Eagle Byzantium

The water gate of the city of Nicaea was the passage through which Gawain was sent back by Hajib. It is located on the south side of the city, beside the vast Lake Nicaea. There is a small pier and a hidden dock where you can use galleys. Action on the lake. After Konya Sultan cruelly abandoned his wife, he came here, jumped on the boat, and followed the lake towards the shore over there.

Now traveling by land, he feared being captured by the army of pilgrims. So for Giliki Arslan, who was standing on the bow deck of the ship, looking at the faint white arena behind the city wall, which was left over from the ancient Roman era, his heart was filled with hatred and shame.

Today's Giliki is inseparable from grand cities. His philosophy is completely different from that of the former Emir of Nicaea, Zahas. "Cities are the best pearls that Allah has given to believers. Nicaea, I will bring him soon With thousands of warriors coming back, I will burn that hateful red hand cross sword flag together with the captured enemies in front of the temple!”

However, just when Giliki was gritting his teeth, a gust of headwind blew, the sails swayed violently, and the sailors pulling the rope began to make a noise. Giliki turned back - on the high ridge over the lake, he finally The flag of hostility is rising at the Chaoyang Pass! "The Armenian dog, the Armenian dog Pak'ad, indeed sold this Sultan's fortress."

In fact, not only Giliki, who left by boat, was surprised and angry, but also Bohemond, who was commanding the formation. The Normans penetrated very quickly. Just last night, Bohemond summoned all the counts and asked them to around the city of Nicaea At the Gate of Constantine Timum, he lined up the wooden palisade of the siege city, and stationed Calabrian crossbowmen on duty. In addition, he also sent 500 soldiers to guard the entrance of the canyon, preparing to fight against Gover. Ray and Gawain bargained hard.

However. One day later, Paquead sold his castle - Gawain's red-handed Dalian company took the lead and climbed over the pass directly along the pass.

The first was a company of Greek infantry and Lombard soldiers carrying spears, followed by a company of cavalry leading horses, and finally a company of sailors and a company of craftsmen, who, together with the military servants, used small two-wheeled carts to transport baggage. . Thousands of people walked along the winding gray mountain path. Gawain, who was winding his way up and in the center of the formation, kept looking back, looking at the hidden coast in Chiwet and the ordinary pilgrim camps that stretched for more than ten miles. This time he implemented the strategy of "leaving the main camp behind" - —As agreed with Godfrey. With only the combat troops, Peter and Gottschalk stayed behind to organize the settlement of the pilgrims and the aftermath. One of these two men is now the chief priest of Gawain's Dalian team, and the other is the chief priest.

The number of pilgrims has now shrunk by a new step: about 10,000, half of whom have some money, after the situation stabilizes. Still unwilling to move forward and face the endless killings with the Turks, they found the monks and priests and lifted their holy war vows. On the returning ships, they returned to the vicinity of Constantinople. Most of the people were retained by the emperor and obtained the right to live in the imperial capital and the rest of Thrace. There are about 100,000 ordinary pilgrims still remaining in Chiwetel today (30,000 are from Peter and Walter, 30,000 are from Gottschalk, and nearly 40,000 are from following Godfrey).

"Gawain. Gawain...how are you?" Gawain looked at Chiwet, then turned to look at Nicaea on the other side of the mountain, and then stopped moving forward. Anna, who was sitting in a small carriage in the queue, opened the curtain and asked in a low voice - this carriage. Before departure, Gawain planned to spend money to buy it from the camp of Baldwin's wife Gottschild. After all, there were many Frank ladies and girls there, but the money was not spent - "Oh, I understand. This shoulder carriage can be given to the priest. Anyway, he needs this now. He can't ask the delicate girl to walk on the rugged mountain road. As the former Saint Art "Kingsbridge, he came to rescue our couple." With a beautiful and "knowing everything" smile, Gottschild rubbed her nose with her fingers and said to the fat eunuch who came to do errands, and then she added. With a big smile, he folded his hands and added to the fat eunuch, "By the way, if Gawain lacks anything for girls in the future, just come and ask for it directly from me."

"It's nothing, it just brought back memories from before." Gawain heard Anna's call, looked at her from horseback, and answered with a smile.

At the same time, the military servants and guards carrying the carriages also stopped. Seeing this, Anna hurriedly nodded to Gawain, indicating that they could continue, then lowered the curtain, and then sat next to her. Agnes held the scroll and came over, "Look at this group of pilgrims. They are obviously a group of reckless people without wisdom, but they want to capture a city like Nicaea. How terrible. It's sad." Then, Agnes's eyes flashed and she held Anna's hand. "Why don't we just leave? This road is full of dangers. Those women from the West will be killed by the Turks once they fail. He was taken captive, suffered unspeakable humiliation, and either became a slave to whom his lust was vented, or he would be killed and returned to Lesbos Island with me..."

Unexpectedly, Anna broke away her hand and said gently and firmly, "I am a person with goals and a person with no retreat."

"What if there is really danger and that Gawain can't protect you?"

"Then kill yourself." With the curtains closed, Anna looked at the lake and mountain foothills in front of her, her brown eyes showing no trace of movement, and her tone was light.

Agnes's body trembled and she stopped talking.

Behind the wooden fence, Bohemond, leaning on his sword, staggered out of the tent, his eyes red as he looked at Gawain and his flag, who were surrounded by infantry and cavalry, coming down the mountain road.

Tancred behind him also came over and looked at Gawain coldly through the fence.

Anna raised her hand and quickly pulled down another layer of dark curtains, quickly hiding her face and figure in the sedan chair, so that the Norman bandits could not see her clearly, so as to avoid disputes and troubles.

But this subtle movement was also seen by Bohemond with sharp eyes. He didn't see the person clearly, but he guessed that the woman must be sitting in the sedan chair, so he smiled, "Your Excellency Grand Duke Gawain, I haven't seen you for a long time since the Battle of Bari."

"Yes, salutations to you, the most honorable Duke of Apulia, the commander of Asia appointed by the emperor. When I clashed with the emperor's army in front of the city gate of Constantinople, I wanted to contact you, but unfortunately I failed." Gawain put his hand on the brim of his helmet.

"At that time, we had already crossed the sea to come here."

"Is it to rescue the pilgrims besieged by Sulerman?" Gawain sneered.

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Bohemond did not answer directly, but pointed at the sedan chair and said, "Who is in here? Two days ago, I received an urgent letter from the emperor from the Nicomedia Fortress, which seemed to ask me to pay attention to the noble girl who was recently abducted in the imperial capital." (To be continued ~^~)