It seemed that what the confidential officer said was true, and then the terrible night wind blew, and everyone stood in the courtyard of this sentry fort with their heads bowed, silent, although it was summer, but their backs began to chill.

"Sending the knight of Amanjo to the priesthood and Bohemond is the only way to do it now." Godfrey, who had regained his ability to think, spoke hurriedly, and then he looked at Amanjo, who was leaning against the wall without saying a word, with a look of half-sympathy and half-disgust.

Gawain nodded and said that this was the only way to do it now.

Then, slowly passing through the pile of ashes strewn with skeletal remains, the Grand Duke slanted over the burned head of the young child stuck in his sword, came to Amandra and his men, "Are you willing to bear the sin of such a horrible act?" ”

But Amanzhuo still kept his head down and didn't say half a word.

"Your Royal Highness, the Grand Duke, he has eaten human flesh, I am afraid that his heart has been corrupted and invaded by demons, you don't need to ask him anything, Ademar and Okhilt will try him and this group of murderers, and burn him at the stake in public." A guard warrior behind Gawain reminded.

The rest of the people nodded their heads in agreement.

"Amanjo, I'll ask you one last question." Gawain leaned on the hilt of his sword.

At this moment, the knight with a blue face and messy hair slowly raised his head and looked at the Grand Duke with cold eyes, and the warriors around Gawain clenched their weapons nervously without making a sound, because they heard that those who eat human flesh will turn into demons, and the knight's eyes first changed, as terrifying as phosphorus fire.

Seeing the other party's reaction, Gawain suddenly threw out his own question, "How does human flesh taste?" ”

Amandra was stunned, and then grinned, revealing Sensen's bloodshot teeth, with a strange tone, "It's not bad, it's like peacock meat." ”

"Have you ever eaten peacock meat?" Gawain lowered his shoulders and joked.

Amandra laughed too, "No"

Before he finished speaking, Gawain stepped forward, stabbed the sword in his hand into Amandra with lightning speed, and then quickly pulled it out, killing the other sentry fort soldiers who were still in a daze and participating in the cannibalism, one after another, all of them were tied up in advance, Gawain killed extremely neatly, and only two Franks with ropes were left, still dumbfounded, looking at the corpses all over the ground.

"Gawain, you bastard!" Godfrey roared.

"I can't let people know that there are soldiers in the front outpost who have started to eat people" Gawain held his sword, and the blood shed by Amandra and his men was piling up at his feet, "I choose to destroy all this-these missing Crescent women and children have fled to Amasa's side, my judgment should be true, these people should have been in the West Fort pasture, but they came here, not absconding; Amandra and his sergeants bravely defended the fort and fought to the end against a large number of Turks who came to attack and died in their duties. Tomorrow he will send the body to Bohemond and ask him to give a solemn funeral to the knight Amanjo. ”

Before Godfrey could say anything, Gawain wiped the blood from his hands with a cloth, "Yes, yes, the food problem is extremely terrible right now, but we want to give hope to the city of Antioch, and let everyone believe that the city of Antioch will finally be saved, not sunk." And all of this depends on victory, victory, and victory. I also express my indignation and dismay at such a tragedy, but this news ends here, and more people must not know about it, otherwise its impact on the pilgrims will be greater and worse than the lack of food itself. I mean, Godfrey. Eustace, I think you can relate to it. ”

Experience? Godfrey, of course, can understand that in the night wind, Gawain's words are very clear, as clear as the blood that keeps dripping from the blade of a sword: Gawain's theory was not hidden earlier, he is very practical, he thinks that in the current situation of Antioch, it is okay to starve to death women and children who cannot fight, even among the soldiers, Gawain will not hesitate to deprive the old, weak, sick and disabled of food and clothing, he only cares about the front-line combat team, as long as this group of people and their war horses can eat and drink enough, because only in this way, Only then can there be hope of defeating Kobuja, in order to truly liberate the city of Antioch, and to ensure that the cause of the pilgrims continues.

While this approach and idea is unusually cold and based on sacrificing most people, it is the only invulnerable in this crisis, isn't it?

Therefore, Gawain did not allow the "knights to eat people" incident to spread, and killed Amanjo to extinguish the mouth, because he was afraid that this would spread to the city and cause great commotion and controversy, which would cause his combat team to be unable to receive the food ration for the remaining day.

"Cover it up, so it's good for everybody, Godfrey. Ademar and Okhilt, as the religious leaders of the army, have no moral blame, and no one wants the negative news of 'pilgrim cannibalism' to be recorded in the annals of history, and I don't think Bohemond wants his subordinates to do such a thing as to the Normans, and I don't think Bohemond wants his subordinates to do such a thing, and as for us, we can only carry out the next military plan if the food rations continue to be in place, and for the Crescentists in the city, if this news reaches their ears, it will cause them a great panic, and for Amanjo." As he spoke, Gawain shook his sword blade and faced the cannibal corpse sitting against the wall, his neck crooked, "Everyone remember, he has not eaten people at all now, but a hero who guards the sentry fort and fights alone to the death, and we have all witnessed his heroic deeds." After the funeral, his virtues will live on forever. So my advice, which is excellent for everybody, is very good and you should accept it, which is that it didn't happen, and it was covered up. ”

Godfrey nodded stiffly, then turned to the people around him and said, "Follow the Grand Duke's idea and bury all the corpses in this outpost." ”

"Immediately, Werner and Hartmann will assemble at my camp with all the mobile cavalry, and now that the armies of Kobuha and Amasa are divided by the Orontes River and Lord Raymond's fortress, I will use the motorized cavalry to defeat Amasa first, recover the port of Saint-Simon, resupply him, and then gather all the pilgrims - and fight Kobuha to destroy his army."

In front of the sentry fort, the guards all held pine lights, shining the snow around Gawain, who was riding a horse, like a row of fireflies in the night, returning in the direction of their camp. On the hillside, Godfrey's soldiers and servants, covering their faces with face scarves, dug graves and pushed the bodies of Amanjo, his accomplices, and his victims into for burial.

The one who did not want to eat people, and ran to Godfrey to report the news, was also tied up by the soldiers, and pushed to the terrible grave of Hessesen, and looked at the abominable corpses in the dirt beneath him, and almost fainted with fright, and did not even have the strength to scream.

"I'm sorry." A little farther away, Godfrey spat out the words, but before he could finish speaking, the soldiers on the other side stabbed their swords into the back and waist of the messenger, and then threw the corpse of the other man into the grave that would never see the light of day, and then the dust raised by the shovel danced in the firelight (to be continued). )