Eagle Byzantium

Sure enough, the next day, Gawain arranged all the troops and horses in three large arrays in the wilderness under the emperor's camp. The front line of the cavalry regiment was in the center, and the red-handed cavalry were distributed on the two wings; In the middle of the large spear formation; at the rear are military servants equipped with cavalry and Armenian logistics troops, guarding the temporary camp.

Then Gawain returned Breenus and more than 300 captured royal camp servants to the emperor. Of course, Gawain expressed the greatest goodwill and respect: he called everyone a "peace guard of honor", among whom With the Third Glorious One of the Empire as the chief envoy, he never mentions the word "prisoners of war" in his external and internal correspondence. Instead, he says that yesterday the Patron and the Third Glorious One of the Empire, the son-in-law of His Majesty the Emperor, discussed peace matters. Negotiations were made.

Over there, another clerk of the emperor was preparing a successful report on the "Battle of Little Antioch" and preparing to send it to Nicaea, Constantinople and other places immediately. It said that the emperor was encountered by despicable soldiers while marching in the thick fog. Although the emperor was forced to abandon the royal camp during the sneak attack by the Lucian rebels, he successfully killed countless rebels with bows and arrows, foiled their plot, and killed and captured many enemy chiefs.

The son-in-law returned intact (except for minor injuries) after being missing for a day. Alexios was happy anyway. He comforted Brenus and then asked about Gawain's "peace conditions" that the other party brought. The emperor had already memorized it. No matter this was the first time he had discussed this matter with Gawain, he was indeed tired of the Seleucia cancer that could not be eradicated over and over again.

"The basic condition is that Gawain proposes that the imperial army abandon the siege of Miliocephalon and Konya, and use the line of Afyon, Ferna, Laodicea and Philadophiam as the dividing line. Both sides strictly observed a two-year truce and united against the Danish Monds." When Brenus said Gawain's words. After making the conditions, the emperor became furious, "This is simply shameless blackmail. Even if I retreat, Gawain will definitely occupy Miliocephalon, an important place with all directions. I have spent all the 40,000 to 50,000 men I have sent out this time." The empire’s tax resources cannot be abandoned halfway, otherwise my status and throne will be shaken.”

"We will always be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" Brenus and the other court officials and generals all bowed down under the emperor's purple boots in horror.

"I have sold two huge alum mines to the Rela Duck people in exchange for a large loan from them, as well as their fleet attack and defense agreement. The Rela Duck people will soon be able to provide me with fifty oars. The sailing ship is enough to block Gawain's advance and retreat by sea. You must hold on." The emperor had no choice but to play his trump card first.

"Please bear with your majesty for this money, because your majesty also knows that the Western Patriarch Odar Urban is dying, and there are two hundred thousand Gauls and Lombards gathered in Rome from Taranto. region, Xiongxiang will continue to launch a new Eastern Expedition, and the target is ten It is clear that it is the Sivas Plateau occupied by Danish Mond. It is said that they will sweep all the way to Great Khorasan and capture the palace of the Turkic King Khan." At this time, Brenus got wise and told the information he had. Come out, anyway, he has no hope of defeating Gawain for the time being. Yes, after he saw Gawain's armored cavalry and fire soldiers last night, and after he and Gawain slept together last night, "We can follow the old wisdom of the previous pilgrims in their eastern expedition and guide these two hundred thousand people." , along Nicaea-Amasra-Kastamonu-Ankara- Amasya's route, a fierce attack on Danish Mond, our army took the opportunity to sneak back and collect various important castles and foreign mercenaries in Paphlagonia and Sivas Plateau. As long as these places can be recovered, then we can fight with them. Trabzon formed a line and formed a situation to outflank Gawain."

"This route?" the emperor pondered.

"Yes, we must learn from previous lessons. In Seleucia, Gawain relied on coercing and inducing a large number of pilgrims to have strong labor and military resources. This time he cannot be allowed to repeat his old tricks and go where his previous servants went. If you follow the route you followed, you can regain the lost ground and also prevent Gawain from fishing in troubled waters. "Brenus's plan should be considered quite good, and the emperor couldn't help but be slightly moved, but he was not willing to withdraw without doing anything in front of Gawain again. If he did this too much, , will make the entire team develop a fear of "defeating every chance they gain".

So the emperor paced back and forth in the camp, and for a long time he said to Brenus, "Ask Gawain to submit a pledge of continued allegiance to his subjects and a note of surrender, and promise to send out troops to besiege Caesia (Kaiser) in Danishmund. Fort Lee to coordinate the future Eastern Expedition; in addition, the fleets of Hot Duck and Pisa must be stationed in Smyrna immediately. Wait for my dispatch at any time. In short, although this expedition failed to completely eliminate the rats in Seleucia and Tarsus, I also pushed the territory to the Afyon line and captured half of the plateau. It was finally quite successful. The result - as for the rebels, if they are willing to be loyal and serve as my pawns, I can forgive them for a while. "

"Yes, Your Majesty, your servant will ask the clerks to draft the relevant edict documents soon. In addition, Your Majesty, Gawain asked me to tell you that Apate is pregnant. Please consider the blood relationship and forgive them for once."

Hearing this, the corners of the emperor's mouth twitched twice, and then turned away, "Forgiveness again. Have they ever forgiven me? They shamelessly donated all the land belonging to the empire to the big hospital, and he transformed Becoming the patron of a large hospital is like using a trick to transfer my land from the left hand to the right hand. Renus - Even though that idiot in Xhosa suffered a disastrous defeat, after all, I still have 40,000 troops at my disposal. Even on this front, I still have more than 20,000 elites to mobilize. Another gamble, another gamble. , asked Harold to go back and continue to supervise Milio Cephalon’s camp, and continue to attack the enemy’s camp.”

Under the emperor's stubborn orders, the imperial army, which was originally facing peace, had to be driven by the generals to launch a ferocious and futile attack on the city guarded by the Seleucid civilian army. The emperor's officers relied on old experience: with lightly armed spearmen and archers, they once again took advantage of the night and launched a infiltration attack on the city like a tide.

But this time, the entire city has become completely invincible - Gedier not only took the time to reorganize the civilian workers to build the city gates and towers, but also set up a "corset wall" and a figure-eight-shaped deep trench. All sides are outside The camps and wooden fences of the militia army, and hanging oil tanks stretched out on the battlements of the city. The outside was wrapped with arrow-proof leather and asbestos, and the inside contained fish oil and fire. All edges and corners outside the city were protected. It shines like daylight.

The emperor's men first attacked Zicheng, but the soldiers were unable to hide under the light of the oil tanks. They were blown to pieces by the iron fire poles thrown from the city head, and the trenches were filled with mutilated corpses. Haha Rhodes and Melais watched silently in front of their own camp. In their vision, the enemy's city was flashing like thunder and fire that were constantly rising and falling. Their soldiers were completely driven into the tragic inferno. Die. (To be continued ~^~)