Chapter 52: Reminder
So I can't ignore what Gawain said, Kabeamiya has already decided to call out the believers around him to organize and fight against the Dalian team, even if he is framed and killed? Our camp is still well-fortified and indestructible.
As a result, in the confusion, a figure on horseback quickly passed by Cabeamia's side, and the female consul fixed her eyes to see that it was Philus, who had been going to compete with Gawain before, "Our army has been defeated, the consul quickly retreats to Sinop, and I will open the way for you in front!" In the blink of an eye, Philus, who had said this, had ridden his horse and disappeared into the darkness of the night on the other side of the camp.
"Where is your previous heroism, was swept away by the sea breeze?" The consuless shouted angrily, and then she saw everywhere the figures of the large groups of people carrying torches, charging along the rocks and ditches, and the road to Sinop was full of fleeing believers and ants whose nests had been flooded.
Among them, a group of soldiers from the Dalian Brigade had already crossed the line of confrontation between the barricades, chasing the fleeing believers, seemingly trying to cut off their own way back.
Cabeamiya could only wrap her hair tightly in her cloak, leaned over and rode her horse, mixed in with the rebels, and fled towards Sinop City.
This time, the consuless, having the experience of being captured last time, was very alert to avoid the encirclement and interception of Gawain's troops, and ran wildly on the seaside road for a day and a night, and when she arrived in Sinop, her hair was blown unkempt, as if she had just crawled out of the sea.
Philus and the fortifications she had "painstakingly built" were destroyed by Gawain overnight, and 4,000 soldiers were scattered and fled. Since then, the northeastern part of Bithynia and the Brasilon have all been captured by Gawain, but Gawain has no intention of staying, he only drives out the Paulicians in various ports and military towns, and then sweeps away all the grain and money from the warehouse, and rushes towards Sinop. It's like the nomadic Huns of ancient times.
Therefore, Kabeamia was no longer able to organize the scattered men, but fortunately, the Karasu River entering the sea blocked the west side of the Sinop city wall, and the captain of Dalian drove here to stop.
This is just thirteen days after Gawain appeared in Blasilon.
Do you want to defend Sinop? But Cabeamia was out of soldiers, and she still couldn't adapt to and fight against Gawain's brutal blitzkrieg style. It was the same last year at the Plivensus River, where the bastard's cavalry did not line up at all, and did not give her a chance to line up, and burst into a killing spree.
Luchios and Philus came to her in shame, just as Cabeamia had just finished her hair and "whether or not to cross the Yukxing Sea by boat"
"We can no longer escape, while there is still a little area in our hands, for the sake of the status of believers, I will go to the peace council." Ultimately. The female consul was anxious and proposed this solution, but fortunately, she and Gawain had half a "secret agreement" before, and it seemed that she still had the capital for peace talks.
On the west bank of the Karasu River, when the company of craftsmen began to collect boats under the command of Samuelfa and Andreev to lay a pontoon bridge, a small boat with a flag was swung out of the water gate of the Primory, and in it sat Firactos, the confidential officer of the female consul.
"Your consuls should have come out and surrendered a long time ago. Anything can be discussed. In this way, for the sake of fairness. The next day I will set up a makeshift tent on the bank of the river, marked by the flag of our company, and tell Kabeamia to come to me by boat and submit to me, and no one will replace me. Otherwise, I will take Sinop and slaughter all the believers. Gawain said to the request.
"That's what fairness is called," Firactos cried, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only accept the order.
After nightfall, the campfires of the Dalian team and the armed regiment were transparent. Everyone is not slacking off, and is busy building the camp, while Giovanni and Wright, under the supervision of Gawain, are registering and distributing the spoils obtained along the road with the scarlet tent (the confidential officer is no longer here, so the rough and inky Wright will replace him). In the tent of the other house, the fat eunuch met Anna and said in a mysterious tone, "Your Highness Princess, this rapid march has hurt you. ”
"Please speak the key words, Stuulachos."
"Yes, yes. I must remind you that at your meeting tomorrow morning, Your Highness will be personally by the side of the marching steward. ”
"You mean, the Archon of the Golden Hand"
The fat eunuch really put on the expression of the rapping woman in the market, and lowered his voice, "I still know a thing or two about this, but I can only say to you, Your Highness the Princess, although His Excellency Gawain has treated this female consul with courtesy before, you must know that these heretics are extremely cunning and shameless, and it is said that they even deny the Bible." ”
"It's terrible, isn't that lawless?" Anna was surprised.
"They only recognize four Gospels, St. Paul, the Laudisian scriptures, 3 John, and Jude."
The expression on Anna's face became even more panicked, and Stauracus took the opportunity to further say, "If you think about it, if you let a woman be an archon, and there is no biblical constraint, God knows what kind of things she would do if she had a secret conversation with Her Excellency Gawain, and it would be harmful to your mood Your Highness Princess." ”
"Can't a woman be an archon?" Anna's expression suddenly appeared displeased, and the eunuch hurriedly apologized, but then Anna twitched her eyes twice, "In this way, I have a little interest in this person - tomorrow I will be present as the guarantor of Gawain." ”
Then, Anna felt that there was a lightning bolt in her heart, and the eunuch's unintentional words seemed to suddenly arouse her unintelligible confusion, and she walked towards the light of the mystery.
"Attending? OK. In the scarlet tent, when the confidential personnel took the account books and left, Anna quietly walked in, fell on the back of Gao Wen, who was sitting on a chair watching the simple papers, and put her arms around his neck to make a request, Gao Wen readily agreed.
Then, Gawain's eyebrows moved, "But if you suddenly want to attend the hearing, you won't hear any rumors and rumors, and you don't trust me, right?" ”
"How is it possible, I'm the guarantor, I can't talk about this kind of important thing if I don't get involved, I can't just help you carry the shield, that kind of thing Muzafei Adin can also do." Anna hastened to explain.
"That's why I called you a long time ago and did all these things for him." Gawain shook his head, and then secretly calculated in his heart, he now knew that Anna was not easy to deal with, and it was always good to agree in advance and then think about it.
"Sinop is a big city and a big port, and although it is not our final destination, it still has qualified churches and priests. So, what to do after taking the city? Anna not only diverted the subject, but also pursued it deeply, and it was obvious that this request had been made by her in Nicaea. (To be continued.) )