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As for the main force of Gawain's two brigades, they crossed the mountain pass thousands of feet high in midsummer and actually invaded the plains below Kutaisi.

Gawain kept his original promise, returned the territory southwest of Kutais to the Liparidis family, and gave Lati the title of "Grand Duke of Georgia" to show that he was as glorious as Brenus. Lati was grateful for this and returned to his ancestral land. In this way, the "Greater Georgia Kingdom", which was originally unified under the hands of its builder David, repeated its earlier days of division and disunity.

At this time, in front of the altar of the royal monastery in the city of Kutaisi, the devastated king with a messy beard knelt down there with tears in his eyes. He had lost the courage to resist any longer, and said to his mentor, "In order to save the nobles of the entire country and city, With the common people, I decided to go out and surrender to Gawain. Now that I have no army to fight, and I have lost my original glory, I am willing to hand over all my castles and power, and go to your monastery to be a claustrophobic monk. ”

This kind of request is basically a fixed routine - the losing party in the battle can be exempted from more severe punishment as long as they promise to enter the monastery and give up all their efforts.

Soon, a row of high-ranking envoy officers stood arrogantly in the hall of Kutaisi Palace and asked the king and queen to leave the city in person because the patron "sincerely invited him and his distinguished wife to come to the banquet."

Now the builder David understood everything. His face was haggard and haggard, and his heart felt worse than death. His eyes were fixed on the wardrobe in the corner of the palace, where there were placed " Gift"......

The candlelight flickered in the scarlet tent outside the city. Gawain was wearing silver armor and sitting on the bearskin blanket given to him by the Holy Sister. He held a cup in his hand and accompanied the sleeping officer Wen Ruomingna and Hadadi Wang Gongma with one arm. Nushidhel, Grand Duke Lat of Georgia, and the Turkic military servant Muzafi Adin were all wearing light clothes to accompany them.

The surrounding guards only saw two well-dressed Georgian noblewomen, supporting each other. One of them was crying, while the other did not say a word, and they walked into the red tent of the chief patron.

Weeping mournfully was the wife of the builder David, Rusultanani, a woman of royal Armenian descent.

The one who didn't say a word was David dressed as a woman.

In order to beg for forgiveness, he actually shaved off his beard and bear fur, put on makeup and fake eyelashes, put on high heels like a dancer, wore a dress sent by Anna, and covered himself with a cloak and veil. Human ears and eyes.

In the scarlet tent, he shook his hands, holding a silver cup filled with cheese juice, and delivered it to Gawain.

The ring on the gauntlet made a sound. Gawain stretched out his arm and took the silver cup offered by David. After holding it firmly, he said to him, "What I want is not just a glass of wine or a glass of cheese juice."

"This is the agreement we made in the letter. Since I lost the war, I must fulfill my promise." The king in female clothes replied in a low voice and embarrassedly, "If the winner needs anything more, he can ask for it. If I would do the same to you if I were victorious."

As King David said this, his lips were completely green after shaving, but the lips themselves were smeared with fiery red rouge, making his appearance full of weirdness and humiliation.

Next to her, Rusutanni cried louder because she felt that Gawain's words just now, "I want more than just a glass of wine or a glass of cheese juice," may mean that this Varyag barbarian is about to get into this bear skin. On the blanket, he imitated the followers of Muhammad and tortured his husband's valley back yard? Or should he leave her behind, leaving the shameful mark of the conqueror in her body, and even his heirs?

But Gawain's face was filled with the expression "Woman, you think too much". He placed the silver cup on the plate held by Wen Ruomingna who bowed her head with one hand, and then raised his finger at David, "You should understand what I mean. ”

David understood, and took out a model of the city from the box he brought with him, and placed it in front of Gawain's boots. "This is Kutaisi. I dedicate it to you, the invincible Seleucid." His Highness, Patron of West Asia Hospital.”

But Gawain moved his fingers again.

So David pointed out a model of the fortress, "This is from Tbilisi."

Only then was Gawain satisfied.

Because in the entire Kingdom of Georgia, the geographical situation is like this - in the north is the Greater Caucasus Mountains, and further north is the endless steppe; in the south is the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, and further south is the Greater Armenian Plateau; and there is a road in the middle The Kakhtyrian Mountains (i.e. The Kartelski Mountains of Georgia now run through it, forming a "Z" shape with the Caucasus Mountains. Georgia is located on the west side of the "Z", with well-irrigated valley plains; while Alan and Shirvan are located in the "Z" The east side of Z” is also very rich. As for the one guarding the three key passes of "Z", it is naturally the city of Tbilisi, so Gawain must obtain this extremely important fortress before he is willing to do so.

Next, in front of King David, Gawain expressed his first disciplinary opinion against him and the Kingdom of Georgia:

David and all his royal family confiscated their land and were exiled to the cave monastery of Calleadeo on the border of Seleucia for the rest of their lives.

After hearing this, both King David and his wife were in tears and their hearts were filled with despair.

"Please allow me to enter the Holy Oak Monastery in Kutaisi, and my wife to enter the nuns' monastery." The king begged, because this would mean that the country would also be destroyed, and people would have to migrate for thousands of miles, and sooner or later they would die in the south. Seleucia, that is really the most miserable ending.

But Gawain politely refused, "Since we are both going to a monastery, of course the Calle Adio Cave Monastery is newer and better."

David, the builder, fell on the ground of the tent in despair and pain, almost fainting and dying.

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Gawain did not show any sympathy, and he continued to punish:

The city of Kutaisi and surrounding land are owned by the Haddadi Kingdom as promised;

And all the land south of the Mukowali River was owned by Lati, and the "Grand Duchy of Georgia" was restored, and his family also openly seized the throne of the royal family of David;

The city of Tbilisi became a "frontier territory" directly under the royal family of Tarsus. It was stationed by Diogenes and his brigade, and had the right to collect local supplies, food, and taxes. The Kingdom of Haddadi and the Grand Duchy of Georgia were vassals. , a fixed tribute must be paid every year to support this brigade - and Diognis's mission is also very clear, to attack the east and suppress the kingdom of Alan and Shirvan Pasha, which is a highly Persian Saracen kingdom - General Diogenes We must "try our best to go as far as the Iron Gate of Alexander", which is today's Derbent, a fortress bordering the Great Caucasus to the west and the Khazar Sea (Caspian Sea) to the east. It has been one of the supreme passes to guard against the invasion of steppe barbarians since ancient times. Land (Dagaojia) There are three passages from west to east. The westernmost one is called the Colchis Gate, guarded by Kutaisi; the middle one is called the Iberia Gate, guarded by Tbilisi; and the easternmost one is the Iron Gate, which is the only suitable one. Place where large troops pass);

Of course, in the end Gawain announced that the port of Fasis would be allocated to the Armenians to serve as a port for their trade.

This made Maheshnur surprised and sad, but helpless.