Eagle Byzantium

After listening to Peter's words, Gawain scratched his hair with his own hands, his eyebrows twisted together, and his eyes slowly began to brighten, "Yes, that's right. I actually lost that kind of confidence in confusion. I used to I also laughed at Diognis, but I didn’t expect that I would be as ridiculous as him now. Is it because I have been exposed to too much of the system of this old empire? It’s so ridiculous, Stephen Gawain, You have always used strength and wisdom to solve problems, but now you What I lack most is confidence. Brother, I understand - it is difficult for a large company of 6,000 men to cross the St. George Strait in a hurry, because the emperor's fleet is now transporting the group of Normans, so I am determined to At Christmas, several Venetian boats were invited The large ships of St. Petersburg and Amalfi, together with Birel's 300 Lombard militiamen, plus a whole company of 130 brothers, crossed over first, and then successively transported my infantry and cavalry over to assist Ni. My dear stepbrother, your pilgrim group."

"I'll stay here and support you again. Don't worry about anything, Gawain. I and tens of thousands of pilgrims are your backing!" Peter was very happy and patted Gawain's arm.

But what Gawain said next made the hermit's heart tremble, "Brother, if I die suddenly later, there is no need to pray for me in front of your shrine. I will definitely go to hell. To become a slave of the devil, you can entrust the entire company to Godfrey. I believe this is much better than entrusting it to Emperor Komnenos."

Then, Gawain jumped off the bed, leaving the hermit there stunned, and walked out of the tent. Looking at the snow, the camp, and the palace spiers everywhere, he made up his mind to gamble crazily.

The Europa region on this side of the strait is roaring with snow, but over there in the Asia Minor region, the snow has melted, and it doesn't look like it is in the middle of winter at all. A total of 70,000 pilgrims took the boats provided by the emperor. After crossing the narrow strait, they chose a flat coast called Chivite among the mountains as their base camp - this is a short distance from the Nicomedia fortress. It's not far, and of course it's not far from the city of Nicaea on the lake.

In other words, this huge unorganized army. As soon as they landed on the coast of Asia, not only did the emperor's garrison in Nicomedia Fortress know about it, but it also quickly spread to the palace of Nicaea and the ears of Giliki Arslan.

The Sultan's palace was converted from a magnificent original Orthodox church, with a crimson eagle flag hanging above the lobby. Giliki, who was called "Sureman" by Westerners, after asking about the scout's report, "Now the whole of Italy, Germany and Gaul are carrying out such crazy and stupid behavior? Previously, they came to die individually, Now they are in swarms, like the large numbers of headless birds that appear in the sky.”

His vizier Ibn Maimon promptly reminded the Sultan. "Perhaps this was inspired and encouraged by the Greek emperors."

"So how do we do that now?"

"I think the Greek emperor intended to provoke conflict between us and the pilgrims, and then mobilized the group of armed Western knights to violently attack our country, and then he reaped the benefits."

The words of the vizier were heard. Giliki put his fingers on the beard on his chin, "This approach is indeed very consistent with the Greek emperor's consistent style...Teacher, what do you mean, we have to make these tens of thousands of pilgrims Will you let me go?"

"Yes, try to make an agreement with them to keep everyone in order along the sea and mountains. Through the Cilicia Gate, that will not only allow us to keep surveillance on it, but also thwart the Greek emperor's plot."

"Very good. Then follow the mentor's plan. I will send an envoy immediately to negotiate with the leader of this group of people."

At this moment, in the noisy Chiwet camp, there was an endless stream of traders driving pack animals, passing by many tents, where naked men and women were having sex. Shameless shouts and the smell of alcohol were pervasive, sacred. crosses and relics They were thrown aside casually, and the sailors with money could sleep with a few female pilgrims for a small silver coin. The traders loaded up the depraved goods such as spirits and poppy seeds and drove them from all directions. Come here and sell in the messy camp market. The emperor's official, who was wearing silk clothes, nudged Forcher and Reynold ill-intentionedly, "In front of the city of Nicaea is a vast and rich pasture of the Turks. We can attack there by surprise, so that we can capture it." Countless cattle, sheep and livestock will enrich our military resources, and His Majesty the Emperor will be very happy and spend a lot of money to buy these trophies from you."

Forcher immediately became excited and wanted to lead his troops to do what the imperial officer suggested.

However, Reinold disagreed, and the flag officer Walter Sanzaval objected even more fiercely, "As far as I know, it is not only the Sultan of Konya who grazes here, but also many neutral Roman nobles. They have both the canonization by His Majesty the Emperor and the Su With Dan's permission, he has his own armed forces and herds, and is very powerful. If Qing and Red are not distinguished during the attack, it will anger everyone here and become our enemy. It is better to wait quietly for the emperor and other pilgrim lords to come to help, and fight with Ke. It would be more appropriate to negotiate with Niya Sultan.”

"What are you afraid of?" After hearing this, even Reinold, who was initially cautious, became dissatisfied. "We have 70,000 people, mostly strong men from Germany. Anyone who dares to resist the attack will be killed cleanly. Annihilate and kill anyone who refuses to obey. Don’t you, the flag officer, understand such a simple principle? "

"If a lion said this to a sheep, I can understand, but if a flock of sheep said this to a lion, I can only say it is the most stupid behavior." Walter said, "Arslan means lion. He owns the rich cities of Konya, Nicaea, Dolilaem and Ikene, and has countless Turkic, Greek and Armenian warriors fighting for him. We can't deal with him alone. Now the flock of sheep is going to take the initiative to fight the lion, then what awaits them is the end of total destruction."

"Then you will stay in Chivitri sadly, dirty and poor old guy-besides, now we are all high officials appointed by the emperor, and we don't need your instructions at all." After saying that, Forche put on his helmet with contempt and walked out of the tent.

When they heard that they were going to rob Nicaea, the German ruffians in the Chivite camp, who were drunk and drunk, all ran from all directions, howling. Many of them didn't even have armor, and they ran after Forcher. In an instant, there were 7,000 to 8,000 people, including 300 riding short and inferior war horses, holding flags and crosses, and heading towards the huge grassland and valley west of Nicaea. (To be continued ~^~)