Eagle Byzantium

"Your Excellency, the Roman Empire's Asia March Steward, as long as the Normans can return the mistress and the sultan's children, I am willing to persuade the vizier to dedicate the city of Nicaea to your emperor." Hajib also noticed. Due to the seriousness of the situation, he hurriedly begged Gawain, "It was indeed me and the patriarch of Nicaea who rescued you and sent you back by ship!"

Gawain stretched out his hand to comfort, "I understand your request, but it is very difficult to negotiate. Bohemond is greedy for merit, and everyone knows that he must have hidden your mistress. In addition-" When he said this, Gawain took back his outstretched hand again He nodded, "If nothing else happens, Bohemond will deceive your mistress and ask Nicaea to open the city to him; on the other hand, in order to claim credit from the emperor, after the fall of Nicaea, he will not hesitate to kill you." The matron and the sultan’s children were sent to Constantinople.”

"Isn't it natural to send it to His Majesty's throne?" Hearing Gawain's words, Branas couldn't help but ask. Titicius and Mikhail were silent next to him. After a while, Mikhail Quietly said to him, "Sending the throne is of course reasonable, but in the battle of Nicaea, we and the Dalian team made the greatest contribution when resisting the Sudanese reinforcements. Bohemond's move was shameless. Take credit."

These words made all the Roman generals present dissatisfied (the only one who was the most upright, Diogenes, at this moment thought that his wounds were being healed elsewhere and could not attend the meeting) - We were born in Asia Minor Beaten to death, living licking blood on the blade, now there is no reason to give up the credit to those Norman gangsters.

"If Gawain can't tell your majesty about the situation of your fighting, then there will be no reason to hold the official title of Yanlian!" Gawain also stood up angrily and said, "The only most reasonable way now is to prevent Bohemond from using women and men. Children, in other words, make a big event, the bigger the better.”

The next day, Tatisius, Branas and Michael, with all the cavalry and ceremonial guards, escorted the captive Hajib, played the trumpet, and came to the Franks camp.

"Huh? That noseless slave general. He captured the Konya general named Hajib alive and sent it to Chivit to present to the Greek emperor. He also said that the city of Nicaea will surrender soon?" He was just about to organize an siege. Godfrey was puzzled when he received the letter presented to him. His brother Baldwin took it and read it, and he was also very skeptical. "Is this Hajib so important to Suleiman? I heard that he was a slave of Konya Sultan... and the Turks like young boys without beards."

But when Mikhail, the chief guard of the palace, brought Hajib in and showed it to the Duke of Lorraine and his brothers, the beards on his face did not make the two brothers believe that the Sultan would hand over his grandeur for this guy. Come to the beautiful capital city.

At this time, Mikhail. Only then did Nystas tell the truth: because of last night. A battle took place on the lake near the Watergate, and the Sultan's wife and children, who were left in the city, were said to have been captured by His Excellency Bohemond, the emperor's commander-in-chief in Asia.

"Your Excellency Gawain can also testify to this matter." He finished. Mikhail handed Gawain's letter into the hands of the Duke again, looking very happy, saying that this difficult siege was about to end with great glory.

Baldwin was immediately furious. He said to his brother in front of Mikhail, "Why did such a big event happen? The Duke of Apulia has not informed us so far!"

"The Duke of Apulia was still here yesterday, jointly commanding the battle with you, but he did suddenly disappear after nightfall. Returning to his camp, I am afraid it has something to do with this matter." Stephen of Blois also added.

Godfrey clenched his fists and pounded them on the table. "Of course he will run back privately because he is trying to take credit for himself! Baldwin, go and summon Lord Raymond and Hugh. Capet comes and everyone witnesses this. If someone goes around asking for credit for personal gain, If you do, then all pilgrims will naturally not have to continue fighting together."

However, before Baldwin sent the envoy, Bohemond had already sent people to Raymond's camp in advance, and "specifically" told Raymond about the matter. Let’s walk together from the main gate of the city of Constantinople, majestically Entering to accept the surrender of the Turkic pagans - Your Majesty, as well as the Priest Admiral, can share with me this great moment, the glorious victory of the Christians, but I don't know whether this is the case. Should the King of France be informed?”

"How, how can you let Capet, that, guy like that, know, know..." Raymond, who was greedy for profit, also made a prompt decision, and immediately found a reason to deceive Ademar, and then sent a message to Provence, Saint-Gilles, Toulouse The soldiers in each detachment immediately broke out of camp and headed towards the west of the city where the Normans were.

Hugh at the neighboring camp. Capet climbed up the high base in surprise, looked at Raymond who suddenly left camp in the billowing smoke, and asked Payne, the palace counselor next to him, "What's wrong with this arrogant lord?"

The palace counselor also said he didn't know.

At this moment, messengers from Godfrey and Stephen rushed in and told Hugh about the matter. As a result, the king's brother was furious, "So Bohemond colluded with Raymond? He wants to monopolize it in front of the emperor of Constantinople." What a feat!”

Hugh was a smart man, and the palace counselor was also good at getting things done. As soon as the two of them joined forces, they first set up the royal flag in front of the camp, and then Godfrey, Baldwin, Stephen, Tatisius, etc. all brought The knights and retinues of the large group came to meet, "Go and reason with Raymond and Bohemond!"

When countless knights from Lower Lorraine, Flanders, Verdun, Paris, Portsmouth, and Blois arrived in front of the camp trench in the west of the city with shining armor and fierce momentum, many of them were guarding on the towers and saw this The Roma soldiers were so frightened and nervous at this scene that they thought the pilgrim army was going to gather again and attack the city in a big way!

And Ibn in the palace. Maimun is also troubled. What is the life of the Sudanese wife and children now? Did the Pilgrims really capture them? If Sultan finds out, how should he respond?

At this time, Ademar, the dean of Le Mans, came to the two lords angrily and asked Bohemond and Raymond to explain to him clearly in front of the icon of the Lord, "What is happening now? Why is the entire pilgrim camp in commotion? Hugh and Godfrey's troops are as hostile to us as they are to the Turkic pagans. They seem to be eager to rush in and execute us all so that no one will have to go to the Holy Sepulcher. Even the Gate of Cilicia will fall apart if we can’t get through it.”

"I have captured the Sultan's wife and children, so I asked Lord Raymond to come as a witness, because in my eyes, both Sir Lord and you are the most just and pure people. By doing this, I hope that the city of Nicaea I can surrender the pilgrims as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary casualties, but when the news leaks out, Hugh, Godfrey, and Gawain are all jealous of my achievements and ignore the overall situation and want to do bad things." Bohemond thought that it would be better to do this. If you can't hide it, you might as well lose face.

"Does the Emperor of Constantinople know about this?" Ademar is the papal envoy after all, and his overall sensitivity is sufficient to a certain extent.

"I was just about to ask a confidential officer to draft a petition and report this matter to Emperor Komnenos."

"This is not feasible. The pagans in the city of Nicaea are not fools. For them, handing over the key to the gate of Nicaea must be exchanged for the Sultan's wife and children. As for the Greek emperor, we Just hand over the city of Nicaea to him. There is no need to hand over Shahname. Now, in the triangular relationship between Greece, pagans and us, everything is a transaction of equal value. Do you understand who wants to break this contract now? You have to bear the price!”

"Well, how about we go straight into Nicaea?" Raymond suggested - this would satisfy the contract conditions for Alexios, and also highlight the glory of capturing the Sultan's wife and children.

Ademar shook his head and objected, "In order to besiege this city, the pilgrims' elite armed forces have lost more than 4,000 people. You don't want to encounter the embarrassment of having no troops to fight after arriving in Antioch and Jerusalem!" Peace talks come first.”

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At this moment, the waves of yelling and cursing coming from the ditch at the border of the camp made the people discussing in the camp uneasy. At Ademar's insistence, the lords of Apulia and Provence, as well as two Robert and Tank Reid also mounted his horse and joined the pilgrim lords who came to ask for "justice" on both sides of the ditch.

As soon as they met, a fierce quarrel broke out between the two sides, and old and new hatreds were brought out under the city.

Godfrey accused Bohemond of being too utilitarian. At the gate of St. Atkins, he went to flatter Emperor Komnenos privately and ignored the pilgrims in West Frank. During the war, he even flirted with Sultan Suleiman and refused to save the Forcher camp;

Bohemond emphasized that everything was due to his exquisite tactics and strategies. The reason why the Normans were able to capture the Sultan's wife and children was inseparable from his wise arrangements and great luck, and "merit is not Used for jealousy and frame-up!”

So the furious Baldwin angrily accused Bohemond of only taking advantage of others and saying high-sounding beautiful words;

Then Tancred also became angry and retorted, saying that the previous battle in the East Valley relied on the bravery and skill of his own Holy Banner Company to achieve decisive results, and that the Franks were just a bunch of reckless people who did not understand war;

Titicius from Constantinople was dissatisfied with Tancred's words, saying that without the frontal resistance of the Roman Imperial Army, how could the Holy Standard Company have achieved military success, let alone Gawain, the Archduke of Armenia, the commander-in-chief of the march in Asia? The two cavalry companies are the main force of the assault! (To be continued ~^~)