Eagle Byzantium

"This is simply another way of seducing women." The little sunfish beside her said nothing, silently complaining in her heart. She also felt that Gawain was a monster to some extent, and he had no control over the situation. The ability to control is indeed beyond ordinary people, and you can play with it with ease.

In this way, the candidates for the new military governorship were confirmed, and the task of immediately training two thousand border residents fell entirely on the shoulders of the loyal and courageous Birrell.

Of course, Birrell never thought from the bottom of his heart that he was tempted by the title and money. "I agree with His Majesty's philosophy and am willing to serve as his servant. It's that simple."

After deploying and adjusting the new defense line, Gawain asked Branas and the Guardian Brigade to "hold on to Thessaloniki", and then ordered "Mello and the Red Hand Brigade to withdraw to Philippi. I will not attack." The Holy Mountain of Sos is gone, and the Christian Assembly in Adrianople will not be held for the time being. I want to protect farmers and merchants throughout Thrace, and I am willing to negotiate with all kinds of enemies."

"Withdraw your fist so that you can fight it out better right away." Gawain's huge body sat in the tent and sometimes laughed at himself like this to Agnes who was sitting next to her at the independent writing table.

"Humph." Agnes always said lightly disdainfully.

But she knew that the bear in front of her would never give up. He kept a low profile just to divide the enemy alliance and wait for the Andodat Eastern Front Army to come back for reinforcements.

Gawain first offered an olive branch to John. His envoy said to John, who was personally supervising the battle on the island, "Pilloska is well protected in Brachna Palace. If both sides stop fighting, the people in all areas will be protected." Rest and recuperate, and give them the precious peace in my hands, then I am willing to send her to Crete with all my heart.”

In good conscience, John does not want to "get back together again."

But what to do, the adoptive mother he was most obsessed with was dead, her bones were burned to ashes and sent to the distant Seleucia Mountains for burial. The proud body no longer existed at all.

In addition, under the current alliance, John cannot act according to his own personality. After the death of Marlena and the death of Titicius, John became somewhat mature, but perhaps lost some of his original recklessness and aggressiveness. Piloska was related to his relationship with the Kingdom of Hungary. If she came to Crete, he must treat the girl well and even please her.

Hungary has sent many notes before, hoping to take back Piroska, but Gawain's attitude has always been noncommittal. Now he is playing this card, and the subtext is "John, if you don't accept it, I can also send her back to my hometown." , but then your original scandal will be greatly exacerbated and your relationship with Hungary will be permanently damaged.”

John could not make up his mind, so he returned to the Lavra Monastery from the battlefield to consult the Patriarch. Of course, Masdas did not hide his opinion, "Your Majesty, you must be loyal to your legal marriage."

Helpless, John could only declare a strike.

At the same time, thousands of brown legions from the Kingdom of Sicily also began to intend to withdraw their troops - the fleet plus men and horses traveled across the ocean, and the cost was also very considerable. Of course, there is another very important reason: Salian Caesar Henry the Fifth, taking advantage of the split in the Holy See, seized this opportunity, gathered an army and crossed the Alps southward. As if he had a tacit understanding with Gawain, he came to northern Italy again and demanded that the cities The city recognized his imperial power and began to threaten the Lombardy region.

This caused Pope Eugene to feel uneasy.

At the same time, the hot ducks in Liguria, Pisa and Amalfi also responded. They secretly provided financial support to Henry V because they were afraid of the revenge of the Pope of Tuscany and the Kingdom of Sicily.

At this moment, the old Roger of the Palace of Palermo is dying, hoping to pass the throne to his eldest son Simon, and asking him to continue to protect the Holy See. "Once the Holy See collapses, the legal principles and foundation of our family's rule in Sicily will no longer exist, and all sides will be attacked." The enemy will swoop up and bite us."

In addition, the Royal Palace of Palermo introduced a new retaliatory policy: not only did it expel merchants from Hot Duck, Pisa and Amalfi, it also set up checkpoints in the Strait of Messina, imposed heavy taxes on passing ships from these city-states, and directly captured those who disobeyed. The sinking caused a huge loss of trade among the three city-states, which is why they actively supported Henry V.

The economic war is not only occurring on the Tyrrhenian Sea side, but also on the Adriatic Sea side. The largest bank in Italy, the Bank of Bari, brazenly announced that it will withdraw from France, Aragon, Sicily, and Lombardy that previously owned the land of the Seleucia Hospital. All the deposits held by Dizhu City were "frozen and confiscated" as a punishment - the Holy See of Rome and the Holy See of Tuscany also received the same treatment. In addition, the city of Bari, which occupies the middle of the Adriatic Sea, was also collectively authorized by the "Great Senate" to recruit Norman and Frank mercenaries and soldiers from Calabria and Benevento to form an army and begin the siege. Ancona (requiring it to obey the authority of the new Emperor of Constantinople), and used ships to blockade and attack Venetian ships coming and going. Its attitude was very clear: Sicily sealed the Strait of Messina, and I sealed the Adriatic Sea. Live in Venice.

Faced with the heavy pressure from Henry the Fifth and the harassment of the city of Barry, old Roger certainly could not keep the nation's elite in the Holy Sea for too long, so he agreed to Gawain's request for a truce.

After receiving this news, Henry V knew that sooner or later he would have to confront the Kingdom of Sicily to compete for hegemony over Italy, so he also actively connected various vassal cities to form a "Royalist Alliance" to prepare for future battles.

In August, Gawain's Red Hand Brigade and the Palace Guards quickly retreated to Constantinople.

John and Masdas were very happy. Although most of the monasteries around the holy mountain of Athos were destroyed in the war, this was also a victory of some magnitude for the anti-Gawain alliance.

To the west, Isaac Komnenos advanced to the city of "Macedonian Pella" not far from Thessaloniki, where he and his army were stationed. This former royal brother was eager to have another "grand duel between heroes" with Gawain. He regretted that such an opportunity never existed in his first half of his life, so that his royal brother could not judge whether he was stronger or Gawain was stronger. Of course, he was also sad about his brother's inexplicable death and felt that he had an obligation to inherit the glory of the great Komnenos.

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As for John, although Isaac had no ill feelings towards him, he did not think he had the ability to control an empire from the bottom of his heart.

But for Gawain, although he was an enemy, Isaac liked him more. "Fighting against Gawain gave me a better feeling of being an epic hero."

Therefore, Isaac arbitrarily gave himself the title of "Despot of Epirus" in the city of "Pella, Macedonia", and declared his undisputed power over Epirus (Dyrrhachium), Macedonia, Thessaly and Thessalonica.

Only Constantine Bertin was one of the few people in the Ohrid court who believed that the war with Gawain could not be stopped.