Eagle Byzantium

"Father's army and horses have advanced to the vicinity of Lamplon Castle." Anna walked down and placed the letter on the small table in the hall. "And Gawain also sent a message at the Syria Gate, which corresponds to the distance of his team. Even if all the cavalry is used and the infantry brigade is left behind, it will still take about a day to reach the distance between the Adana River and the Sidnus River. "

"Do you want to adopt a military confrontation strategy, Anna? If so, we will first send fast horses to the city of Tarsus to let Brother Oden organize the defense, and then ask Baldwin to return to the army with his brother to assist Gawain."

"No, Sister Gottschild, the Barbarian came back this time not to rebel against the empire, but to reinforce and protect the pilgrims from Denmark." Anna was very calm, and she took another item from Gao in her hand. Wenjun's horse-riding letter estimated the situation, "Now the gains and losses of Tarsus are related to the entire Anatolia. Even the pattern of the Eastern and Western worlds - if we are not willing to hand over Tarsus, my father will definitely attack Seleucia and Cilicia." Then she gave Gothschild a meaningful look. "The 10,000 elite troops that Tatisius showed up in the underworld were just an advance army. My father's follow-up troops will surely follow behind."

Everyone in the hall was breathing heavily. The streets outside were bustling with people, but inside there was a gloomy and depressing atmosphere.

"First stabilize the three brothers Orson and Kallegos." Anna then breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the desk, and began to quickly draft a letter.

The Lamplon Fortress stands majestically between the Sidnus River and the Taurus Mountains. The river plain below it is full of camps for Titicius's army, and above it is the soldiers and horses of the Orson family. Both sides wind through the mountain roads. Antler camps were set up on the cliffs, and they were monitoring each other carefully. The air solidified, and the war was almost about to break out. This castle guarded the weak point leading to and from the Cilicia plain. On one side it was an insurmountable bend for the Roman Empire, and at the same time it belonged to Orson.

But the emperor's emissary arrived in time and brought good news to Orson Hertomis in the fortress. The emperor's usual trick was, "As long as your Excellency is willing to let him go, Gawain's title of Grand Duke will be yours in the future."

"There is only one official title of Grand Duke in the empire. If Gawain dies and I replace him, who will replace me in the future?" Orson, who was sitting in the hall of the castle, mockingly answered the emissary that he had sent his daughter and youngest son away. Went to Barbaron.

"When Gawain becomes stronger in the future, he will still annex you. It is better to take refuge with His Majesty in time before this happens. In the future, the Hertomis family will definitely be listed on the genealogy of the glorious family of the empire, with official titles such as Grand Duke and Caesar. There is not just one." The emissary seemed to have been warned by the emperor in advance, and continued to persuade him with great cunning.

These words made Orson ponder, and the emissary struck while the iron was hot, "Can't you see General Theodoro? Your Majesty has released his children and made a promise before God to protect his Trabizon region. power. From now on, the entire empire will be a palace full of glory, and no one will need it anymore. They plan to kill each other." Then, the emissary stepped forward, "Now, Anatolia, Cilicia and Armenia are full of Turkic and Armenian principalities. Your Majesty wants to use troops against them one by one in the future. Your Excellency. Your castle and army are at the throat of the front line, so what if your majesty might destroy the barrier?"

Orson stood up, paced back and forth, and then replied with difficulty, "Let me think about it, after all, Gawain's army will return to defend at any time, and the Duke of Lower Lorraine is in Issus. "

"Don't forget, Your Majesty, Your Majesty also has a hundred thousand troops, who are gathering towards Konya and can break into Cilicia at any time." The emissary's tone became threatening, and then he handed over the nameplate and letter in his hand. "Your Majesty promises that in the future half of the taxes of the military towns in West Cilicia will be yours, and that the masters of Lamplon and Barbaron will not change."

After the emissary left, Orson received the promise, or ultimatum, of "three days to think about it." He held the emperor's letter, climbed to the battlements, and looked at the cold gray clouds in the mountains. Lan surged, and the emperor's soldiers and horses densely arrayed below Lamplun frowned and sighed - I wonder if there is really a hundred thousand troops of Komnenos behind the mountains? But no matter what, the Hertomis family was unknown before, just a border warrior family in Georgia. From now on, whether to sink completely into the ashes of history, or to rise as vigorously as the Komnenos family, we really have to make a choice. time.

At the same time, another emissary of the emperor rode a horse, crossed the mountain road that Orson had tacitly allowed, and ran towards the Sith city of the three Kallegos brothers. "What, the emperor's soldiers and horses are coming!" The boss, Savin Ka, said Legos shouted, "What should we do?"

As the saying goes, the boss is stupid, the second is treacherous, and the third is bad. Ace Kallegos, who was receiving the emissary in the hall, said, "As long as the emperor can promise the interests of our family, we can switch to the emperor's camp."

"What about the troops and horses we sent to Gawain?" Severn shouted.

"If Gawain is sent back, we will lead this group of soldiers to resist him; if he is retained, we will bribe these people to serve as internal agents during the battle; if we massacre this group of people, we will take the opportunity to incite hatred among everyone, or resist. Gawain." The third brother, Taylor, was indeed a bad-natured character. He immediately suggested with a sinister smile, and said, "Without further delay, we will immediately send troops to attack the city of Mamistra to serve the emperor first."

These three brothers had received secret orders from the previous emperor to kill and dismember the last descendants of the Armenian dynasty. They were naturally familiar with such unethical activities. Moreover, they were originally in Cilicia, sandwiched between the forces of Philaredos, Reuben, and Roma. No one liked them. Now that Emperor Komnenos had arrived, they would not take this opportunity to devote themselves to the service!

The secret envoy was overjoyed and retreated after making a series of promises. The three brothers immediately counted five or six hundred elite infantry and cavalry, assembled in front of the gate of Sis City, and prepared to march towards Mamistra City at night - when the emperor's army arrived in the future, it would be inconvenient to expand their power privately, so they took advantage of the opportunity to seize Baldwin City first.

Emperor Komnenos certainly would not have only these two moves: his court official secret envoy soon appeared in the Mut River Valley area, of course, with the purpose of bribing Calegos and his son in Seleucia.

Leo and Tiga, who were exempted from the autumn military service (including taxes), were living in the fortress and received the secret envoy. "Of course, once the emperor's troops enter the valley, we are willing to be the vanguard." Leo patted his chest and promised.

"Brother, you should first ask the father's opinion in the Alaman Castle." Tiga reminded after the secret envoy left. (To be continued ~^~.)