Eagle Byzantium

Almost no soldiers in the Tarsus Guards Army remained fearful of the Assassins after they broke into this mountain fortress and faced them face to face.

After the border residents and Oghuz people occupied the key points, they used bows and arrows and wooden crossbows to cover the shooting, while the skirmishers of the brigade formed a neat team and formed a shield wall to rush in, constantly waving their arms and killing this group of " "Poor poisoned patient" - this was almost a one-sided massacre, and the weapons of Assassin's followers could not destroy the sophisticated armor of the front row skirmishers.

"Hallelujah!" After a brief surprise attack, the sound of battle shook the snow on the spire of the monastery in the corner. Dozens of skirmishers lined up in a horizontal formation and blocked all the Assassin believers in front of them. Hacking and killing, he rushed into the inner courtyard of the monastery. There, Zhigata was already riding a horse and holding a sword, constantly chasing and killing the remaining Assassin believers who were running around - their medicine had expired, and when they saw the shocking corpses of their own party on the wall in front of them and on the snow, they finally Understand the truth that "people who are killed will die."

Two hundred and ninety believers were killed in less than an hour, but their leader, the eighth-level elder Gabu Zuk, escaped on horseback.

At dusk, the wind and snow continued to blow around the entire mountain fort. The corpses of all the believers were thrown into the center of the fort for public display. Burning torches were erected around them. The corpses were covered with snow foam and turned black and purple, layer upon layer. Many of them turned into lumps of ice.

The former emissary of Constantinople, Potrufis, shouted his identity and raised his hands to surrender in front of the altar of the monastery. He was also the only survivor, "I am the person behind the assassination of your monarch. Kill me, I have something to report to him."

On the road leading directly to the village gate in front of the monastery, Potrufis was escorted out shaking his head. He looked at the soldiers holding torches and wearing helmets of various colors. Most of them had their cloaks completely dyed white: Ogus People and Anatolians all have mustaches, Italians don't have beards, and Cumans or Magyars have big, rough beards. Many eyes stared at him fiercely, "I don't know what is waiting for me." What kind of ending?"

The Fei Zhang where Gawain lives at the foot of the mountain is surrounded by cavalry whose men and horses have turned white. Many of them have frozen armor, but they still insist on riding on their saddles. The sawtooth flags and flaming flags on their lances they hold are flying in the wind. The cord trembled.

Portruphes quickly accepted Gawain's "hospitality". His nostrils and ten fingers were wrapped and strangled with fine silk threads and iron hooks produced by Castel Calle Adio, which can be used as bowstrings. several ends of The forbidden soldier a few feet away was pulling and making a creaking sound. Blood exploded from the emissary's face and arms. The urine in his crotch flowed down. The snow underneath was red and yellow, and he was shaking when it fell. Boot room.

The emissary couldn't even scream loudly, because his nose would be completely destroyed. He could only tremble and scream in a low voice. In front of him stood a man holding a sharp ax and wearing a scarlet cloak. Military judge Algieli can behead him to death at any time.

Under the hanging brazier in the scarlet tent, Gawain sat in front of two grilled screens, with the tapestry fluttering slightly behind him. He was furious at Portruphes, "What makes a bastard like you so bold? Dare to collude with Assassin to assassinate me and harm my loyal sleeping officer’s right wrist? Please answer me!”

The custodian warrior loosened the thin thread a little, and Potrufis was like a fish re-entering the water. "You, you are the murderer and traitor who killed the emperor, ah!" Just after he finished speaking, his tragic cry started again, The thin wires and iron hooks were tightened again, and the dripping blood stained his chest, mixing with the ice and snow.

"I did not kill the emperor. Not only that, my wife and I are still the legal heirs of the Holy Apostle Emperor. If you have nothing valuable to say, Algieli can behead you to compensate for Wen Ruomingna's disability." Gao Wen Wave your hands.

"There is a bigger murderer..." Potrufis, who didn't want to die, shouted in pain.

With a "thunk" sound, Gawain threw the sword heavily on the low table in front of his knees, "Say, I can spare your life. I don't think you, a mere secret envoy, have the ability or money to use so many people to deal with me." "

"Yes, it was the king of Georgia (Georgia) who was behind the instigation..." After the emissary confessed this sentence, Gawain immediately waved his hand, and the forbidden warriors removed the thin line, covering his body with scars and blood. The emissary was only half alive, lying on the blanket at Gawain's feet, panting.

"Keep talking."

"It's the young king of Georgia, David the Builder. He wants to kill you, hehe..." The half-dead emissary on the carpet raised his bloody face, spat out two broken teeth, and pointed at Gawain said, "He is no less a hero than you, no, he is younger than you and has the same powerful ambition."

"Young people are like this. They always mistakenly think that their ambition is their ability." Gawain mocked.

But then Gawain did not take it lightly. He now began to understand: the opponent who colluded with the mountain sect to assassinate him was the "King David" in the mouth of the secret envoy, the king of the South Caucasus.

Before, there was almost no contact or conflict between the Kingdom of Georgia and Gawain. At best, he was the behind-the-scenes supporter of Trabizon General Theodoro Gabuas, but now Gawain feels that there is a man who wants to kill himself. A "new powerful alliance" is emerging.

In fact, King David was named "co-ruling prince" of his father George II fifteen years ago to handle domestic affairs. Therefore, although he is only thirty years old now, he is a talented person in military, political and diplomatic aspects. And his grandfather Baratian IV's two daughters, Marlena and Marianne, one is the vice queen mother of Constantinople, and the other is Theodore's wife.

In other words, at the moment when the two great empires of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Seljuk Empire were falling apart, King David was eager to form a new power alliance around him. He wanted to unite the forces of Theodore and Emperor John, not only to launch a "recovery war" against the Seljuk and Kurdish princes in Greater Armenia, but also to secretly collude with the Assassins in the Persian Plateau to kill Gawain - especially the latter, who has gradually become a thorn in King David's eyes and nemesis.

In this way, King David's dream is to establish a powerful empire covering Georgia, Shirvan and Greater Armenia in his lifetime, and even replace Constantinople as a new "world axis".

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"We have successfully annexed the Marash, Artuki and Sasun regions. Heavy snow will soon cover the entire Greater Armenian Plateau, so we have to withdraw the soldiers and horses of the brigade to the pastures of Samosata and Amida to spend the winter. We will use diplomatic means. Philactos, we have now figured out who the enemy we are going to deal with next. You can't be idle this winter!" Gawain announced that he spared Potrufis' life, and then summoned the confidential officer to his side and admonished him.

Note: David IV, the "Builder" King of Georgia (reigned 1089-1125), was a wise monarch who built the golden age of the Kingdom of Georgia. He defeated 400,000 (exaggerated) Seljuk jihadists in 1121, not only reuniting Georgia, but also expanding his influence to Armenia and Shirvan.