Eagle Byzantium

Before the other two Roma soldiers could react, the young warrior rushed forward, drew out the Armenian curved-blade saber from his waist, and chopped them down to the ground - and then the young warrior gestured to the back, Several Armenians ran in, piled the corpses aside, and then walked towards another gatehouse holding tokens.

Soon, in front of the east gate of Tarsus, Tancred and Brad were riding horses and holding flags, and the Armenian soldiers led by Paxad also gathered around the two Norman lords. Next to it, "Dear Lord Tver, the time has come to witness the miracle. I will definitely live up to the glory of the Bagradioni royal family."

Then, the soldiers all made a sound of exclamation: On the other side of the east gate moat, at the two stone gate towers standing opposite each other, the Roma flag was thrown down, and then the city gate rumbled open. Tancred couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Well done Park Ade, how did you do it?"

"There is my internal support in this city. After all, I still have some small reputation and means in this land."

"Very good! After the conquest of Cilicia is completed, my uncle and I will definitely ask His Majesty the Emperor of Constantinople to grant you a rich castle to restore your Armenian royal family's great cause."

"The rest of the negotiations and strategies must be left to me!" Pakade was overjoyed and hurriedly galvanized his horses and asked the military musicians around him to blow the trumpets. All the Normans and Armenians cheered loudly, raised their battle flags, and proudly After entering the city gate, there were shouts everywhere that "the birthplace of the great Saint Paul has returned to the hands of the brave Apulians."

The young warrior knelt on one knee under the gate tower. He was surrounded by Roma soldiers and city residents running in panic. Some were already praying on the street, and some were still hesitant. "Well done Herak." Les, my proud boy!”

"Yes, father. I kept your advice and secret promise in mind, and finally lived up to the trust and handed over this rich and magnificent city to the real winner." It turns out that the name of this young warrior is Heracles Bar. Gladioni, the eldest son of Pacoad, had previously concealed his real name and assumed the identity of a mercenary leader. Assisting Tarsus in the defense battle is actually a trump card hidden in the hands of the cunning Paxad.

Originally, Pacoad planned to ask his son to dedicate the city before other pilgrims arrived. However, before the Battle of Watergate, all the defenses of the city gates and towers were controlled by the Roman Turkic nobles. It was not until after the war that Hercules found them. Opportunity, take advantage of the empty city defense to strengthen the garrison. Attacked the east gate.

In the high tower of the city's water gate, Baldwin, who felt something was wrong, glared angrily and put the sword blade on the shoulders of the kneeling city representative.

Several Frankish lords walked in from the outside angrily, "The east gate of the city was wide open, and the Normans came in in force. On the core towers and warehouses of the city, the St. George flag was raised."

"That is indeed Tancred's battle flag." Gawain also said angrily - he also wondered what method Tancred used to enter the city first.

"Ah!" Baldwin raised his sword.

Gawain, with quick eyes and quick hands, drew out his scimitar. "Clang" was right in front of the representative's forehead, and the blades of the sword and the blade of Baldwin's sword met, refusing to give way to each other, "Don't kill him, there is no benefit."

"Gawain, what should we do?" Baldwin put away his sword angrily, and the lords around him also asked questions.

The shadow of Gawain of huge stature. It quickly covered the representative's body. The representative raised his head and saw only the condescending blue eyes of the other party. Then his feet left the ground and he was lifted up by Gawain. "We are going to take your acropolis. You and the other nobles will stay here as hostages. This must be done at noon, otherwise I will kill you all. I will not have any mercy... "

Several warriors immediately held swords and axes, surrendered the sabers and sabers of all the representatives and nobles, and forced them to the corner of the tower to control them - then Gawain touched his chin, walked to the window of the tower, and said harshly to Baldwin , "Occupy the acropolis first and stop Tancred! If he leaves Tarsus, I will hand over this city to you; if he continues to stay, wait until most of my Paretola division arrives. ..."

"Drive Tancred out. If he dares to resist, kill all the Normans!" Baldwin immediately answered. This man was by no means a calming figure.

"Baldwin Eustace, out of friendship I must remind you. Of course I don't care if you do this, but what about you?"

"Let's go ahead and do it. There's nothing to worry about. My brother and I gave up all the inheritance rights of the territory. Frankly speaking, it's not just to regain the Holy City. Why should we be afraid of the Normans!" After saying that, Baldwin and Gawain fist-bumped each other. They swore an oath and decided to form an offensive and defensive alliance with each other——" I swear before the Lord that all the fortresses, military towns, and lands from Cilicia to Seleucia in the west, bounded by the River Cydnus, shall belong to Stephen Gawain Russell for his own possession; and to the east from the Tower Ersus, as far as Adana, belongs to Baldwin Eustace."

The two quickly reached an agreement, and then at noon, a loud noise and fighting came from the acropolis adjacent to the hills of Tarsus. Tancred saw: the detachment he originally sent to take over the fortress actually He was disarmed and driven back by Gawain's men, and his original flag on the acropolis tower was replaced by a red-handed cross-sword battle flag.

Tancred's hair stood up in anger. He drove his horse to the foot of the tower and shouted for Gawain to come out and talk.

Gawain didn't shy away from anything at all. He directly supported the battlements on the tower and said, "The capture of this city is entirely the result of me and the army. There is no reason for you to take it away."

"I surrounded and attacked this city first, and you are the one who takes the credit!"

"Then you go find someone to settle the score. That person's name is 'Incompetent'." Gawain laughed loudly.

"Gawain, you bloodthirsty greedy wolf, not only will I take over this city, but I will also tell all this to the Council of Cardinals. You will be deprived of your priesthood and expelled from the pilgrim team." Tancred's eyes It will all explode and bleed.

"Now that my two special horse brigades have followed them, blocking the passage from the Cilicia Gate to here, who can help you Tancred? If your weak team only angers me, will it? What better ending could there be - now I I’ll give you a chance to get out of Tarsus and go further east to capture other cities. As a symbol of fairness, you can take away all the warehouse supplies and money in the city you currently occupy.” Gao Wenju. Raise your hands to threaten and induce.

The young Norman gritted his teeth and calmed down to think: Gawain, that bastard, didn't expect to go to Paphlagonia. His military strength was not excessively damaged, and it seemed to have become stronger. Now he has more weapons on hand. Together with the armed pilgrims and Armenian mercenaries, there were only two to three thousand soldiers. However, Gawain is very cunning. Could this be another deception strategy on his part?

"Where's Baldwin?" Tancred raised his head and asked.

"I don't know. Isn't he supposed to be with you? Is he going to capture the city of Adana?" Gawain also looked confused.

Then half an hour later, in the barracks occupied by the Normans in the center of the city, many lords under Tancred broke out into a fierce quarrel, surrounding the key choice of whether to withdraw from the city. "Gawain only occupied Watergate and He has less than a thousand subordinates in the Acropolis, so we should expel him." The grumpy Brad spoke first.

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"But after all, he occupies many defensive walls. We are in an offensive situation. Even if we drive him out, we will suffer huge casualties." Tancred was worried.

A Norman count named Richard from Salerno, who was also a close relative of the Tver family, immediately couldn't hold back his anger, "My dear friend, you are still a descendant of the glorious ducal family, how can you Seeing our flag being thrown down and laughed at by an unknown barbarian? We should get on horseback, use our spears to drive them all out, and drown them all in the River Sidnus."

When Tancred heard this, he stood up suddenly and said, "I am not interested in selfish interests. Since Gawain, a greedy wolf, cares so much about the wealth of the city of Tarsus, then I can consider the overall situation and give the money and money I deserve." After the supplies are obtained, go forward to attack the cities of Mamistra and Adana further east to avoid Gawain's arrogant momentum."

"But..." Many Norman lords shouted angrily, but Tancred closed his eyes tightly, seemingly determined to leave - and at this time, the Parkards also expressed their agreement with him, He can command all Armenian soldiers to fight for Tancred through fire and water. He said, "Go east to the land of Edessa and Antioch. There are strongholds of our tribe everywhere. I am willing to serve as your lord's vanguard and contact most of them to surrender to you. Gawain only wants to The shallow people in one city and one place will definitely become the target of public criticism in the future.”

The plan was settled, and the next day Tancred swept away all the goods in the city warehouses that he could control - fine wine, silk, propaganda, etc., with anger and hatred towards Gawain, and organized more than 3,000 troops. Heading towards the city of Mamistra.

Then, the troops of Gawain and Baldwin took the opportunity to occupy all the fortresses in Tarsus. The soldiers sang the glory of the Lord and the protection of Saint Paul - Gawain ordered, "All soldiers change shifts for defense." , three days of feast.”

The cost of the feast will naturally be borne by the residents of the city.

When all the carnival reached its climax, the soldiers on the beacon on the Watergate Tower looked out:

On the other side of the vast plains of Cilicia and rivers, all the remaining infantry and cavalry soldiers of the "Archer Regiment" have crossed the Taurus Mountains in a mighty force, naturally including Anna, Gothschild, and three or four thousand All the Pauline believers came to the city.

"Now we can have a good fight as you and I agreed at the beginning!" Baldwin drunkenly shouted to Gawain, holding a glass of wine, after getting the good news. (To be continued ~^~)