Eagle Byzantium

At the end of summer, the Guardian Brigade took a fleet and landed on the coast of Kyrenia as scheduled, and took over the castle on the seaside. The Cypriot army returned to Nico on the other side of the river in humiliation without firing an arrow. Go to the West Asia Castle.

Gawain and Anna immediately appointed Polybius, the governor of Seleucia, to go here to cooperate with General Branas in carrying out government affairs, and said, "Then the civil administration of Kyrenia and the county of Seleucia will be one and the same."

Four thousand immigrants and a thousand Slavic and Adigai slave laborers soon swarmed to the island, building living quarters around the castle and mountains, building outposts, and clearing roads. Then Branas announced to the entire Kyrenia natives, "You are autonomous residents of the Roman Empire, and your life will be the same from now on. Caesar of Tarsus and the great patron and his wife will be exempted from One year of your taxes, minus three years.”

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However, Gawain soon revealed his true intentions: immigrants and slave laborers began to take over copper deposits in the Trudos Mountains, repaired and added copper furnaces, and began to smelt them on a large scale.

Land and property don't matter in an environment like Cyprus. The most fundamental thing is copper, copper and copper!

Following the order, Polybi quickly instructed his subordinate officials to contract one-third of the copper mines to Amalfi or Red Duck businessmen; the other two-thirds were kept by themselves, "all the copper obtained , unified under the control of the Santa Barbara Foundry in Tarsus, used for coining, gunsmithing, and cannon casting.”

Soon, Bohemond also disembarked in Paphos with great power, stood in front of the famous monument of the Temple of Beauty, and erected his iconic gold-rimmed white holy flag. All the soldiers who followed his adventure were excited. They camped here and forced the local people to donate food and wine to them - Cyprus wine is the most famous, and many soldiers drank it without mercy.

"Get your horses ready, I'm going to Kyrenia to meet Gawain."

During this period, Gawain met again with the envoys of Brennus and Raymond, whom he received warmly and expelled the latter.

"I have said before that there will be no major wars this year, but that does not mean that there will be no small battles. In the name of reinforcing the brother-in-law and his wife, let the Red Hand Brigade and the Comaroi Cavalry and Archery Regiment stationed in Afyon attack the valley of Laudicia , border area, and then two new brigades, Philomelon and Hierapolis, also joined in, plus the Nikitas party, taking turns to harass Raymond's territory. Didn't he have an invincible fortress? The finances will not support the castle in the coming year."

And it turned out that the Red Hand Brigade was accompanied by two new brigades. Every once in a while, one stayed in Afyon to rest, and the other two mobilized elite detachments and ran to Laodicea to carry out scorched earth operations with the cooperation of the Bandit Party and the Cavalry and Archery Group. Loot and fight.

The one-eyed Raymond screamed in pain - he couldn't be beaten head-on, and it was safer to huddle inside the castle, but Gawain's soldiers packed away the crops and livestock outside the castle. Many of the people in the territory couldn't bear it. In addition, the opposite country of Tarsus was too frivolous and had little tax. They simply didn't wait for Gawain's army to arrive, so they took their children and property across the border in groups to defect to the "Country of Hope". Other leaders The people also climbed to the top of the mountains and built camps to protect themselves. In short, Raymond was immediately injured.

Breanus also drew strength from his brother-in-law and made a comeback. When John passed the order of crusade against him in the imperial capital, he and Dido not only had no intention of surrendering and confessing, but instead denounced John for his rebellion of patricide and seizing the throne. The thieves began to send troops to attack northwards. He defeated Prusa and occupied the alum mines in Smyrna and the frankincense in Chios, forcing the merchants of Hot Duck and Pisa to pay rent and dividends to him, and cut off Constantinople's trade routes in the Holy Sea. , "The proceeds will be used to build a fleet, capture Prusa, and then defeat the rebels!"

The furious John leased the previously promised Adriatic gateway islands such as Corfu to Venice, and asked the other party to send a fleet to attack Smyrna. He also gave the title of chief executive of the empire to Theodoro Gabuas, deposed the old general Harold who was still loyal to the emperor and questioned the emperor's death, and announced that Bithynia and Paphlagoni All the military forces in Asia were merged and put under the unified control of Tetisius. They approached the territory of the Brenus couple and General Cosa, forming a "centripetal offensive" against them.

"The rebellion of Breanus must be put down in the coming year," John declared.

Therefore, Raymond has actually become a fireproof brick wall that blocks the projection of Gawain's military power. The only value of its existence is to "deal with Gawain for a while before collapsing."

After the death of Alexios, the east and west of the entire empire became even more chaotic, returning to the original "Civil War of the Four Caesars" situation.

Many supervisors and tax collectors cried, "Let alone the farmers, even we can hardly live anymore."

Here, Gawain took the opportunity to expand his power eastward, and occupying a corner of Cyprus was nothing more than lighting a "match".

In Kyrenia Castle, Gawain and Baldwin, who had arrived across the sea, shook hands with Bohemond again, and the two sides reached a new joint agreement:

After the beginning of the next year, Gawain and Bohemond tried their best to help Baldwin build public opinion and go to the Holy City to inherit the Davidic throne of his deceased brother Godfrey;

After Baldwin became the king, he immediately created an excuse to declare war on Tancred. Bohemond and Gawain jointly marched by sea and land to defeat Tancred, and Bohemond would restore his position as the lord of Antioch;

The restored principalities of Bohemond and Antioch will claim vassalage over Jerusalem and provide reinforcements in battle;

After that, the three parties jointly advanced and retreated, and the scope of the subsequent attack was not to be exceeded - Aleppo and Edessa belonged to Bohemond, Marash, Cyprus, and Tripoli belonged to Gawain, and Damascus and Assuf belonged to Baldwin.

As for Apsomatus, he still had the power to nod in the previous Medensian secret meeting, but now even this was deprived. The three parties at the "Kyrenia Conference" regarded him as meat on the chopping board.

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In the following months, the three parties cut down trees and built ships in their respective territories to prepare for the next year's plan.

When the news reached Antioch, Tancred, who was wearing an Armenian robe and a crown, was in agony. He first angrily denounced Apsomatus for his indecisiveness and cowardice, and for actually doing the foolish act of inviting thieves to come. "Uncle, you finally came back. You want to take back what you think belongs to you, right? But I will never be deceived by your and Gawain's diplomatic blackmail like the weak Greeks. Come and seize Antioch with dignity! It took more than 100,000 soldiers on the Eastern Expedition to besiege this city for a long time. And I will develop a more powerful force than Biagio. Siyan. "

After saying that, Tancred called the envoys, "Go to the Holy City first and warn Patriarch Sambel that Gawain, Baldwin and Bohemond are planning a conspiracy against him and me, and tell him to be careful in everything in the Holy City and not to give the other party any handle. "

Soon, Sambel's secret letter came, "Don't worry, I will run this place as a tight iron barrel. If Baldwin dares to make any moves, I will impeach him directly in front of the Holy See. "