Eventually, the servant frowned and whispered, "On the peasant's trouser leg is a worm in the shape of a leech." ”

"Hey, leech," Wright's forehead turned pale, and the bridge of his nose fluttered rapidly.

"Well, deputy heraldic officer, that's you, the leech is you, attached to the farmer's body to suck blood, but sometimes it can also be used to heal blood." Nika finished explaining, and then laughed again, and said It seems that the Grand Duke and Her Royal Highness the Princess are still inseparable from you, but for us Jinat, we will be painfully eradicated - go back and tell the Princess in Purple that the Callegos family also has its own dignity, if Gawain can really eradicate the old decay and his five sons before the emperor intervenes, then obey the arrangement of fate, if not, please also ask the Grand Duke to recognize the Lord's arrangement.

"Is this going to war with His Royal Highness the Grand Duke?" Wright asked hurriedly.

"No, Alalmanburg is neutral in this battle." Nika sighed, his expression miserable, his face wrinkled and furrowed, "I've fallen into an ancient curse that I can't untie again. Sensing that Wright did not understand at all, he raised his dull white eyes, "Because if the crops are destroyed, the farmer will be angry and desperate, and then he will first eat the two dogs to satisfy his hunger, which is probably the last meaning of the princess's painting." In any case, in the end, I was left with only two sons, but I didn't know whether it was a goat or a dog, and I had no choice, because the choice was not in my hands. ”

The gates rumbled and closed, and the "Leech" looked back at the castle of Aralman, perhaps in a few days, the Imperial army from the city of Atalia would come to carry out the emperor's decree and lay siege to the city of Seleucia, and the farmers and crops would be destroyed? What about me, leech? Where will it be the ditch that accepts my little body?

At the same time, on the acropolis with a bird's-eye view of the plain river, Tytisius and Diognis stood silently, watching on both sides of the riverbank, as Gawain's elite brigade and Baldwin, Orson, and Polibi marched in an orderly manner with their backs to each other. "In the valley of the Mut River, how long can the Callegos brothers resist?" The captor couldn't help but ask.

Tetisius did not answer this question, but used his tumbling cloak to cover his face, turned to the side of the pheasant, and looked at the splendid rivers and mountains of Eastern Cilicia, "Theognes, you shouldn't ask this question. Look at the castles over there, they are all Gawain's now—Your Majesty told me that if you capture Tarsus, the system run by Gawain will be full of rebels and fall apart. It's a pity that this situation has never happened at all, and now it is we who are trapped."

These words startled Theognes, and he seemed to have come to his senses. As a result, under the wandering of the surroundings, I felt that the city of Tarsus was isolated in this vast mountain and river. Surrounded by scheming lords, and his own side is indeed as General Nose said: alone. I couldn't help but feel a burst of cool air, tumbling up from my back.

"Send an army to defend the Cilician Road." Diognis was anxious, but General Sniff was indifferent, "Now at this end of the road, on either side are Lamprun and Mogibuld. It's like two iron latches, both of which are out of our hands. ”

"What about Harold's horses? Let them come from Konya. ”

"Gawain's movements were quick, he still had room to make his way out of the Mutt Valley, and Harold was free to leave Konya. Instead, he will seize the city and cut off the plateau horizontally, so that even Harold will be isolated with us. ”

Diognis' face was covered in cold sweat, "Then what is the current situation?"

"Kou and I, we can both go to a situation. And in terms of the overall situation, I am afraid that the emperor has a greater disadvantage. Tetisius replied calmly.

Then he paused, looking at the rivers and reeds around him, "Actually, in the end, what Your Majesty chooses, I'm afraid it's better to compromise and negotiate with Gao Wen, let's just stay put." ”

At this time, the emperor's team lined up in a long column, with a majestic saddle, imperial flags, and halters, lined up with a forest of elite weapons, and behind them were driven by dense wagons, and countless military servants, were marching in a circle, and had arrived at the Ores Gorge, and the scouts in front kept riding fast horses, reporting the news of the sentry to His Majesty the Emperor in uniform, "Konya dogs, completely lost their tracks, maybe Gilligi felt that it was better to escape into the mountains of Isuria than to provoke me, It is more secure to intercept pilgrims from Denmark. I had warned him a long time ago, if he didn't listen, he would only suffer such a fate, solve Gawain, and he would eventually have to be pinched to death by me like a grass coward. The Emperor put the paperwork down and said in a smug tone, "The army continues to march forward, and after passing through this valley, there are no rich meadows or market towns to supply it along the way, and it must reach Konya in one go." ”

At the sound of trumpets and horns, two of the emperor's favorite palace guards came on horseback, "Your Majesty - news from the front, Gawain has returned to Seleucia, and it seems that he is going to make a move against the nobles of the Mut Valley anyway!" ”

What, the Emperor exclaimed in amazement, how could Gawain be so fast, and then he bent his horsewhip in annoyance, "Could it be that Tetisius and Theognes secretly released water?" ”

However, the court officials, generals, and guards around them all deduced that the situation at the front line was unclear, and it was really difficult to judge, "Do you send a message to Harold and ask him to bring 5,000 men and station them in Milio Sefalon to block Gawain?" In addition, Prince John of Pamphylia, who also had a garrison of 4,000 men, was able to reach there and join Harold. Yagfi suggested.

Now that the emperor has a somewhat passive feeling, what kind of scope will Gawain control his actions in? Will he plough the valley of the Mutt, or will he plunder the empire's territory further? In the case of the former, it is not clear to what extent the Callegos family can resist Gawain; In the case of the latter, Gawain also had two routes to choose from, either north along the valley from Milio Sepharon, or west by sea from Alalmanburg - the emperor who was in his lapse had not yet extricated himself, and a messenger claiming to be from Pamphylia galloped in and after being stopped by the warriors of the Inner Palace Guard, he rolled off his horse and handed the emperor a new letter, claiming to have been sent by Prince John.

The prince's letter was unceremonious, accusing his father of having no merit in his present behavior: first, he sent Tetisius, in the name of assisting Antiochus, through the Cilician Gate and occupied Tarsus, not only forming a situation of being alone, but also passive in faith; Then, in his own trouble, he marched along the dangerous and undersupplied Anatolian plateau with a large army, and it was easy for the enemy to choke the throat and not be able to advance or retreat.

"And the best strategy is actually to command the fleet, along the Gulf of Atalia by land and water, directly through the Fort of Alaman, and take Seleucia with certainty - once this city is taken, Gawain will inevitably be like a lost dog, and will surrender Cilicia."

"A bunch of immature remarks!" Alexios angrily threw his son's advice aside. (To be continued.) )