The siege defense of Eira Port concluded successfully.

Many people hadn't even reacted to the news that "Count Losa again achieved a great victory with a smaller force," when they were shocked by another blockbuster news.

Count Losa has summoned all the vassals of Transjordan, preparing to attack the territories of Piercer Rauf on the Sinai Peninsula!

The flames of war, which had originally subsided, seem to have a tendency to ignite again.

In the Jerusalem Royal Palace.

Baldwin IV was holding a kingdom meeting.

Upon hearing the news that "Count Losa has summoned all the vassals of Transjordan to attack the Sinai Peninsula," he couldn't help but furrow his brow.

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

The vast central region was all desert.

But in the north and south, especially in the north, there were quite good plains for farming, backed by Mediterranean trade, linking the overland trade between the Levant and Egypt, which was relatively developed.

But hasn't Losa just reclaimed Eira Port and the Alandler Bishopric? Can he handle such blind expansion?

In the grand hall.

Chief Steward Amalric took the lead to attack: "Count Losa is instigating a war. He is breaking the treaty and is blatantly disregarding the King's authority. We should summon him back for questioning!"

Losa isn't gold coins; not everyone in the kingdom looks favorably upon him.

Even if Losa has now temporarily reconciled with the Noble Faction and the Queen's Faction.

It doesn't mean there's no one who envies Losa's wealth from selling new armor and Gwent Cards.

Many nobles privately called Losa a nouveau riche from a backwater place.

"I oppose!"

Baron Godfrey was the first to speak: "Count Losa's reclamation of Eira Port and the Alandler Bishopric is legally justified, and the defense battle at Eira Port was also a defensive war."

"Indeed, if it ends here, no one could pinpoint a fault with Count Losa, but he wants to counterattack!"

"Pah, are we not allowed to retaliate when facing an enemy's attack?"

"But this is clearly Count Losa instigating the conflict first! We should negotiate diplomatically with Saladin and not disrupt the hard-earned peace."

"But Count Losa is merely reclaiming lost territory."

A single statement stirred a thousand waves.

The reaction within the Kingdom of Jerusalem did not take Losa by surprise.

But Losa actually didn't care; from a legal standpoint, his actions were flawless, limited to a war between him, a vassal, and Rauf, another vassal.

The Ayyubid Kingdom is currently in turmoil.

In the last war, Saladin did not gain results; instead, he suffered heavy losses, inciting considerable resistance, and also entering into conflict with the Sassanid Dynasty, making it unlikely they had the energy to incite further warfare with Jerusalem.

Moreover, the territories in the southern Sinai Peninsula are less sensitive; if it were the coastal areas of North Sinai, the Governor of Egypt, Adil, would surely intervene.

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Within the Earl's Domain of Transjordan, Losa's proactive attack strategy and the Sinai campaign were met with unanimous agreement.

Even Reynard did not stand up to say anything.

As soon as Losa's summoning decree was issued, Baron Argon of Petra was the first to respond.

He led a force of fifty knights, including regular troops, mobilizing nearly a thousand soldiers, which accounted for almost seventy percent of his forces.

On one hand, Baron Argon already had a favorable impression of Losa, partly due to the Seated Angel Statue and partly due to their compatible natures.

On the other hand, it was also because there were profits to be made.

Along with Losa's summoning decree, a rather straightforward loot-sharing ordinance was sent to the hands of various lords.

There was no choice; many of Losa's vassals were illiterate, and if the wording were too elegant, they might not understand it.

Since Rauf had already exhausted his main forces, the upcoming attack on the Sinai Peninsula seemed, to many vassals, no different from a loot-sharing conference.

They regarded it as the price Losa was offering to win them over.

Everyone was overjoyed; though the benefits to be shared were limited, anything was better than nothing.

They hadn't expanded for a long time.

Many second sons of families, either had to devote themselves to monasteries or become landless knights; how could they be content?

Hearing that Losa intended to expand with them, they couldn't wait to lead their armies to Eira Port.

As for Losa, except for the cities of Philorn and Dahab, he was not interested in incorporating any other small towns or dozens of villages into his direct territory.

He didn't care for them and couldn't control them.

As for the Bedouin nomads in the central Sinai Desert, as said before, there was no sense of national identity in this era.

Taking the Apennine Peninsula as an example: the Lombards of Germanic descent, the Latins, the Greeks from the era of imperial rule, the southern Saracens, Moors, and Normans.

Who would consider them as the same people?

Win over one tribe, suppress another; when both are weakened, even if not completely wiped out, the remainder will be easier to control.

Or simply leave them be, let them continue to fight over the sand, no one desires to rule over a group of nomads.

Egypt is a similar case; although it took quite a long time to convert to Fire Worship, it's not particularly stable.

Ayyubid's predecessor, the Abbas, practiced Zoroastrian Fire Worship, different from the main sect of Fire Worship now.

The number of Christians in Egypt is not small either; most are Orthodox and Coptic.

The people here don't possess much of a rebellious spirit; previously, they were ruled by the Alexander Empire and its successors, then by the Empire, and later by the Arabs; it doesn't matter if it's changed to the Franks.

In the workshop, as Losa was overseeing the construction of a siege weapon,

Mueller asked in a low voice:

"My lord, have you considered the issue of succession?"

Losa frowned and said, "Not yet... I have the Dragonblood lineage; it's not so easy for me to die."

"But having no successor will lead to instability."

Mueller reminded him: "My lord, you should know that the reason Reynard is eager to take a new wife is to find an heir to stabilize the situation."

"Even if I marry, having children will still be difficult."

Losa sighed lightly: "It's too early to worry about such problems now, but you're not wrong; I will keep it in mind."

His foundation relies on hundreds of soldiers transformed by the system, who are unconditionally loyal to Losa, so long as they exist, Losa need not worry about an unstable foundation.

Moreover, to be honest, even Losa's future kingdom probably wouldn't last as long as Losa himself.

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