In the camp opposite, when the good news of Zahaas's "successful landing on Seleucia and cutting off the valley of the Mut River" came from the city of Atalia, the emperor finally lifted the heavy burden on his shoulders and heart, as if he had received the news of Robert Mut. The news of Guiscut's violent death was overjoyed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Then the emperor and all the court officials and generals climbed the high platform of the "camp city of Brynus", and pointed to Gawain's camp with a horsewhip in high spirits, "In the past two days, Breenus and Tetisius will take turns to send capable scouts to observe the camp of the rebels, and once Gawain's position is unstable, they will dig trenches and build fortifications to cut off the passage between him and the city of Iconium." Then I personally commanded the elite forbidden army, and I fought with you to completely defeat Gawain in one battle! ”

Soon, the emperor's soldiers and horses erected a small mound at the end of his chariot barrier, facing the side of Gawain's protruding chariot tower, and sent an immortal army detachment to garrison it, observing it day and night.

In addition, several groups of Cuman cavalry were sent out to reconnoiter the Void of Iconium, a huge fortress that had since been the core of the Empire's plateau and was later dismal by the Sultanate of Rûm, with its striped walls and towers surrounded by a wide and deep moat. The Emperor had no intention of storming this place at all, "As long as Gawain's camp is defeated in Firomero, Iconium (Konya) will naturally fall into my domain." ”

In a few days, the actions of the emperor's side suddenly became intense and active, and all the imperial soldiers felt the atmosphere of a great battle and a decisive battle. In front of the tent they gathered around the confidential officers and pen men, wrote letters and testaments to their families, and prepared their luggage and weapons, and were ready to go out of the camp at any time to launch a general assault on the well-fortified fortress of Gawain, and as for their own death or injury, that was not something they could scruple about, "All shall be left to the Lord and St. Theodor to decide, but we must not forget to beg St. Dimitri and St. Michael for protection, and St. Nicholas for the enemy's arrows not to reach our bodies and livers." ”

On the other hand, the emperor's personal bodyguard, Ma Xiu, led 8,000 imperial soldiers out of the camp and set up a separate camp in the northeast of Philomeron, twenty guli, to defend against the guards brigade that appeared on the flank.

After that, the emperor continued to set up banquets in the imperial camp of "Camp Brenus", while waiting for the good news from Seleucia, while entertaining his son-in-law, Yasin Khan, Tetisius, Raymond and other military dignitaries, and constantly courting them, sealing officials and making wishes, hoping that this group of people could go forward in the upcoming decisive battle, and no longer worry about personal interests.

While the wine was hot, the Emperor never really took it lightly, and he demanded that the scouts report to him every other hour.

Sure enough, from the scout report, the emperor learned that Gawain's chariot tower began to be built one after another, but the kind of perfume bottle that could shoot several stadia away rarely fired, and Gawain's pyrophorites mostly used fire arrows or throwing fire flaming arrows in the turret holes; In addition, on the road from Ferromelon to Milio Sepharon, large numbers of enemy forces were maneuvering southward, while the tents and flags in Camp Gawain and the Carriage appeared to be decreasing.

"That kind of weapon, along with the elite, was taken away by Gawain?" The emperor was still a little skeptical, "Has Gawain himself left?" ”

This is what the emperor is most worried about.

At this time, Raymond, who was red from drinking, patted his chest, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty." I, I drew from Lauriticia, three hundred skilled craftsmen, who could, could build very high, very high posta, so that they would not be threatened by Gawain's archeryth, and could also give him an unobstructed view of his camp. With that, Raymond waved his hand in a large arc to show the "unobstructed" that stood out from his words.

"Very well, I have allocated you a thousand gold coins to build a posta in the middle of the fort in five days, and I will tell you the plan for the general attack when I confirm it." The Emperor soberly laid down the splendid gold wine glass, and approved the Earl's plan with a relaxed and cheerful mood.

Five days later, the towering Posta was completed, with huge ropes on all sides, held deep into the ground by stakes, and the Emperor could see the clouds and birds when he ascended to it, and the dense forest-like "banded barricade" below it, and the earthen camp at the very end, and even the beautiful white city of Iconium in the distance, stood among the black moats.

"My great rivers and mountains." The Emperor couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, and he suddenly felt that compared to the recovery of this plateau, Apat was no longer a child, "I even regret that I didn't listen to John's advice earlier and take this place......

In the emperor's field of vision, the tower on Gawain's side could not block his torch-like gaze at all, "Although the number of tents in the fortress has not changed, we have all seen the scene during the soldiers' drills, and there are indeed many fewer ranks." Several of the guards eagerly reported to the emperor.

Alexios nodded, and then he saw the low gray "Camp City of Gimagis", which was a little blurry because it was too flat, but there were rows of flames rising inside, as if something was being forged and cast in the city, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused in his heart, "Pass on my order, go on the safe side - take advantage of the departure of many of Gawain's troops from here, and the whole army will extend the fortress towards Iconium, and then launch a general attack on the rebels at the right time." When the emperor came down from the tower, two horsemen covered in sweat and blood, with arrows on their armor, were waiting there, "Your Majesty, we are the Plonnese knights from Anglasburg, desperately breaking through to report to you—General Matthew received us, and we must tell you that General Diognes' fortress has been slowly unable to hold out under the onslaught and siege of the enemy, and the equipment has been destroyed a lot, and the food and drinking water have begun to ......"

"Let Theognes persevere to the end, and immediately I will defeat Gawain here, and his siege will be lifted." The emperor said very lightly, and then instructed the court officials around him to "comfort these two brave knights", and returned to the imperial camp.

In fact, in the emperor's heart, even if Diognis and the defenders of Anglasburg were all sacrificed, they would not hesitate.

After all, Alexios's current situation is completely impossible to take care of the guards.

On the high platform of the camp of the Gimaggis, several brigade soldiers held on to the battlements, pointed to the "Posta" standing high on the opposite side, and were amazed at the momentum and craftsmanship of the emperor's army, and under the pheasant moat where they were standing was a layer of timber fence, on which wooden planks were laid for soldiers to patrol the city wall, and lanterns hung on the column heads. Underneath it, a separate space was divided into wooden planks, in which lay the cloaked red-handed soldiers, like a makeshift barracks, with a simple wooden ladder leading to the bottom. Further down the city wall were hollow caverns, supported by wooden frames, each of which was also filled with soldiers, coughing and munching on food, and the large cave near the gate was where the great patron was located.

Such a "hidden" would not be visible even if the emperor ascended to Posta.

But Gawain, who was holding a candle in the cave, was bloodshot and bearded, and he was still eagerly waiting for news from Seleucia. (To be continued.) )