Eagle Byzantium

This old man named John Oxhilt is the Patriarch of the Antioch Orthodox Church!

But what's the point of talking about such an identity now? Agi Siyan, a guy born as a slave, can imprison and torture him.

Because there are many Greek, Armenian and Syrian Orthodox Christians in Antioch, Agi is very uneasy about their inclination after the siege, so he arrested Patriarch John and put him in prison, hanging him up and beating him constantly, using him as a weight to coerce and oppress the Orthodox Christians in the city.

But even so, Agi is still not reassured, so he put all the women, children and the elderly in the families of tens of thousands of Orthodox Christians in shackles and locked them in the Acropolis fortress next to the mountains as hostages to drive these people to assist in defense.

"This is not good. Christ tells us to love others, respected lord." Patriarch John was weak, and his two bloody and dirty feet swayed in front of Agi.

"I don't believe in your creed. This world is too bad. There are enemies everywhere. I can't love the swords in their hands." Yaji Siyan replied sarcastically, "Keep a close eye on him and don't let him run away. If there are Christians in the city who dare to collude with foreign enemies, execute them and all the hostages in the Acropolis."

At the same time that Yaji Siyan said this, everything that happened in Ata City verified his cruel but far-sighted point of view.

At that time, Gawain was discussing a very "serious" topic (really) with Cabe Amiya in the red tent, and then they heard shouts from inside the city of Ata, like a raging ocean breaking through a dam. All the generals and guards rushed out of the tents and saw that in the castle they had besieged for several times, all the towers were on fire. The remains and heads of the Turkish soldiers who were originally guarding here, as well as the green and black flags, were constantly thrown down. "Look, Gawain, it's a cross symbol." Cabe Amiya pointed to the corner tower in front and reminded.

"It should be the believers in the city who are revolting! Call Bramson, take the Italian veterans with shields and set up ladders." Gawain waved the horse-head scepter and made a prompt decision.

The other pilgrim camps also reacted quickly. Countless soldiers clamored and carried ladders to climb the towers and battlements that had lost their defense functions. Soon, the back of the city gate trembled and heard a huge cracking sound. It was the Orthodox in the city who killed the defenders, rushed to the side, cut the bolts of the city gate with axes, and lowered the drawbridge. Then the pilgrim knights and soldiers shouted and rushed in with swords raised - hundreds of Turkish soldiers were captured.

The Orthodox in the city came out in a mighty force, playing flutes and beating drums, warmly welcoming the pilgrims to "liberate" their city. Many people accused the Turkish defenders of committing atrocities against their homes and wives and daughters.

However, the Frankish knights were obviously not interested in the fate of this group of people. Instead, they called the military priests to fiercely pull the captives down from the top of the city one by one with ropes, kicked and pushed them into the cold Orontes River, and forced them to be baptized.

In the cold river, there were Turkish soldiers floating and sinking everywhere, with wailing and begging sounds. Some people climbed up the shore crying and refused to accept the pagan baptism, but were soon stabbed back by the Franks with spears. The flames on the top of the city were still burning. Gawain and Cabeamia watched the scene in silence: Muzafi Adin beside him also knelt on the ground in pain, but at the same time felt lucky - when the master caught him, he did not force him to convert, but continued to let him have the power of the creed.

On the flat land of the river valley opposite Ata City, the four emirs under Yaji Siyan led tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry, lit torches, and burned the evening twilight clouds, approaching the castle like clouds. Then they were surprised to see that the castle had fallen, and the pilgrim's cross flag was flying on the top of the city, so the most cautious and prudent Rosellen sent a messenger cavalry, "Atta has fallen, we retreat to the river mouth fortress."

On the opposite side, all the cavalry of Baldwin and Gawain circled the back of the castle and formed several battle lines, also holding torches, waiting like stars, so the other three emirs agreed with Rosellen's opinion after watching this battle.

In the scarlet tent, Gawain sat on a high chair, and Cabe Amiya and Melo, as well as two guards Muzafi Adin and Dim, and Goliath stood on his left and right, and then a strong man with black curly hair walked in.

"Did you organize the previous riot in Atta?" Gawain felt that he knew the answer, but he still had to ask because it would give the other party a sense of glory.

"Yes, Your Highness, Grand Duke, my name is Gregor. I was originally a squire of a monk of the Antioch Orthodox Church. Ten years ago, I fought against the rule of the Seljuks in the mountains, but was later betrayed. All my comrades and teammates died. Only I was sold as a slave and survived. I used to work in the stable of a Turkish Ghazi in Ata City. Now I killed him for my faith, and then I encouraged everyone to work and seized the tower and the city gate!" Sure enough, Gregor held the scimitar with indignation and pride. He took it from the dead Ghazi and it was a trophy.

"Who betrayed you?"

Gregor's eyes were filled with resentment and hatred. "It was Reuben and his son from Vanka. I led the Orthodox volunteers and a group of peasants who fought against the heavy taxes of the Seljuks. I went through the mountains and valleys of Amonos and suffered so much to join him, hoping that he could lead everyone in Cilicia to launch a counterattack against Antioch."

"But he only gave you a rope?"

"Yes, he tied us up with ropes and secretly gave them to Yagi Siyan to show his goodwill to that guy. He was so scared of the Seljuks that the Turks buried everyone else alive on the way." Gregor's hand tightly grasped the hilt of the knife and began to cry. "And now we have handed over Ata, but we know that the group of barbarian pilgrims from Gaul have formed an alliance with Reuben and there is no place for us."

Hearing this, Gawain showed an incomprehensible expression, so Cabeamia leaned over and explained in his ear.

A perfect version can be found on the 16-9 book forum!

It turns out that people like Gregor are called "Syrian Greeks". They were originally subjects of the Eastern Roman Empire. However, when Syria fell into the hands of the Crescentists, a considerable number of residents went to Anatolia for refuge and migration. They also formed the backbone of the empire's counterattack. For example, the inventor of Greek fire was an engineer from Syria.

Now that the situation has changed, it is very embarrassing for those who continue to stay in Syria: the empire's power is confined to a corner of Constantinople, Anatolia is full of Seljuk Turks and Armenians, and the large number of pilgrims are all Western barbarians: in short, no one likes these people. Yagi's casual hanging and beating of the Patriarch of Antioch is a typical example. (To be continued ~^~.)