Eagle Byzantium

Anna stopped discussing the affairs of the Eustace family and turned over and yawned. "I heard that the Danishmond Turks occupied the water source and highlands at the junction of Cappadocia and Paphlagonia and established a Diwangash."

The so-called "Diwangash" is the Saracen word in the Crescent Church. Now it is borrowed by the Turks. It originally refers to the military office established by the Crescent Church regime and allocated land to cavalry. Later, it became the name of the Turkish fortress. Danishmond established a "Diwangash" and sent military colonies to allocate land to lower-level soldiers and immigrants to support elite cavalry who can fight. This is essentially no different from the Seleucid military government.

But since Danishmond wants to set up fortresses and military settlements in the north of Cappadocia, then the intention of targeting Gawain's march to the plateau is obvious.

The little sunfish turned over, stretched out his hands and calculated, "You really have enemies on all sides, Princess. In the north, there is Danishmond and the ambiguous Giliki, and in the south, there is the equally suspicious Cyprus. In the west, when His Majesty the Emperor learns of your capture of Tarsus and Kalon, there is a 70% chance that he will punish us militarily or even conquer us, and in the Marash Mountains in the northeast, there is also Reuben of Armenia who is eyeing us and harassing us at any time. It's true that there are terrible enemies on all sides."

"Divide and disintegrate, and defeat them one by one." Anna used her fingers to cut the black hair on her forehead, and she didn't seem to be worried. "The most urgent task is to quickly recover the port of Saint Simon and send sufficient food and fodder to the pilgrims, and the situation will open up."

It seems that Anna's attention to the Anatolian plateau is not as much as that of the Levant, which surprised the little sunfish. You know, Anna has always been a very standard Roum (the name for the Byzantines in Saracen, which has both Greek and Roman aspects).

The next day, in the Bay of Issus, the fleets of Venice, Amalfi, and Gerais, which had regrouped, proudly hoisted the flags of their respective states, and supplemented a large number of fresh sailors in Cyprus, Seleucia, and Cilicia (these Greek sailors were cheap and effective in these areas), formed several powerful columns, and sailed to the port of San Simon again.

In the cape and mountains next to the port, there were still more than a thousand Mosul soldiers who had no way in and out. The funny thing was, where did they get the ships to fight against these Italians? There were only a few small barges that could sail in the inland river, which were soon captured or sunk by the Amalfi people. The Mosul soldiers had to defend the sentry fort on the cliff of the cape and sacrifice themselves for Allah.

Then, about 3,000 Gimges soldiers carrying dry food, cooperated with the two infantry regiments of Duke Godfrey, and besieged the sentry fort on the cliff.

In the afternoon, all the Mosul soldiers came down to surrender.

This means that the entire territory on the west side of Antioch, from the Syrian Gate to the city of Ata, has been successfully recovered.

Countless soldiers, military servants and ordinary Syrians cheered and jumped for joy, took off their armor, ran to the beach of the port, and warmly embraced the Italian sailors who disembarked. Even the Greek girls stationed with the Gimges Brigade threw away their Orthodox shyness and rushed over to kiss the sailors, boatmen and even the coolies who transported food.

The entire Port of Saint Simon was boiling, and boxes and baskets of food were sent up. Most of them came from Seleucia and Adana, and some came from the Frankish land. Gawain and Godfrey, standing on the cliff of the cape, saw several soldiers carrying baskets in front of them, which were full of wheat bread and even vegetables from Cilicia.

Gawain took a long breath, then took out the bread, sandwiched the green vegetables, and chewed them in big mouthfuls, (￣～￣) chew!

Godfrey sat directly on the rock, welcoming the sea breeze and feasting, "Antioch..."

"We should ask all the lords to come to our tent and wait for the result of our resolution, instead of going to the church in the city." Gawain flicked a leaf with his fingers and said hesitantly.

"At this moment, it is necessary to maintain rationality and humility, Grand Duke of Romania." Godfrey said earnestly.

Gawain smiled, shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he could accept it, then walked down the slope of the cliff and said to Melo beside him, "Supervise the camp and the army for me for two to three days..."

In St. Peter's Church, under the bright and colorful murals, all the lords, monks and consuls gathered together, constantly cheering and cheering, congratulating the great victory in the Orontes River.

Gawain, Godfrey, Robert, Bohemond, and Raymond, the five core lords, all stood in the center of the crowd with swords, standing under Jesus on the mural, as if they were already representatives of God's choice. It was true that they were undoubtedly the biggest contributors in the previous battle, especially Bohemond and Raymond, who were even more arrogant with their chins raised high.

And Adhmar completely became a kind of foil, standing beside these five people, offering congratulations and praises.

"The next step is to transport food to the city. After everyone has a full meal, go out and completely defeat the main force of Cobha." Baldwin shouted in the crowd, proposing, and immediately attracted a heartfelt agreement.

After hearing this, the other four turned their eyes to Gawain at the same time, and then Gawain walked out, "Everyone, please be patient. Although the food of the Italian fleet has arrived at the port, the total amount is still very insignificant."

This time, many other lords were not happy. They were hungry until now. After receiving the news of the recovery of St. Simon Port, everyone was very excited. They just wanted to fill their stomachs and then go to the battlefield to win back the honor they had lost before. But Gawain actually said so!

"Damn it, do you think you can defeat Cobha with just five of you?" Many lords shouted angrily, extremely dissatisfied, and the main hall of the church was noisy again.

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"It was the five of us who recaptured the port of Saint Simon the Hermit and the city of Ata. Who thinks we can't defeat Cobha? Stand up!" Bohemond gritted his teeth, very scary, and waved his fists vigorously. "According to any law or precept in the world, you are not worthy of Saint Simon's food ration. It's all for the five of us."

"Shameful secret room agreement, dirty man transaction!" The atmosphere in the main hall became more surging and angry, and the accusations and scoldings soared into the sky. Even Godfrey's brother Baldwin was torn and pushed by many people. He was so angry that he repeatedly asked to send guards to maintain order.

In the current situation, everyone broke the "glass" on the window: it was obvious that other pilgrim lords wanted a share, but the five people who participated in the secret room meeting not only wanted the right to ration food, but also would not let anyone else get involved in Antioch's "soup". (To be continued ~^~)