of no avail.
In this case, they really had nothing to do.
"We can only pray."
A businessman said with a sad face: "Pray to the Lord of Glory for his blessing, and the Crusaders under his command will be invincible."
After hearing his words, the other businessmen looked at each other with a wry smile.
None of them are true, devout believers.
In fact, you can't expect a profit-seeking businessman to be very religious.
It can even be said that many of them are not only ungrateful, but also despise religious beliefs.
But in this case, when everything was impossible and nothing could be done, there was nothing they could do but pray to a God in whom they had no confidence.
Of course, no matter whether the Lord of Glory really exists or not, he has no reason to pay attention to the prayers of a group of false believers.
So, of course, the Crusaders lost miserably.
The four archdukes could not reach an agreement from beginning to end.
It was under this circumstance that Salida Khan's 200,000-strong army approached Kiev again.
The archdukes had to take their crusaders south to rescue this most important city in Ruthenia.
While they were retreating on the front foot, Holmgard and Novgorod were pressing forward on the rear foot, and effortlessly regained the territories swallowed up by the Crusaders.
However, the Slavians were relatively calm.
After the Crusaders retreated from their territory, they gave up the pursuit.
Because they did not want to get involved in the battle between the Crusaders and the Centaurs of Tartaria.
Of course, if you calculate the power comparison between the Crusaders and Centaurs, it is not difficult to see that the Crusaders have no chance at all.
In fact, during the crusade in the first half of the year, the Crusade, which was fully sponsored by the entire Polotsk, was no less powerful than Tartariya.
The number of Crusaders scattered in the large border area is close to 200,000.
Even excluding the 50,000-strong army of the Holy Sword Knights that had just been wiped out by Sarida Khan, there were still enough elites of 150,000.
And more than two-thirds of this 150,000-strong army are elite mercenaries who have been fighting for a long time.
The fighting power is enough.
If they really had a head-on fight with the Tartariya Khanate, it was still unclear who would win.
Just unfortunate.
They don't have the guts.
In other words, after Salida Khan aggressively marched north with an army of 200,000 to seek revenge, the Crusaders were frightened.
Especially after hearing that the 50,000-strong army of the Knights of the Holy Sword was wiped out and wiped out.
The morale of the Crusaders was frighteningly low.
Ineffective command, lack of unity from top to bottom, and strategic disadvantages.
The high-level quarrels all dragged the Crusaders down the abyss of failure160420oshow7: