People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 882 The city is broken
Lothar and Richard stared at each other for a long time.

In the eyes of the latter, the power emanating from the other party became stronger and stronger, and the entire outline of the person turned into a blurred golden color, as if he had really become the incarnation of the Lord of All Hosts in the legend.

After a moment, the proud King of Albion slowly looked away.

"As long as you uphold justice, I have no problem with that."

Philip opened his mouth in surprise. A man like Richard would bow his head? That's strange!

Seeing that Lothar's eyes were looking at him again, Philip also expressed his position: "As long as it is for the cause of holy war, the knights from Gaul are willing to obey your orders."

Now it was Raymond's turn to feel uncomfortable in his throat, as if a date was choking on it.

When we talked in private, weren't you all so tough? The Triumvirate was fighting against them, and would rather withdraw its troops and return home than bow to Lothar. Why are you all kneeling so quickly?

"It seems that both kings have no objection to this, so the matter is settled."

For a moment, Raymond, who was about to express his opinion, felt uncomfortable - why don’t you ask me a question?

He completely forgot that as a vassal, he had no right to be on par with the two kings. The reason why he was in the triumvirate was purely because he was a local tyrant and the main force in providing supplies.

It is because he represents the Kingdom of Jerusalem and, as regent, is qualified to be on par with the two kings.

Now that Lothar, the genuine King of Jerusalem, has arrived, he has no right to express his opinion.

disagree?
Go against Lothar?
Losa was worried that he had no excuse to reduce his power.

"The Council of Five Hundred!"

After the news spread that Lothar had arrived and was about to reorganize the Military Council controlled by the Triumvirate, it quickly caused an uproar.

The tent of the Triumvirate was crowded with trusted aides who came to ask questions.

But even King Lionheart, who had the most radical style of action, only replied reluctantly, "We are just visiting troops. When the master here comes, we will just listen to his orders," and then he stopped interfering.

This time, Lothar came wearing two crowns and made his attitude clear from the beginning - those who obey will prosper, and those who resist will perish.

Today's Lothar is neither short of money nor of strength. He has both the legal system and a halberd in his hand. Even if the three heads of the alliance unite, they are no match for him. How can he resist?
Among the three major alliances, Philip had the best mentality. When he decided to participate in the Crusade, he had no intention of gaining much benefit in the East. He did it purely for gilding the lily. Now he is just returning to his original intention.

Although Richard felt uncomfortable, since he had given up, he no longer worried about it and focused on fighting the rest of the war and returning to Europe.

Only Raymond was in the worst mood and felt the most helpless.

These two kings from Europe were at most subject to temporary control, and would leave sooner or later, and they would return with the honor of recovering the Patriarchate of Alexandria and the Patriarchate of Antioch, as well as various precious spoils from the East.

But he and his aristocratic alliance couldn't just walk away.

With such a powerful monarch, wouldn't all of them, the nobles and ministers, become slaves of the king?

Shouldn't this country be ruled by the king and the nobles working together?

"A council of five hundred people, isn't that too many people?"

"It is said that even commoners are eligible to attend. Isn't this an insult to our noble bloodline?"

But soon the opponents discovered that some people began to secretly go to Lothar's camp to meet the tyrannical tyrant.

Even though the Council of Five Hundred sounds like it has no real power, can we just allow others to occupy all these seats?
The Gallic nobles themselves were not a monolithic group. Everyone had their own close and distant relatives. How could a vassal who was also dependent on Richard, like the Earl's Captain of the Guard Fuller, who was Richard's absolute confidant, be compared with others?
These people were the first group of Gallic Crusaders who defected to Losa.

As for the Germanic Crusaders, from the moment Lothar arrived, they burst into the warmest cheers since they arrived at the battlefield of Homs.

It is just like the saying "If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will."

More and more Gallic Crusaders began to join Lothar, and even Philip's army no longer resisted Lothar's orders.

Lothar quickly brought the scattered Crusaders together, and in the afternoon of the same day, launched a new and final round of offensive against Homs.

The city of Holmes.

The defenders looked at the Crusaders who were marching out of the camp opposite and began to talk.

"We just stopped for one day, and these Frankish barbarians are coming to attack again."

"Didn't they say that those barbarians had an internal conflict?"

"The banner they are flying today seems to be a little different."

During this period, the Saracen defenders had become accustomed to fighting with the Crusaders every day, leaving behind hundreds of corpses.

Fortunately, Zoroastrianism emphasizes the return of the body to the sacred fire, so there were not too many corpses piling up, which would have caused a major plague in the city.

Faruh Shah, the governor of Homs, who hurriedly climbed to the top of the city wall, immediately noticed the dense double-headed eagle flags. They were held by a group of strange cavalrymen with feather decorations on their backs, surrounding a man wearing a golden mask.

At that time, the double-headed eagle flag was not as prevalent as it was after the demise of the empire.

Today, the Greek forces in the East have completely abandoned even Cyprus, and after retreating to the west coast of Asia Minor, they only represent an existence.

"Demon Lothar!"

A name that made him shudder suddenly popped into his mind.

This is definitely the most terrible and evil enemy in the eyes of Saracen.

At first, Lothar's reputation among the Saracens had not yet been demonized.

Saladin's personal historian Baha'adin also recorded that "although he was a pagan monarch, he possessed extraordinary courage. He often led the cavalry charge in person, and his combat skills and command art were amazing."

Even Saladin himself once said to his ministers: "Losa is one of the few kind and just people among the Crusaders. He seems to be of the same lineage as King Baldwin. Unfortunately, we are destined to be enemies."

Until the power displayed by Lothar became stronger and stronger, so strong that the Saracens generally began to believe that he was "Ahriman", the incarnation of the dark evil god who was opposed to the eternal sacred fire.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the wise and brave King Saladin was defeated repeatedly by this man.

At the right moment, a melodious dragon roar was heard in the sky.

In the clouds, the huge dragon no longer concealed its own tracks, and showed its huge body, which was tens of meters long, to the defenders of Holmes City without reservation.

A feeling of total despair suddenly emerged in Faruh Shah's heart.

"Adil brought the most elite troops and had a whole team of spellcasters to help him, but he was defeated by Lothar in the heart of Egypt. What can I do to resist him?"

"Holy Fire, do you really want to watch your followers being slaughtered and enslaved by pagan demons?"

He had never doubted his faith in the Holy Fire as much as he did now.

"Look up! It's a dragon driven by the Franks!"

"Holy Fire, save your people!"

The defenders on the city wall knelt on the ground in despair and chanted scriptures.

The evil dragon Ladon looked at these tiny insects with contempt and sprayed a breath of dragon fire at the sturdy city gate. In just a blink of an eye, the heavy city gate covered with iron sheets that even battering rams could not break was burned and corroded by the dragon fire.