Eagle Byzantium

The soldiers of the guard hurriedly knelt down and knelt down. Gawain quietly raised his eyes and saw that he recognized the previous one - and sure enough, there was Anna Komnenos, a little devil, and another one wearing a crown and a scarf, all covered in jewels. lady They sat together, and it seemed that she must be the queen. Among them, Anna's big eyes deliberately looked around at the guards. Until her eyes met with Gawain's, she raised her slender neck tied with a gold ring again, deliberately Avoiding Gawain's sight.

On the next shoulder carriage, there were actually three people sitting, one of whom was also a lady. Her face had that kind of extremely mature and magnetic beauty, but compared with the queen, she lacked the crown that symbolized her identity. On her left and right, there were He is a younger boy, among whom One of them is fair and handsome, and you can tell at a glance that he is from this noble lady; the other boy is dark, with thick eyebrows, and his face is very ordinary, even a little ugly, but he is wearing all kinds of gorgeous accessories. He seems to have extraordinary bearing and background.

The three of them were talking and laughing in the back, but in the chariot in front, Gawain could clearly feel that the little girl Anna's expression was unhappy.

But that's not something he should worry about.

After the team of shoulder riders left, the entire palace fell into silence again. Lonely sunlight filled the main street. The guards' armor and battle axes shone brightly. They continued to stand upright. Gawain felt that Sweat began to seep out of the chainmail turban, and the hair on the back of his head began to get tangled with the iron rings, making his whole body feel as uncomfortable as if something had crawled into it.

I don’t know how much time passed like this. Until the next shift came to hand over the shift, nothing worth mentioning happened.

"Diognis said before he left that if I could live for three months, I would have a chance to meet him again, but I believe that after three months, Mr. Stephen Gawain, I will definitely die of boredom. ”

But in the evening, a big discussion broke out at the dining table in the military camp. Generally speaking, in the monotonous and boring life of the military camp, the kitchen and restaurant are definitely the most interesting places of the day. The ordinary soldiers of the Guards sit at the arranged rough wooden dining tables, while the Commander of the Guards, as usual, sits with his soldiers. It is a centuries-old tradition of the Varyag people to eat together. In their tribal language, "Jinbing" means "people who accompany people to eat together."

"Cod meat." Gawain ate the food in front of him. Although he did not have the "taste" nourishment of industrial society, he could still easily judge the origin of this meal. It seemed that the palace had given him an extra gift today.

Without saying a word, Farov took out a token with a horse's hoof seal from the lead-sealed document box. Several soldiers immediately stopped grabbing the spoons and looked at the shining golden thing in front of them in silence. Royal token, only Gawain is still bowing his head Eating happily, "This was sent by the portal officer in the palace today. His Majesty asked us to participate in tomorrow's review. In addition, the Red Hand detachment was separately drawn and went to Xiaoya with George's six thousand troops and horses. Fight against the Turks."

At this time, even Gawain dropped the spoon, slowly chewed the fish meat in his mouth, and looked at the token in trance.

"But shouldn't we, along with other detachments, follow His Majesty the Emperor to Adrianople in the north to defend against the Pechenegs?"

Facing everyone's questions, Farov waved his hand, "This is General George's request. He was originally unwilling to take over the mess of the Asia Minor War. It was not until His Majesty promised that he could serve as the 'Royal Steward' that he was willing to take over the Sixth Army." A company of a thousand veterans of Italy and Epirus brought to Asia Ya Lai, of course His Majesty also promised him that he can give him an inner palace detachment, which can not only increase the glory of General George and show the grace of the royal family; but also..." At this point, Farov made a sound. farted, then burped, leaned on the chair, touched his beard and stopped talking.

"Didn't you see? His Majesty's adoptive mother, who is also the chief lady in the palace, went to greet General George together with the queen, eldest princess and prince today. The situation is complicated now. It seems that everyone wants to get General George. Support - now that he has come to Constantinople, he is a person who can influence major events." Another soldier who knew the twists and turns in the palace said in a low voice and winked.

Farov coughed loudly several times to signal the other party to shut up.

Over there, Yagfi also cast a look, which meant that the discussion on this matter was over!

In the early morning, a row of soldiers held rhinoceros horns in the Jukuntina Palace, raised their heads and blew them toward the sky.

"Raise weapons!" The Varangian guards formed a brigade-level square formation, with their axes shining, standing solemnly on the side of the street under the royal tomb of Saint Basil, waiting for the review of the emperor and General George - in the update At the large campus in the distance, George's troops and horses were also forming a horizontal formation, preparing to rush to Xiaoya to fight.

Gawain, who was holding the moth-headed axe, was thinking about how he was complaining about boredom when he was guarding the palace just now. In the blink of an eye, the cause and effect came. He actually wanted to cross the sea with the red-hand team and return to Asia Minor again to meet Zahas. The army is fighting!

Soon, Alexios, wearing a purple cloak and a military uniform decorated with gold-plated armor and tassels, met with George Paralogus, a general who looked majestic and liked the soldiers and the people, and The bridle came walking down the street, surrounded by countless scepters and retinues of elite bow and arrow guards.

When the soldiers saw the emperor, they immediately cheered and cheered. Because all the shields were carried on their backs, the shield guards generally used shouting instead of hitting the shields. Alexius saluted the guards on horseback, while General George knew how to bend and retreat to an inconspicuous angle. He knew that it was the emperor who was reviewing the army, not him.

"Sons!" Emperor Alexius called all the soldiers like this.

"Father!" All the soldiers replied in unison, and only Gawain was puzzled in the queue.

"Are my daughters-in-law all right? Have my grandchildren been taken care of by the salary?" The emperor asked one after another.

"Yes, so we are at ease here." All the soldiers continued to reply.

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"Then go and kill the Turkic pagans, kill them without a single piece of armor left, and no one can resist your pace!" The emperor waved his hand.

"The three saints are guiding our flags!" Agafi and Farof were the first to raise the battle axe and the Red Hand flag, the royal flag of Varangia, in response to the emperor's earnest expectations.

During this expedition, Alexios deliberately gave the royal flag of his central army, which was said to be the flag used by Constantine the Great, to the Red Hand Division. Although Farof's army had only 280 soldiers this time, they used this big flag to claim that they had as many as 1,000 people. This was a tactic often used by the Byzantine Roman army to deceive the enemy, making the enemy confused about their true organization.