In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility.

The battle to defend the city of Port Ella came to a successful conclusion.

Many people had not yet reacted to the news that Count Lothar once again defeated more with less and won a big victory, they were shocked by a new blockbuster news.

Count Lothar, summons all the vassals of Transjordan and prepares to attack Rauf the Impaler's territory in the Sinai Peninsula!

The war that had subsided just a few months ago seemed to be on the verge of igniting again.

in the palace of Jerusalem.

Baldwin IV is holding a council of the kingdom.

Hearing the news that Count Lothar recruited all the vassals of Transjordan to attack the Sinai Peninsula, he couldn't help but frown.

During the reign of King Amalric, the Kingdom of Jerusalem also occupied North Sinai for a period of time. Baldwin IV was still deeply impressed by that place.

The vastest area in the central region is desert.

However, the north and south, especially the north, have very good plain arable land, backed by Mediterranean trade, and the land merchant trade linking the Levant and Egypt is still relatively developed.

But hadn’t Lothar just regained Port Ella and the diocese of Alandre? Can he tolerate such blind expansion?

In the main hall.

Amalric, the palace steward, took the lead: Count Lothar is provoking a war. By breaking the peace treaty, he is defying the authority of the king. We should recall him for questioning!

Lothar is not a gold coin, so not everyone in the kingdom likes him.

Even if Lothar is now temporarily reconciled with the Jazz Party and the Queen Mother Party.

But that doesn't mean there's no one out there. Gerosa makes a lot of money selling new armor and Gwent cards.

Many nobles privately said that Lothar was a nouveau riche from a remote countryside.

I object!

Baron Godfrey was the first to speak: Count Lothar's reconquest of Port Ella and the Bishopric of Alandre has a legal basis, and the battle to defend Port Ella is also a defensive war.

He said righteously: Even if the peace treaty is torn up, it should be the Saracen lord named Rauf the Impaler.

Amalric argued rationally: Indeed, if it ends here, no one can find fault with Count Lothar, but he wants to counterattack!

If Saladin regards this as the kingdom's declaration of war against him, are we going to start another war for his own selfish desires?

Damn it, can't we fight back when facing the enemy's attack? Is such a cowardly behavior what Heavenly Father's soldiers should do?

But this is clearly the conflict started by Count Lothar! We should negotiate with Saladin through diplomatic means and not destroy this hard-won peace.

But Count Lothar is just regaining lost ground.

Che Luglu's words went back and forth.

People on both sides were quarreling fiercely, and no one could convince the other.

Because in this matter, the public is right and the mother-in-law is right.

Nysaya, who was standing next to Baldwin IV, lowered her voice and smiled: Your Majesty, your court is really lively. This kind of scene will not happen in the empire.

Baldwin IV showed a wry smile. The royal power was declining, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to take it back, unless it was in time of war. This was why many nobles were worried about starting another war.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

The reaction within the Kingdom of Jerusalem did not exceed Lothar's expectations.

But Lothar didn't actually care. From a legal perspective, there was nothing wrong with what he did.

In theory, this war is limited to Lothar and Rauf the Impaler, not between Ayyubid and the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Historically, this kind of war between lower-level lords has been common.

Moreover, the Ayyubid dynasty is currently in a period of turmoil.

In the last war, Saladin did not achieve results, but suffered heavy losses, which had already caused the rise of many resistance forces in the country.

There was another conflict with the neighbor Sassanid Dynasty. Although there was no direct war, the border was already tense, and there was a high probability that they would not have the energy to start another war with Jerusalem.

Moreover, the territory in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula is not that sensitive. If it were the coastal area in northern Sinai, it would definitely attract the intervention of the Egyptian Governor Adil.

Because that has already hit the door of Egypt.

Although Damascus was more important than Egypt in Saladin's mind, this still did not change the fact that Egypt was the foundation of his dynasty.

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Within the County of Transjordan, Lothar's initiative to launch the Sinai offensive was unanimously recognized.

Even Leonard didn't jump out and say anything.

As soon as Lothar's recruitment order was issued, the lord of Petra, Baron Argon, was the first to respond.

He led a total of fifty knights under him, including the standing army, and nearly a thousand soldiers were dispatched, accounting for almost 70% of his strength.

On the one hand, Baron Argon's basic favorability towards Lothar was very high. This was due to the angel statue, and also because the two had similar compatibility and were very compatible with each other.

On the other hand, it is also profitable.

Along with Lothar's recruitment order, there was also a spoils-sharing regulation that was not euphemistically worded in the hands of lords everywhere.

There is no way, many of Lothar's vassals are illiterate, and if the wording is too elegant, they may not be able to understand it.

Since Raouf had lost all his main force, the subsequent attack on the Sinai Peninsula was, in the eyes of many vassals, no different from a spoils-sharing conference.

They regarded this as the price offered by Lothar to win over them.

Everyone was overjoyed and praised the Earl for his generosity. Although the benefits they could receive were limited and the fiefdom was relatively barren, it was still better than nothing.

They haven't expanded in a long time.

Many second sons of the family either have no choice but to join the monastery or become a landless knight. These people are very unwilling to do so.

And their elder brother is also worried that these people staying in the territory will worry about the position of their heirs.

When they heard that Lothar wanted to ennoble and grant land to the second sons of these nobles, the entire family was overjoyed and strongly supported them.

On the other hand, in Lothar, except for Filorn, which is Dahab, he did not bother to include several other small cities and dozens of villages into his direct jurisdiction.

I can't look down on it, and I can't control it.

As for the Bedouin nomads in the great desert of the central Sinai Peninsula, again, there is no national concept in this era, they are just a piece of loose sand.

This time, take the Apennine Peninsula as an example. There are the Germanic-related Lombards, Latins, Greeks left over from the imperial period, Saracens in the south, Moors, and Normans.

Consider them all Italian?

Bah, who is from the same ethnic group as you!

Win over one tribe, attack another tribe, and when both are harmed, even if not all are eliminated, the remaining ones will be easier to control.

Or just ignore them and let them continue to eat sand in the desert. As a lord, Lothar only needs to control a road to North Sinai, and no one wants to rule a group of nomads.

Egypt is in a similar situation. Although Fire Worship has been practiced for a long time, it is actually not stable.

The Abbasids before Ayyub believed in the Zoroastrian religion of Ye Zong, which is not the same thing as the current Zoroastrian religion.

There are also a large number of Christians in Egypt, but most of them are Orthodox and Copts.

The people here have no spirit of resistance. They were previously ruled by the Alexander Empire and his successors, and then were ruled by the Empire. Later, they were ruled by the Arabs, and it was nothing if they were replaced by the Franks.

Lothar was currently in the city's workshop, observing the craftsmen building siege equipment.

If the siege equipment is complete and the defenders do not prepare hot oil, enough bows and arrows, and various city defense facilities, the defenders will not have much advantage at all.

Muller asked in a low voice:

My lord, have you ever considered the issue of inheritance?

Lothar frowned and said with some surprise: Not yet... I have dragon blood, so I won't die that easily.

In this era, the issue of heirloom is a difficult problem faced by many great nobles.

Because of the limited sanitary conditions and the emphasis on monogamy, the population is not prosperous enough.

Illegitimate children often do not have the right to inherit.

On the contrary, he was the ruler of Arabia, because he had many wives and many children.

But this often leads to situations where brothers fight for power and position.

But without an heir, it will lead to instability in people's hearts.

Mueller reminded: Sir, you should know that the reason why Leonard is so anxious to marry a new wife is to find himself an heir to stabilize the situation.

Even if I get married, my children will be destined to have difficulties.

Lothar sighed softly: It's too early to worry about this kind of problem, but you are right to remind me, I will take it to heart.

His foundation lies in hundreds of soldiers transformed from the system. They are unconditionally loyal to Lothar. As long as they are there, Lothar does not have to worry about his foundation being unstable.

And to be honest, Lothar's future kingdom may not be able to live as long as Lothar.