"Now that they are all gone, and you and I are the only one left. Can you tell me your plan? Lord Clever?" Emperor Henry asked solemnly. If he could defeat the remnants of the Greeks and the Turks on the Anatolian Plateau in one fell swoop, he would establish unparalleled merits, and even the Greeks' Komuning emperors would be difficult to compare. At that time, the subjects who did not submit to him in Constantinople would definitely choose to surrender.

Although he didn't believe in his heart that the young man in front of him could really help him, Emperor Henry couldn't help but want to listen to Little Claver's plan.

Claver smiled slightly. He had long guessed that the Majesty in front of him could not refuse such a temptation, so he answered decisively: "Abide by the order, Your Majesty. I have prepared such a plan, but before this I must ask you a question, do you think that Prehis and the Marquis are reliable enough?"

"Do you still need to ask me this question? You see, their attitude was clear just now." Emperor Henry, who was stunned at first, then smiled helplessly. The nobles led by Marquis of Pleis, who were also from Flanders. They were Emperor Henry's brother and vassal of the former Emperor Baldwin. These people have great power and great ambitions, and have always been objects of great distress to Henry. Now Henry can only rely on continuous victory to gather their loyalty in front of him, but he knew that this was not a long-term solution. Long before, Henry of Flanders had consciously reused the Greeks who were willing to cooperate, but those were a minority after all, so why did he look at the Clever family coming from Normandy so much.

Seeing Emperor Henry's statement like this, Clav was also sure, so he offered his advice: "Since that's the case, why not let them disappear along with the Greeks and the Turks?"

"Vanish?!" Such terrible words made Henry, who was used to killing the battlefield, feel a little shocked. He instinctively resisted this method. Although he had conflicts with the relatives left by his brothers, he was not yet in a state of dying.

"I think you may have misunderstood my thoughts, Lord Claver."

"Your Majesty, your current identity is the emperor, especially the emperor of Constantinople, not the second son Ranger. You should understand the cruelty of power and scheming, especially when you cannot truly control the ministers under your command. King Philip of the Dharma has done a perfect job in this regard, otherwise my uncle and I would not have been left here."

"But there is no need for this now."

Emperor Henry once again emphasized that he certainly understood that the choice of Latin nobles to be loyal to themselves was not a vow of the monarch and ministers, but a bondage of interests. They wanted to establish their own fiefdoms on the land of the original Eastern Roman Empire, which was in itself the purpose of their participation in the Crusades.

It is true that Emperor Henry wanted to centralize power, but he felt that there was no need to do things so drastically.

As expected, he is indeed an emperor who was born in a Crusader Knight. Claver admires Emperor Henry very much, so he also chose to compromise and said:

"Then let's settle for the second best. If His Majesty can save the Marquis of Prehis and his party who are in danger next, I believe they will be grateful to His Majesty in the future."

"you mean?"

"In Ankara City, the Greeks and Turkic people are likely to defend the city and refuse to come out, but they will never be honest and do nothing. When I inspected the military camp these days, I found traces of Turkic cavalry on the periphery, and they must be looking for our weaknesses." Klewu talked freely about planning a plan for the Majesty in front of him, and Emperor Henry couldn't help but sigh inwardly when he saw this.

Little Claver's calmness was not as calm as he could have at this age, and his keenness was beyond his own. Emperor Henry, who believed in the information Baron Claver said, continued to let him continue.

I heard Claver say, "Then what are our weaknesses, Your Majesty."

"It's our food and supplies."

"Yes, I think the Turks must be looking for opportunities to find our way to transport grain and try to fight back. So why don't we use our tricks? Pretend to make them think they can win, and then jump into our trap." As soon as this statement came out, Emperor Henry knew Klewu's strategy, but this strategy had flaws.

"But how can this make the Greeks and Turks think they can win?" The two sides have fought fiercely and have some control over each other's strength. Emperor Henry did not think that the other party was so easy to fall into the trap.

But Klev's next words immediately reminded the Latin Emperor, "Your Majesty, don't forget David Komuning of Pavragornia, you have granted Nicia to him, and now it is time for him to repay His Majesty."

"David Komuning." Henry pondered for a moment, then his eyes lit up. A large part of the reason why the previous attack on Nicea was so smooth was that he received the support of the Komuning family in Pavlagonia. They had a long-standing feud with Lascaris. The traitor who had infiltrated opened the city gate and easily captured the city wall. Henry ceded Nicea to the other party in return. Now both sides can be considered close ally. However, this incident caused controversy among the nobles under his command, and the distraught emperor would have almost forgotten if he had not been reminded by Little Klever.

"Continue talking." Talking to this young man was like a spring breeze, Emperor Henry was more interested in what to do next.

Baron Klev was patient and said: "We can ask people from David Komuning, pretend to be the messenger of Trabisson, and tell the Nicean Alexekomuning that he has brought troops to support. Our army is about to retreat, and Trabisson will invite them to pursue and cut off our food routes to encircle us who have lost supplies. By then, they will step into the trap we have prepared for them like wild boars in the forest."

"But didn't you say there was a feud between Komuning and Rascaris?" Emperor Henry had a last bit of hesitation, because such a plan should be cautious after all.
Chapter completed!