Chapter 471 Gambler

The reason why the Byzantines sent troops to attack the Arabs is that Constantinople, the king capital of the Byzantines, was robbed by Arab thieves, and Arab thieves looted the Byzantines' thousands of savings! This matter was magical. Some people even boasted that they saw Alibaba and the 40 thieves, summoned the demon gods of the Solomon era and robbed the Byzantines' Grand Palace and Hagia Sophia! This made Catholics gloating. They have been coveting this wealth for a long time, but because they are Christians, and the city of Constantinople is deep, strong in defense, and the combat effectiveness of the Byzantine heavy cavalry is amazing, which is the opponent of the crusader knights, so it is difficult to do.

In fact, seventeen years later, the Fourth Crusade, at the insant of the Venetians, the crusaders made a despicable attack on Constantinople and plundered its thousand years of wealth! Aken and Jin Ling, the treasure hunter, did this in advance.

The Byzantines came faster than expected. In the middle of the night, people saw more than 100 large and small seaboats spread on the sea west of the port of Acre! The port of Aka was crowded with lights!

"Why is there only so much?" Zhang Fan looked at the ships in the port and found that they were about half less.

"I just heard that Arkancang can't receive so many warships, and half of them went to 'Haifa'. It is also possible that the Byzantine soldiers are divided into two ways, and the other way comes ashore from Haifa and attacks from the other direction!" Aken put down his telescope and said.

"Have you arranged everything?" Zhang Fan asked.

Akan smiled and said, "For good, the church in Haifa also asked Jin Ling to lay mines. This time, the crusaders are beautiful."

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On the other side, the knights who rode a Pegasus to the port of Arca are mediating the Orthodox bishop and the Catholic receptionist, and the two sides have a very happy conversation. But he suddenly received a message from Cape Hardin that Gerard, the head of the Knights Templar, had been inexplicably attacked and injured! And it's poisoned.

What's more strange is that Archbishop Aka is actually sick, and he has some kind of rare viral infection! This is not a joke. You should know that medieval churches also have the functions of hospitals, and priests often assume the functions of doctors. In this 80% supernatural scene, it's a little too joke to make the archbishop who knows medicine and has sacred skills sick! The other party's precept holder has some ability! But on the other hand, it also shows that the other party's ringer was really anxious and began to jump over the wall.

So he arranged his team's highly defensive teammates and immediately found a way to protect the safety of several senior officials of the main army. As long as the heavy cavalry of Byzantium rushes over, the victory will be decided! The Templar is now a little proud. His layout has progressed to an unbroken situation. Victory is only a matter of time! It doesn't matter if the troops of the Holy Roman Empire can't catch up, it's just the last layer of insurance.

However, he didn't know that at his feet, the rat king Jin Ling was taking dozens of red iron rats in the underground dark room of the church. Just after finishing his work, he began to command the red iron rats to rush out of the city. Akan must also settle the Haifa port before dawn, and there will be a crusader camp on Cape Hardin. He is going to be very busy.

This Templar is the wise man among the crusaders. His fortune is not weak. He was guided to the port of Aka by the scene, but he did not find the other party's conspiracy in time like Akan. Both sides now believe that the situation is progressing in the direction they think. Everyone is one step forward and can only know until the end of the battle.

Byzantine warships have been moored in the port of Akka one after another, and all aspects have settled the rest and storage of nearly 10,000 troops. They were busy until dawn before they gradually got on the right track. Most of the soldiers were placed outside Acre to set up camps, and important senior officers and religious civilian personnel settled down in churches, post stations, pubs and other places in the city.

As Arken expected, some senior generals and officers settled in the tavern where Zhang Fan's team was located, and they immediately mixed with the crusader knights, merchants, shipowners, etc. For a while, the pub was bustling. The business of the pub is super good, and even those prostitutes, thieves and gamblers have made a lot of money.

There are many kinds of gambling in the pub, and Aken is like a fish in water. He disguised himself as a senior corpsman of the Templar and shouted in the tavern to get along with the officers. On the way to Constantinople, the old Latin and ancient Byzantine Greek he learned from the Muslim ship owner came in handy!

"Grandma's! I lost again!" Aken grinned and roared, and this guy seemed to be really in a hurry. He didn't bring out much money. He had already put his armor and saber on it. Of course, they were all crusader equipment. This time, I have lost only one piece of underwear!

"Hey! Boy, do you still have money? If you don't have money, get out of here and don't stop the Byzantines from getting rich!" Sitting in the village is a big man in iron armor and a follower of a knight.

Aken had red eyes and roared, "Who said I didn't have money?! My master is the most glorious Templar! He has a lot of money! The cattle and sheep on the back cover alone are enough for you bastards to eat for a lifetime! More gold coins can crush you poor people!"

With that, the guy suddenly slapped the table, "Bah!" Then he touched something out of his underwear bag and knocked it hard on the table! In an instant, the gambling table was golden!

The eyes of the gamblers suddenly lit up, what an exquisite golden holy grail! It is decorated with dozens of red sapphires! This should only be offered in the greatest ancient church. How can it appear in the hands of this humble knight?!

This corner of the pub was suddenly silent, and the sudden silence made people in other areas of the pub very curious, so they stretched out their heads and looked over. Several senior Byzantine army officers on a nearby table accidentally glanced at the gold cup and swung in their hearts, but the gold cup was submerged in the crowd in a blink of an eye.

These officers looked at each other in consternation. One of them looked like a leader and pouted angrily. Immediately, a seemingly shrewd soldier walked over and got into the pile of gamblers.

The big man sitting in Zhuang was about to reach out to get the gold cup. He was pushed away by Akan. Instead, he grabbed a large glass of wine in front of him, poured it down, burped wine, and scolded, "Retract your dirty hand back. Can you touch this thing?"

"Where did you get this broken cup? You didn't steal your master, did you?!" The big man grabbed his glass and drank. All kinds of gamblers on the side also agree.

Akan said angrily, "Do you care? There are so many owners of this thing. You hillbils have never seen the world. You are blessed today. Open your eyes!" Aken proudly held the golden cup and shook it in front of the gamblers. The greedy eyes followed the golden cup and drooled all over the table.

The shrewd Byzantine soldier leaned over and asked Aken, "This golden cup is really beautiful. Are you really willing to use it as a bet?" He took out a heavy bag from his arms and shook it. There was a wonderful sound of gold coin collision. "Otherwise, you see, I'll buy 50 gold coins. So many gold coins are enough for you to play for a while."

Aken seemed to be a little hesitant, his bloody eyes, stared at the bag red, and swallowed fiercely. After a while, I struggled to remove my eyes from the pocket, clenched the gold cup, and put it in my arms. "This can't be done. This is the treasure given to me by my master!" Priceless treasure! ...Of course, if...if it is a thousand gold coins, I may consider..."

"You are a robber! One thousand gold coins, can I use it to make ten such gold cups, and still buy them?" The Byzantine soldier took out the second bag of gold coins from his arms, "At most 100 gold coins, you won't get more benefits than this!"

"Are you kidding? Are Byzantines so stingy?" Aken curled his lips and said, "I think several Venetian merchants over there will definitely be willing to produce more gold coins."