Soon the defenders of Castabara, horrified to see before their eyes the revival of Roman technology from more than 500 years ago: Agnes ordered the craftsmen to fasten four ships to the banks of the Pheramis, with ropes and stones, and then in the middle of the elaborate design, installed the downward jet wheels, which were driven by the impact of the water of the Pheramis, and then each drove the stone mills on the ships on both sides, each with a full four stone mills, all of which spun like flying, and could grind a large amount of wheat into flour every day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Gawain ordered that as long as the peasants of Western Cilicia and even Adana sent a certain amount of wheat to the barracks, they would not only pay their salaries, but also grind their own share of wheat and bring it back for free, so that the whole land would come to see such a shocking miracle, and the peasant army that came to grind the flour was like an ant colony.

When the moment of miracle witnessed by the defenders came to an end, they saw the horror again: seven huge Prani cannons were erected, just a thousand feet away, and the naked eye could see at once that they had dug out of the earth in front of them, inserted rows of forked logs, and the cavalry queues were filled with guards. Then ****** bombs continued to smash the walls and towers of the castle of Castabara, and when the defenders suffered heavy casualties, Gawain personally presided over the distribution of the supplies captured by Prince Reuben's camp:

Originally, according to the estimation of Androdat and Wright, in addition to the war materials, the camp of the dead ghost prince was worth 70,000 Byzantian gold coins, but the Grand Duke thought it was too troublesome to divide the goods, so he found the Kurlamite Chamber of Commerce in Seleucia (the mixed blood heretical Saracens), and asked them to pay 56,000 cash, and then pack all the things (except weapons, armor and war horses) and take them away, which has two advantages, first of all, Gawain fattened his chamber of commerce with a discount of 20%, Secondly, he also received a large sum of cash, and gave it all to the lord who came to send troops and his own troops; After distributing the cash, Gawain distributed the captured weapons, horses, armor, and leather hats and boots, among which Adana and the Normans were richly rewarded.

After dividing the spoils, Gawain was about to kill: in the previous siege, four Adana soldiers and eleven Norman soldiers (mostly hired from the mainland) ignored the restraints and left the team to go back to the place to harvest wheat.

After the rectification of military discipline, Gawain took the Guardian Brigade and the Gemagis Brigade as the main force, plus the troops of the various servants, and took turns to storm the city of Castabara, while the Red Hand Brigade and the Jinat Cavalry were separated and, as mentioned earlier, went to sweep through the territories of the Ruben Kingdom.

A month passed slowly, it was snowing in Cilicia, Anna, the widow and the holy sister all sent letters of concern and inquiry, Gawain's beard was not shaved, he called Muzafiadin to come, but the cunning Turkic servant was reluctant, "Master, I used to help you shave your beard, but now I don't dare, who wants to eat boiled cowhide after eating tender lamb meat?" Gawain was helpless, looking at the guards coming and going at the door of the tent. Goliath, with the long-handled hexagonal hammer that the other party was carrying, also broke off the idea of calling this person.

In the end, it was actually the beard shaved by the Grand Duke of the Little Sunfish...... Anyway, the little sunfish is willing, how much does she see the other party as the division commander now? Although many of the experiences he imparted were depraving.

"The snow is heavier on the Taurus Mountains, and it's only slightly covered with fields and wheat fields." When she was done, Agnes rubbed the razor against the leather strap, looked at the brown whisker stuck to it with some resistance, and hurriedly threw it into the hot tub.

"Hmm, Taurus?" Gawain stared at the dossier in his hand, carelessly, "Taurus" is the high mountain range in the north, and is also the name of Reuben's uncle (the former lord of Samosata, who was later killed by Tancred), and also the name of Reuben's son.

"Actually, the big brown bear, you want to put Reuben's family and all the nobles to death, right?" Seeing that there was no one around, Agnes suddenly asked such a question.

Gawain was stunned for a moment, and then noncommittal, "Isn't that good?" Completely eradicated the hidden danger of my future domination over the mountains of northeastern Cilicia, I have worked so hard and spent so much effort on everyone's part, but I am not making a wedding dress for others. ”

"That's really good, I mean, after killing all the nobles, who will manage the territory and taxes for you?" Agnes was a little excited.

Gao Wen, who was still sitting calmly in the chair, was very patient with the girl, he smiled and raised his hand and said, "You are really confused little sunfish, you have seen the attitude of the group of great nobles in the previous surrender ceremony, there is no discipline at all, and it is absolutely useless to keep them. Now that I've managed to capture them, I'm not going to let them go. As for the problem of managing the territory, I naturally have a strategy, little sunfish, you remember the sentence, who will manage it is not a problem, the key is whether to obey my orders, this is the problem. If I want to eradicate the previous aristocracy, it is actually a very simple thing, and that is to give birth to a new aristocratic class that is willing to serve me. Wasn't it the same with the Genat rebellion back then, I slaughtered the entire Seleucian military nobles, and now this territory is not also very developed, and I am afraid that no one will grow wild leeks? ”

"In the future, I will be on the island of Rescos, will I also belong to the emerging aristocracy?" The little sunfish frowned and asked, can the big manor of her dreams, and the women's college, be turned into dust.

"Of course, you're not only a new nobleman, but also my and Anna's family." Gawain replied without hesitation, "Okay, let's take a look at the siege equipment and the defense of Castabara......

In the port of Malrus on the southern peninsula of Adanab, Saphobel on the pier was shocked, but he had just learned that the Ruben camp had been attacked and all the troops were destroyed, and that Gawain and the Normans had jointly invaded and exterminated the kingdom of Lesser Armenia, "Damn, he was obviously ordered by the Greek emperor to go to Cappadocia!" Are you saying that Prince Ruben has been killed in battle, and his nobles and army have all been taken prisoner? No, I will turn back and force Gawain to release all the nobles, for this is a sinful act of total disregard for the authority of the Holy See. ”

Without the slightest delay, Suffobel mounted his donkey, did not get on the boat which had been hired before him, carried a number of boxes, and went straight in the direction of the city of Castabara, with his servants and guards.

But when the Archbishop of Pisa had just arrived in Mamistra, the castle besieged by Gawain had already fallen: his army had collapsed the city wall three days earlier, and then sent death squads to climb up and occupy it, and the soldiers of the two brigades took the opportunity to divide and attack fiercely, General Mamikonian led a counterattack and was defeated in front of the corner tower, and then fought at the hunting range in the city, and was defeated again, and then the two armies fought in front of the acropolis, and Mamikonian was defeated for the third time and escaped into the acropolis, where he was killed by a subordinate named Parni in the blink of an eye. Parni then surrendered along with the remnants of the defenders.

After seeing Mamikonian's head, Gawain was relieved to say, "I can finally give this great fortress to my beloved wife, Godhilde, as a godfather to give her soon-to-be-born child." (To be continued.) )