At this time, the herald outside hurriedly walked in, and Thales, the emperor's officer of the guard, walked up to Alexios after hearing the report.

"Your Majesty, the Turks have moved!"

Thales' voice was neither light nor heavy, but it reverberated through the hall for everyone to hear, and the Roman officers who had been discussing it fiercely all turned their heads to the emperor.

Alexios nodded at Thales, and the young cavalry officer stepped forward to stand at the sand table, and the officers of the First Legion around him stepped back to make way for a passage.

Thales took a putter and gently pushed the six blue puppets near Konya forward until they came to a stop at a place marked with the location of the river.

"What is this?"

"Arslan's army has reached the Sakarya River, and in three days at most, Bursa will be able to see the Turkic army!" Alexios spoke.

"Your Majesty!" The officers saluted in unison.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all pillars of the empire, we have twice been defeated at the hands of the Turks, the empire has lost most of the lands of Armenia and Anatolia, and our people have been displaced.

What could be more infuriating than the Orthodox clergy swooping down to the ground, our holy churches being burned down by pagan enemies, and the brilliant relics reduced to barbarian collections? ”

All the officers looked at the Emperor with burning eyes, and Alexios glanced at the people present, and he drew his saber and slashed it at the corner of the sand table, which was marked by a deep crack.

"Since the Turks are coming, let them come!

Let them have no return!

Bury the bones of Rome! ”

"Hooray!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

The fighting spirit was high, and the soldiers of the empire drew their swords one after another, and the shouts in unison seemed to tear the sky.

Let's bury the Seljuk ambition here! Alexios said silently.

……

……

……

"Our Father in heaven,

Hallowed be your name.

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done on earth,

as walking in heaven.

Our daily diet,

Give it to us today.

Forgive us our debts,

Just as we forgive other people's debts.

that we may not be tempted,

Deliver us from evil,

For all the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, are your ......."

With a bang, the door of the church was slammed open, and a burly man hurried in: "Priest, priest, the heretics have approached Birejik, and the imperial troops have already withdrawn, so you should leave quickly." ”

"Erik, you are a good mercenary, your mission has been completed, I am just a crippled person, my life is only for God, I will not leave here, you go!"

The man couldn't believe what the priest said, he rarely saw such a priest who was not afraid of death, maybe this was the real ascetic of the Church, but now the soldiers were in danger, and the Turks could come in at any time.

"Father, please think again, and retreat with the citizens of Bigik!"

Eric wanted to work harder, this priest was a good man, and he would often give some bread when the poor people couldn't get by.

Even Eric's family had been favored by the priest, so he came to the priest alone to take him away when the robes had been evacuated.

"Leave, I cannot tolerate the pagans defiling this holy church, and if God returns me to heaven, then the time has come for me to be martyred!"

Eric looked at the priest and was silent for a long time, he turned and walked towards the door, until the door, Eric stopped: "Priest, when the blade is added, will you regret it?" ”

"Who knows!"

The priest still prays to the crucifixion, as if calling God to come down with all his might.

……

There was silence in the city, and even the barking of chickens and dogs ceased, until after an unknown amount of time, the sound of horses' hooves became noisy again, but it sounded in a foreign language, not Greek.

As the doors of the church opened again, a large number of Turkic warriors rushed in, led by a general in armor, with a bright scimitar in his hand and a terrifying murderous aura in his eyes.

The priest was grabbed by two Turkic soldiers, who pushed him and made him stumble forward a few steps, and then fell in disarray in front of the Turkic general.

The Turkic general put a scimitar on the priest's neck: "Pagan sacrifice, your name?" ”

"Capes!"

The priest looked at the Turkic general and replied calmly, not panicking because of the restriction of his life.

"Tell me, then, Father Capes, where is the treasure of the church? Maybe you tell me I can let you out of here! The Turkic general bowed his head and smiled wickedly at the priest.

Father Capes strained himself to support his body: "There are no earthly treasures in the church, only the fire of God's faith. ”

The Turkic general, looking at the priest's contemptuous eyes, felt that he was being slighted, and he rushed forward and kicked the priest over, and the scimitars of the two Turkic soldiers around the priest's neck also made two cuts, and red blood flowed.

"Say it! If you say it, you will be spared some suffering, I swear by Allah! The corners of the Turkic general's mouth were already crooked.

"The church has nothing but the piety of the faithful, hehehe!"

At this time, several soldiers who had rushed into the church had returned, and they all shook their heads at their general, and the Turkic general's face suddenly became gloomy.

The Turkic general grabbed the priest by the hair and dragged him all the way to the crucifix of Jesus Christ, where the scimitar was once again placed around his neck.

"Look! This pagan god may have saved you, no, he can't! ”

"But if you tell you where the treasure is, I can spare you!"

Father Capes looked up at the crucifix of Jesus Christ and said after a while: "There is always an untold suffering in the world, and this is what I deserve. ”

"In this way,

Escape into faith,

Without the slightest wavering,

Until the Last Judgment! ”

The Turkic general looked at the Orthodox priest with straight eyes, and for the first time he felt the charm of pagan faith, was this the pagan mighty believer who fought against Allah? Can we conquer such a strong nation?

The Turkic soldiers watched in wonder as the general paddled as he carried the pagan sacrifice and then paused, and the conversation between the two was done in Greek, which was completely incomprehensible to the illiterate ordinary Turkic nomadic soldiers.

"I am Muwiyère, the pagan priest, and you are the most stubborn Greek I have ever met!"

"Huh! I am just a lowly servant of God, you can conquer this land, but neither you nor your gods can conquer the faith of this land! ”

Mu Weiye looked at the pagan sacrifice he was carrying in his hand, although the blood flowed, but there was no fear, and he was determined to die.

After a while, the soldiers had all returned, and they all shook their heads at the general, and Muwiyer's face was ugly, and he finally seized the first opportunity to come to the church to loot, but he found nothing, except for a stubborn pagan sacrifice.

Putting down Capes, Mu Weiye walked out of the church with a group of soldiers, and when he was about to go out, a sneer appeared on the corner of Mu Weiye's mouth: "Since I can't get it, then no one can think of it!" ”

The Turkic warriors lit fires around the church with torches, and by the time Muwiyer walked out of the church, the church was already on fire.

It wasn't until the church collapsed that the Turkic soldiers heard a deep sigh in a trance.

"God will never die!"