Eagle Byzantium

"Father, now is definitely not the time to give up." Seeing this, John hurriedly encouraged him, "Waterwheels can be rebuilt, especially tanker trucks, which are easy to make."

"Your Majesty, our manpower and military resources have not suffered any serious losses. Please stick to it." Many staff also agreed.

Seeing that Alexios was still frowning, John stepped forward and said, "If Alamein Castle is really abandoned, the hearts of the entire empire in the east will be shaken." The rest of the staff also began to echo the prince's words, but this time Son, between his fingers and brows, Alexios turned his gaze to Titicius, "Tell me, what do you think?"

Then everyone turned their attention to the kneeling Titicius, and the nose-nosed general lowered his body nervously, "In my humble opinion, the emperor can temporarily conclude a peace treaty with Gawain and ask for The other party continues to treat Alamein as a middle ground, temporarily shelving Xio's murder case, and then retreats to the imperial capital."

Then, in the entire royal camp, all the blame and criticism came to Tatisius's face, but this man just continued to lie on the carpet, with his hands stretched out, facing the direction of the emperor's throne. "My most loyal servant, what you said embarrasses me. Why don't you tell me what I should do in the future if I reconcile with Gawain?" The emperor nodded his chin gently, whistling with the riding crop in his hand. Sound.

"I, the humble me just now, have already said that Alamein Castle will be used as the middle ground." Titicius raised his ugly eyes slightly and looked at the emperor.

"What is the middle ground? As long as we retreat, Gawain will immediately seize it and completely slaughter and destroy this fortress. The loyal and brave Jinats inside who are willing to fight for their father and the empire will be sacrificed and abandoned. Gawain will continue to block it. No bones will be spit out from the bloody mouth." Prince John pointed in the direction outside the tent curtain and angrily scolded Taticius who was lying on the ground.

"That has nothing to do with us or the empire." Titicius turned to the side and looked at the prince who was no longer calm, "Because in the peace treaty signed between us and Gawain, both parties agreed to Alamein is regarded as a middle ground, that's fine... As for what will happen after the emperor leaves, it is also caused by Gawain's betrayal and deception of His Majesty, and it will not damage the prestige of the Empire and His Majesty. "

"What nonsense are you talking about? What about Seleucia?" John held his head, simply unable to adapt to all these virtual and real things.

"The real threat now is Giliki Arslan. Intelligence said that he has reoccupied Konya City and other fortresses, and gathered Turkic tribesmen loyal to him, and began to follow the Oles Canyon towards Doli. Mchensa is approaching." Tatisius seemed to have no patience to continue talking to the prince.

Hearing this, the emperor frowned and stood up, "Tatisius is right, the attack on Seleucia is too late now. Even if Gawain is allowed to take Alamein Castle, we will be in the military zone We can make up for it by building a fort on the seaside road to prevent him from going deeper, but I must not lose Doli Laem. Go, because once this place falls, Brusa, Nicaea and the imperial capital on the other side of the strait will be under the threat of Giliki again, and my Bithynia and Lydia will also be cut off. To use an analogy, Aleman Castle is at most equivalent to one of my fingers, but Doli Laem is my throat.”

"But this is exactly what I tried to dissuade my father from before. Why didn't my father listen to my suggestion at that time and burn and throw away all the Konya and Miliocephalon that he had already obtained!?" John almost collapsed.

"That's because my troops are really limited. There are enemies on all sides of the empire. I just reached a peace agreement with Danishmund, but I'm going to war with bastards like Giliki and Gawain. I can't bring down 20,000 people. The soldiers have been languishing here for a long time, allowing Giliki to take advantage of it." Alexios took two steps forward, and then he adjusted his deployment with a difficult tone, "Teticius, you will stay here with five thousand soldiers and horses to encourage the morale of the defenders in the fortress across the swamp. , if they can hold on a little longer, maybe things will turn out miraculously The turning point... John, you and everyone else are packed and ready to go to Doli Laem City with me at any time. It's so good that Giliki came here, so that I don't have to hunt him again. Kill him in one fell swoop outside the city of Doli Laem, and now that group of pilgrims. After I defeated Kobuha, the Turks in the Anatolian Plateau and the Syrian Desert will not unite for the time being. This just gave me the opportunity to use diplomacy to defeat them one by one. I decided to defeat Giliki first, and after stabilizing the situation, Then deal with Danishmund and Seleucia one by one."

Next, the emperor turned his back and waved his hands twice to everyone, indicating that the matter did not need to be discussed further, and that was the end of it. "Tomorrow, send a small boat and entrust Sir Maupulos as the envoy to the camp opposite. No matter what, I have done my best for the Kallegos family."

John was so scared that he walked out of the curtain. As a result, he saw Leo Calegos and Tiga Calegos who were anxiously waiting for the results of the meeting at the stable in front of the tent. They were wearing armor and carrying bows and arrows. Although they were not qualified to participate in the secret meeting of the emperor, they were more concerned about what the emperor said than anyone else. "Your Highness, I have a good plan, which is to make a tank wheel vehicle for drainage, and then follow the valley and the land bridge over there, separate the two ends, and drain the water diagonally. In this way, the angle of Gawain's stone-shooting machine can be limited, and the earth embankment can be built like the claws of a sea crab. After closing, let the soldiers fill the swamp inside in one go..."

"Sorry, the work of filling the swamp has stopped." John replied to the two Calegos with a flashing look.

The two looked stunned, unable to believe their ears. Then the prince turned his head away and didn't look at them, adding, "The barrier in front of Nicaea, Dolilaem, is threatened by the Giliki Turkic dogs. Father will return to the north soon and lead the army to destroy Giliki, and then turn back to rescue Fort Alaman. Father has issued an order, and you two must go with the army."

"It's too late, Your Highness! In other words, His Majesty wants to abandon our family." Leo shouted angrily.

"Don't worry, we will also use diplomacy to contain Gawain. He promised to use Fort Alaman as a middle ground. Tomorrow, Lord Maupoulos will go to negotiate with Gawain." Facing the accusation, John's tone became more and more guilty and weak.

"Asshole, shame on you!" The two Calegos brothers' faces flushed and they spoke without thinking. They were so angry that they trembled all over, spat, took two steps back, and then looked at John who was still preparing to continue to defend himself, with fierce eyes, and put his hand on the handle of the knife on his belt, "Your Highness, please forgive our rudeness..." (To be continued ~^~)