To this day, this series of wars is still having a huge impact.
Representatives from Novgorod and Moscow began to greet the distinguished guests as soon as they entered the venue. They were particularly enthusiastic about Guo Kang and Li Xuanying, saying that they must be allowed to visit their homes to greet them.
Needless to say about Guo Kang. Since his great-uncle Guo Di, also known as "Old Peter" among the Russians, settled in Novgorod, he has brought many unexpected benefits to the local area. The port of Petrograd is still bringing huge profits to the Novgorod Republic, which they cannot ignore casually.
As for Li Xuanying, it is even simpler.
His grandfather Li Yinglin was the famous figure who took over the three arrows from his father. He turned the tide at the critical moment of the "Civil War" and left a very deep impression on the Russian countries.
At that time, the Beiya rebels formed an alliance with the Poles, joined forces and marched south along the Dnieper River to the hinterland of the Purple Tent. They threatened to capture Varna, where the Great Or'er was, in one fell swoop, and expel the Khitans, Greeks and the puppets they supported. Sweat profusely. On the way, some Rus principalities and grassland tribes joined one after another. After hearing the news, the Hungarians also mobilized in an attempt to attack eastward and recapture the previously lost eastern region.
Facing a powerful enemy, Queen Regent Maria Kodun panicked. While planning to cede land for peace, she secretly prepared ships to take her son to escape back to her parents' home and seek refuge in Morea. She ordered Li Yinglin, Cao Xun, Guo Shuai and others who were on the southern front at that time to stop military operations, negotiate with surrounding forces, and escort the Khan's court to escape.
The princes of various families were quite dissatisfied with this order. Taiwei Wang Fangzhong, Zuo Prime Minister Yelujian, Dazongzhengfu Zhaluhuchita Lishi and others intervened and persuaded everyone that when the country is in crisis, we should not openly destroy the system. Even if the Queen Mother's order is unreasonable, we must first find a solution within the system.
A group of veterans went to visit Maria Cordon, which showed how powerful she was. Yelujian pointed out that the Valleolo family was in disarray, and John V, who claimed to be emperor, could not only defeat the Ottomans and Serbia, but also the usurper John VI Cantacuzenus. Even he and his sons couldn't unite and separated themselves from each other in the small territory.
There was only one Huizong and one Qinzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, but there were a group of Huizongs in the Palaeolian Dynasty. This kind of small political power has no prospects, and there is no need to consider them at all.
This statement should be correct, but Maria Cordon had more ideas. She believed that since her father and brother were both useless, it was entirely up to her to clean up the mess. We should give up the fight for the north and seek compensation from the Greek region in the south. She was sure that with the help of diplomatic intrigue, the rebels, Poles, and Hungarians, who would soon fight over the loot, would stop causing trouble here.
The Khan's army is enough to deal with the Greeks. They can drive away the good-for-nothing father and the good-for-nothing brothers, and become the empress of Rome. Afterwards, they will give everyone more power.
She thought that this exchange of interests could satisfy the ministers. However, this kind of compromise completely disappointed the ministers and turned to support the Nanjun Shihou.
However, Li Yinglin believes that this is a good opportunity. Originally, he was worried that Osman would take advantage of the situation, but the Queen Mother's stupidity was just right to paralyze the enemy. Osman is happy to see the Greeks continue to fight and will remain on the sidelines in the short term. As long as we deal with at least one enemy in the north before they react, the situation will be much better. Therefore, it is not time to break up now.
Soon, the peace talks were successfully completed. The troops of Nanya were ordered to take up their positions and return to Daour'er to escort the Khan's court. However, on the night of entering the city, a bloodless palace incident occurred.
Li Yinglin and others quoted the example of the doctor's boxing soldiers admonishing the king of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and led their troops into the palace to capture Maria Ketun. Qie Xue, who was on duty, did not interfere, but Ke Deng fled in a hurry and was caught by the Confederate army outside the city.
The prime minister, Taiwei and others listed the Queen Mother's crimes, accusing her of interfering in state affairs and even plotting to gain power. Their intentions were clearly revealed. If it is not stopped, the Qin Dynasty will suffer the same disasters as the Tang Dynasty due to Empress Wu and Empress Wei.
The great Khan was kind and filial, and could not bear to do anything to his mother. However, the country is more important than personal relationships, so the ministers have no choice but to enforce national laws on their behalf.
From now on, the ancestral system must be reaffirmed and the harem must not interfere in politics to avoid repeating the same mistakes. The Great Khan and the other pillar states jointly swore an oath and kept their promises.
The ministers planned to make the Queen Mother a monk according to old Greek customs. But they are too unfamiliar with the customs here, and they don't know that there are procedures such as eye piercing, and they think it is just tonsure. As a result, Zongzheng Talisu presided over, shaved Maria Kortun's head, and exiled her to the island under house arrest.
This incident once again proves that there is no use in playing tricks when you can't defeat them. Of course, the Greeks do not lack this case at all...
Of course, this is only the first step. After stabilizing the interior, Li Yinglin immediately set off north to intercept the rebels.
The rebels gathered more and more at this time, claiming to number one hundred thousand. Many middle- and lower-level officers in the army came from Bulgaria and Wallachia. They were a little afraid of the enemy and asked him for instructions on what to do. Li Yinglin told them with disdain that it was because they had little knowledge.
He told everyone the examples of Ban Chao, Li Jing, Yelu Dashi and others, and told them that thousands or even hundreds of people defeated hundreds of thousands of Central Asian and Turkic armies. That was the daily life in his hometown. It's just that these newcomers don't know the ropes, so they are intimidated by such a small scene.
The fighting power of these Boliers (called Poland in Yuan history) and Mazars (called Hungary in Yuan history) in Eastern Europe is not as good as that of the Turks, otherwise they should have fought against Jerusalem. It can be seen that the rebels look like there are many people, but they are actually a bunch of chickens and dogs. In the past, there were no people who could fight to command, so they appeared to be powerful. Now, he will show everyone what fighting is.
Everyone was skeptical about his story and thought it was too exaggerated. At this time, the Patriarch Yin who accompanied the army stood up and told everyone that in fact God had already had a will for this, but everyone was not pious enough to feel it.
Taoist priest Yin summoned the officers and soldiers, took out a handful of small silver coins, and passed them around. These were ordinary Roman silver coins and looked nothing special. Taoist priest Yin then prayed that if God really wanted them to win and therefore sent the warrior Seris to lead them, then please show a miracle and make all the silver coins face up.
He took the silver coins back, held them in his hands, shook them a few times, and then scattered them on the altar table in front of the cross. Everyone took a closer look and saw that the dozens of silver coins were actually face up, and they immediately let out a burst of exclamation. Daochang Yin ordered people to nail the silver coins to the table with sacred iron nails and show them to the entire army.
The soldiers in the army had never seen so much in the world, and they all shouted for miracles.
Taoist priest Yin said that in fact, God had blessed the Romans to defeat the barbarians more than once. Such records can be found everywhere in church history. It's just that the church is declining now and has lost the noble sentiments of the ancient apostolic era. It's hard to describe the level of rural priests in one word, so I can't tell you so much.
However, God is a noble God and cares about face. Divine grace is not given to just anyone. People pick people.
If God would recognize you as a devout believer and bless you as long as you believe in God and go to the temple to worship a few times, then wouldn’t God become a hawker selling divine grace, which would be too shameless? This is obviously impossible.
God is not a stupid and bad gentleman from the countryside who unprincipledly protects his relatives and favored ministers. The reason why it is said that God loves the world is because God is just and strict and will not be partial. Only those who were virtuous, capable, able to care for their citizens and protect the Roman Empire could receive God's protection.
Now, everyone really believed it.
Of course, neither the identity of the Khitans, the flag of the Roman Legion, nor the grace of God can directly increase a person's combat effectiveness. However, if everyone believes from the bottom of their hearts that these are really useful, then they will be more determined and have higher morale. And a more determined army will indeed have higher combat effectiveness.
Guo Kang has always suspected that everyone in the Li family is so good at bragging because they have been trained on the battlefield. However, bragging can only last for a while. They can realize the big words they brag for everyone to see, which is the fundamental reason why people have always believed them in the past few decades. And this is really what people are capable of.
