Eagle Byzantium

Gawain didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but Raymond over there was very angry. He rushed to the mysterious soldier who was standing in the mud pit holding a shovel handle, and slapped him, "What, nothing. Then, what were you shouting about just now? "

The soldier covered his mouth, feeling very aggrieved, "I called all the lords here just to tell you that there is nothing."

Hearing this, Bartholomew, who was always excited and white, almost burst into tears. He couldn't believe that Saint Andre, who appeared four times in his dreams, came to tease him, so he shook his head. He climbed to the edge of the pit, kept grabbing and touching, and begged the lord and the soldiers, "dig a few more feet, maybe the holy spear is underneath."

But what answered him was a fierce kick from Raymond. Sir Alex wanted to aim at Bartholomew's butt, but because his one eye was difficult to focus, he kicked the opponent's back shoulder blade. The poor blind man screamed. , rolled sideways into the mud pit, with the soldiers yelling and mocking, Bartholomew was about to say something, but his head was severely stepped into the dirty and smelly mud by the boots of the Marquis of Provence, "Although I am blind, I lost an eye, but I didn't expect to be deceived by you, a poor liar who was blind in both eyes. Bartholomew, you have brought shame on me. Now it's time for you to pay the price for your previous neglect of duty and wanton behavior in my kitchen. !" After saying that, Raymond couldn't help but draw out the sword he was wearing and wanted to chop off this guy's head - for the noble Lord, this was as simple as crushing an ant or a toad.

Gawain and Godfrey stepped forward and stopped the furious Raymond, warning him not to get into trouble just because of his temporary anger. Baldwin shrugged his shoulders and immediately said that this boring topic could be stopped here.

"What a clumsy trick." Bohemond, standing under the gable over there, was extremely contemptuous.

Tancred said, "They Provence people like to play these fool's operas and tricks most, and they never tire of it."

Then the Norman monarchs yawned and told everyone that formal matters could now be agreed upon.

"I have long said that the formal and authentic Holy Spear is in the emperor's Brachna Palace." Gawain reiterated again, and then a group of soldiers fought with fists and kicks, dragging Bartholomew, who was scarred and disillusioned with hope, to the palace. In the shabby room of the ear room, and then under the huge zelkova tree, the sound of the waves stirred by the wind in the tree crown became even louder. Facing Gawain's words, Bohemond replied so ambitiously, "The one placed with the emperor is undoubtedly genuine. This is good, lest some unruly guys always want to get it." To make a big sensation, let the Brachna Palace keep the holy relics of Christ for me for the time being."

These words made it clear that he coveted the emperor of Constantinople. Raymond, who had the best friendship with Alexios, was furious and was about to attack Bohemond.

But at this time, Gawain leaned back against the tree trunk and said very coldly, "Be patient, Lord Provence - now in this pilgrim team, it is extremely unwise to stand up for two groups of people. First, Pisa, the second is Comnenus.”

Tonight, because of the wind blowing from the Orontes River, the whole city is cool. Raymond, whose forehead was filled with flames just now, calmed down after hearing Gawain's words. Then Gawain held his hand, which was a little rough. Bark continued, "Nowadays, it doesn't matter whether there is that holy spear or not, don't you think so?"

These words hit the mark. Just now on the front line around the city of Atta, the pilgrims achieved a great victory and regained the entire port and land in the north of the city. They were separated from the tens of thousands of people in Kobuha by a river. Now, Regarding the morale of the pilgrims, to put it bluntly, having this so-called holy spear is certainly the icing on the cake, but not being able to dig it out has nothing to do with life or death.

So when the lords all agreed, Gawain proposed, "The key issue now is to prevent Durak Tutusi's army from joining the battle circle from the south, and then we will gather to deal with Kobuha. The odds of winning become much greater.”

"Is it possible to make Dulac retreat without any fighting and by diplomatic means alone?" Earl Robert of Flanders agreed with what Gawain said, because the intelligence showed very clearly (now the Lords of Pilgrim He also learned to be smart and began to bribe some Saracens and infiltrate into the Kobuha army). The king of Aleppo, Kildwan, had already left the battle line and ran away. He also sent a secret envoy to negotiate with Godfrey. Sign a non-aggression pact with Bohemond!

Now Ridwan is a role model, it depends on whether Dukak can imitate him or not.

"In the past, Yaghi Siyan occupied the city of Antioch and fought against Ridwan, colluding with Damascus and Mosul, so although Dukak and Ridwan are half-brothers, they have never been close to each other. Peace. Our emissary, if he goes to Dukak's camp, he must be careful about what he says. Shen, using Ridwan's actions to persuade him will definitely have the opposite effect." Gawain thought about it, and then he proposed a plan, "In Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt, the rulers are the Fatimids of Babylon. Ye), they have always had an incompatible relationship with the Seljuqs (Sunni)..."

These words instantly awakened the nobles present. They could win over the Fatima Kingdom and contain Dulac from behind.

But Robert also expressed concern, "The valley passage in Judah is still in the hands of the Turks, so it is very doubtful whether the princes of Babylon can actually threaten Damascus."

Gawain smiled and continued to perfect his plan, which he had been planning for a long time. "Why do we need to threaten Damascus? After all, I know that many Amalfi merchants have warehouses in Alexandria, and they are very well-informed. That is the king of Babylon, who is happy to join hands with us to resist the Seljuks, and he also promised that as long as we agree, he will send a powerful fleet to make Durak feel threatened at sea."

"At sea?"

"Yes, I can warn you here that the so-called "sea threat" told by the King of Babylon to the Amalfi merchants is to send a fleet from Ashkelon to pass through the vast Levant Sea unimpeded and capture the important seaport between Antioch and Tripoli, which is Latakia previously occupied by Emperor Komnenos!"

What! All the lords burst into great sighs and surprises in their hearts: Gawain's plan was to collude with the Shiite Dynasty of Egypt, capture the port of the Byzantine Roman Emperor, and then threaten the Turkic Damascus princes to withdraw their troops.

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It's not that we don't understand, it's that the relationships in this world are too complicated - Gawain's brain-burning and crazy strategy obviously exceeds the brain capacity of most lords, making them temporarily blank and unable to react. (To be continued ~^~)