Eagle Byzantium

Ruben has a dream, which is to either be crowned in the city of Tarsus or do it in a big city in the east, become the king of all Armenians, and revive the ancient dynasty. Now that Tarsus is temporarily It's hard to get, so if you settle for the next best thing, Edessa might be a pretty good choice.

So although his previous Lion Crown and Crown of the Seven Ridges had been robbed by Baldwin and Gawain's captives, Reuben was not discouraged: he would just ask the goldsmith to make another one.

As long as you have a dream, nothing is impossible!

This is Reuben's motto.

The leading cavalry of the Little Armenians was responsible for opening the road fifteen kilometers in front of the camp. "The front will soon reach the city of Tubasena." This is the military intelligence report Saliki sent back to the camp, " Once we arrive at the city of Tubersena, we don’t need to continue moving forward. We can occupy this strong fortress, send out the uprising letter, and wait for a large number of military commanders in the Edessa and Maras areas." Prince Reuben smiled. A message to all of you.

What he didn't know was that two nights ago, Tubosaina Castle had been easily captured by the surprise attack force of Pak'ad and his son. Before that, Pak'ad set out from Samosata City and came here all the way, pretending to be a soldier. He was a mercenary of Commander Fehr. He took out a stamped document and said that he was here to meet Prince Reuben. He entered the city gate without any difficulty, and then occupied the fortress.

Later, Paquead ambushed elite soldiers in the valley outside the fortress and captured "True Fell": the opponent was lucky enough to survive the fall of Edessa, and was preparing to return to Tubosaina all the way. After being captured, he discovered that his castle had already changed hands.

After being brought to Pacoad and his son, Fell sometimes begged and sometimes generous, saying that the Norman gangsters obviously wanted to occupy the magpie's nest and completely destroy the Armenian territory. "And Pacoad, you also have the blood of the royal family flowing in your body. How can you be so willing to bow down to others?"

"I am not willing to be subordinate to others. I worked as a mercenary for the Sultan of Konya, and later became loyal to the Normans. I always wanted to revive the Great Armenian Empire, but this idiot Reuben couldn't succeed at all. That's why I There is no need to bury him. If nothing else happens, Ma will die. Bohemond, Gawain and Baldwin will launch a siege offensive, and the final outcome is clear - either Reuben dies or he loses his strength and retreats to Greater Armenia. I am not willing to follow him to herd sheep there. "It seems. The Packards looked down upon His Highness the Prince at all.

So Fell said that he was willing to accept the father and son, and they occupied Tubosaina, resisting the Normans in the east and rebelling against Ruben in the west, and established themselves as kings.

"This castle belongs to me now, so that's fine - I let you live out of mercy, but the castle belongs to me. But I advise you not to go to Ruben's camp, since Cusus is dead anyway. You go and take over his castle, La Vodela, and we will work together to help each other." After saying that, Pacoad asked his soldiers to return all the valuable armor, cloaks and horses of Lord Commander Fell to him, and treat him well. .

After Fer left in panic, his son Hercules asked his father, "Will this commander go to La Vodra?"

"Where else can he go if he doesn't go there?" Pak'ad sneered, "If he goes to Ruben's military camp, he will lose everything and will not be able to end well. If he goes to occupy Lavodra, he still has hope and room for recovery."

"Then let's..."

"What you said before is right, son. We don't want to go to the Syrian Gate. As long as we get there, no matter whether we are subordinate to Gawain or Bohemond, we will definitely become puppets in their hands and do nothing at all. So we will take advantage of it right away. The war between Reuben and the Pilgrim group strengthened themselves and occupied this place to act accordingly.”

"Then father, based on your judgment, how long will this war last?"

Facing his son's question, Paquead scratched his bald head, winked again, and thought for a while with his chin in his hand, "Although the Pilgrims' army is very strong, the Ruben Kingdom's military strength is not weak. If the two sides fight, If so, and with the intervention of Constantinople and other forces, it is estimated that it will not end within a few years or even more than ten years.”

Hercules also admired his father's insights.

So the father and son agreed to stick to the castle and temporarily prevent the Normans from coming in, but they also resisted Prince Reuben.

On the other side, Feir, who was "gifted" out of Tubersena, took some loyal followers with him and galloped wildly. As expected by Pacoad, he arrived at Lavodela in the middle of the night.

The guards on the castle tower held torches and asked to verify his identity. Fell shouted miserably, "Your city lord and commander was executed by the Normans because he was suspected of treason - now they Many troops and horses are about to arrive here. I have a plan to save this castle. Please let me in and swear in the name of the Armenian ancestors and the Lord!”

After being let in, Feier ran as fast as he could and rushed to the acropolis, the core of the fortress. At the entrance of the palace, he saw the flustered widow of Kusus who had just put on her clothes. Then he knelt down and held her hand. Crying, he said, "My dear lady, you have become a widow, and your territory is about to be destroyed."

The widow of Cusus burst into mourning and asked the other party, "You were my husband's best friend during your lifetime, and we were almost as close as brothers. Please fulfill your promise before entering the city and teach me, a woman without wisdom, to save this place." Is there a way?"

Soon Fair gave the widow a "rescue method": he pulled the widow into the palace, kissed her, had sex with her semi-forcedly, and coaxed her, "Now I will become one with this castle, yours." Safety is mine." By dawn, the sound of horse hooves and trumpets from the army outside La Vodela shook the earth: the Norman vanguard, led by Count Richard, had quickly advanced here.

Fehr's method regained its power. He had the Armenian flag removed from the tower and replaced it with the St. George flag. He sent people out of the city, gave Richard's team a lot of food and supplies, and expressed his willingness to surrender to the Normans. people. Richard was very happy and ordered the entire army to be stationed in the wilderness outside the city for a temporary rest, preparing to join Park Ad's team to attack Prince Reuben's men.

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But at this moment, a small group of Armenian scouts had already arrived at the gate of Tubasena City on horseback. The defenders on top of the city could not hold back and shot arrows and stones at them. This group of scouts were frightened and ran back in a hurry. Saliki, the commander of the cavalry, reported the terrible news, "There are already a large number of Norman troops in the Maras mountains ahead."

"Damn it, the plan must have been leaked." Saliki hurriedly reported the general's love to His Highness the Prince who was fifteen miles away.

Prince Reuben was so frightened that he stood up from his chair. His hands were shaking, and the golden crown on his head was about to fall off. The nobles around him asked him what he should do. While Ruben was still trembling, scouts from another area also came over, "In the southeast and southwest of Kastabala City, a large number of troops with red-handed battle flags suddenly appeared, approaching quickly!" (To be continued~^~)