Pretending to lose is a technical job. You can't just say you have lost. At least you have to lose for real to make people believe it. In the history of Zhongyuan Tangkou, there have been countless times where pretending to lose did not work well and turned out to be true.

rout.

In order not only to convince Louis VII and Conrad III, but also to ensure that the feigned defeat would not turn into a rout, Yelu Dashi and his staff literally shaved off their hair.

What's even more damning is that he has to feign defeat as soon as possible. If he keeps fighting like this, Yelu Dashi can hardly stand it anymore.

"Suddenly I didn't want to fight."

After arranging the matter of feigning defeat, Yelu Dashi suddenly sighed and said: "Looking at how bear-like they are now, maybe they are like what they are like in the country. If it is the same as their camp, then..."

When Yelu Dashi said this, all the generals and staff officers in the tent looked stern.

Saying that the barbarians across the street are the army is just a compliment. Who has ever seen a military camp full of shit and urine?

Yelu Dashi felt that let alone the troops under his command, even those barbarian troops from Xixia or Jiaozhi wouldn't have the barracks full of shit, right?

But those barbarians on the opposite side did it.

Whenever those barbarians were defeated, the camp they left behind would be full of excrement and urine, and Yelu Dashi's army would have to tidy up and clean it up. As a result, Yelu Dashi's army would be full of resentment.

Killing someone is not scary, and being chopped into pieces is no big deal. Why the hell are you cleaning up the shit of barbarians? I am here to be a soldier, not to be a Gao Liji, you bastard!

All the generals under Yelu Dashi also looked ugly.

"Those barbarians on the other side... are really hard to understand."

A general said solemnly: "You can say they are men, they are dressed like women. You can say they are women, they all have beards. If there are all these in their country

If you grow something that is neither male nor female, then it seems inappropriate to use it as a laborer?"

The staff officer who suggested feigning defeat before laughed and said: "That's not the case. Haven't you noticed that among the barbarians, the higher the status, the more they like this kind of unisex dress.

The workers who were arrested before were relatively normal, but they couldn't speak human language, which was very troublesome."

Yelu Dashi snorted and said: "What Staff Liang said is right. But in my opinion, those barbarians are just like the stupid roe deer. They are not normal no matter how you look at them. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring the roe deer."

It's just a metaphor..."

All the generals and staff officers in the big tent burst into laughter.

The roe deer is a bit stupid. If you aim a bow and arrow at it, it may even run up to you to see what the bow and arrow in your hand is.

But compared with the roe deer, the barbarians opposite seemed inferior to the roe deer. At least the roe deer looked quite interesting.

…

While Yelu Dashi and his subordinates were having a headache about the health conditions of the Crusaders, Louis VI, who was far away in France, was also having a headache.

It's not that Louis VI had a headache about the sanitary conditions in France. After all, he had lived in this environment since he was a child and had long been accustomed to the fact that the palace was full of feces and urine. Paris even had the nickname "City of Shit", so there was no need to make a fuss about it.

What troubled Louis VI was the letter asking for help sent back by Louis VII.

As we all know, the royal families of Europe and the royal families of Central Plains Tangkou are two completely different concepts. Zhongyuan Tangkou pays attention to the family and the world. As long as the emperor is not too careless, he will basically be the supreme king of the Nine-Five-Year Plan and stick to his word.

But the European royal family cannot do that. No matter how powerful the king is, he still has to consider the large and small lords under his command, as well as those in-laws.

For example, now, Louis VII and his wife Eleanor are very opposed to continuing to send more troops to the Seljuk side. The reason is that this Crusade is too expensive and the royal family can no longer make ends meet.

Erzhu's increase in troops could easily lead to the financial collapse of the Kingdom of France.

Louis VI knew that his daughter-in-law was telling the truth.

But Louis VII also made it very clear in his letter asking for help. The Crusaders had already occupied most of the Seljuk Kingdom. As long as they promised the noble lords of France fiefdoms, I believe they would agree to spend more silver coins to organize

More coalition forces.

As for the current financial crisis, losing is a danger, winning is an opportunity, and Conrad III has also written a letter back to his country asking for help. I believe that the Holy Roman Empire will definitely support Conrad III.

If you want to win enough, you have to put down enough chips before you can expect to win or lose in the future.

If France and France also increase their troops to the Seljuqs, the benefits they can receive in the future will definitely be greater. If France does not continue to increase their troops, the benefits they can receive in the future will definitely be smaller, and maybe even the existing ones

None of the benefits are guaranteed.

So what faced Louis VI was whether to continue to increase troops or not to increase troops. This is a question.

"I think we should continue to increase our troops."

The main adviser of Louis VI was also the main adviser of Louis VII, and he was also the regent of France. After carefully analyzing Louis VII's letter asking for help, he said that the reinforcements should continue.

"Little Louis' letter has already stated that the empire to the east of Seljuk has joined the war, but they are not invincible. They are also human beings and can be cut by swords. They will die and fail."

"No matter whether little Louis can push the front further east this time, as long as we can maintain a deterrent to the country in the east and prevent them from taking rash actions, we can slowly digest the Seljuq territory."

"At worst, it's like little Louis said. If our lords are promised fiefs and tax rights, they will be happy to send troops to Seljuk."

"As for Eleanor..."

Speaking of Eleanor, Suger suddenly stopped.

Louis VI asked: "What happened to Eleanor?"

Sure hesitated before whispering: "You also know that little Louis has always been dissatisfied with Eleanor, thinking that she has not been able to give birth to a royal heir... and Eleanor and the Earl of Anjou in England

Henry... you know, if you want to live a good life..."

"Perhaps, no matter what the final result is, little Louis will choose to divorce Eleanor."

After hearing this, Louis VI finally made up his mind and said: "In that case, let's send an invitation to the French lords and invite them to jointly send troops to Seljuk. I can promise them how much land they can occupy.

The territory can be as large as it is."

"Not only that, I also promise to give them the right to confer minor lords and knights."
Chapter completed!