Eagle Byzantium

They were angry, but the Brenuss had no better way for the time being. Even if they summoned General Xhosa and his division from the neighboring area, the huge regular army would not be able to deal with this small guerrilla army composed mainly of bandits. To no avail.

Dido angrily protested against Raymond again, but with little effect.

In the end, Brenus intervened and paid twenty pounds of gold each to the Kallegos party and the Nikitas party, so that the two parties could return their lairs and buy peace.

On the issuance list of the military region's treasury, these two sums of money are called "Kalegos gold" and "Nikitas gold" respectively.

Great Earl Raymond became happy after receiving the money and continued to build his strong castle on the steep mountains.

"The neighbors on both sides are all scoundrels among scoundrels." Dido, who had lost her face, was furious in the room.

A merchant who came from Seleucia by boat and was also a traveling intelligence agent assigned by Dido was asking for an audience outside the reception hall. He said that he had brought an emergency from the east. "That Andio Bohemond, the barbarian who claimed to be the leader of the country, has assembled an extremely elite team of 12,000 people, including Four hundred Latin and Norman knights, plus 1,500 cavalry of various colors, are preparing to use force against the mountains of Marash. It is said that the barbarian Gawain Russell of Tarsus also left the plateau and returned. The city he occupied and defiled was also eyeing Marash, and seemed to want to cooperate with Bohemond. "

"When did they become so collusive?" Dido was a little puzzled, and then felt that this information could not be taken lightly, so she immediately ordered it to be transferred to Constantinople and Adrianople to report to her father, and also asked for her husband's territory Seal, organize some market town militia to block the roads, and strictly prohibit bandits from all walks of life to come to cause trouble. At the same time, all troops in the military region and General Xhosa's team must be prepared for war to observe the development of the situation at any time.

As a result, after the guerrilla war, the atmosphere in Anatolia quickly became tense again.

In the Maras Mountain Fortress, the Armenian nobles howled angrily. They had also received the news that Bohemond had begun to lead a large team to Samosata. The intention of this red-bearded bandit was obvious. , "I didn't expect that even though I deceived Gawain, I still didn't escape Bohemond!"

"Start the war, start the war, hold on to the three castles of Maras, Lavodra, and Tubersaena to thwart the enemy's attack." Saliki waved his fist and shouted angrily.

"We can't let those businessmen go now. Gao Wen is essentially violating the previous agreement. We use the money we took from them to hire more Turks and Kurds as mercenaries. Enrich our strength." Over there, Hector also made careful suggestions. After all, he defected from Gawain's team and spoke very carefully.

At this time, the Supreme Consul Fehr stood on his seat and asked everyone to calm down. Then he winked at Deputy Consul Parkad, indicating that he would arrange the entire battle situation and strategy, so the bald man asked everyone in front of the sand table, "Don't move. Don’t arbitrarily clash with Bohemond in the plains, because it is difficult for our cavalry to surpass the opponent. Therefore, in this battle, we can win the initiative with decisive confidence and complete strategy-Heracles!”

The clever son of the bald head is now the country's armed commander and also plays the role of general staff. He nodded and planned with his hands on the map sand table, "Now if Bohemond marches from Samosata City , the offensive route should be fixed, that is By moving upstream along the Euphrates, this group of Norman bandits can bypass Lavodela and Tubersena and drive directly to the Marash fortress where we are, and in front of Marash is a land large enough for the cavalry to gallop. The empty river valley is what Bohemond intended.”

When everyone was wondering how to defeat the enemy, Hercules replied, "The fate of our country hangs on three men, namely Gawain, Merrick and Ridvan."

"Gawain?" Everyone was confused.

"Yes, after all, we signed an agreement with Gawain in advance. Now the intelligence shows that his two main brigades are still stationed in Melitane for reinforcements. Gawain himself has also returned to Tarsus. It seems that there is no They plan to invade us together with Bohemond, but take a wait-and-see attitude with Baldwin, so I suggest that we release Bill Leoni and other businessmen to him to express goodwill in exchange for his neutrality."

"Oh~" Everyone nodded in agreement, because now that the soldiers were approaching, they couldn't help but argue.

"As for Merik, he lost Melitene and Sivas before, and now his power in Anatolia has been completely destroyed and he has returned to Erzurum. But although he cannot defeat Gawain, he is still in Baibult Fort repulsed Theodoro Gabuas's Seme Division and secured access. The last piece of land on the plateau. Instead of spending money to hire Turks there, we can directly give Merrick a sum of money and invite him to take the cavalry south to support us and re-form an offensive and defensive alliance. I believe that under such pressure, Merrick can. He should be willing to advance and retreat with us. "

Next, the crowd hurriedly demanded to hear Hercules' third strategy regarding Ridvan.

"Send an emissary to Ridvan and urge him to cut off the Azaze Corridor when Bohemond comes to attack us. Cutting off Bohemond's retreat will be a fatal blow to him." Hercules I think this will be the biggest trump card.

In the sultan's palace in Aleppo, the envoy from Antioch arrogantly asked Ridwan Toutushi, who was sitting on the couch, for three thousand servants. Ridwan humbly said that he would copy it completely and was willing to do so. Open the Azaze Corridor to Bohemond's army for free use.

After the Antioch envoy left with satisfaction, Ridwan immediately turned into a stern expression, and quickly led several warriors into the secret room of the palace. Between the black curtains, Budakis (Asia) Ji Xiyang's youngest son), the mercenary general Osdu, the Grand Vizier Daura, and many Attabergs were waiting there.

Among them, there was also Potrufis, the emissary sent by Marash and also from Constantinople, who was looking at Ridwan with a smile, as if waiting for him to make a decision.

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"I deceived the wolf with my sweet words, now it's time to kill it with the bear trap." Ridwan's words were decisive, "The strategy I adopted in the past was to paralyze Bohemond. Now is a good time for us to launch a counterattack and regain all the lost territory."

Everyone was high-spirited and rejoiced at Ridvan's words. "As long as Bohemond, a powerful enemy, is eliminated, the emperor will immediately assemble powerful armed forces for a second eastern expedition, which is to annihilate the lawless barbarians. The emperor hopes and You join hands to form a fierce attack on Bohemond and Gawain from all directions, making it impossible for them to look at each other. When the time comes, we will use the Ammonos Mountains as the boundary to divide the territory equally." Potrufes also made a decision. Shocking promise. (To be continued ~^~)