Eagle Byzantium

After saying that, before anyone could reply, Qiao Celan pulled out his brother Garilan, pointed at his chest and introduced, "I almost forgot to say, if I want my plan to succeed, I must let me As the commander of the siege tower, my brother must also join Leland serves as the commander-in-chief of the crossbowmen. He is a master of archery. In addition, I am not interested in your holy city. I only need Duke Godfrey in front of me to agree to one condition, which is to grant me a castle. , this condition shouldn’t be too much for you, right?”

Before Baldwin and others could react, Godfrey on the seat immediately raised his hand, "This is not too much for my relatives. As long as your strategy succeeds, I will give you the richest city on the seaside. Let's put it this way, Once the Holy City falls, you can walk up to me and guide you to any city. Then, even if the other lords or even my brother don't want to, I will personally take my own bodyguard to help you capture it and hand it over to you. in the hand.”

Joceland laughed heartily, then bowed respectfully to Godfrey, and then calmly told his plan.

After listening to this, Godfrey frowned but finally made up his mind, "My relative, your suggestion is indeed a ghost, but we need a longer time to plan this matter. Once completed, I will keep my promise. Let you and Garilan be the commander-in-chief of the siege. You brothers will definitely shine the brightest in the honor of recovering the Holy City."

Next, the Duke asked the camp to send out the fastest horses, carrying the most astute messengers. He divided the request for help into four parts and carried them to the port of Jaffa. Three parts were handed over to the fleet anchored there, respectively. Ask Gawain, Guillaume and Conrad for help, and also send Bohemond to the city of Antioch.

After the meeting, a depressed and angry Baldwin paced back and forth in his tent, feeling very anxious.

The hermits Peter and Gregor sat nearby, silent, waiting for the young Lord of Adana to vent, knowing that he was in a bad mood.

"My brother has completely forgotten who is his brother and who is his enemy. That Sam Bell is obviously a cowardly and morally corrupt guy, sitting in the city of Sidon and watching our bloody battle; and that Joe Seran not only coveted the fiefdom of Bouillon before, he was also wandering happily in Italy. When we defeated Nigeria in a bloody battle, After Western Asia, Cilicia and Antioch, he came here in a boat in an attempt to share the credit." In the end, Baldwin became more and more angry and couldn't help complaining about Gawain, "It's true, Jocelan's letter of recommendation is unexpected. It was written by Gawain, doesn’t he understand what this bastard is like? He also said that he would recommend Jocelan to be my brother’s military commander.”

Hearing this, Monk Peter spoke up, "After all, everyone has to work together before conquering the Holy City, not to mention your Eustace family-Josselan is..."

"He is Burke's cousin." Baldwin reported the other party's identity disdainfully, but the strange thing is that Baldwin has always been very close and trusting to Burke.

Peter nodded, and then said consolingly, "Your Majesty, your territory is in Adana, and it is the same as Gawain. The past two years have been very peaceful and the weather has been smooth, which has made your army well-fed and gradually stronger. So, Your Majesty, this is Where is your strength, please believe me, you Your brother loves you, but now he has to rely on Jocelan's strategies and abilities. As long as you have Adana's territory, Gawain's alliance, and your brother's love, even if there are enemies who try to kill you in the future, You will also draw your sword and smite them one by one."

In this way, Baldwin's mood gradually calmed down...

When the letter of the order was delivered to the palace of Antioch, Bohemond finished reading it and smiled proudly, stroking his red beard, "It seems that Joceland's progress has been very smooth recently." Then he also walked to Mercury. Next to the map of the sand table made of sand, on top is The vast ocean and land models are completely the terrain of Maras, Edessa and the Levant. Bohemond, who has always been hiding in the city of Antioch and only sent his nephew as his agent, has actually secretly followed the previous and Gawain's secret pact:

I remained in Antioch, digesting the Syrian Gate, Tartus, Latakia, and other new lands;

Tancred went to the Holy City to participate in the war, and after he succeeded, he asked Godfrey to reward him with a territory. He also took the opportunity to remove this brave but stubborn and dangerous young man;

Of course, Lord Bohemond's ambition and vision would not be so short-sighted. When the Joceland brothers first entered Port Saint Simon, he keenly realized that this man was a good peg to break into Godfrey's influence, so he secretly He tried his best to please Josselan and bribed him to be his "eyesitter" and "secret agent". If Godfrey became powerful in the future, he could instigate and use Josselan to disrupt the situation at any time;

In addition, Bohemond has planned a more ambitious plan: he now owns Antioch, Latakia, Tartus, Samosata and Edessa, and his territory and military strength are not the same as Gawain's. On the contrary, when the time comes in the future, he will prepare to conquer and destroy Marash, and will After the rebellious Armenian thief kingdom is eliminated, he will naturally turn around and annex the wealthy Aleppo, taking half of the Levant's trade routes into his pocket. By then, he will be able to completely control the situation in the holy city, and then lead the army southward to become the An emperor-level figure.

At that time, if Gawain dared to stop him, he was instantly destroyed;

When the Greek emperor dared to disobey him, he burned down Constantinople and demoted Alexios to the rank of Thracian chief;

You can also form a huge and invincible fleet and attack Sicily and Calabria to take back the territory that originally belonged to me from my Uncle Roger!

The more Bohemond thought about it, the more he felt relieved and relieved. He couldn't help but laugh.

The wind blew along the palace terrace, blowing the precious silk curtains and blowing to the mercury plate map table. Bohemond was tired of laughing, and then he leaned on the edge of the table. He was the only one left in the empty hall. He suddenly felt a little lonely, probably because no one was with him to point out the world.

Almost at the same time, Conrad and Guillaume, who were stationed on the banks of the Halys River, received an urgent letter from the Holy City, summoned the Archbishop of Milan to discuss, and then came to the Anglas Castle to bid farewell to the camp of Taitius.

General Taitius, who led the army, was very polite and asked if they needed to send troops to escort them.

Conrad and Guillaume tried their best to refuse, saying that we can take the remaining 25,000 people to the city of Iconium. We have communicated with Gawain and the other party will take care of them.

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When the pilgrims left the camp in a mighty manner, the guard standing by the wooden fence asked, "Why did they change their route? They didn't want to go to the Sivas Plateau anymore."

"Because Merrick's courage was broken, and so were theirs. Without our cooperation with Gawain, they would never dare to set foot on that plateau again, including the third wave of pilgrims who had already crossed the sea." Taitsius smiled and squinted his eyes.

As soon as the voice fell, the two found that the Count of Blois and the Count of Normandy were walking towards them with solemn expressions. (To be continued ~^~)