Eagle Byzantium

After the Sultan of Konya escaped, all the pilgrims stood on the high ground of Doli Laem, and the remaining military servants were burying the bodies of the dead believers. At this moment, the hermit Peter also arrived on a donkey, and with Ad Marr, meanwhile, stood at the heart of the crowd.

Everyone drew their swords and, under the leadership of two clergymen, confessed to the Lord and expressed their gratitude. After Ademar made an impassioned speech, "I know that all the noble dukes and marquises, you all sacrificed your lives for the great cause of the expedition. They have given up their own great interests, so when they besieged Nicaea, many people were concerned about the distribution of the spoils. I believe that you have such thoughts, not because of greed and selfishness, but because of your own wishes. able I will do my best for the great cause of the expedition, but today's war is a huge lesson - because of the suspicion of the Greek emperor, another priest, Stephen, left with his army and horses, and the letter he left behind told me, He hopes to avoid the limelight and, if conditions permit, open up Paphlagonia and Cappadocia to join us again. I will be happy for him and his army during the rest of the journey. Prayers.”

At this time, Admar suddenly tapped the ground with his crutch, "Then promise me now that you will also pray for Gawain's luck and safety, instead of cursing him and his pilgrim team out of personal resentment!"

"We are willing to pray for Gawain..." All the lords, including Bohemond and Tancred, whether it was true or false, under the pressure of the priests, could only shout in unison.

"We must all unite sincerely. During the march through the terrible canyon of Ores, all camps must no longer be separated, support each other, help each other, and work together in the same boat to cross the hellish plateau. Treat Constantinople The emperor's instructions will be obeyed if they can, and ignored if they cannot be obeyed. Your Excellency Ademar is responsible for all the soldiers, and I am responsible for all the civilians who are pilgrims. All blame from the emperor will be borne by the two of them." , the hermit Peter also appealed.

At this time, Bohemond suddenly took out the secret letter the emperor had given him in advance. Standing in front of everyone, he took the opportunity to say, "In fact, when we were in Nicaea, the emperor of Greece secretly sent me this letter, asking me to frame His Excellency Gawain."

Peter immediately read the letter aloud. Then he showed everyone the emperor's secret seal, "This is the seal he only uses when he is planning a conspiracy, because he is afraid that he will be exposed and others will come to him to deal with it."

Then everyone protested angrily, and Bohemond even patted his chest and kept talking. "Think about it, how could I do such a shameless thing and harm my fellow priests? Lord, look at how delusional this emperor is! In fact, the first moment I received the secret letter, I immediately sent a message to Lord Raymond, asking him to send someone to go with me to Gawain's camp to inform him. However, half a step too late, Gawain had already left in anger. He was still worried about him during the battle just now. Follow us..." He finished. The Duke of Apulia seemed to have tears on his face.

"Yes, yes." Raymond also hurriedly "admitted" with a guilty conscience.

Baldwin nearly vomited as he angrily prepared a statement. His brother suddenly held his arm and shook his head at him.

"Gawain and I are old acquaintances, and we have shared joys and sorrows together in Asia Minor." Bohemond was still talking there, and then asked the hermit to prove that what he said was true.

So Peter could only nod.

Later, everyone praised Bohemond's generosity and kindness, and decided not to follow the emperor's instructions, but to elect Bohemond as the leader, and Godfrey as the assistant, leading everyone to continue towards Konya The hinterland plateau advances.

The letter of "parting ways" between the pilgrims and the emperor soon reached the hands of Tatisius. General Qianbi did not dare to neglect and quickly dispatched fast horses to the city of Nicaea where the emperor was stationed.

In the palace left by the Sultan, Alexios read the letter very easily and sneered twice, "Bohemond, I knew your face. I originally wanted to cut off the aid and supplies to you, but I just want you to take the initiative to speak up. I don’t want to bear the evil consequences of betraying our alliance. Now my goal has been achieved, thank you very much, you self-righteous, smart fool." Then, with his hands behind his back, he said to the imperial ink official and many busy imperial officials, "Tax supervisor of Bithynia. Have the distribution of the people and the Plonya property been completed?”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Meles immediately handed over the golden edict to the emperor, "Thrace (the area where Smyrna is located), South Opushkin (Ephesus, Philadephia), Lu Military service in the Dian Plain, bounded by the Gatedres River), Pamphylia (the area east of the Gatedres River to the Gulf of Atalia), Braxilon, Paphlagonia and other places Real estate is still under further calculation.”

Alexios nodded, and then he seemed to remember something, "Did Gawain go to Braxilon?"

The imperial ink official replied in the affirmative and told the emperor, "It is said that before Gawain left, he entrusted other pilgrims to move several skeletons that were originally outside the city to the cemetery in the palace garden. Is that right? ..”

"No need, Meles. I am not the kind of person who is overly resentful. I have personally asked about the skeletons. They are from the comrades of the Red Hand Squad and the servants of Gawain who died in the battle. Even if I annihilate Gawain, I still praise his righteous act." After the emperor finished speaking, he walked to the pool in the palace, held his chin and repeated something, then laughed cunningly, "By the way, I have a good way to deal with the wife and children of that Giliki."

When all the officials held their breath and listened to the emperor's decision, Alexius continued to speak, "Send them to the Danishmond Turks."

Danismond was a Turkish kingdom that was entrenched in the northeast of the Anatolian Plateau (from Amasya to Sivas) after the Seljuk Turks split. It was surrounded by many mountains in Trabzon, Armenia, Roma, and Paphlagonia. It had an irreconcilable relationship with the Sultan of Konya before, and fierce wars often broke out on the border between the two.

Alexius, who was the most skilled in diplomacy (of course, the diplomacy of the Byzantine emperor was more about constantly provoking and dividing the other party than being good neighbors), now abandoned his previous promise and actually wanted to send Shahnami and Maimon to the Kingdom of Danishmond. This was clearly to disgust Giliki. Arsalan, and let the Seljuks in Asia Minor always confront each other and not interfere with his recovery process.

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"What betrayal?" Then, Alexius did not care about the worries of the imperial ink officer. "Giliki himself was unwilling to negotiate and attacked me and the pilgrims. After the failure, he disappeared. I wanted to return my wife and children to him safely, but I couldn't do it, so I could only send them to the more peaceful Danishmond. Also, remember to ask the secret envoy to remind the other chief not to forget my kindness, and there will be a chance to repay it soon." (To be continued ~^~)