Eagle Byzantium

"It's probably because of the heatstroke." Gottshilde continued to cover her mouth and said to Gawain and Baldwin with a smile, "I will get some verbena mixed with water soon, don't worry."

Dusk fell behind the broad but shallow Feramis River, and the flags of the two armies were still fluttering in the night wind. When the sun rose the next day, neither side launched an active attack.

Then came the third and fourth days, and the long confrontation continued.

On the ninth day, Admare's letter was quickly delivered to the fortresses of the two armies. Gawain and Baldwin hurriedly opened it and read it. It was full of Admare's words of admonition, asking them and Tancred to stay together in the Lord's presence. He made a solemn oath in front of him not to harm each other in the future. He could recognize that the current mutual power and territory between the two parties would remain unchanged. Documents of praise and recognition from the Holy See to the Armenian princes are also arriving, but everyone must stop all civil wars and march eastward to the city of Antioch, where he and other lords are heading along the Cilicia Gate. If the war is not stopped by then, everyone involved in the situation will be deprived of their priesthood and religious membership and expelled from the team.

"If you want to fight, do it now." These were Gawain's words of judgment.

"Yes, only by defeating the Normans and Armenians before Admar comes, can my Tarsus, Adana, and your Seleucia be stabilized." Baldwin also agreed.

"No, Baldwin, after winning, you must not stop. Just advance along the Gulf of Issus and completely capture the castles in the Ammonos Mountains, the gateway to the northwest corner of Antioch." Gawain added the suggestion, Baldwin thought After thinking about it, of course I agreed.

"The castle and territory of Prince Reuben captured after the victory will be divided and owned by the three brothers Orson and Kallegos." Gawain also promised benefits to this group of Byzantine nobles and encouraged them to fight bravely.

Soon, several soldiers came out from the camp on the west bank holding flags. Request Prince Reuben to negotiate peace with Tancred.

It happened that the other party was also reading the letter from the priest. After some deliberation, they took a small boat and met in the middle of the river.

Gawain's new flag-bearer, Dim Goliath, held a heavy and mighty banner with the Red Hand Seven Ridges emblem on it. As a result, the weight of the ship was tilted to the port side, and the rest of Gawain's tribe. Sitting on the raised starboard side, everyone looked nervous, fearing that the ship would capsize.

"Hey, Goliath, come to the starboard side..." Muzafi'adin said with a wicked smile.

Then Dim moved a few steps, and now the ship almost capsized to the right. Many soldiers nervously grabbed the side of the ship and shouted, and Muzafi'adin on the bow burst into laughter. "Goliath, stay in the middle." Finally, it was Gawain who gave the order. "From now on, don't listen to what this bastard Turk says, you can only listen to me."

Yonder, ships approaching with the flags of St. George and the Lion. Several small boats came together. Gawain stood up and saw Tancred, whose eyes were full of hatred. "You are not worthy of sending an envoy for peace talks at all. No matter it is you, Gawain, or Baldwin. Tarsus, Adana, and Mamie Stella, you have robbed enough, and you have also harmed the Catholic believers who are traveling with you. I will report you to Lord Ademar and even the city of Rome!"

"Tancred, you can't hurt us like this. His Majesty the Holy See has already sent me a letter, recognizing all the rights and interests of me and Baldwin. The essence of your behavior is no different from ours. It's just bad luck and poor strength. "Gawain put his wrists on his raised knees, squinting at the sun and teasing.

"But we are willing to end it all. Autumn wheat will be sown soon, and Gawain and I need to reserve grain to facilitate the future march to Antioch." On the ship over there, Baldwin held up his hand with a silver swan flag. , "With the request of this priest's letter, we stopped fighting and negotiated, but Mamis The city of Tra is already mine, then it is mine. Tancred, if you want to open up a feudal kingdom, you can join the Armenian prince and fight bloody battles to capture it from the Turks in Armenia or Edessa. Don’t fight. The idea of ​​​​my territory, this is the price you paid for letting my dog ​​Shirley die of thirst!"

At this moment, Prince Ruben nodded to Tancred very reservedly, indicating that he could hold a peace negotiation with the other party and maintain the original situation of this land.

At this moment, Gawain's blue eyes were fixed on Prince Ruben, who was wearing a beautiful cloak. "Is this His Highness Prince Bagradioni from Fanka City?"

Before Prince Ruben could answer, the bald Pakade next to him held his sword and came closer, "This is the real Armenian Lion, His Highness the King of the Seven Ridges."

Hearing the title of "King of the Seven Ridges", Gawain knew what he was saying, so he sneered twice and gave a thumbs up, "Perhaps you should warn His Highness the Lion whether his cloak will be too flashy in such a hot weather. Come on, Tancred, I need you I guarantee that the territories of General Orson and the Kallegos brothers who follow me will not be infringed, so that we can stop our troops and retreat on the next day - you retreat to the Armenian Pass, and our army retreats to Adana, so as to How about waiting to welcome the following pilgrims?”

After thinking for a while, Tancred stretched out his thumb and said, "I shouldn't have stopped fighting with you group of thieves and bandits wearing the robe of the Lord's Cross, but since you are begging for mercy, I will forgive you for the last time." Then he said Together with Gawain's seal.

"Same as Tancred, I also hope that one day we can finish the unfinished battle in Barry City."

Then, the boatmen from both sides rocked their oars. On the sparkling water, the boats from all sides moved closer to the shore of their own camps. Many soldiers were there, holding weapons to support them.

In the evening, several men wearing woodcutter's clothes were half-immersed in the water, peeling away the swaying reeds, and looked carefully at the camp on the other side full of bonfires and smoke, "Look, that Baldwin's center There are only a few infantrymen and military servants on the front line, and there are no eye-catching banners. "

"The area with the rich grass was used by Baldwin to graze horses, and it was full of livestock..." Another guy with wet hair added in a low voice.

The few people couldn't restrain their excitement and quietly closed the reed stalks again. Then they padded quietly back to their camp in the dark and reported everything to Earl Richard and Park Ad and his son.

Then, Tancred, who was restless in the camp, got the news, and both Richard and Packard encouraged him to "take advantage of the dawn of dawn and the opponent's carelessness after the peace talks to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's weak center. Defeat Baldwin, drive out Gawain, and recover Mamistra and Adana.”

"I will reinforce your front with five hundred Armenian cavalry and the same number of archers," Pakade promised.

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"This tactic is far from being treacherous. This was how your grandfather captured the Greek emperor's key pass and advanced into the interior of Thessaly!" Richard also stepped forward and encouraged.

"Want to fight or not?" The stout Brad scratched and pulled his beard and shouted, "Want to fight or not, fight or not, fight or not, make a decision quickly, Your Excellency!"

Tancred, who was pacing back and forth, looked at Prince Reuben sitting on the side with some distress and hesitation. After getting the other person's affirmative look, he turned around and waved his hand, "Hit!" (To be continued ~^~)

PS: What? Everyone thought Sulla was making an April Fool's Day joke, haha, friends, you are totally wrong!

Today's update is just to solve the problem of saving manuscripts.

After updating the remaining seven or eight hundred chapters, I will definitely cut them off!

If you don’t give me a guaranteed monthly pass, I’ll be unfinished in a matter of minutes. Believe it or not?