Eagle Byzantium

The white Konya is now a scene of towering stone mosques. In the barracks in front of the city gate, Diogenes holds the soldier's list and reads through the ranks of infantry and cavalry one by one. His words are almost numb. It's just a matter of saying your name repeatedly and marking it on the register with a pen.

The emperor tried his best to send 10,000 soldiers, along with excellent and elite equipment, to fight for Tarsus and to conquer the city of Antioch. This was an exciting thing, but the guards and officers failed. Next to him, Steward Titicius, who was also silent, was equally unhappy.

The first is Tarsus, which is an extremely sensitive area, almost related to the diplomatic relations between the Roman Empire and the entire western barbarian pilgrims. In the past, Diognis held Peter's hidden Holy See letter, and it felt like finishing reading it at that time. , I feel that the whole world in front of me is full of angels flying, but Now the hometown of Anatolia has been recovered, but when the guard rode up to the barren hills, he looked at the gray clouds on the Algaius Mountains and the ruins of the fortresses therein. , only to feel that everything has changed, and the past era is like the flying clouds, gone forever.

"So in the great revival that His Majesty the Emperor mentioned, what role do we, the Roman soldiers, play in it?" This is the confusion in the mind of the officer. He really doesn't know, but there is a clear feeling. , that is, in the battle of the East Valley of Nicaea, it was really happy and refreshing: the Roman army bravely fought against Withstanding the frontline attack of the Sultan of Cornea, Gawain led his cavalry in a swift flank attack at the ambush area. The pagans were completely defeated, and corpses covered the entire valley bottom. When he led to victory, the flail and bowstring he waved in his hand flew up. The arrows shot out could hardly be stopped, so when he finally entered Nicaea, he held his chest high.

He believed that this feeling would extend throughout the plateau, to Antioch, and to Jerusalem.

But then, His Majesty suddenly split up the army, advancing in different directions, looking for uninhabited empty areas everywhere, carefully hiding the edge under the dark shadow, as if all faith and fighting spirit had turned into birds. , and plunged into the boundless black waters of Youxing.

Is this still the Roman Empire?

"His Majesty's token and urgent message, Akonis Yagfe Nistas of the Inner Palace Guards, and Harold are coming from the canyon of Braxilon with five thousand elite soldiers. Your Majesty requires us to first follow the strange route. Licia Gate, go to Tarsus." Over there, Teticius took the latest military order from the messenger cavalry and said without doubt.

Next, the team carrying the purple imperial flag moved rapidly on the roads throughout the Anatolia Plateau, scattering, gathering, and going their own way, like groups of male ants with their heads held high, shuttling through the vast swarms. In the mountains, he finally stopped in front of the gate of Cilicia.

Titicius, wearing a nose helmet, looked at the Taurus Mountains they should have seen earlier, silently waved his riding crop, and then the soldiers carefully lined up in a long winding line. The team continued to follow Gawain's footsteps and moved along the River Sidnus.

Orson, who was the first to guard Lamplon Castle in Cilicia, got such news and immediately became a little confused. He was used to being the "mountain king" here before. Now that Gawain is here and Baldwin is here, he can do it. Be at ease and secure They lived in their own property, but it was different now. The emperor's army and horses had arrived, and the main forces of Gawain and Baldwin went to besiege Antioch. If they took a resisting stance at this time, they would be attacked by the emperor's army. , what should we do?

There is no problem in defending Lamplon Castle and blocking the roads to Cilicia, but the biggest problem is, what if you are used as a bargaining chip and are later betrayed by Gawain or Baldwin?

Orson was restless in the castle. In order to show his loyalty to Gawain, the "Grand Duke of the Empire", he had asked Hallam, the chief flag officer and his brother, to take five hundred cavalry to participate. to the army that conquered Antioch, and that The three Kallegos brothers from Biansis City also sent 300 cavalry to do the same thing. Now the situation is unclear. He really can't figure out what kind of relationship the Grand Duke has with the empire. Now it's completely " A wolf in front and a tiger in the back”, unable to make a choice.

In addition to the three brothers from Sith City, those who had the same idea also had Titicius and Diognis who marched from Cilicia. "Is the Lord of Lamplon an enemy or a friend? "They and Orson all had the same doubts.

"Your Majesty just asked us to advance towards the goal of Tarsus. He did not give us any specific diplomatic results." Titicius on horseback had this ambiguous tone, and then he said to the captor, "In this way Just in case, you take three hundred Tecobo cavalry and serve as sentinels at the front, and then make a decision based on the opponent's situation."

"I will immediately take five hundred soldiers to guard the pass between Lamplon and Barbaron to monitor the movements of the imperial army. And you, with your light cavalry, are lurking on various roads. If there is an emissary going to Armenia, Just capture him, search for the letter, and then make a decision." Over there, General Osun, who was restless and mounted, ordered several of his direct subordinates under the black flag of "Middle Finger Bone".

At the same time, the strong aura of commotion, following the horseshoes of spies and scouts, also reached Zephyrim Castle, which was almost separated from Tarsus by a river, where Anna was accompanying Gottschild. In a synagogue of the New Guild by the city gate, the verdict of a case was being listened to.

Beside the simple courtyard in front of the curtain and the chairs, several deacons of the Reformation Society and members of the Military Court who came to listen (they were all sent by Giovanni, who was inspecting the security and military affairs of Seleucia and did not participate in Antiochus's expedition) stood there in smocks. The parties involved were two strong men.

One was a local farmer and the other was a member of the local lumberjack guild.

The crowd who came to listen were also divided into distinct camps according to these two professions, shouting at each other.

"I didn't expect this phenomenon to happen in Zephilim." Godhild, who was sitting on the chair, said softly.

"It should be the same there. Farmers think about destroying the forests to open up farmland all day long, while lumberjacks think that farmland has destroyed their livelihoods. It's hard to get along." Anna sighed.

Soon they realized that the core of the conflict in the case was who was the thief.

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After the grain market in Zephilim opened yesterday, when it was over in the evening, a peasant woman who came to sell eggs in front of the post house and exchanged for thirty shiny "Seleucid" copper coins was robbed and her money bag was taken away. As a result, everyone helped to chase. The guards at the city gate heard the noise and caught two people who were fighting. Both of them claimed that the other was the robber. (To be continued ~^~.)