Eagle Byzantium

"I have to admit that just under the cliff there were 1,800 miserable corpses of pagans, as well as countless horses and weapons. I mobilized a hundred baggage trucks to pull them all out. And There were also many trampled corpses lying in front of and inside the camp of the chief who offended me. In total, I obtained 3,500 pills. The heads of the Turks saved countless captured and enslaved Christians. According to my scouts' reports, Merik fled to Melitene in complete despair. He would no longer be able to threaten the pilgrims for a short time. I am prepared to take advantage of the victory to persuade the city of Samosata to surrender, and then to recapture Lavodra and Tubasena, and completely eliminate the weak Armenian kingdom.”

After reading Bohemond's letter, Gawain immediately cut open the reed pen tube with the paper knife at his side, inserted the pen tip Anna gave him, dipped it in ink and replied: "...I I must remind you that you should stop temporarily after obtaining the city of Samosata; because once you come to Constantinople and even the city of Pisa, they are secretly supporting it. Armenia, you may have to fight an invisible enemy right now, which is not worth it; secondly, Raymond has already set off for the Holy Land, and the pilgrims have no intention of continuing deep into the Marash mountains to serve your cause; thirdly, if we and The honor of regaining the Holy Land was missed, so the loss cannot be made up by conquering Marash..."

Then, after Gawain handed the letter to the messenger, he said to Andodat, "Request the Bramson task force immediately and ask them to march to Seleucia - as for me and the teams outside the task force, Get ready to pack now and swear to go out tomorrow to fight against the emperor’s conquest army.”

When Gawain's reply was sent by Pegasus to the camp under the city of Samosata in the evening of the next day for Bohemond to read, the lord laughed loudly in front of Bramson and other Seleucia generals. The official said, "Gawain is a little jealous of my achievements and the trophies that come with it. But this is normal. I can understand the healthy jealousy of men towards men."

After saying that, Bohemond invited Bramson's task force to the siege position. There were more than 17,000 troops, and the castle was besieged impeccably: the Normans carried the dyed prisoners captured from Merrick's camp. Purple clothes, various gems and treasures, and groups of captives were displayed to the city.

In the corridor of the dungeon of the Acropolis, Osdu and his men held their swords across Mesander's neck. Behind him was his sister Tang Wu, who was looking around in panic. At the exit at the other end of the corridor, several Armenians were also holding weapons. When they were preparing to release Messander, they found that Osdu had already taken the lead - he killed the prison guard and took Messander as a hostage. "There is no hope for this castle. We are ready to surrender to the prince of Apulia outside the city." the Armenians shouted.

"Yes, but if this Mesander is in my hands, the Normans will not massacre this castle. I will treat her as a condition of survival. Now you actually let her out rashly, like that You will lose the last bargaining chip in your hand. Damn, Bohemond and Tancred will kill you all. I'm not that stupid." Osdu hid behind the kidnapped woman, his blade shining coldly, while Tang Wu begged from behind. Ask your brother not to hurt this innocent woman.

"The Duke of Apulia has promised us that as long as Mesander is safe, he will not massacre the city."

After receiving this answer, Osdu sneered, "Well, let the Normans enter the city first. As long as my sister and I can escape from the north gate towards Melitene, I swear to keep this woman safe." I threw it in front of the road out of the city. I swear to Allah, you have to believe me, it’s not that I don’t want to surrender, but I can’t. Tancred will definitely kill me anyway. My sister and I just want to live. I don’t want to have any deep hatred against the Normans.”

"Yes, my brother listens to me the most. I will not ask him to kill Mrs. Mesander. I lost my husband and I know the pain." At this time, Tang Wu also shouted to the Armenian garrison officer.

The officers looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders, and said, "We swear to each other in the name of God. No matter if you hold Tancred's woman hostage for the time being, if Bohemond breaks his promise, we still have someone to redeem him from." chips.

After nightfall, when the garrison soldiers in the city who had reached a surrender agreement opened the city gate with a bang, under the firelight and moonlight, what they saw before them was the pale and ferocious face of the smiling red-bearded Bohemond. This expression was more... Even more terrible is his wrath, "God's will!" With these shouts, Bohemond pointed with his finger at the looming Acropolis Palace behind the city gate. The Norman knights beside him immediately rushed forward, drew their swords, chopped down all the garrison soldiers standing next to the city gate, and trampled them to death. , then holding up torches, they rushed into the city one after another, Samosa The garrison soldiers and people in the tower were horrified, followed by despair, and screams and groans filled the city - Normans in chainmail, riding horses, walking, holding swords and battle axes, Everyone was being chased and slaughtered everywhere, and fires were burning in the houses that were set alight—— After Bohemond obtained the castle, he broke his oath without mercy. "When the sun rises tomorrow, this city will completely become the castle of the Apulians, and there will never be any more rebellion." The factor exists!" Redbeard shouted, raising his finger fiercely.

"Uncle, uncle, my Mesander! You promised to ensure her safety beforehand." Tancred beside him was shocked, pulling the reins, and shouted to Bohemond.

"I forgot, but this huge fortress will never be controlled by a foreign woman. Tancred, you shouldn't want this woman of Ani, she is Reuben's cousin, you should forget her too, hahaha!" Bohemond said, and rushed to the city, and soon disappeared in the streets full of dead people.

Tancred gritted his teeth, rushed to the burning ruins, dismounted and pulled up a dying garrison officer, "Where is Messand? If you don't want the massacre to continue, tell me."

The officer pointed to the direction of the north gate and died. Beside the two, teams of Norman cavalry were laughing and shouting rudely and rushing past quickly, and the sound of horse hooves was shocking.

The whole Samosata turned into a closed furnace, illuminated by fire and killing, and lit up the entire night sky. When Tancred rushed to the north gate on horseback, he found that it had been sealed off long ago, and the bodies of the people killed in the city were piled up like mountains. Messand could not be found at all, alive or dead.

“Aaaaaah!” Tancred yelled, turned his horse’s head, trudged through the pool of blood everywhere, and rushed towards the Acropolis Palace. (To be continued ~^~)