Eagle Byzantium

Brenus, who was in the office hall, instructing the clerks and staff to calculate complex supply accounts, saw his wife coming in, and first moved with her into a small room next to her. Then he heard Dido openly make such a request, and he understood in his heart: "Dido The purpose is very clear - to connect South Opus Xhosa of Jin, Theodoro of Trebizond and even Gawain of Tarsus, implemented joint self-protection, openly divided the territory and claimed the throne of the imperial capital. In addition, she should also. There is an additional purpose." Sure enough, Dido then proposed this "additional purpose":

"In the name of the defeat of the main force of pilgrims in Paphlagonia and the defense of Merik's surprise attack, Titicius is ordered to withdraw from the siege of Ankara. If he surrenders, his new army will be annexed and disbanded in Afillon; if He refused to submit, so he took advantage of the opportunity when his father's main force was concentrated in Macedonia and Dalmatia to suppress the rebellion. He claimed that Taticius was disobedient, cut off his food supplies, and used anyone to annihilate him. "

After listening to his wife's crazy and vicious plan, Brenus was sweating again. He put his hands on the table and said in a hoarse voice, "This is too dangerous. If we fail, we will be in a desperate situation."

Dido breathed out contemptuously, put her little hand on Breanus' arm, and "persuaded" eloquently, "If you are not confident enough about Theodoro's position, you must also reach a private deal with Gawain. . As for Titicius, if you still can’t bear to kill him, you can use both soft and hard tactics to reduce his supplies first.”

"Why must we take such drastic measures?" Brenus mustered up the courage, turned around and questioned his wife.

"Because I also have the blood of Comnenus and Ducasse." Dido whispered the answer through gritted teeth. Then she rubbed Brenus's neck with her hand, her eyes full of tenderness and concern, "I used to lack It was the determination and courage to act, but it is different now. I have you, and I also have your child, so I will never be willing to succumb to it. Under brother John. Since my sister can betray my father, why should I always be a good girl? No, my ideals are more ambitious than my sister's. My sister is just a barbarian who becomes a king on the margins. You and I will strive for the sacred power of this empire. The veil will be torn away gradually, and the blade will be gradually exposed."

"In the end, you couldn't overcome the deception you suffered - the deception given to you by Gawain and Anna, so you forgot the forgiveness that the Lord taught us..."

As a result, before her husband could finish his words, Dido used all her strength and slapped Brenus so hard that a red mark appeared on his cheek, "Yes, only the Lord will show mercy and forgive us. But among these sinful people, In this world, no one will forgive me, only the strong have the sword of judgment and the seal of forgiveness." Then Dido gently lifted the seal. seal, her cheeks were as pink and white as pear, and her pitiful expression seemed irresistible. The corners of the gold-plated seal refracted, and kept dangling in front of Brenus's eyes, "Issue an order, send the fast horse, my Kiss my little husband; you don’t have to worry about the imperial capital, I have all the means to get key and useful information.”

On the edge of the Keroglu Peak in the remaining corner of the Pontus Mountains, 30,000 Germans in rags who had fled from Germanic Castle rushed to the camp of Titicius's new army, shouting and begging. The general asked for help, and claimed that "Marshal Conrad, Archbishop Bisse and Duke Guillaume, the most distinguished figures, are among our ranks - hurry up, the terrible Turks are chasing and slaughtering us behind!"

"What's going on?" Titicius, who was wearing a chain turban, walked out of the camp with a slightly hunched back and the guard. Looking at the beggars in front of the wooden fence like ants and sheep, the guard The official couldn't help but complained while holding the iron flail, "Why would Your Majesty trust such people and groups to recover the plateau? Look at their lack of distinction between soldiers and civilians, their lack of order and discipline, and their weapons are shockingly inferior."

"This is also the fundamental reason why His Royal Highness the Prince is training a new army." Titicius coughed a few times, and then called a few messengers on horseback, "You go and declare that our army is willing to accept this group of desperate people, and in addition to sending Several people went to ask His Highness Brennus for more food."

The captor wrapped in a turban then walked to the wooden fence and briefly chatted with a few escaped pilgrims. He was worried because he knew about Earl Raymond's disastrous defeat in the Gangala area and the entire pilgrimage. Seeing the tragedy of his team, he angrily asked Taticius for instructions on what to do now, "It is said that Chief Merrick, with 13,000 elite cavalry, has rushed to the edge of our siege position."

As a result, before Taticius could think of the answer, the sound of "dong dong dong dong" drums spread to everyone's ears along the wind on the plateau. Taticius and Diognis turned to look, several miles away On the ridge of the greenish-grey hillside outside, a group of people carrying The Sargitus cavalry with bows and arrows carrying scimitars looked arrogantly at their own camp and Ankara Castle, then leaned forward and back, bared their teeth, and howled like wolves. These must be the vanguard of Merik the Great Emir. The team chased them all the way here.

This group of Sajitus Turks are not civilized at all. Many of them have not even converted to the Crescent religion. Their hair hangs down like horsehair. Some have hair on one side and the other half has been shaved off. Some of them are messy and dirty. Their long beards are knotted along the ears and on the back of their heads. On the battlefield, their arrows and blades are merciless, and they will not spare even the elderly, women and children.

Hearing the provocative "wolf howl", the defenders on the Ankara Hill Fort cheered loudly, but the Germans and Franks who had just fled to this place at the foot of the mountain immediately exploded. Many people held their heads and screamed and trembled in despair, and began to run meaninglessly. Their courage had been completely broken in Gangara and during the escape. Even Duke Guillaume, sitting behind the baggage trunk, held back the panic in his voice, and kept saying to his followers, "Give all my money to the Greek general on the opposite side, as long as he can withstand the attack of these barbarians."

Seeing the chaos and despair over there, the guard officer tore off his scarf, put on a simple helmet, jumped over the wooden fence, flew onto a warhorse, held an iron flail and formed a small column with several equally brave Wadaritai cavalrymen, rushed through the crowd running around, and ran towards the hillside over there.

"Ahhh!" On the hillside, the Sagitus cavalrymen also lost their patience. They drew out their sharp curved swords one by one, kicked their horses' hooves, and rushed down the hill one by one. One of the cavalrymen with his face covered rushed the fastest. In the rolling smoke and dust, he had already rushed sideways into a temporary camp of Germans, and then waved his saber, meaning "Here is my trophy" - seeing this, the other Sagitus cavalrymen laughed and continued to ride their horses and wave their swords. (To be continued ~^~)