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Vol 7 Chapter 48: Great Army Gathered (Part 1)

"Your Majesty, the vassals on the side of Achaia have sworn allegiance to you and are waiting for your arrival." The envoy from Corinth said respectfully, half kneeling on the ground.

On the way from Athens to Corinth, a mighty army was marching southward, and it was Alexander of Memphela, King of Thessaloniki, who led them. Although he had lost his kingdom territory after the Battle of Macedonia, he still held the six thousand elite soldiers left by Boniface. So when Alexander arrived in Athens, he immediately received the support of the German nobles there and gained Athens. The allegiance of the principality.

In addition to the Principality of Athens, Achaia was also nominally a vassal of the Kingdom of Thessaloniki. A month ago, he had sent envoys to ask him to perform his duties as a vassal, but he never responded. And now, his army was ready for the time when the army was on the verge of oppression. At this time, the opponent actually took the initiative to show himself as a minister, which really surprised Alexander. But think about it, this is also being cleaned up, the Achaeans should have hated the little fox of Moria like them, how could they give up the opportunity to avenge their hatred.

"So how many people are you willing to send?" Alexander, who nodded slightly, was not too surprised, and he was more concerned about how much power the weakened Achaia state could now mobilize. At the time when Constantinople was conquered, there were more than 40,000 crusaders, and most of them chose to stay here to divide up the legacy of the Roman Empire. After the defeat of Emperor Baldwin to the Bolgars, Macedonia and Moria fell one after another, the original Crusaders he could mobilize were not more than 7,000. And there are more mercenaries who refuse to sell their lives for the sake of wealth and Greek cannon fodder for forced conscription. Even if the number is now dominant, Alexander is not the slightest care about Moriah's upcoming military operations. Therefore, the strength of the Achaeans is also indispensable. He is unwilling to be reaped after he and the Greeks have suffered both losses.

And the messenger of the Achaia vassal state said sincerely: "We will do what we can, Your Majesty, as long as you can wipe out the Greeks and let us regain the lost ground, we will never die."

"Some things are useless just to say," Alexander reminded.

"We are willing to send 2,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry." After understanding the true meaning of the other party, the Achaean messenger replied.

After getting the answer, Alexander nodded noncommittal. This was indeed all the power that Achaia could send. In the previous wars, they had suffered a lot in the hands of Justinian, and they were able to mobilize 7,000 people, although most of them were recruits with worrying combat effectiveness. But this is enough for Alexander. Even if he grows stronger, the army he commands is several times that of Moria's defenders.

"Okay, go back and say hello to the Marquis of Charlie and the Palace of Seine for me. I am very grateful for your assistance. I will arrive in Moria soon. After that, I will help you out of the Greeks." As promised, Alexander said. He ordered people to send away the messenger from Achaia, and at this time, outside the account, his cronies walked in one after another.

"Your Majesty, are the French guys in Achaia really reliable?"

These nobles, who were very contemptuous of the Achaean horde’s succumbing to Justinian’s becoming a vassal, were puzzled by Alexander’s answer to the request of the party. Why did they do such a thankless thing. They had originally planned to destroy them by the way this time, but now the group of cowards have become their allies, which made the knights under Alexander's command angrily.

But when Alexander raised his hand in silence, everyone immediately cast their silent glances at Alexander himself.

Just listen to Alexander slowly saying: "It's not the time to be arrogant, you guys, you must know better than me how the defenses of Corinth City are."

"but--"

"Nothing but. Have you heard that? That little fox has returned to Moria." After Alexander told every noble in the room the news, the atmosphere suddenly dropped. The Latins looked at each other and couldn't speak, but their brains were still processing this hugely informative message.

"What?!" The uproarious nobles couldn't believe their ears, and Justinian, who had been missing for a few months in Macedonia, came back quietly. Hearing the news, the Latins couldn't help but shiver. The fear of Justinian had obviously overwhelmed their previous courage.

There is nothing worse than this!

Looking at the faces of the nobles with different looks, only Alexander continued: "In fact, the Achaia kingdom never fell to us because of our army's pressure, but because of Justinian. Even the Greek nobles were not released. By the way, a group of them who are incompatible with the Greeks naturally have their relatives and choose to ask us for help~www.readwn.com~ That is to say, we have to deal with Justinian again." There was a chill, an Alexander. Said the aristocratic staff. He had followed Boniface, experienced a battle outside Macedonia, and deeply understood the hardship.

And Alexander's next words suddenly surprised the nobles present, "Yes, we are going to take care of that cunning again, and another news is that he has contacted the Pisa and received the support of the Pisa fleet."

"Pizza?!" The nobles were surprised. Although these Italian nobles have always been famous, it is very rare for them to roll up their sleeves and start hands this time. But they are more concerned about another thing-

"Your Majesty, in that case, isn't our rear in danger?" The alert nobleman immediately recognized the problem and said worriedly. The straight-line distance between Nafplio and Athens is only more than 100 miles, and a fleet is very Soon you can go from one end to the other. This is undoubtedly a huge threat! Alexander shouldn't be unclear about this. Some nobles could not help but propose to stop the march and go back to rearrange the defense.

But such a request was directly rejected by Alexander. The man calmly said: "Don't worry! I have already considered this, so I have already sent a spy from the sea to Nafplio to monitor the Pizza. Every move."

"But once that happens, we won't have time to go back to rescue Athens." The land march is very different from the speed from the sea. When they return, I am afraid that the city of Athens has already been taken down.

However, at this moment, Alexander let out a chuckle and said:

"We don't need to get rescue because this is exactly what I want-because our goal this time is first and foremost Nafplio."

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