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　　 "Block the news immediately, Abdera." Justinian made a decisive decision without any hesitation. Once the news leaked out, the consequences would be incalculable. Grain and grass is the key to the aspirations of an army. No matter how powerful an army is, it needs to eat. Once it finds that its logistics cannot support it, even a strong-willed elite division will inevitably disintegrate.

　　 "Yes, Lord Justinian." Abdera nodded. He understood Justinian's meaning and immediately went down to do it.

　　 But Nevsky looked at the frowning Justinian and asked, "Is this really good? You can stop this operation and retreat to Ilovan Castle. The Venetians haven't reacted yet."

　　 There is only this little food left, and the next plan will undoubtedly be very reluctant to continue.

But Justinian shook his head. He did not consider retreating, but he also understood the difficulties he was about to face. However, the loss of this opportunity would mean that he would completely lose the opportunity to break free from those who are above him. Add shackles. Whether it's Theodor of Agrinon or Mikhail of Rusnina.

　　 "Then what are you going to do?" Nevsky looked at Justinian. Fighting is not just enough courage. If there is no clear plan, once the supplies are exhausted, the whole army will be in desperation. "Are you going to use war to support war? Turks and Qincha people are indeed suitable for this job."

After listening to Nevsky’s words, Justinian raised his brows and asked, "Will you drink poison to quench your thirst when you die of thirst?" The so-called war-raising war is actually looting the surrounding villages to obtain it. Supply, Justinian is not because of soft-heartedness, but because most of the residents of Achaia are the people of the Byzantine Empire. If this kind of thing is done to the people in the enemy-occupied area, it is drinking poison to quench their thirst. At that time, the army fighting in a foreign land will face the Latins' simple tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields will be self-defeating.

　　 And Justinian’s attitude is exactly what Neusky hoped. What he said just now was just a temptation, "I hope you can remember today’s words, and I will do my best to assist you."

　　 "Thank you!"

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Zakynthos and Kefalonia are the fiefs of the Dandolo family, governor of Venice. Since taking three-eighths of the Byzantine Empire, a large area of ​​the island has been divided by the Venetian nobility, but the Venetians In fact, there is not much interest in land. In their opinion, these islands are more important as a kind of commercial stronghold, which can not only communicate their trade in the Levant, but also make their control in the Mediterranean present a kind of Net expansion, which is why the Venetians have always been invincible, even if the Pope of Rome is very dissatisfied with their style of behavior, there is no alternative.

　　 But today, Kefalonia welcomed a group of uninvited guests, a group of Egyptian pirates, but to deal with these Saracen mobs, the Venetian navy quickly defeated them and captured a large number of people.

　　 "Hmph, these Egyptians are really arrogant, they dare to run wild on our turf." A Venetian knight counted the spoils of their battle and couldn't help but curl his lips. It was very vulnerable. It seemed that this group of pirates had already experienced a great sea battle before. Many people were injured and the ship's hull was damaged.

"Jean, how is it?" At this time an Italian nobleman came up. He was the count of Kefalonia, and the owner here, Byron Dandoro, belonged to Enrique Dandoro, the governor of Venice. Nephew, he is sealed here, but in fact he rarely comes here, more often he stays in the city of Venice, and other things are left to his cronies and let the knights manage. However, a few days ago, news came from Constantinople that his uncle Governor Dandoro was critically ill, so he was ready to go and rested here temporarily on the way. The result happened to be that the Venetian army annihilated a group of pirates.

　　 "Lord Earl, everything is okay. Don't worry, it's just a group of pirates. I just asked them that these guys were sent by the Sultan of Adilai from Egypt to harass." Jeanna reported.

And Byron's face showed a trace of disdain: "At this time, the Egyptians are hard to protect themselves, and they still have the leisure to do such boring things. Besides, what kind of sultan is Adila?" Egypt at that time is no longer as brilliant as the Saladin era, which was a powerful shock to the West. After Saladin's death in 1193, the lords fought for positions and squashed with each other, and the Ayub dynasty fell into a split. It took five years for Saladin’s younger brother Adila Saftin to take advantage of this chaotic situation to seize the rule of Egypt, most of Syria and Mesopotamia and establish himself as a Sudan. However, the domestic resistance has not subsided, and the prospects are gloomy. Sending pirates to harass from time to time should also be hoped to be profitable, trying to turn domestic contradictions to the outside.

　　 "However, Lord Byron, one thing is strange." Jeanne said suddenly, as if thinking of something.

　　 "What's the matter?" Earl Byron looked at his knight strangely, only to wipe out a group of pirates. What should I care about?

"According to them, they came to us in a panic when they attacked the merchant ship in Genoa." Jeanne told his lord about what he had interrogated. www.ltnovel.com. It is indeed very suspicious. According to the Egyptians, they originally thought that the ambush was a caravan, but there were a large number of armed men on the ship, and even many Turkic mercenaries were among them. This was how the pirates were beaten. Defeat and lose.

　　 "Genoese? Merchant ships? And... Turkic people?!" Byron Dandoro's expression suddenly changed suddenly.

　　 "What's wrong, Lord Earl?"

"I remember that a few months ago, the Genoese used a merchant ship to transport a group of pirates to attack the stronghold of the Croatian pirates! It must be them!" The big event that happened a few months ago almost made Venice and Genoa at war. Of course Byron is still fresh in his memory. It's just that he is a little confused about why these guys are here this time?

"Then whether their target will be our stronghold on Crete." The first thing that reminded Na was whether Genoa would take the opportunity to attack their maritime base, but this speculation was quickly caught by Byron Dandador. Luo vetoed it.

　　 "No, if that's the case, it means war. If war is going on, according to that group of pirates, there can never be only a few people."

　　 "Then what will their goal be?"

"I'm not sure. Inform the Venetians in other places to be careful about the Genoese's every move." After thinking about it, Byron still couldn't think of what these Genoese wanted. He didn't dare to act rashly now. After all, Venetians The council has severely ordered that it is not allowed to provoke the Genoese, and the more important thing now is to go to Constantinople to accept the will of the critically ill Governor Enrique.

　　 In this way, an accident that almost made the Justinian plan completely failed was finally eliminated without any risk, but at this time the Byzantine army was still facing an unknown fate.