Eagle Byzantium

On the tower of Edessa Castle, in front of the closed city gate, Fer's cavalry were running around and screaming like headless flies. No one knew what the state of the city was like until the consul Barak, the Armenian lord Taprunz and The heads of Cusus, one after another, exalt themselves After being thrown down from the high battlement, Fell lost his mind. He also knew that Tancred's large army of soldiers and horses were almost here, and they could not stay here for a moment, so he took ten soldiers with him. Following him, he fled toward the mountainous areas in the upper reaches of the Euphrates River.

In a room full of blood, more than a dozen Turkic warriors who participated in the raid looked at Osdu, who was holding the tragically dead body of his adopted brother, "No need to cry, Borduka, he has not been favored by God, although he can speak Turks language."

"I want to send him back to the mountain where Imale was planted for burial. I will bring out the best five horses to bury my sworn brother, and I will build a stone tablet to engrave his bravery and loyalty." Osdu Sighing and crying, thinly and in pieces After making a wish, the Turkic soldiers lifted Aku's body with the removed door panel and sang, "Aku (manger) is ruined. In which trough will your most beautiful mare eat?" Song, walked out.

Estu was left behind, still searching in the room. He found Taprunz's seal on the cabinet shelf, and some letters with Armenian writing on it. He smiled and carefully put them in Among the daggers on his shoulders.

When Tancred's men poured into the castle holding the battle flag of St. George, the overall situation was decided - Osdu found the confidential officers of Fell and Taplunz among the many prisoners, and immediately massacred them. and torture, and then finally someone couldn't stand it anymore and expressed his willingness to "use the cipher text of the Ruben Kingdom to repay Lord Tancred."

"Write a letter to Reuben, telling him that all is well in Edessa, as good as it can be, that Taprenz's plans have succeeded, and that rich plains and fortresses await him.... .." Tancred was sitting in the consul's palace, holding a sword in both hands, and his flaxen eyes looked coldly at the trembling captured confidential officer.

Tancred then rewarded the remaining coins and gave them to Estu, who had made outstanding achievements. "It is said that you suffered no losses at all in this surprise attack?"

"I lost my brother-in-law."

Tancred felt sad for a moment and said, "Take this money and give it as a gift to your sister and the tribe called your brother-in-law. All the tribesmen who call you brother-in-law will migrate to Edessa. I will reward them with vast pastures." Then, this man The young Norman Norman looked at the people who kept thanking him, lay down on the consul's chair, looked at the beautiful and luxurious furnishings around the palace, and touched the famous parcels. He took a few deep breaths and said, "From now on, all the taxes, all the livestock, and all the people in Edessa will be completely my property. My uncle is right, there is nothing like it." In this happier moment, those who stood in your way died miserably, and you stood over their corpses, squandering their property and singing to your heart’s content.”

When Edessa quickly returned to calm, Anna, who was staying here in the Seleucia Palace, received a document from the empire, which contained a tone of invitation and command, "This is to order Gawain, the Grand Duke of Anatolia. and all the troops they belong to must move to Cappadocia and assemble one after another after the property registration month (that is, September, the month when the Byzantine Empire began to register property and collect taxes). In order to accept His Majesty's announcement and choose an opportunity to launch an attack on the Kingdom of Danish Mond, Gawain himself needs to draft the specific action route and strategy as soon as possible and submit it to His Majesty stationed in Nicaea for decision-making and review. Baldwin also needs to provide soldiers and food for this expedition. His Majesty will also mobilize the imperial troops from Bithynia and Trabizond to assist from all directions. "

As a result, Anna, who was holding the paperwork, was laughing so hard in the secret study. She kept saying to the expressionless Hertomia next to her, luckily there are no windows here, otherwise my wanton laughter would even reach Nicaea. Let my father hear, "This is Jane It has always been a standard Dido-style strategic layout - when she was young, when she wanted to get the same number of toys or manuscripts as me, she would quietly run to her mother and just say that John was missing something, and then she would Follow 'all the same'."

"How do you deal with such a strategy?" Although Hertomia, who was sitting next to her and taking notes, sounded very calm, she had already shown great interest.

Anna smiled and looked at the icon painting on the screen in front of her, "After leaving Brachna Palace, I understood why the kings of the empire, including my father, were so obsessed with strategy and diplomacy. It was precisely because the empire lacked martial arts and strength. . I learned from Gawain’s battle that there is no solution to this world with great strength. Problems that cannot be solved, such as money, troops, armaments, etc., and my father's method is just a helpless compensation for the lack of such things. The future situation is very clear, Bohemond, Gawain, Godfrey, etc. Baldwin, and even Raymond, who was close to his father, would no longer obey his father's authority. Previously, outside the empire's borders, they were full of curiosity and awe about Romania. But after they passed through the fog of the ocean and plateau, truly saw the situation in the east, and defeated batch after batch of powerful enemies, they would Laughing at this empire that has nothing to do with 'strategy and diplomacy', and rushing to abandon the oath of allegiance, Begin to dominate and dominate - Hertomia, if I were still in Brachna Palace and had not met Gawain, maybe at this moment I would be writing painfully and sadly on the diary scroll, 'Glorious Roman Empire, it I gave everything I had to regain the Holy City, but I only received such poems as "miserable".

"In other words, you are not going to dismantle the strategy of your sister, or to some extent His Majesty the Emperor? And if you want to use your strength alone to deal with the enemies Seleucia is facing now, do you need me to reply and refuse?"

"No Hertomia, we will copy the empire's order documents immediately and post them on all the public notice boards from Alamein Fort to Sith City; in addition, you must prepare to issue detailed documents, including the personnel establishment of our army. , horses and weapons, etc., and sent them to the city of Nicaea to express that of course we will follow His Majesty's instructions and enter through the Cilicia Gate. Army Cappadocia. Then, except for the militia, the entire Gemage brigade, thousands of people, together with the mobilized Ginat soldiers, will march to the city of Tarsus in a majestic manner 'under the instructions of His Majesty the Emperor'. Gather around. Then, a violent and careful surprise attack will begin, and the whole world will be shocked again." Anna kept talking with a smile on her lips.

"A certain hyena will be eliminated." The new ink officer Hertomia also showed a faint smile. As a girl from the Orson family, she also hated Ruben deeply. (To be continued ~^~)