Eagle Byzantium

The location was Brachna Palace, which was too dangerous. The emperor had always been famous for being treacherous and untrustworthy. This was the unanimous opinion of the Red Hand Dalian Team. In particular, the three Italian veteran companies had the least favorable impression of Comnenus. They all believed that they had been betrayed by Sebastocrat during the fiasco in the Nicaean Gorge (so Gawain's protection of Isaac was Very strict and in place, often changing tents); and the rest of the Greek companies, as well as the Lombards, Magyars and Cumans, had no close feeling to the Roman emperor. Most of them were recruited from Italy and had a close relationship with Constantine. Fort's knowledge is also relatively vague. At least, the loyalty of the six thousand soldiers of the Red Hand Dalian to the emperor is completely based on their loyalty to Gawain.

Not to mention, Gawain single-handedly established the "Brotherhood of Brocade" which was recognized by the Holy See.

Therefore, most people strongly discouraged the Grand Duke from going to the palace to avoid falling into the trap of Emperor Komnenos.

"The proposals for peace talks and oaths were sent to His Majesty the Emperor by me, Gawain. If I back down at this moment, I will hand over the initiative to Emperor Komnenos." Unexpectedly, Gawain was very calm and majestic, " Besides, I, Gawain, am the ecclesiastical superior of the city of Rome, and also the commander of the Emperor's Archonius, Your Majesty. He will not easily murder me. There are nearly 100,000 pilgrims outside the city. If he kills me, not only Godfrey and Baldwin, but also Bohemond will take the opportunity to attack you. Constantinople. I believe that Alexius Komnenos will mainly use bribery to deal with this Archduke.”

"What's the strategy?" Bramson asked curiously.

Gawain smiled and kept touching Anna's small handprint on the scroll with his fingers, "First go to see Godfrey, then send a message to Bohemond, and then select a few brothers to accompany me on my pilgrimage to the Emperor. His Majesty."

In the snow covering the entire Salabria, there are Orthodox monks from the Holy Monastery of Gallipoli. The monks who accompanied the Red Hand Dalian Company and Godfrey's subordinates set up a ceremony platform at the edge of the forest, and started vigorous activities in the name of "theological discussion" and "exchange of relic boxes" - -In fact, Desiderius, who served as the chief deacon of the holy monastery, privately sent many slaves and farmers to transport a lot of wood cut into small pieces from the monastery. There was also a lot of ointment and wine sent to the pilgrim camp for heating and food needs.

Who is called Desiderius? He has had a close friendship with Gawain since the city of Nicaea!

Therefore, the entire pilgrim team can survive for the time being.

But time is running out. This winter is constantly increasing its humidity and lowering its temperature.

Soon, Bohemond, who served as his own camp in the palace of Giucentina (all the original Byzantine defenders in his palace had been "gifted" away), received a letter from Gawain.

"What, Gawain got the first step? The Greek emperor actually wants to make Gawain the Grand Duke of Anatolia. This is tantamount to cutting off the way for us Normans." Bohemond was furious, he was angry why Gao Wen Wen was in front of him again, not to mention that Anatolia was the land of hope for the Normans, as long as they occupied this plateau. The east can access Antioch and Jerusalem, and the west can encroach on the most fertile and fertile western coastal area of ​​Asia Minor. Why should Gawain take it away? It seems that this is another trick of Alexios.

On the other hand, Tancred was also very angry. He tried his best to say that the emperor of the Greeks could not be trusted at all, so it was better to unite with Godfrey and others. Follow the palace of Giucentina to invade Constantinople, annihilate the country, and divide its territory. Then use the country of Greece as a springboard base to better attack and regain the Holy Tomb.

Just when Bohemond hesitated. Earl Jeffrey walked in, "Your Excellency, the secret envoy from Constantinople wants to see you." This sudden ending surprised Bohemond, "Be careful to collect his hidden weapons. In addition, all the clothes he is wearing must be changed before he is allowed to meet me. The Greeks are very powerful in using poison.”

After a while, the "little bird" with a withered body and a mysterious smile stood in front of Bohemond and Tancred, "Excuse me - are you the old eunuch who dug the aqueduct for the palace?" Bohemond De really couldn't believe that this guy who looked like a country old man could actually be the envoy of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Please speed up, Your Excellency the Duke of Normandy, otherwise your appointment as the Grand Duke of Anatolia will fall into the hands of Gawain." This was the first sentence of the little bird, followed by this The old man lifted up the cloak covering his face and looked at Bohemond and Tancred, "But that doesn't mean there's no chance..."

"Look, this is a Greek trick." Bohemond also grinned and spoke bluntly to Tancred beside him.

The great eunuch Nicodeemia did not look angry at all, "Your Majesty was coerced by Gawain, because this cunning barbarian had previously encouraged Godfrey to break through the Empire's Fort Sophia and capture your Majesty's favorite relative. Brother Sebastocrat, using this as a bargaining chip, His Majesty is forced to do nothing, not because he is unfriendly to you Normans. And you, the Duke of Apulia, are said to have what Your Majesty cares about most. Someone..."

"Of course, I also hope that His Majesty can offer a very suitable price."

"The price is the position of the Grand Duke of Anatolia and the Commander-in-Chief of Asia. Whoever hands over the prey to His Majesty first will get it."

Bohemond twirled his beard lightly, "What a good deal! Alexius sent separate envoys to Gawain's company and my camp, and then used Anatolia as bait to instigate a fight between Gawain and me. Then he used this empty position as bait to obtain the release of his brother and to extradite his most hated brother-in-law. There is really no one more shrewd than His Majesty the Emperor. What a good deal, what a good deal." Bohemond said repeatedly.

"Empty position, empty title, yes. But as long as it is granted by the Roman Emperor, it is definitely not 'empty', otherwise why would the Duke be so concerned about this position? Gawain's pilgrimage is on the last day of this week (Saturday), I hope you can seize it." Finally, Nicodemia put on his cloak again with a creepy smile, walked out of the tent, and left on the snow.

Tancred was about to ask his uncle about his decision when he whispered to him, "The Greek emperor's tricks are definitely not limited to this one. We must proceed step by step and not let that bastard Alexius really think that my Tver family is stupid and foolish."

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"What should we do, uncle?"

"We must also use a strategy to kill two birds with one stone against Gawain and the Greek emperor." Bohemond said with a grin. (To be continued ~^~)