Eagle Byzantium

After saying that, the sleeping officer took the statue out of the shrine with great care and put it into the leather box that came with him.

This mixed belief of paganism and Christianity is still very common in the Adigai and Alanya regions, and Wen Ruomingna is no exception. On the next day, she boarded the stable ox-drawn official vehicle and walked out of the north gate directly connected to the Tarsus Palace. The mighty Sidnus River and the stretching fields continued to move behind her before she lowered the curtain. In the past, Wen Ruomingna, who was carrying out a mission alone for the first time, took a deep breath and held the sealed documents and leather box carefully on her knees.

At the same time, the news that Gawain had achieved a victory that attracted the attention of the world angered a red-haired and red-bearded hero, Bohemond, Duke of Antioch.

He had just led the army to capture and plunder the huge pagan city of Homs. This should also be a very glorious victory, but now it was all stolen by Gawain. This made the Lord in Antioch's "Asia" It was very unpleasant in "Ji Central Tower Palace"! Now Bohemond's ambition to establish greater achievements was unbearable.

Bohemond stroked his red beard, stared at the silver map in front of him, waved his fist with one hand at the knights and Persian financial officers beside him, and said impassionedly, "Now I am implementing a very effective immigration strategy. Over the past year, more than 200 knights from Normandy, Apulia, Britain and the Two Sicilies have come to serve me. I now have An There are nearly 20,000 soldiers of all ethnic groups serving me in the 240 military towns and fiefs including Tique, Latakia, Tartus, Samosata and Homs. Now It’s time to fulfill the sacred alliance vows made by Gawain and Godfrey—I will march into Marash, completely annihilate the Ani bandits that rebelled against me, and annex this rich and dangerous mountain country.”

"My lord, you can request reinforcements from the two kingdoms," suggested a cloaked knight named Reynold from the Two Sicilies at the map table.

Hearing this, Bohemond nodded and stroked his beard, "There's nothing wrong with Gawain. He will definitely reinforce me with at least one brigade. After all, we are old friends. But Godfrey is sweeping away the hostile forces around the Holy City. , I am afraid that the military strength is not too rich."

"At least Lord Tancred of Galilee will return here with his army and fight with you."

"That's right, I asked Tancred to come back, and also asked my servant Ridwan of Aleppo, and the Maronites of Lebanon to come and assemble under my military banner - in the autumn and winter of this year, I will flatten the horse. Rush." ​​Bohemond never forgot the shame the Armenians had inflicted on him.

Soon, when Antioch's messenger cavalry galloped into the Holy City, it happened that the meeting of the lords here had just ended.

Godfrey on the consul's seat raised such an issue: Now that the entire Holy City area has been pacified by our army and the fiefs of the lords have also settled down, where should the next attack target for the entire country be selected? Where?

One group advocates going north to seize Tire and Sidon, because they are two powerful coastal cities in Lebanon. They have previously been hostile to Raymond, and we have sufficient excuses to declare war on them; while the other group advocates seizing them. The city of Assa (Assuf) is not far from the Holy City. It is an important seaport city and is too close to Jerusalem. If the Egyptian fleet uses this city to carry soldiers to land and raid, it will be a threat to the kingdom. A serious problem.

Godfrey hesitated, "Both of you have very good reasons. So it is difficult for me to make a choice."

So he started asking the heavyweights, Joceland, Tancred, and Robert of Flanders.

Joceland agreed with the former, believing that the kingdom's customs financial resources must first be expanded.

Robert recognized the latter. He believed that geographically speaking, Egypt would inevitably pose the most lethal threat to Jerusalem. The sooner potential dangers around it were removed, the better.

While the quarrels broke out under the seats, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, remained silent.

As a result, he became a very important person.

Seeing that no resolution could be reached within a short period of time, the Guardian of the Holy Sepulcher and Archon in Jerusalem announced a temporary adjournment of the meeting and asked the leaders to think about it after they returned home.

Tancred said nothing, and among the many knights who had been coming and going to gather for discussion, they walked out of the Rock Dome Mosque. This has now become the kingdom's meeting hall and a large military camp. Rows of buildings were built in the courtyard. Stables, helmeted soldiers carrying Crossbows and spears were everywhere, and slaves carried baskets on their backs to pick up horse dung. All actions under the sun showed the defilement of the Holy Land of the Crescent Cult. Tancred wiped his nose with his fingers, then sat on his mount, Following the winding streets of Miyagi, we headed to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. There, many pilgrims and soldiers knelt solemnly in front of the small stone coffin on the tomb of Jesus in the center of the rotunda, sending their piety and grief.

Suddenly, Patriarch Sambel turned out from behind the pillar and smiled flatteringly at Tancred, "Has the consul made a decision?"

Tancred shook his head, then knelt on the floor like the others, lowered his head and murmured a prayer.

The Patriarch came from behind, held his shoulders, and whispered, "Your uncle sent a secret message from Antioch, and the cavalry was resting in my building. He asked you to go back with all the soldiers to assist." He attacks Marash. In addition, he has another request for you, which is to push Jerusalem into the war with Egypt."

"That is to say, after my uncle pacified Marash, he would go south to capture Tripoli, Tire and Sidon, and expand his power to an unrivaled level. So he didn't want Godfrey to go north, but wanted him to Attack the city of Assa and fight with Egypt? "

"This should be what it means. This is also my mission as the Patriarch. I must continue to force Godfrey to fulfill his duties as a Paladin and fight against powerful heretics, instead of becoming a king who competes for power against the Holy See. Egypt is the most suitable target, let Godfrey be trapped in this almost endless journey - desert, fortress, long and waterless "The path to the source." Sambel's tone was gloomy, and then he smiled, like a devil with bat wings and a hooked nose, "In addition, I can promise you that the wealth plundered from this Temple Mount when the city fell will be Almost half of it was gifted to this holy tomb, and I promise to give you seven hundred marks of gold as long as you listen to your uncle's and my advice."

"It's very simple. Tomorrow I suggest leaving the decision-making power to the gods, and the shrine for the lottery is yours to manage. I don't need to say anything else." Tancred replied.

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Sure enough, the next day, when Tancred proposed such a plan, the consul readily agreed and handed over the operational power to Patriarch Sambel as a matter of course: Sambel named the two names "Asuf" and "Sul" (The Franks called Tyre Sur) After placing them in the shrine, the consul stepped forward and reached into the cave to draw one of them.

The name that came up was, of course, "Asuf".

"Oh oh oh!" The knights in the hall drew their swords and echoed. Qiao Celan stood in the crowd with his hands on his hips and shook his head slightly.

"Everyone, bring your tents and crosses, the soldiers' goal has been set!" (To be continued ~^~)