Eagle Byzantium

Half of the small goal was achieved in a short period of time. Gregor was overjoyed. After all, the Orthodox faith was still quite influential throughout Syria and Lebanon, so Gawain asked him to be careful to avoid flags like "Roman Empire". Now Tower After all, in the eyes of the emperor, the Kingdom of Ersus was almost like a traitor.

Gregor couldn't wait for Gawain to send students from St. Paul's College. He immediately asked a group of members of the Brocade Brotherhood who were responsible for logistics, planning and supervision in the brigade to go into action to find out the land and land in Jubail and Beirut. Orchards and aqueducts are listed separately. Fortunately, Raymond, who captured this place before, only focused on burning, killing and looting, and never cared about such things. Then the Brotherhood quickly changed the name on the territorial asset list, distributed the land, and determined the salt tax, commodity surcharge, fishery tax, etc., and stabilized the situation. Then the 7,000 residents were organized according to the "border citizen system" and spread out around several highland outposts according to settlement areas, where they farmed and defended themselves. And using bricks, lime and wood transported by several Venetian ships, they quickly repaired and restored the original city defense. Finally, Gregor took the lead and asked Plagit to lead six detachments of soldiers to board Venice and Wenmoha. The ships went to Jaffa to reinforce the battle in the holy city. He and Parney led the remaining two detachments, each guarding two castles and the seaside plateau, and reached an agreement with all the Orthodox residents who came to seek refuge: all men would farm the fields during peacetime, and after the enemy attacked, , all must defend the castle.

Jubail has always been famous for its grape and grain production, while Beirut has a unique harbor and fishery. Under Gregor's quick and effective operation, three to four thousand Syrians and scattered pilgrims soon arrived. Most of them came from Tartus, because Bohemond sent Normans and cronies. The New Moon believers came to occupy the land and drove away many of the old property owners. They had no choice but to come to Jubail to find shelter.

This core piece of land was temporarily occupied by Gawain.

On the back side of the Argyle Hill Fort, two thousand soldiers of the Waqf Brotherhood carried sharp and slender spears, lined up in a very long queue, and were retreating towards the Tartus area. These people were very well-armed. What’s interesting is that when fighting, they imitate the collective spear charge of the Red Hands, and at the same time they carry quivers and bows like the soldiers of the Futois guild. Once the enemy is far away, they tie the spears with a rope loop. On the arms and shoulders, hold up the bow and arrow to block the shot.

Osdu, now known as "Jiang Mo", hugged his knees and sat sideways on the felt in a weird posture because of the leg. He was in a tent pitched in an open space on the side of the mountain road. His bow and sword lay beside him, and several Saracens stood beside him.

"You should be self-reliant on this land." One of the old men wrapped in a turban said in a low voice, and spoke earnestly, "First leave Aleppo, and then nominally go to Damascus, and take the opportunity to strengthen yourself in Phenicia (ancient Lebanon). Pilgrims of Christ went deep into the Holy City, where the great doctor of Antioch Ximond and Gawain of Tarsus are busy restoring order in their new territories - but you should take your light cavalry and rely on your previous reputation as a mercenary to go to Tire or Acre , we will fully support you in occupying there, as long as the two places are connected together, your power will be extremely powerful."

Osdu pondered, then raised his neck, "Unfortunately, I don't have the power of my own. These Waqfs are all children of Aleppo, and the grassroots flag officers are also students from the Aleppo School of Scripture."

"In this era, you cannot achieve great things by looking forward and backward in everything. When the prophet rebelled, how many people were willing to follow you? Your Excellency, you also have more than 200 Sargitus cavalry directly under you. We think this is enough. What's more, there are still more than two thousand apostate Franks (referring to Raymond's Provence) in the city of Tyre, which are enough to hold on to their own will," several other old men advised.

But in the end Estu refused, "Now Sultan Ridwan is very good to me. He also awarded me the rich Muya Castle, gave my sister a beautiful garden, and entrusted me with the important responsibility of training and commanding troops. I just A mercenary, since my employer gave me If the price is too high, then I can’t be on both sides. Besides, Tire and Acre will definitely be the focus of the pilgrims’ siege and conquest in the future. If I sit in the entire isolated area, I’m afraid I won’t be the opponent of many Christian lords. self-destruction.”

So, the old Saracens sighed and shook their heads and left. A wise man with a gray beard named Velid Abdullah Ghasseri made a last-ditch effort, "This land is already inhabited by a large number of true believers." , as long as you do what both Ridwan and Dukak failed to do, i.e. Hold a sword to protect them from the slaughter of pilgrims, just like the tragedy of Jubail, and your power will grow like an oasis in the desert after the rain. You will even get Damascus and even Egypt, and become Allah's. The sword, the protector of all believers, against the enemies of Christ.”

"I would rather be in the mountains of Azaze, with my bow and horse drawn, hunting animals without any worries." This was Esdu's final reply.

Wei Lide sighed and left the tent. The other old men asked him what the result was.

"I tried hard to train this warrior to be a king, a glorious leader of believers, but he only wanted to chase the fox that had not fallen into the cage. This Turkic warrior is, in the final analysis, just a hypocrite." Wei Li De said nothing. He scolded him mercilessly.

"Then what should we do now?" Several people hurriedly hid under a short tree beside the tent.

"Return to the city of Acre, contact Damascus and Aleppo, and ask the two brothers Tutusi to join forces as much as possible. Now that there is an internal strife among the pilgrims, there is always one of the two brothers who is willing to seize the opportunity to take action." Wei Lid touched the extremely long The beard said, "Seljuk calls himself the 'Protector of the Believers' and cannot stand idly by for a long time. I personally wrote a secret letter asking for reinforcements."

At this moment, in Ramla, which is not far away from the city of Jerusalem, countless pilgrims’ camps and tents are lined up. Godfrey, Baldwin, Robert of Flanders, Tancred and dozens of powerful earls are all gathered here. At the same time, many people were short of breath and restless as if they had a fever.

And Godfrey, who was sitting in the center, was trembling all over, trembling with excitement.

The Holy City, the Holy City that had fallen into the hands of the pagans for so many years, the location of Christ's tomb, was so close to them! It is different from all previous pilgrimages. Behind them are more than 20,000 soldiers who have traveled all the way to fight bloody battles, and 100,000 fanatical armed believers - they want to truly transform this great city from paganism. And rescued from the oppression of the whip!

"We can leave part of the army in Ramla, shift the main force to attack Damascus, and then recover the Holy City. In this way, the flanks will be securely protected during the siege." Earl Robert suggested tremblingly, and many lords actually agreed, because many people were fighting with him. When the Lord's tomb was so close, a strange and weird "holy fear" mentality arose. (To be continued ~^~)