Eagle Byzantium

At that time, the entire Council of Cardinals fell silent, and Ademar's purpose in saying this was to respond.

The entire ocean is now in the stormy stage of autumn, but for this group of people who trekked and walked from Hungary and Bulgaria, the ocean cannot stop them. There are a total of 40,000 pilgrims. Even if there are not many capable soldiers, even if most of them are civilians, no one can ignore them casually, ranging from the city of Rome in the west to Constantinople in the east. Taking on the role of protecting them will inevitably become a key issue that cannot be ignored. What's more, after all, there is a Danish prince among the team.

The next question is, when the siege of Antioch has just begun and all the lords are gearing up to make great achievements, who will return to Anatolia to escort and protect this group of pilgrims? What's more, more pilgrims will flock to Europe soon.

In an instant, Lord Raymond suddenly pointed his hand at Gawain, "Now, now is the time for you to fulfill your original promise."

On the other hand, Baldwin immediately understood what the other party meant: Gawain had previously claimed in his letter that he seized and occupied the Seleucia region in order to control the corridor from Anatolia to Cilicia. , to protect the safety of subsequent pilgrims. Now, Surelman (Giliki Arslan) still has thousands of remaining soldiers dormant in the mountains of Phrygia, and the more powerful Danish Mond Turks are also ready to move, preparing to rob and kill the pilgrims who pass by. Fellow Christians, the path of Sven and Reinstein has not been easy.

What's more, the posture of Emperor Komnenos is also ambiguous. From his figure hidden behind heavy curtains, he may shoot deadly poisonous arrows at any time. By mediating the internal strife among the pilgrims, he openly wants to send a team to take over Tar. Sousse may be just the first step in the emperor's plan. The next one is Antioch and the Holy City. After all, the pilgrims are just chess pieces and tools in his hands.

"The primary goal now is to capture the city of Antioch!" Baldwin retorted, "Gawain's elite team is what we rely on."

But Raymond refused to give up and insisted that Gawain fulfill his promise, "Well, this is good - Gawain's army must, must return, and Lord Godfrey's army and horses must be exchanged and filled. Fill it in..." What the Marquis of Provence means is to ask Godfrey's army still west of the Almonos Mountains to exchange roles and positions with Gawain, so that the siege of Antioch will not be Delay.

As soon as this man finished speaking, Bohemond also stood up, tilting his iconic red beard, and looked at Raymond with a proud and understanding look (the other person also winked and smiled to himself), "I I think this is reasonable and reasonable. Gawain just fulfilled his duties. As long as he takes the If we respond to Lord Sven's troops, the strength of our army will double in the coming year. Even if other Turkic princes come to help, we will not be afraid at all. By taking the city of Antioch, the believers will gain advantages on both sea and land. If you take advantage of the situation and capture the Holy City, you will be able to capture it easily."

The Duke of Apulia's words killed two birds with one stone: it could not only prevent Gawain from performing meritorious service in Antioch and seize his territory, but also allow Gawain to return to Asia Minor and struggle between the Turks and the Byzantine Empire.

There was a quarrel again at the meeting, and Gawain became fierce and resisted the joint proposal of Raymond and Bohemond. However, more and more lords joined the ranks of besieging him out of jealousy. In the end, even Ademar also In a semi-threatening tone, he hoped that Gawain would accept the majority plan of the Cardinal Council, "If you have any difficulties, please raise them, but you must not refuse to accept the resolution. In that case, the Holy See will be extremely embarrassed."

In the end, Gawain held his sword and lowered his head, extremely angry. It seemed that he had to submit.

Bohemond, Tancred, Raymond and others all showed proud smiles. The other priest felt a little sorry, so he comforted and encouraged Gawain and said, "Don't worry, I will build a hospital for you and protect the pilgrimage road." Write a written report of your deeds and give it to the city of Rome to tell the world and show your virtue. In addition, I will entrust you with all the responsibility for Cilicia and Seleucia, and you can do everything yourself."

"Go away, Gawain. Don't even think about this huge and rich city. Go back to your thatched nest and keep company with the Greek emperor and the Turkic sheep. Don't try to get involved in the Paris flowing with honey and sugar." Fante." Bohemond was extremely proud in his heart, and he cursed with great joy.

The next day, Stephen Gawain Russell, the "frustrated" Grand Duke of the Roman Empire, led the Red Hand Brigade and two cavalry companies, as well as all the Greek soldiers and Pauline believers, nearly ten thousand people, to a huge crowd. It went in the opposite direction of the city of Antioch, along the road from Port Saint-Simon to the Porta Syria pass.

Gawain looked back and saw the towers of Antioch were like a forest: below the city, all the pilgrims had begun the siege work with great fanfare - the "Porta Saint Paul" in the north of Antioch was handed over to Bohemond and Tancred. The siege of Germany; on both sides of the "Dog Gate" in the north-northwest of the city (the Saracens called it the Wavali Gate), the priests of Admar and Baldwin's troops, one on the left and one on the right, set up a formation to surround it on both sides. . Then, along the city wall from the Dog Gate to the "Grand Duke" is the camp of the powerful one-eyed Raymond, Marquis of Provence; and then from the Grand Duke to the long front of the Porte Saint-Georges, led by two Robert, Stephen and others Sir Alex held on, but they couldn't unite Get up - a stone bridge extending from the towers of the city wall, across the Falfa River, cutting off the connection between the positions; and following this stone bridge, you can go directly to the pilgrim camp on the wasteland of the fort; finally The further south side of the edge of St. George's Gate was handed over to the noble Hugh team to guard.

In addition, further away, on the mountains to the south and north of Antioch, the pilgrims also built their own outposts. The southern one was guarded by Vallott, the general counselor of the French Palace under Hugh; the northern one was guarded by Tancred's command. Guarded by the Armenian lord Fer. These two outposts were equivalent to a pair of eyes for the army of pilgrims besieging the city, monitoring the areas leading to the hinterland of Syria and distant Persia, preparing for the arrival of Turkic reinforcements from other directions, and assuming the responsibility of early warning for the entire team.

The entire city of Antioch was full of flags of various colors, and the pilgrim soldiers carried shields of gold, red, green and other colors, shining brightly and showing off their strong force. On the towers of the city wall, Yaghi's Turkic warriors were also wearing fine and lightweight armor, holding sharp and powerful bows and arrows, and were watching eagerly. The battle between heroes is about to begin in this great city.

But Gawain missed this battle. The soldiers in the brigade were whispering while carrying their spears, feeling extremely worthless for the grand duke. Cabea Amiya, who was riding beside Gawain, also said, "Gawain Wen, are you feeling lonely? You came to the city of Antioch, right?”

Gawain looked up and watched an eagle flying down from the high acropolis of Antioch to the rough Gulf of Issus. It passed over his own flag and breathed a sigh of relief, "It doesn't matter, my A career is not defined by a corner of the Levant.” (To be continued~^~.)