Eagle Byzantium

However, everyone later saw with their own eyes that Godfrey, who was already so weak that he was out of shape, had become so big that his shoulders could no longer bear the chain shawl, so he had to wrap it up with another layer. The butler couldn't help but burst into tears, and the other knights also burst into tears.

Just when Joceland went to Ashkelon in person to deliver a message and negotiate, Tancred led twenty knights on a hot duck ship, sailed quickly to the port of Latakia, and then rushed to Anshan overnight. Tik Tok City.

On the way, several of Tancred's confidants came to meet him and told him that "Messengers from Armenia have arrived and are quarreling with our nobles in the palace in the city."

Tancred stepped on the hall of the Antioch Palace with spurred boots, making a stern and dull thud. The noisy Norman nobles who had gathered together fell silent immediately when they saw him. Over there The Armenian envoy holding the letter also turned around and saw this person, and asked who he was.

"I am Tancred de Tver, regent of Antioch, lord of Samosata and Little Armenia, and nephew of Lord Bohemond." This young warrior with long flaxen hair , with fierce eyes, replied word for word.

The messenger was a little scared, but he quickly regained his composure, bowed to Tancred and said, "Now Archon Fell has ordered me to come with 120,000 sincerity and offer a price to redeem your uncle, then Yes..." Before he could finish speaking, the messenger hunched over and shook violently. Tancred stepped forward and stabbed his sword deeply into his abdomen. Blood spattered on several Norman nobles behind him. With their faces covered, they yelled, covered their eyes, and took half a step back.

"There is no need to tolerate shameless blackmail. From now on, I will be in charge of this country. Please take your positions as soon as possible, organize all your forces, and repel the incoming enemies." Stepping on the corpse of the Armenian envoy, Tancred The sharp sword that was still dripping with blood said to the nobles and bureaucrats surrounding him, "I have been recognized by the Patriarch of Jerusalem and His Highness the Archon of Jerusalem. If you have any doubts, please come forward."

But no one came forward.

The entire hall was full of obedient eyes and breaths. The messenger's body lay in the center of the tiled floor, with blood foam slowly and slightly steaming.

In this way, Tancred became the regent of the Principality of Antioch. The first thing he did was to hold up his sword and go to the palace steward of Bohemond who was leaning against the pillars shivering, and raised his palm He stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the key to the vault."

After receiving the key, Tancred did not take out even a single copper coin to negotiate for the redemption of his uncle. Instead, he distributed all of them to the remaining lords and knights who were loyal to him, and everyone quickly assembled a new team. , under the leadership of Tancred, arrived at the northern border and confronted the coalition forces of Ridwan and Kobuha.

In the camp at the port of Ashkelon, Egypt's Grand Vizier Avdele also had extremely selfish motives and agreed to Joseran's request, willing to make a personal commitment to allow Godfrey, the consul of Jerusalem, to safely leave Assur. The husband left the city.

When his general asked, this cunning Armenian Sunni whispered, "The entire Egyptian army is in my hands, and no political opponent dares to do anything to me now. Therefore, maintaining the status quo is best. If Godfrey and I There is no guarantee of victory in this battle. That would endanger me. prestige; if I made peace with Godfrey, it would mean there would be no war and I would have to retreat to Cairo, and I would have no reason to keep this army anymore - in the end, there would be no war or peace, and I would stay in Ashkelon Not moving and continuing to maintain the army and camp is the best position and strategy. "

Later, many Saracens and Turks in turbans scrambled to climb up the arrow tower at the head of the city of Asuf, which had been damaged and collapsed by trebuchets. They loudly thanked Allah for His blessings to the sky. His city was protected - under the gloomy sky, most of the soldiers in Jerusalem were covered in black and gray blouses. After exchanging prisoners and ransoms with the city, they slowly left the camp and headed east.

One day later, the 7,000-strong Jerusalem army arrived at the Ptolemaic fortress on the border, and soon crossed the border of Tyre. The sallow-faced Godfrey was lying on an arch bridge built between the humps of a camel, with the roof hanging down. The silk strips were dancing in the wind, and he looked at the seaside The ancient city of Tyre, "They and the city of Sidon were originally going to send troops to help Dukak besiege Jubail, but after seeing your banner, His Highness the Consul, they fled back in embarrassment. They were afraid Your reputation." Beside the camel, several knights looked up and said.

On the city wall of Tyre close to the mainland, there were many Provençal people (they were all Raymond's subordinates before, and they had made meritorious service in the battle of Antioch, but they were expelled from the Levant after Raymond lost power. Later, they all joined the cities of Tyre and Sidon as shameless mercenaries, and many of them even abandoned Christ and converted to Christianity) standing there, shouting, insulting, urinating on the cross, and making all kinds of blasphemy and disrespect. behavior.

Seeing this scene, many Jerusalem soldiers knelt down angrily and swore to the humiliated cross that sooner or later they would take revenge on these traitors.

"Keep going." Godfrey on the arch bridge turned his head, closed his eyes dimly, and ordered in a low voice...

The consul of Jerusalem resolutely kept his oath and went to relieve the siege of Jubail.

In the prison of the Nikshan Fortress, several Armenian jailers angrily whipped Bohemond and shouted, "You are finished, you have fallen from the crown - your nephew Tancred replaced you, he is a famous hero, but he is unwilling to pay a copper ransom for you."

Bohemond's face was first full of shock, and then twisted, "No, I still have many loyal servants and subordinates in Antioch and Latakia. They all relied on me to rise to prominence. I gave them generous gifts and fiefs. Now it's time for them to repay. We can rely on crowdfunding, crowdfunding, to collect my ransom."

"There is no such news, so our superiors asked us to torture you every day, you worthless burden."

"Tancred, you bastard, you are so ungrateful. I brought you out of the countryside of Apulia, gave you clothes and armor, just because your mother is my sister, but what kind of bastard are you!" This time, Lord Bohemond was actually paralyzed. His arms were strangled by the chains because of anger. His originally fair face turned red, his voice was trembling and sharp, and his beard became sloppy because no one took care of him. "And those guys who are as shameless as Tancred, when I was strong, followed behind my ass and boots, and used all kinds of fancy tricks and flattery to please me, but now they have all coldly abandoned me. Is there any morality in this world? Is there?"

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After shouting, the instantly penniless lord was whipped several more times. In the following days, the people who guarded him found that this red-bearded man had completely lost his dignity. He cried or cursed all day long. After that, he would drag his chains and curl up to pretend to be dead, like an upside-down sleeping bat. (~^~)