Eagle Byzantium

After receiving the patriarch's reply, Tancred felt a little relieved, and soon he secretly made intensive contacts with forces such as Ridwan in Aleppo, Kobuha in Mosul, and Fer in Marash, claiming that he wanted to contact Muhammad. Christians join hands with Armenian Christians to fight against the "unholy alliance from the West."

But when the secret message from Antiochus arrived at Marashburg, Regent Fell urgently summoned all the nobles, "Everyone knows that in the previous battle of Philomelon, Gawain actually defeated the emperor. You must know that the emperor had five The army of ten thousand was defeated miserably, with mountains of dead bodies, and more people surrendered to Gawain. Now I heard that Gawain was joining forces with Baldwin and Bohemond to prepare to advance eastward. We Marash are so weak. , must be the first to bear the brunt.”

After speaking, the regent displayed Antiochus's proposal in front of everyone.

Unsurprisingly, everyone was in a quarrel again. Many nobles, led by Saliki, strongly advocated joining forces with Antioch and relying on natural dangers to fight with each other because of the deep hatred they had with Gawain and Bohemond. Fight to the death.

However, there are also a group of nobles who are already pessimistic about the future of the kingdom. They believe that it is difficult to even protect the kingdom by themselves, let alone restore the glory of the ancient country. However, in such an atmosphere, they dare not compromise lightly for fear of becoming the target of public criticism.

Beside the tall stone door leading out of the fortress tower, among a group of nobles gathered to discuss, Hercules lowered his head and said nothing, followed his father towards the city wall.

"This time you have been chosen as a diplomatic envoy to negotiate with Gawain in Tarsus City. It would be better if you can reach a peace agreement. If not, you must also know the details and methods of the other party. After all, you are a young man with a bright future. I am sending you there. It's better than sending a group of us who can only wield sabers." The bald-headed father stood on the city wall with his hands on his hips, looking at the blue-grey Tono, and said to Hercules.

"Now the Arni people are divided among themselves, and most of the families in Melitee have taken refuge with Gawain. Now only Marash is left, but you can see from the situation just now that everyone's hearts have begun to waver." Hercule Si stood behind and looked at the magnificent mountains and whispered, "Father, in your opinion, if Gawain comes to attack, how many people will be willing to fight to the death?"

Packard sighed, still turning his back to his son, and was speechless for a long time.

And Hercules saw that in the sun, there were specks of gray hair on the back of his father's bald head, "Let me ask you another question, father. If Gawain comes to attack, can we hold on to the city of Tubosaina until death?" ?”

"Let's play it by ear." Pakade patted his son on the shoulder, then shook his head and walked away.

The young nobles of Armenia, following the route taken by Bohemond when he was released, first arrived at the city of Kastabala, and then passed through half of the Adana County to the city of Sissi. There, the other side's Sheriff Wright greeted him and told Hercules, "Now the patron and Caesar are in the area of ​​Zephyrim, observing the harvest of the rice fields."

So Hercules followed the instructions of the Sheriff and went straight to the port of Zephyrim, about nine miles southeast of Tarsus. He went up from the north of the mountains, and finally ended up in front of a small monastery. Under the fruit tree, I saw the patron saint and the female Caesar sitting there.

The female officials received Hercules politely, and after inspecting his luggage and documents, they invited him to join the picnic of the patron and his wife.

Hercules stepped on the grass carefully, and under the guidance of several female officials, he slowly approached Gawain under the tree. His tall body and back remained unchanged from before. The proud Greek princess already had a big belly. , beside it. Gawain was sitting on a big folding stool, while Anna was leaning on the couch. Some exquisite and neat food and wine were placed on the ground between them. A gray-haired girl sat on the other side under a red parasol. Under cover.

"A messenger from Marash?" Gawain turned around, looked at Hercules, and then his blue eyes moved, "I remember you, we met in Tarsus and Antioch before. , the son of Pak'ad, a brave young mercenary."

Hercules immediately bowed in salute, then fixed his eyes on Gawain, not daring to relax at all.

After a while, Anna also turned around and said to him in a gentle tone, "Why do you keep staring at my husband? Aren't you here to negotiate for peace?"

At this time, all the female officials chuckled, and the gray-haired girl's expression was obviously a little contemptuous, which made Heracles feel sincerely embarrassed. He was just like the Isaurian barbarians hundreds of years ago. Just like walking into the Roman Grand Palace in the new capital with feet and a tattered hat, I was taught what real decency and architecture are, what real civilization is, and what real Romana is.

Under the shadow of the tree, Gawain waved his hand to Hercules, then looked over and nodded again, "Stand beside me, don't be so restrained, the beautiful scene is below."

Heracles, who could only do as he was told, walked slowly, and the beautiful eyes of many female officials were staring at him, and some of the more straightforward ones pursed their lips and laughed.

Three steps, five steps, ten steps.

Finally, he stood on the downward ridge of the hillside, where Gawain asked someone to set up a fish-dragon flag. The wind poured into the flag bag, and the copper-colored dragon head showed its ferocious teeth, and its long body was swung up. , turning around according to the changing direction of the wind, whining.

Under the sun, Hercules saw that the entire coastal plain had turned into a huge "golden whirlpool."

The blue sea, ocher sand, cyan hills, green citrus orchards, black narrow lanes, red-tiled and gray farm barns, and white windmills surround and outline the whirlpool of golden rice waves in the center. , serving as its embellishment. The golden color was first spread out piece by piece along the hillside, sandwiching the sparkling tributaries of the Zephyrim River. Several magical huge waterwheels lay across the river and the rice fields, and the wooden wheels continued to rotate in Gululu. Then the rice fields from all over the place finally converged on the flat ground and became one, becoming a golden whirlpool that filled the entire field of Hercules' vision.

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Many dark-skinned Moorish slaves wearing straw hats were scattered among them, waving small shiny sickles to harvest. The huge square in the center of the whirlpool was already piled with rich harvests.

Hercules suddenly felt a divine emotion surge in his heart, which he could not contain at all. For this mysterious golden grain harvest scene, if he were a painter, he would definitely spare no effort in ink and color to depict this beautiful scene forever.

"What about this scene?" At this moment, the chief patron was sitting next to him, asking with squinted eyes, as proud as a child, "It should be difficult for you to see the envoy from Marash. Such a scene. Can you give it a nice name?"

"Golden conch shell, golden conch shell, Your Highness." Hercules suddenly felt blessed and he called out the name almost without thinking.