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Fairy tale world
Hastings, England
The early morning breeze brought with it a sense of warmth. The originally groggy sleepiness was blown away. The warm sea breeze from the English Channel was extremely refreshing. Duke William felt the urging of nature. He walked out of the tent, His army is now preparing to bury the pot for cooking.
"Good morning,!"
Wisps of smoke rose from the camp. Duke William looked at the busy figures in the distance. The soldiers saluted him. He nodded slightly and was not in the mood to review his troops.
He looked forward. There was a young girl standing in front of her, looking at the beautiful scenery in the distance. The morning breeze blew, disturbing her long hair, the blue sky, the green grass, and the beautiful girl looked at the sky. , the expression on his face is confused, like the most beautiful scenery.
The girl seemed not to hear William's voice and still stood there calmly. Duke William walked over and looked at the sky with her. He stretched out his hand to touch the girl's body, but was pushed away by the other party.
"I wanted to pick up the brush and paint the beautiful scenery and you here. I wanted to hug you tightly. Why are you so indifferent? This land is about to fall into my hands, and the people will be ruled by me. , and you will also be my wife.”
Duke William spoke calmly, declaring his rule over Britain in front of the former King of Britain, and his power over Britain and the King of Britain.
I am the ruler of your country and your husband.
The girl pushed William's hand away. This was the girl's reserve, maybe it was the girl's protest, but it didn't matter. Whether she obeyed or resisted, Britain or she would become his. In the end, In front of the winner, even a little tolerance is not a bad idea.
"This land and its people do not welcome you. Now you are leading your army to leave your hometown and come to a country full of hostility. Your Highness, why do you have to take such a big risk to conquer Britain is just a medium-sized country in Europe."
There was a rare weakness in the tone of the young King Arthur. Duke William led the most elite army of his principality and a large amount of wealth and food, and went deep into Britain alone. He could use the magic backpack to summon soldiers, but he had no extra food for his soldiers. , and without the reinforcements from the Allies, his monarch, the King of France, would not be happy to see him win and go on an expedition. If the King of France was determined, it would be reasonable for Duke William to have his home stolen.
Once Duke William failed on the battlefield in Britain, his rule in the Principality of Normandy would be in jeopardy.
Although Britain was famous throughout the world as the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets and achieved hegemony in later generations, at this time Britain was only a medium-sized country in Europe. Before the Age of Discovery, Britain's national power and international influence were quite limited.
Is it worth taking such a big risk to get such a country?
King Arthur was very self-aware. Britain's strength in Europe did not rely on Britain's national power, but on its strength as a king. When she was in power during her lifetime, she once challenged the Roman Empire. After her death, the Kingdom of Camelot fell apart. The Roman Empire or the Holy Roman Empire, whether their emperors were good or bad, did not affect the natural strength of the country.
The British Empire truly achieved its hegemony by unifying the British Isles, colonizing Ireland, and overthrowing the Spanish Armada, the former empire on which the sun never set. However, there was only one prerequisite for this, and that was the arrival of the Age of Discovery.
Only by mastering the trade routes between the East and the West can we gain endless wealth and achieve hegemony in the world.
The commercial trade route of communication and exchange between the East and the West was once in the hands of the Greeks, and later transferred to the hands of the Roman Empire. Today, the Eastern Roman Empire has lost its glory. The Ottoman Empire occupied Persia and monopolized the East and the West. Transactions can even threaten the Mediterranean from time to time. The entire European continent has long been filled with a haze of fear. Otherwise, how could the Vatican Pope convene Crusades again and again.
If you want to achieve hegemony like the Roman Empire, you can only defeat the Ottoman Empire head-on.
"But this is just an important step towards my success, an indispensable step." Duke William's heart was surging, "Emperor, I will become the emperor."
"Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire?" King Arthur chuckled, with sarcasm in his smile.
The Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire in history books, in fact, there is no such thing as the Byzantine Empire in this era. Just like the Shu Han regime established by Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period, it would only call itself Han Dynasty, but not Shu Han. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Even less people would call the previous dynasty the Western Han Dynasty.
The Eastern Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire were not so much the successors of the Roman Empire as they were the Roman Empire itself. Before his death, the Roman Emperor Theodosius I divided his empire into two parts to be inherited by his two sons. , respectively the Western Roman Empire with Rome as its capital and the Eastern Roman Empire with Byzantium as its capital.
In the thousands of years since the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire have tried to regain what belonged to them more than once, and even reunified them at their peak. However, in the continuous wars to regain lost lands, although they were sometimes able to regain their own land, But sometimes we are forced to the verge of national destruction by old and new enemies.
At this time, the only remaining territory of the Eastern Roman Empire was its capital, Constantinople. The reason why it was reduced to such a state was, on the one hand, the rise of the Ottoman Empire represented by the Crescent Church and swallowing up the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire. On the other hand, the Crusaders from various European countries who wanted to aid the Christian Brothers (Byzantine Empire) took advantage of the Roman Empire in their territory.
Although this land originally belonged to the Byzantine Empire, when I conquered it, the land still belonged to the Ottoman Empire. If the Byzantine Empire wanted to take it back, it would be unthinkable without spending a lot of money.
Duke William's father, the former Duke of Normandy, Robert, had the ambition to build a country for his son before he participated in the Crusades.
It’s just that the Ottoman Empire is obviously not a vegetarian. The Crusades continue to this day. European countries that believe in Jesus Christ have not taken advantage of it to this day. Compared with the predecessors who first captured Jerusalem and established the kingdom, European countries have now and the Ottoman Empire entered a period of strategic stalemate.
If the Duke of Normandy and the King of England are willing to personally lead his own army to rescue Constantinople, defeat the Ottoman Empire, re-open the routes between the East and the West, and unite the two churches in order to defend the faith of Christ and the well-being of the people of all countries, For one, then Duke William can be said to be a saint on earth. Even the emperor of the Byzantine Empire was willing to give up his throne to Duke William.
It's just obvious that Duke William is not such a saint.
