Chapter 1943: Son of Heaven Early the next morning, the energetic Ye Chunqiu ordered everyone to get dressed up and start their journey on horseback.
The winding procession began to pass through the dilapidated pass, which was actually only built with an earthen wall, which had been weathered for a long time, although it was known as the hot spring pass, but in fact, there were only a few earthen walls left.
Ye Chunqiu reined in the horse and crossed over, but suddenly reined in the horse and turned his head rhythmically, turned his head, looked at the earthen wall behind him, and the morning light behind the earthen wall, his eyes were with a certain firmness, and then he drove the horse back, and without lingering, he headed directly towards the endless west.
Ibrahim Pasha introduced on the side: "Your Highness, we can walk another hundred miles, and we can enter the Ottoman border in the west, although it is only a small border town, but many years ago, I have already repaired a book for people to send to prepare food and water there, this journey may be a little harder, but it doesn't matter, after turning around and heading north, there will naturally be someone responsible for providing supplies for the army." ” Ye Chunqiu just nodded silently, in fact, in Hot Spring Pass, a large amount of grain and grass has been hoarded, which can be transferred and supplied at any time, not to mention that this expedition, a large number of trucks have also been brought, and the supplies brought are enough for the time being.
Silent Ye Chunqiu, his eyes swept over this road one by one, many places here are just bare, only some sparse weeds have covered the mountains in the distance with some green clothes, and all the settlements are in oases or near water sources.
Although everyone was wearing light summer shirts, they were still sweating like rain, and Ye Chunqiu also felt hot, but he was in good health, and he could barely support it.
He was actually not interested in Ibrahim Pasha's introduction, because Lu Wangwei had already sent information from the vicinity, and he already knew some about the situation inside the Ottoman Empire.
Only for the Franco people in the Montenegro area that he wants to know the most, there is still no news, after all, Lu Wangwei has only just begun to establish a contact point, and it has not yet been rolled out, although some contact points near Lu have been roughly completed, but north of Istanbul, it is too far away.
His mood was actually a little heavy, and he still had a lot of questions in his heart about the Francois who could only rely on his own guesses.
He sighed silently, and continued to lead the brigade all the way west.
Montenegro, the place where Ye Chunqiu wants to know the most now, was once the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, and was later incorporated into the Serbian Empire established by the Serbs, but soon, the Serbian Empire was destroyed by the Ottomans, and this Montenegro became an island in the Balkans.
In this small land, they themselves established the Duchy of Duklia, insisted on the Orthodox Christianity, and with the help of the mountains of Montenegro, resolutely resisted the Ottomans, except for one side close to the sea of earth, the other three sides, the Duklia Principality was surrounded by the Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans had carried out dozens of invasions, but the Duklia Principality still stands.
Even though the Greeks, Albanians, Serbs, Romanians, and Bulgarians all became Ottoman vassals, this small land with a radius of only a hundred miles has become the last fortress hanging outside.
The Crusaders in Vienna, all the way south, fought a decisive battle with the Ottomans in this Montenegro.
The banner of victory soon fluttered in the sky of the Duchy of Dukria, and these last Orthodox Christians, who had been fooled by their relatives to the west for hundreds of years, finally saw a glimmer of light.
The Grand Duke of Duklia had ordered the dragon flag to be raised in the castle, and his residence had now ushered in the supreme Holy Roman Emperor, and at this time, hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed in and around Montenegro, and tens of thousands of troops led by the King of France were stationed on the coast hundreds of miles away.
The battle of Montenegro really gave everyone a deep understanding of Zhu Houzhao's strength.
When this terrifying power erupted from Zhu Houzhao's army, almost all of them felt that their breath had stagnated.
It was a shocking war, but it was also an unprecedented victory.
The time for victory was only a quarter of an hour, and after a quarter of an hour, the terrified Ottoman army began to retreat, and the knights who sharpened their knives did not hesitate to charge, beating the water dogs.
By this time, the emperor's prestige had reached its peak.
You must know that in the past two hundred years, the Francois have been helpless against the Ottomans, who are not weak, so they can only hide obediently in their fortresses and keep their doors closed.
This time, however, it was completely different.
The disparity in strength has been clearly revealed, and victory is in sight.
After this battle, the emperor was the son of heaven, and these words began to circulate in the army.
The most important thing is that all sorts of far-fetched rumors have begun to appear, what His Majesty is from the East, his family, should come from Jerusalem, you see, the emperor is not a Tatar at all, he, like a Jerusalemite, also has black hair and black eyes, he comes from the Holy Land.
The monarchs who were coerced also seemed to have begun to obey the emperor.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao decided to hold a wedding here.
He explained that since the Austrian princess was going to become my queen, it was only in this last fortress that I should be married in the name of the Lord, and that it would be uplifting.
Whatever the reason, it was a very pleasant thing for all the monarchs of the Franco.
They grew in awe of the Emperor, and at the same time, this reverence began to evolve into dependence, but at the same time there was a sense of uncertainty about the future.
After all, no matter how powerful the emperor is, he is not a Francois after all, which is the most worrying.
But once married, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Austria, who became the queen, has a kinship with almost every monarch, which means that every monarch is close to the emperor, which can make the monarchs breathe a sigh of relief.
At least the emperor is no longer too unfamiliar and there is no need to be afraid of angering him under some unpredictable circumstances.
The only one who was unhappy was the King of France, but it is said that one of the Emperor's mistresses in Vienna seemed to be related to the French, which may be the reason why the King of France was not happy. aa2705221: