"Here, you can almost overlook the whole of Marlash Castle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 "You see, now all my armies are divided into three groups, namely, General Branas, the Counts of Merlot, and the old General Walter, who occupy the field and the navigation of the Ferramis, and the Fort of Ravadla, and Fort Tubersena, respectively, occupy the field and the navigation of the Ferramis, and the Fort of Ravadla, and the Fort of Tubessena, respectively. This would be tantamount to encircling Fell's only remaining core stronghold on three sides. ”

"In that case, in addition to building a tight blockade, the siege artillery must be brought in as soon as possible." Several reserve generals replied.

"That's right, using the water transport of the Felamis River, in addition to the bronze stove built directly here, and the casting of additional fixed siege guns on the spot, was also a success in the Battle of Ferromeron. All the stonemasons were ordered to hurry up and grind the reserve projectile. Gao Wen breathed a long sigh of relief, inserted the whip back into his belt, and instructed the Turkic servant beside him, and then he asked the reserve officers around him, "Talk about it, and soon the forces of Danishmund, Aleppo, and Samosata will join the warband, will they be desperate to reinforce Marash?" And how to deal with it? ”

A young academy officer raised his hand in salute, "General Walter's frontier army has built a stronghold on the main road under the castle of Tubersena to resist enemy reinforcements from the direction of Greater Armenia and Samosata; The most important thing to note now is the assistance of the Turkic princes of Aleppo from the Azadze corridor. The Felamis River has a long tributary to the south, and we should make full use of our shipping capacity to build a defence there to block traffic between Marash and Azadze. ”

"Do you want to use the power of the Red Hand Brigade?" Gawain nodded.

"In that case, the besieging forces will not be able to hold it together. I think it's time to mobilize the Gimagys Brigade. Another reserve general, who had been promoted by the veteran, looked up at the chief guarantor and suggested.

"It is possible to mobilize the Gimagis brigade, but what if Theodoro in the north takes advantage of the situation and threatens our Caesarea or Angras at this moment? The military is a little stretched. Gawain leaned slightly on the saddle and hesitated to ask, "Is it to draw Afyon's Philomeron brigade?" ”

Everyone present was silent, it was not impossible to continuously draw Western military strength to supplement the siege of Marash, but if John and Theodoro launched a large-scale counterattack after the emptiness, the entire Western Front would fall into a huge passivity.

Gawain also understands your worries, and now the situation in the whole Asia Minor and the Levant has fallen into a huge whirlpool again with Baldwin's accession to the throne, and he has deduced it many times before going on the expedition, "What I am most worried about is that if a new brigade is drawn to the East, John and Tetisius will join Theodoro's army, attack directly from Prusa to Dolilahim, follow the old path of the First Crusade, and march directly to Afyon and Philomeron, and I will only have the border army that has just been formed, It was difficult to defend against the counterattacking Imperial army; And if Afyon falls, the other new brigade 'Hierapolis', which is sent to reinforce the Brenus and his wife, will be left alone, and the sea and land roads will be cut off, and most of them will be new soldiers, and their loyalty and combat skills are not very reliable, and I am afraid that they will surrender in despair with the Brenus and his wife. In that case, the richest part of Asia Minor would fall into John's hands, but it would be too bad. ”

"What if, as you have just said, the Imperial army does not advance eastward from the plateau, but from Paphragonia and Amasia, and takes aim at Anglasburg?" The Turkic servants felt that there was not only one possible route of invasion for the enemy.

"In that case, I don't have to worry about it......" Gawain replied in a very unbelievable way, and then he straightened up his body and regained his confidence and determination, "In any case, Marash must be the first to be captured, and I must do my best to defeat it, and then use it as a gateway to attack the regions of Greater Armenia, Erzurum and Trabzon, and after completely pacifying the eastern front, I will have enough troops and horses to sweep the western front unstoppably, Conquer the great imperial capital of Constantinople. ”

In the following three days, the original four border bars were transformed into strong and powerful bridgeheads, and also became the logistics station supporting the entire front line - the Army Yuan coordinated the ownership, using the cities and post stations between the Tarsus and Adana countries, from Tarsus County, Sith County, Seleucian County and several large and small border fortress areas to send grain, hay, wine, medicine, timber, Khitan snow and other materials from the river and land to this place.

Several makeshift workshops for the manufacture of guns were also erected along the banks of the Felamis River, where the steady flow of boats and boats carried copper and iron into it, and the soldiers of the Marash Fort could see the smoke of forging day and night.

When the Gimagis Brigade arrived, it took over the Red Hand Brigade's siege position north of Marlash Fort. The Red Hand Brigade then went to the north bank of the southern tributary of the Felamis and began to build a new camp with timber and nails brought up by boats, all of whom were in full swing and tireless.

In the Sultan's palace in the city of Aleppo, Ridwan, who was holding a letter for help, was also in a state of confusion: should he go north to save Phil at this time, or go south to help Tanfred? Because there is a war in both places that is vital to the future.

Grand Vizierdala and General Marpolo advocated going south to help Tancred, "The Arnies in Marashiri are too weak, while Tanrred owns the whole rich and powerful Antioch." The former is so weak that it is useless to help or not, and the latter, once we have our aid to repel Baldwin and Bohemond, will naturally be able to repel Gawain in the future. ”

But the mercenary general of Muya Castle, Ostu. JIANG Mo. Borduka disagreed, "Marash is a gateway to Syria, Mosul, and Greater Armenia, and if it falls into the hands of Gawain, it will do us immense." However, the strength of Tanrred on the Southern Front and King Baldwin of Jerusalem is not much different, and Antioch is a huge city fortress, with or without our help, it will not be possible to win or lose in the short term. It is better to save Marash first, once Gawain is trapped by us, there will naturally be the Holy See of Rome and the new emperor of Constantinople to restrain him. ”

After all, Ostu is just a foreign mercenary after all, Ridwan. Of course, Tutush still trusts his vizier the most, not to mention that Tanrred also released the most generous reward conditions, "As long as you help me repel the perverse actions of Bohemond and Baldwin, I agree to give you 40,000 gold coins." ”

In that case, what if Gawain captures Marash? Ridwan thought.