As for the Armenian nobility of old and new service, such as Haarlem (Orsin's cousin) and Manville (Haarlem's sons and daughters), they were also given the title of "Great Armenian Saber Noble" (i.e., Nakharar), and Armenian centurions or captains in the new brigades and border armies were also awarded the title of "noble" (tanuter). Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this system, there are actually only two people who actually hold military power, namely the "chief of security" Orson (Armenian border people's system) and the "royal cavalry commander" Hercules (brigade system), and the rest are just honorary reserve officers, as for the civil officials at all, Gawain is of course not ready to set up, only the archdeacon of the Apostolic Church Gorpan was appointed as the "Armenian archbishop". However, it was still much more formal than the "Marash Small Court" originally established by Fair, and the Armenian nobles who surrendered were actually very happy, and they were all gearing up to serve the great lord's patron to the east, one to restore the ancestral homeland, and the other to repay Gawain's kindness.

In fact, when the Ottoman Empire fell, the entire Balkan peoples rose up one after another, and only the Armenians in the eastern part of the empire were still obedient and obedient to the Sultan, so they were also called "the most loyal Milet" by the Ottomans (although soon after, the Armenian nation broke out on the planet).

At this moment a herald hurried in, "Your Excellency Giovanni, the magistrate of Iconium, has sent me an urgent letter that the Anglasburg, which General Diognes is guarding, has been besieged by the Imperial army for two weeks and is gradually depleted. ”

It turned out that while Gawain was attacking Marlash Fort, his Angrasburg was also under constant siege: Theodoro and Mikhail were in charge of the siege, while Tetisius led 4,000 elite infantry of the new army, bypassing the citadel and continuing south, along the Iconium trade route, fighting with Giovanni's militia and Hajib's Oghuz cavalry regiment, plundering and destroying everywhere.

In successive battles, Giovanni and Hajib could not win, so they had to withdraw their armies to Iconium and Caesarea, with their backs to the cities and fortifications. The Tytisius Commander, on the other hand, took advantage of the advantages and plundered thousands of people and livestock, and the vanguard even approached the mouth of the Mut River valley for a time, and the entire realm of Gawain and Anna was filled with terror.

"Gather all the people's troops and rush to the north to block the enemy!" Anna in the court ordered.

"But Apsomatus of Cyprus has also begun to besiege Fort Kyrenia." The Imperial Ink Officer, Hetomia, said that there was also an emergency situation on the other side of the southern ocean.

"Don't hesitate left or right, just block one side with all your might. As long as the big barbarians capture Marash in time, all crises can be solved. Anna was just about to delegate command of the northward movement to Androdat when she received the good news that Marlash Fort had been captured by Gawain, "Good news! Send spies to the north to spread and disturb the eyes and ears of the enemy. ”

At the same time, the mentor Magrunius sent a secret message: "The great patron now has four brigades in Marash, and now only two of them should be sent to Caesarea to bluff, and John's hastily assembled troops must be fearful and retreat; The chief guarantor led the new army of Ani and the other two brigades, the artillery regiment and the red hand cavalry, not to give up, and to continue to advance eastward with the victory—first to cooperate with Bohemond and Baldwin to defeat the prince of Aleppo, and then to go straight to the direction of Lake Van and expel all the remnants of Danishmund's entrenchment there, so that after the real revival of Armenia and the Pauline territory, our easterners can gain a feudal position and sit back and relax. Then the great guarantor returned to the division, cut the power of Theodoro and John, and defeated them respectively! After subduing and absorbing the power of the Brenus and his wife, and taking the most fertile regions of Smyrna and Prusa, they can begin to advance the 'capital' and all kinds of affairs. ”

"Oh, that's a radical plan." Anna transcribed it on letterhead and sent it to the fast horse's postman, "Gallop to Marlashburg at once." ”

"Now that the Count Merlot has not yet healed from his wounds, I intend to hand over the Red Hand Brigade and the Philo Mellon Brigade to General Bramson and go to relieve the siege of Anglasburg; And I will command all the other generals and troops on the side and attack Aleppo south! In the Marash chamber, Gawain held the letter from Anna and Maglendius in his hand and ordered it to all the generals.

At the same time, General Bramson was ordered to lead the forces of two brigades and regiments from the military roads built at Melitene and Elbistan, and in four days rushed to the city of Caesarea, and began to divert the Iconium trade route towards Anglasburg.

By this time, the commander of Fort Anglas had lost all the hillside barricades and the outer walls, and had many wounded under his command, and about eight hundred soldiers worthy of battle, who had retreated with him to the pinnacle of the inner city, which was finally surrounded by the wall, where there was still some reserve of grain and a spring that reached the belly of the mountain.

This circle of walls could be used by both Theognes and Theodorus, who was besieging the city, and the peasants of Trabzon began to build siege towers along the walls and the surrounding limestone, bringing in large quantities of timber from the bottom of the hill and erecting stone archers.

Probably because of his former comrades, Theodoro showed no mercy to the wounded defenders he captured: the bodies of the hanged defenders hung on the wooden frames on both sides of the siege towers, fluttering in the wind, facing the remaining defenders of the inner city.

But the anger and fighting spirit of the catcher and his subordinates were even more vigorous, and he divided up his work with the knight named Bleptus, and divided all his men into two teams under the command of two men, and took turns to defend the walls, throwing incendiary fires and bolts at the besieging army of Trabzon, and destroying their works.

At this time, Tetisius in the south of Anglasburg was the first to see a large army coming towards him, and the battle flag erected was a red hand flag, and a heavily armored mounted cavalry also appeared, "Is Gawain himself leading the main force from the battlefield of Marash to help?" He did not dare to slack off, so he immediately pulled out the camp and left, and spread the news that "Gawain's main force may come to help" to Theodoro and Mikhail.

Mikhail, who had always been passive and slack, advocated the withdrawal of Paphragonia.

But the old general Theodoro disagreed, he had 20,000 troops at his disposal, and if he captured Anglasburg in time, then "I will not be afraid even if Gawain attacks." In addition, inform His Majesty the Emperor that I am the Supreme Commander in this battlefield, and both you and Tetisius must submit to my moderation! ”

So the helpless Mikhail and Tetisius could only set up camp on the left and right flanks to cover Theodoro's continued storming of the castle - with the efforts of the Chardian craftsmen and miners, one of Theodoro's soldiers successfully built a Persian-style stone cannon on a raised rock facing the inner city, which could shoot twelve stone pellets at the same time with thirty-six ropes, and could destroy the city gate in one day, slaughtering Theognes and all the defenders.