Eagle Byzantium

"Humph, what am I afraid of? That is, worrying about Christ's soldiers and killing Christ's businessmen, it's not always good."

"There are only thirty merchants from this city led by the Consul of Pisa." Gawain put down his hand and stood at the edge of the Bible reading platform, making a calculating gesture, "Moniconi's mercenaries, I have sent spies to tell you the details Detected, about a hundred people, from various In the area, the rest are the local Saracens and Turks he hired, all rabble. At that time, we can use the swords of Christian soldiers to kill non-Christians in Pisa; we can also use non-Christians. Spear, to kill the Christians inside."

This plan was really bold but impeccable. Gawain then put his hand on the reading table with a righteous expression, "You are all people who have signed the affidavit. Everyone understands this kind of thing. We are not unjust." , but rather than The Sa people are too greedy, and if anything goes wrong, we will be punished by the Lord's will." He then looked around and saw that Raymond and Robert were still hesitant. posture, he asked loudly, "If the Pisa people Hoarding is to ignore the previous decision of the Cardinal Council, and it is also harmful to the cause of believers. If the Holy See and His Excellency Ademar are unable to punish it, we, as the sword-bearing class, will deal with it on our own. Isn't this a form of martial arts that honors our Lord? one Moniconi actually dared to threaten me and His Excellency the Archdeacon earlier, saying that if we used force, we would burn the food. He was so crazy and there was no need to show mercy. On behalf of the Lord, we do not forgive him and the city of Pisa. sin!”

"No, no forgiveness!" Raymond was also furious. He slammed his fist on the reading table and said, "As for the assistance, I will try my best to negotiate with the Rela Duck Man. You, you and the Venetian , negotiate.”

"I will cooperate with Sir Raymond, but I have to let those mercenary Beelzebub taste the taste of fire." Godfrey also agreed readily.

Seeing that everyone was emboldened, Bohemond also shook his fist to express his agreement, and laughed without restraint, "We will exchange gold and silver for food first. When the exchange is exhausted, I would like to see that Consul Moniqueni." , Why did he ask his Moorish slaves to burn the gold and silver? When the time comes, there will be no need to use rat weapons anymore!"

After discussing these follow-up matters, everyone began to worry about the current war situation. After all, everything was based on the defeat of Kobuha's powerful army.

"Build the city, guard it, then cut off the enemy's food routes, and defeat it in one go." Gawain also directly expressed his thoughts and strategies. He gestured with his fingers on the reading table, "Kobha is trying to surround us and cut off our internal and external connections. There are no traffic routes, but we don’t have to sit in the empty city like that stupid Yaji. The front lines facing us in Kobuha are nothing more than three-the West Fort is one, which is facing the original pilgrims’ gate during the siege. Camp, there is still a way The road leads to Port Saint-Simon; the Gate of St. Paul leads to the Iron Bridge Fortress, which is divided into two parts. It guards the waterway traffic of the Orontes and Falfa rivers. It is the old camp defense of myself, Titicius and Lord Apulia. The rock is beyond; the Holy Spring Stone Castle is as far as The newly acquired Acropolis, this one is the third one, and it happens to be facing the 'Iron Gate' just occupied by Kobuha across the broken valley. Once the enemy breaks through here, they can directly ride their horses and hold bows and rush to the streets of the city. Kill us."

Then Gawain placed the three enamel jars, which were like the three "fulcrums" he said, in front of the noble lords. "So now, the way to win is to renovate the old campsite among the three roads, fortify them and make them into fortresses and supports for our small army Then create a large number of technical equipment and deploy them to continuously repel the enemy's attacks and consume Kobuha's energy. I need three highly respected commanders to volunteer to sit at the three fulcrums to resist the enemy's onslaught. Sit in the old camp and support the Iron Bridge Fortress."

"Then, then I will fight alongside you." Raymond volunteered.

Godfrey nodded, "I'm in charge of West Fort."

"Tancred and I were stationed from the Holy Fountain Castle to the Acropolis, and we tried our best to block Kobuha's frontal attack." Bohemond said later.

"Very well, Sir Robert. You, the hermit Peter, the clergyman Ademar, the Earl of Adana, Baldwin, the king's brother Hugh and other lords are all gathered in the city to act as preparations to support all parties and hold on to the city wall. Team." Gawain's eyes were fixed on Robert, and the other party nodded firmly, and then Gawain explained, "Due to limited food, we cannot have too many front-line troops in each fulcrum. The limit is 3,000 people, equipped with 300 horses; all other reserve soldiers are stationed in the city, with a total of 500 horses." , after receiving the real emergency beacon fire alarm, we will come to the rescue.”

Godfrey calculated, "That's a total of 1,400 horses. There should be a lot more."

"That's right, my cavalry company now has no less than a thousand horses. I don't plan to keep them privately. Let's raise funds to collect war horses from the residents of Antioch. Even pack horses are fine, as long as the soldiers can rush to the battlefield quickly. Okay. In this way, we are equipped with what I said earlier. After the horses, there are still about 1,500 horses left. This is the most elite mobile army we fight. I will leave it to the most brave and daring men to command. The duty of his troops is to continue Attack on all fronts to disrupt the Turks' food routes."

After everyone heard this suggestion, they were all happy, yes:

We pilgrims need food, and so do the soldiers of Cobha. We will collapse if we fast for three days. The same is true for the Turks. The towns around Antioch have been almost wiped out in the previous war. The people either fled to Aleppo and Cilicia or fled to the mountains. Therefore, Cobha's food must be sent all the way from Mosul across the Euphrates River, which is very costly and stressful.

We think Gawain's plan is feasible.

"Using them together is not conducive to seizing opportunities; so, divide them into three teams, led by Werner, Hartmann and Burke. I am not bragging about my troops. These three are masters who are good at commanding cavalry." Godfrey recommended his team slowly, but in fact, he was also thinking about Gawain in his heart - if the war horses were provided, Gawain would definitely pay the most. If the Normans were allowed to be cavalry generals, given the bad nature of this group of people, if they were not returned after using them, Gawain would suffer a great loss.

After all these strategies were agreed upon, Bohemond raised the final question, "Areas like Westburg are originally wastelands. There are stones and wood to build barriers, but where is the manpower?"

"Mobilize all pilgrims, including the surviving residents in the city, to serve in the military and labor of building the city. There is no remuneration, but if you don't participate in the labor, there will be no food rations." Gawain said the solution without hesitation. (To be continued ~^~)