Eagle Byzantium

At this time, Alexios's ambition flashed again in the corner of his eyes, and his daughter's plea made him sober, "That's it! No matter how desolate and rugged the road to Konya is, I will never relax, Brenu Now you are here I will organize my manpower now and set up camps every thirty miles along the entire Oles Canyon to reserve water and food. If Giliki dares to invade, I will personally lead an army to resist the defense behind you; if Giliki does not Dare to attack, you We will continue to build the camp step by step until we reach the city of Konya. At that time, I will issue a military order to invite the detachments of all the generals such as Harold, Mikhail, and Cosa to gather and besiege them. Konya city, only If we want this place to return to the hands of the empire, we can invade Gawain's territory from the Mut Valley, Cilicia Gate and Alamein. When the time comes, he will be helpless and can only hand over everything. Come invade my land and towns.”

After the calculation was settled, the emperor kept his word. He sent Maupoulos as his honorary representative to return to Constantinople to take charge of negotiating with the Pisa people. He continued to sit in Nicaea and Doliraem, supervising Brenus and Xhosa commanded all the military camps and kept moving forward, squeezing Giliki Arslan's room for maneuver: Brenus Si Chang led 5,000 soldiers in the front, crossing the Ores Canyon, loading bricks and earth to build camps and transport them; the emperor was in the rear, personally deploying field camps and sending hired Turks, Pechenegs and Cretans The men, one thousand and two hundred men each, were divided into two groups, the left and the right, who took turns guarding the army of Brenus, and lined up with bows and arrows to watch the direction of Konya.

The news reached Filna Castle in the mountains. Giliki Arslan, who was stationed here wearing a sheepskin cloak and a leather turban (he was already dressed like a plateau herdsman) was shocked, "Greece The emperor gathered nearly 20,000 soldiers who were good at fighting. Originally, I was in the mountains. Guerrilla attacks in the area can still show off their strengths, but if that guy Alexios really engages in camp group advancement tactics, my future will be really bad." While Sultan Rom was thinking, he said. His confidant Hajib suggested, "We might as well continue to borrow troops from Chief Merrick."

"The tribesmen who are loyal to me don't need to spend money. They only need a place to graze their horses and sheep and worship God. But the Danishmund cavalry hired earlier cost almost all of my taxes." Money, coupled with the previous hateful Greek emperor who burned down all the Roma settlements and destroyed many canals, my financial resources do not allow me to borrow troops from Merik." The Sultan flatly denied Hajib's request.

"What about Gawain?" At this moment, his wife Shahnameh, who was sitting next to the Sultan and spinning a yarn wheel, reminded him, "Although we had a war with him before, didn't the two sides sign a secret agreement? And in Greece Under the emperor's military oppression, we have a close relationship with Gawain. He is a polite and loyal man, so he should be able to help us. "

"Gawain is so unreliable!" Giliki was very angry. "A few days ago, he even told me that I was the murderer of the Frankish royal family."

"That's just a diplomatic strategy." Shah Naimi comforted her husband and said, "Don't we often launch wars in the name of scriptures? In short, except for Gawain, there are really no neighboring countries that are worthy of trust... ..." Then the Sultan's wife looked at the fire pit beside her, with a wooden horse and a pillow on her head. The two children, who were sleeping with sword toys, sighed quietly, caressed their husband's somewhat frayed cloak, and said softly, "And you should understand that that day is not far away..." As he said, Shah Naimi's eye circles were already red, and she looked very concerned and worried.

"I was not afraid of that day, but I was really unwilling to see the Roma Empire reduced to what it is now in my hands!" Giliki's eyes were also red, and he stabbed the hunting knife hard on the charcoal at his feet. Most of them were angry and resentful. Then the down-and-out Sultan gave up his pride and asked Hajib in a low voice, "I want to send you to join the caravan and go to Seleucia."

When Hajib packed up and headed towards Seleucia, Gawain was rushing to Alamein Castle again. He took the lead in gathering the Gemmagis Brigade, Red Hand Cavalry, Armored Cavalry Regiment and garrison in the wilderness outside the city. The army began the annual "grand review" he stipulated.

At the pergola seats set up this time, even the princess in purple, Anna Ducasse, came in person with the Grand Duke. The soldiers in the whole scene were full of joy. The parade was divided into archery, equestrian, long and short weapons, etc. Stage - Gawain stipulates that the participating soldiers do not care about their military status, and there is no class gap among all infantry, cavalry and archers, including the garrison, all must be uniformly assessed and reviewed.

Amidst the sound of the trumpet, Gawain and Anna sat side by side, Inglina, Cabeamia, Agnes, Qise, as well as Hertomia and other noble ladies who came from Barbaron Castle after their vacation, Covered under a dazzling array of parasols of various colors, surrounded by members of the Sixth Division, Brotherhood, Renewal Society and monks, they all joined in to watch and judge.

According to performance, Gawain and Giovanni divided the performance of all soldiers into five levels. The first three levels were rewarded with varying rewards. The fourth level was neither reward nor punishment. After the last level, military pay was forfeited. Also expel the army.

Spears stood in rows, horses hooves thundered, and the entire parade ground was filled with cheers. When it came to the stage of inspecting the armored cavalry regiment, many cavalrymen (most of them were Franks) raised their swords to salute the Grand Duke and the Purple Princess, and then asked to "dismount and fight with swords" to express their respect for Her Royal Highness the Princess.

But Gawain sternly refused. He stood up and gave a speech in public, "My army does not need brave and aggressive people. I only hope that you can strictly follow the orders of the commander and the supervisor on the battlefield. People follow people, horses are next to horses, and you look at the flags of the team when you advance and retreat. Use sharp weapons to defeat and trample the enemy; you also need to not indulge the horses to eat crops in any place where you are stationed, and you must not plunder and persecute the people. Therefore, this unnecessary competition has no benefit except to make you warriors compete and even get injured. This is not what Her Royal Highness wants to see." As he said, Gawain took Anna's arm, and all the infantry and cavalry teams with flags in formation on the battlefield were reviewed. Although the densely packed heads did not dare to move, they also wanted to see the princess's appearance behind the fence high in the awning.

But Anna was a little petite. Since she was lifted up by Gawain from the front seat, all the soldiers could see the tall Grand Duke, but could only see the small crown on the princess's head shining.

Cabeamia lowered her eyebrows under the umbrella and laughed secretly. Then she saw Ingrina over there. The widow had an indifferent expression. "Am I too jealous?" The female archon couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. (To be continued ~^~)