Eagle Byzantium

Andodat immediately followed him out with the box in his arms. When she saw Gawain's shadow outside the tent, riding on his horse, Anna was a little surprised and complained a little, "What is it that makes the barbarian so mysterious?"

But Agnes almost jumped up with excitement. It seemed that although Gawain, a barbarian, was stupid, he also had the advantage of chance. He actually asked her to stay with Anna for one day and one night. And she had just observed carefully that this There is only one bed in the tent!

When Agnes closed her eyes and thanked the Virgin Mary and the pagan goddess Minerva, the wind blew with a "hula" and stirred her hair. It turned out that the fat eunuch was very serious about giving a blanket to He pulled it off and spread it in front of her, "You can deal with it tonight and sleep here."

"You..." Agnes was furious. All the things she had planned about being intimate with Anna on the bed, which are wonderful things that only innocent girls can do, were all shattered all of a sudden. Come to think of it, this fat bastard who is neither a man nor a woman was also left by Gawain to accompany him. He should be in the role of surveillance.

The firelight outside was shining and flickering, the shadows of the guards cast on the curtain were constantly being pulled, and the sound of wheels kept coming. It seemed that Gawain was also busy that night. Agnes was so angry that she didn't bother to ask what happened, so she just lay on the bed. She lay on the blanket, and then her eyes peeked back slightly: under the candlelight, Anna was still writing furiously, and the fat eunuch stood in the middle, like a wall.

"It doesn't matter. I'm the cupbearer of the Dalian team and the warden of the Brachna Palace. I can work for three days and three nights without rest."

Agnes made a disgusted face, then turned over and fell asleep.

However, in the early morning of the next day, it seemed that there was still the sound of wheels rolling by outside the camp. Anna's eyes were groggy, and she walked out of the bed and made a silent gesture to Staurajos. She passed the eunuchs who tried to stop her and quietly walked barefoot to the curtain.

With a slight noise, Agnes also got up from the blanket, held Anna's shoulders, the two looked at each other and smiled, then opened a gap between the curtains, revealing the blue-grey color in the early morning. Take a look at what happened to the Dalian team:

The warriors of the guard formed a cordon along the scarlet tent, and then outside the flag, several two-wheeled cars that were very common in the local area were pushed by Gottschalk's Pilgrim Armed Group. They were all wearing black robes. A special mark is pinned to the chest. Then Anna and Agnes were shocked to see that in the carriage, there were piles of blood-stained bags with round shapes inside, which seemed to be shaking with the bumps.

Anna was so frightened that she immediately lowered the curtain, her back was hunched, and the fat eunuch hurriedly brought the water glass over. Both girls looked stunned. They took the water glasses, took a few sips, and then slowly sat down. She pulled the blanket and wrapped herself up, still trembling. Now not only Anna, but also Agnes understood the real reason why Gawain strictly asked them to stay in the camp last night and not go out.

So Ana trembled her lips and continued to drink a few sips, "What are you doing?"

Stavrajos, who roughly understood what was going on, whispered. "His Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief of the March in Asia, wants to send more than 4,000 heads of Konya Sultan's soldiers to Bohemond and Godfrey. It is said that it is to capture the city of Nicaea as soon as possible..."

"More than four thousand, heads..." Agnes said absently. Then she remembered that these things were swinging in the bag on the carriage of the two-wheeled vehicle just now. The modification drawings she was responsible for giving were used for this purpose before the Qivert ship arrived, and she almost vomited. come out.

But in the Frankish camp to the north of the city, everyone cheered for the arrival of these heads. Gawain clearly told everyone, "The city of Nicaea has not received any supplies on land, and there will not be any." Reinforcements have arrived, and the entire valley and mountains are under our control. The Sultan of Konya has fled to the Oles Valley, and may be in Doli Laem, or may have fled to Konya. "

Even Bohemond was very happy. He boasted to everyone he met that the reason why Gawain achieved great victory in the siege was because he lent the Holy Standard Company. "Even Gawain himself admitted that Tancred The company with Brad is the sword of all his armies."

Two-wheeled carts, four-wheeled ox carts, and mule carts all carried bloody heads, surrounded by flies that appeared in the New Year, and stopped in front of the meeting camp. When Bohemond, Gawain, Godfrey, and Baldwin When the generals and lords such as , Tatisius and others came out, even they, who had experienced many battles, were stifled by the fishy smell.

Gawain covered his nose and looked at Godfrey, meaning to tell him to make a decision.

"Three emirs, seven attabergs, and more than a thousand heads of iktargazi (referring to warriors in the Turkic army who enjoy territorial salary allowances, mostly cavalry). Seven hundred were sent to Chivit, with It was shipped to Constantinople to be presented to the Greek emperor, and the rest was put on a trebuchet and thrown into the city of Nicaea.”

Behind the city wall on the north side of Nicaea, many Roma soldiers stood up vigilantly, especially those inside the turrets, and hurriedly prepared their spears and bows. They saw the pilgrims rumbled out the lever trebuchet from the camp, about There were more than ten of them lined up in front of the city trench, and wicker shields were erected. They fully thought that the enemy was coming to attack the city wall again.

Soon, more and more Roman soldiers climbed up the stairs to prepare for battle, but soon someone saw that in front of the Franks and Normans' trebuchets, what should have been stone bullets were now human heads, with black hair, dark red or reddish-brown blood stains, and some covered with chain mail, neatly stacked in a triangular pile next to each trebuchet.

Suddenly the city fell into a huge and silent terror.

With a small sound, the lever rose, and the first head drew a long arc in the air, but failed to be thrown in, but hit the wall of the corner tower, and then rolled down to the bottom of the city, but then, more and more heads flew in and out, coming from all directions, some hit the city wall, some were thrown behind the stairs, and some fell in the battlements and rolled around.

The identities of many heads were confirmed immediately.

"Don't cry!" First the officer said so, and then even Hajib came to maintain morale, but the spread of this emotion was beyond human control. Soon, behind the battlements, the Roma soldiers holding their heads cried and wailed, accompanied by gnashing of teeth and cursing, and even the vizier who was supervising the battle in the palace heard it.

This is what Gawain said, dirty work.

I saw a correct version in 16-9 book forum!

But we have to admit that dirty work on the battlefield is often very effective.

This time is the same.

In the palace, Shahnameh and the Sultan's son and daughter soon sat in front of Ibn Mamun, "The Sultan's reinforcements have been defeated, and the heads rolling around on the city walls are the warriors of his army... Dear lady, the moment of decision may come."

Shahnameh trembled and hugged her children tighter... (To be continued ~^~)