Eagle Byzantium

This messenger brought news from Latakia: the port here was suddenly captured by the troops of Tatisius under the Greek emperor. The Frankish pirate leader Wenmoha, who originally parked his ship there, and many of his subordinates Caught off guard, they thought the emperor The emperor's troops were friendly troops. When they came out of the city to meet him, they were all disarmed and imprisoned by Titicius's tribe. All the ships, including six large galleys, more than ten Saracen clippers, and the same number of Greek The Pilomon ships were all captured by the opponent.

At this moment, Gawain was also dumbfounded. He had originally judged that Titicius would leave Latakia, but he was still preparing to submit documents to him, hoping that he could leave this port to pilgrims after crossing the sea to Cyprus. , in order to continue to receive supplies and reinforcements from the west.

But Titicius, a sniff-nosed general, turned against him without mercy and became an enemy. Occupying this port city was tantamount to cutting off Antioch's last possible external supply line.

Not only Gawain, when this terrible news came out from the mouth of the messenger, the atmosphere of despair instantly filled the air, seeping into everyone's skin and hearts. Admare held the crutch in his hand, and the head of the cane kept talking to him out of anger. The smooth floor rubbed against each other, making a sharp sound. After a brief silence, the other lords roared:

"Why did the emperor break his promise and abandon us!"

"Does that mean we can also break our oath and turn our swords towards the territory of the Kingdom of Greece?"

"Fight to Constantinople!"

"Send an envoy to ask the Greek emperor why he did what he did."

Howls like jackals and leopards came one after another, and sharp swords were drawn out from their sheaths with a whistling sound, one after another, accompanied by resentment and resentment. It seemed that all the warlike and violent Frank and Norman lords wanted to be killed immediately. Putting wings on the bodies of himself and the soldiers, he did not want to deal with Kobuha, but wanted to fly to Constantinople, drag the emperor from the magnificent throne, and chop him into pieces.

"Everyone calm down, there is still hope to restore the port of Latakia." Gawain waved his hand and prepared to control the situation, but was immediately overwhelmed by fierce criticism and doubts - in the eyes of most lords, he also belonged to Greece Those within the emperor's system should no longer be treated as friendly forces.

Suddenly, Bohemond burst out with a roar, interrupting everyone's speech. The Duke of Apulia's cheeks seemed to be burned by fire, and his characteristic red beard was dyed like blood. His eyes rolled slightly, he scanned the people in the hall, and said in a deep voice, "Now you no longer need to doubt the Grand Duke, no, we should continue to call him the Priest Master, The plenipotentiary envoy of His Majesty the Holy See enjoys equal status with Lord Ademar. Since Lord Gawain is willing to stay in the city of Antioch, then we are still friendly troops fighting side by side, and we are all soldiers of Christ. There is no need for us to continue. Use innocent suspicion to continue to weaken our power - now if you are willing to listen to my plan for this crisis as the governor, then I am willing to talk about it. "

At this time, the people in the hall fell silent, "Speak to Bohemond." Godfrey, who was leaning on the doorpost, requested, and then Earl Robert of Flanders also walked to the side of the altar. After Bohemond's decision was formed, he carried out corresponding subordinates at the military level.

"We should unite and eliminate the discord in the past, because Christ is testing us, so everyone is in trouble and suspicion, but if this test cannot be overcome, why should we strengthen our swords with faith and righteousness? Going to the Holy City?" Bohemond's words were so catchy and reasonable that even Gawain was surprised, but there was obviously a trump card to support Bohemond's confidence, "Everyone, Please don't tell anyone what I said below soldiers, pilgrims or citizens of Antioch, even your closest servants, those standing here now are all people who serve God (referring to monks and warriors), and they are all noble people, so Only between us can we abide by this Secret - to be precise, it is an excellent tactic to capture the Four Sisters Tower. In the previous battle at the Holy Spring Stone Castle, my nephew and I captured a Turkic warrior. He was the flag officer of Yaqi's son, named Doyakum…”

Next, Bohemond kept emphasizing that Doyakum had contacted several Turkic soldiers on the Four Sisters Tower, and they were willing to pick up our soldiers from the tower at the agreed midnight time and capture Yaghi. Acropolis.

This plan really aroused great enthusiasm from everyone. "If this thing can really succeed, we are willing to give the Acropolis of Achish and the Four Sisters Tower as trophies to the princes of Apulia." Gover Lei was also very happy, and his proposal almost won When unanimously agreed, Gawain secretly felt that this was also the cunning Bohemond's scheme: he was essentially the same as the Pisa merchant, who never forgot to seek money under any circumstances, and this Wei is seeking power all the time.

After Bohemond received this promise from everyone, he was very happy and immediately continued talking, "Immediately Gawain, Admare, Baldwin, Sven and the hermit Peter united the original camp outside the city to serve as a in the outskirts of Antioch; I, Lord Godfrey, and Lord Robert, on the appointed day, Select elite soldiers, follow Doakum, and attack the four sister towers. As long as you capture any one, you can open up the situation; the noble Hugh and the Pisan people guard the east and south of the city to guard against possible enemies; and Raymond Lord De continued to guard the stone fortress and monitor Kobuha's march in the mountains on the east side. "

In short, Bohemond is gearing up. He strongly believes that after capturing the acropolis of Yaghi, he can avoid being attacked by internal and external enemies and concentrate on dealing with Cobuha's army. He can also seize the food and treasure stored in the acropolis as a source of wealth. Strengthen yourself with military resources. In addition, after everyone's anger gradually subsided, all the lords also formed a second resolution: not to fall out with Emperor Komnenos for the time being and continue to request his reinforcements.

After the meeting, it was already evening. Gawain did not return to the military camp outside the city. Instead, he entrusted it to the supervision of Mero and Gregor. He stayed in the palace district mansion. When he returned to After entering the room, he found that the dining table was full of food. After sitting down, Gawain sighed, Then he said to Muzafi'adin, "I only need two pieces of wheat flour bread, a portion of cabbage mixed with cheese, and a pot of water. The rest of the food, you share it with everyone and give it to Diem Goliath." If you add more, he will have a big appetite. Things will get tough in the future, so don’t waste it on me like this.”

Then, the Grand Duke ate the portion of food he had left, chewing slowly, obviously a little unhappy. He missed Anna very much, and of course Ingrina and the Holy Sister... Although now Compared with his plan, the situation has not gone crazy yet, but it has obviously been compromised. He needs more luck for the "triangular grand plan" between himself and Anna.

At this moment, Muzafi'adin's eyes were shining, and he ran straight to the Grand Duke's dining table with an arrow in his hand! (To be continued ~^~)