Eagle Byzantium

In front of the winding Sava River, hundreds of Magyars were driven. Although their princes and leaders converted to Christianity many years ago, like these ordinary tribesmen, there are still no Received formal baptism.

Now Gawain gave them this opportunity, but it was always for the good of this group of people, otherwise the army of pilgrims occupying the surrounding areas of Zemun City would not hesitate to massacre them in the name of "paganism".

"My army is followed by a large number of priests and priests who can conduct ceremonies." Soon, Gawain asked the soldiers to pull these Magyars to the riverside. On one side were the robes held by the priests, and on the other were the robes held by the soldiers. Sword, hastily completed the baptism, and put some common in the church The names were given to them, and then they were asked to pick up bows, arrows, spears, and horses to form a new light cavalry company of 400 people, called the "Saint Cyril Cavalry Company", which mainly assisted the Lombards. Light spear cavalry, responsible for battlefield cover, search and pursuit tasks.

At the same time, Gawain walked into the Duke's mansion, which had been completely burned and looted. Under the collapsed door and the smoky walls, there were dozens of heads of beheaded Zemun nobles, including Nikita. The Duke's bastards include his palace deacons and envoys, famous barons, etc. On the side, sitting was Gottschalk who had fallen into a state of madness. He kept trembling his hands and shouting loudly to congratulate his side on his great victory and his great achievements in slaughtering heretics and dishonest elements. After meeting Gawain, He was even more excited and bowed down directly Keep kissing under Gawain's boots, singing that Gawain is a "great warrior who is armed and protected by the holy spear, the holy sword and the glory of the Lord, and his achievements in the city of Zemun at this moment are nothing but the towering Babel in the future." It’s just an inconspicuous cornerstone under the tower.”

It was obvious that Gawain didn't have a great impression of this magician. He just lightly asked about the identities of these heads, and then Gottschalk didn't treat himself as an outsider. "Please Your Excellency, the Grand Duke, put all these heads on mule carts and boats and send them to the court of King Coroman of Hungary, and use them as a threat. In this way, the entire kingdom of the other party will fall apart. We will take the opportunity to arrange for manpower to be separated from the main roads and Fortress, the procession of remaining pilgrims will be unimpeded."

"There is no need to do this." Gawain's words were a bit harsh, but Gottschalk did not show any angry reaction. After he raised his head and listened to Gawain's opinions, he knelt down and worshiped devoutly again. He probably regarded Gawain completely as a "god" in this world and only followed his lead.

So Gawain sighed and said to the followers around him, these are all innocent people whose crimes will not lead to death. Now that Duke Nikita has been given enough punishment, these corpses and heads should be sewn together and buried properly. "The corpses floating in the Sava River will explain everything. In addition, with the experience of my priest, identity, and sent a letter of condemnation to King Coroman."

"It's simply perfect. Your Majesty the Grand Duke!" As soon as he finished speaking, Gottschalk was trembling with excitement and kissed Gawain's boots again. "This is like diplomacy like a fox. And calm like a lion. The balancing technique of the beasts is an eye-opener for dull people like us!"

A few days later, the letter from the priest was sent to the Hungarian palace. King Koroman was panicked. He did not know that Guz and Nikita had actually committed such a bold crime, which would offend the entire Frankish world. More majestic than the Holy See. The kingdom might really be destroyed by this - he hurriedly sent three letters, one to apologize to the Holy See, and one to explain to Gawain. Another letter was sent to Duke Godfrey, who had arrived at the gate of Hungary's western border. He was coming with an elite expeditionary force. If Godfrey were to get angry over this matter, the kingdom would really be doomed.

Soon, Guz also abandoned the Belgrade Castle and fled to the desolate land of Wallachia without a trace, which was tantamount to self-apology.

At the edge of the wasteland, Gawain personally stationed his horse to greet him. Countless simple flagpoles and crosses were erected in front of the sky. The other sixty or seventy thousand pilgrims led by Peter himself came in a continuous stream like gravel in the sea. They had already lost nearly ten thousand lives on the way, but many believers soon joined in temporarily, as if they would never run out...

Afterwards, the pilgrims completely demolished the castles of Zemun and Belgrade, and rushed to the important city of Nis. On the way, Gawain strictly controlled the Dalian team, using the excuse of being a vanguard, and always kept a distance of three kilometers from the pilgrim team. Because he saw that except for a small number of cavalry, this team Except for monks and armed monks, most of the people are noisy and undisciplined. They will kill each other for a trivial matter, and they will leave behind their wives, partners and children who have made great ambitions to accompany them on the journey. , and escaped with a prostitute who had sneaked into the team.

As soon as this huge and disorganized team arrived in the city of Niš, Grand Duke Tappan among them left the city at night and fled, because the "fame" of the pilgrim army massacred the city of Zemun had spread throughout Wallachia and Bulgaria.

In this way, Gawain can only take over Nish.

The city of Nis is not far from Adrianople.

After hearing that Emperor Alexios had just suppressed the Pauline rebellion there, and that there were 30,000 troops stationed there, Peter went to Gawain to discuss the matter, and Gawain was also afraid that the emperor would take action against him. Can't get it.

Apart from Gawain and his henchmen, those attending the great meeting were the knights and lords who followed Peter Fang: Walter, Gottschalk, Birel, and two people with knighthoods, the Castle of Blois Reinold, the knight, and Forcher, the squire of Orleans.

Among them, Gawain persuaded Peter and strongly advocated: We have successfully reunited, but the discipline of the team is very disordered. We were attacked in Hungary before. Although there is the conspiracy of the two evil Dukes Nikita and Guz, it is also true that we give others excuses. A very important aspect. Then Gawain took out the document and recorded in detail the atrocities committed by the pilgrims along the way, such as stealing wine, robbing mills, seducing women, etc.

"If we continue like this, I am afraid that after entering the Thracian River, we will give the Roman Emperor an excuse to destroy us. Then it will not be as easy as Hungary to deal with." Gawain was worried.

Peter also nodded repeatedly. Of course he knew that his sworn brother's words were for the good of the pilgrimage, but Reynold and Forcher were dismissive. They said sarcastically to Gawain, "Your Excellency, the distinguished minister of the priesthood , wasn’t it great before? Did the big pilgrims help you capture the city of Zemun? And then you scared the King of Hungary into kneeling down and suing for peace with just one letter. You must know that behind us is the support of the Holy See of the entire city of Rome, who dares to fight against us. All will turn into powder.”

"It's okay to continue moving forward, but I hope to set up military judges to supervise the entire team to improve discipline. In addition, men and women must be separated into camps, and male pilgrims must also be taught formations and spear skills during the march." Gawain said sincerely. The ground begged to say. (To be continued ~^~)