Within three days, the Emperor's army had drained the swamp waters of three hundred feet in sight, equal to one-quarter or one-fifth of the length of the marsh, and the soldiers laid bundles of firewood and grass on top of the exposed mud to reinforce the dry ground, on which both infantry and cavalry could walk on it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Seeing this miracle in front of them, the defenders of the big city, including Severn and Ace, couldn't help but shout feverishly, they forcibly recruited more strong men from the inhabitants of the entire fortress to guard the city wall, demolished almost all the houses, made defensive equipment day and night, and fought desperately against Gawain's besieging army, thwarting several sneak attacks by the Gemagys brigade squad.

"Look, the grain in the city is hidden in deep cellars, enough for us to eat for three months, and the Emperor's great project will drain the swamp in about ten days, and we will all be resurrected in a decisive battle with Gawain on the flat ground!" Old Dawen stood at the head of the city, staring at the whistling stone bullets, waving his fists every day, and intimidating also inspired the confidence of the defenders, "Someone asked, Gawain still has two brigades in Syria, what if he is transferred back?" Not to mention that the emperor who is like a holy apostle, and a lowly barbarian like Gawain will inevitably win. What's more, the wise emperor has sent a secret envoy to form an offensive and defensive alliance with Prince Ruben of Armenia, and Ruben is willing to put aside his old suspicions with our Callegos family (the three Callegos brothers had assassinated the last king of Armenia supported by Ruben before) and deal with Gawain together, and those two brigades will be firmly crucified there, and the Armenians will cut off their road to Cilicia. ”

"Hold out for another month, and then it will be our turn to enter Seleucia, destroy this city built by lowly barbarians, rob and kill everything, and take back everything that belongs to us!" In addition, Ace. Callegos made an impassioned and supplementary agitation, and many of the garrisons and citizens of the city became even more frantic and echoed in unison, with the slogan "Counterattack to Seleucia" to the fullest. The soldiers of the besieging city below could not help but panic when they heard these trumpets, and when they saw the emperor's army approaching the castle as the swamp was gradually drained. As a result, for the first time, Giovanni, who was patrolling the guard after night, caught more than a dozen deserters who were about to flee during the night, the first time since the siege began.

Seven were from Blois and five were Syrians, and after being interrogated by Giovanni, the military judge hanged them all on a stake in the middle of the camp, and then he hurried to the Grand Duke's tent with the news.

The Turkic servants lifted the curtain, and the military judge who entered saw that Gawain was hunched and a little nervous sitting behind the table covered with purple cloth, "Your Royal Highness, presumably there are deserters in the second detachment of the brigade besieging the city, you already know about it. ”

Gawain frowned, nodded, and didn't speak.

"If the current situation continues, in about seven or eight days, the emperor's soldiers and horses will be able to drain the swamp and engage our army's defense line." Giovanni was worried.

And the Grand Duke's words were also a little trembling, which was simply rare, which showed that although Gawain was big on the surface, he was still apprehensive in his heart, after all, the success of the attack on Alamanburg this time was completely different from the first time, and it could be said that the future fate of Seleucia was a huge adventure, "In this way, let me think about it carefully, we will come up with a plan to deal with the emperor tomorrow at the latest, and we can't delay it for a moment, hmm......" Speaking of this, Gawain was a little bitter and shrugged his shoulders, With his hands on his chin, it seems that he is suffering from no good solution.

The military judge pursed his lips solemnly, and then plucked up his determination and asked, "Do you also draw the two brigades from Syria Gate?" ”

"Don't act rashly for a while, but send fast horses and tell them to prepare for march and battle. Anna's mounted knights in South Cappadocia will also be rushing here on the same day, and the use of reserve forces should also be orderly, don't ......," said Gawain, his figure slanted down, and he sighed a little unnaturally, and then put his right hand on the table, and struck it, twisting his majestic eyebrows, as if he was carefully calculating the surplus of military strength.

"Then I won't disturb it, please ask the Grand Duke to issue a plan to deal with it as soon as possible tomorrow, so that the morale and morale of the army will be stable." Giovanni also felt that it would be useless to stay any longer, and that the Grand Duke should be given room to think in private, so he saluted and took his leave—Gawain did not stand up, waved his hand, and signaled that he could leave.

After Giovanni left, Gawain swallowed his mouth and lifted the purple cloth covering the table, only to see Cabeamia kneeling between his legs, sucking as if no one was around, and his braids were swaying rhythmically back and forth, "Hey, Cabeamia!" Gawain was a little annoyed, because she couldn't stop hiding under the table just now, and almost let herself leak her appearance in front of Giovanni, but fortunately it was a military judge who had always been loyal and strict, and if Wright came in to report on affairs, I am afraid that she would have been seen through a long time ago. It's hard to imagine that a few years ago, Kabeamia was a Paulicist Holy Golden Hand Archon who desperately resisted Gawain's "spear mounting", and now she almost "can't let go" of this spear, of course, this is also her little secret, only Gawain can see her current dignity.

Hearing this reprimand, Kabeamia, who had been "working hard", raised her eyes, her cheeks rose and fell, and she rolled her eyelashes and looked up at Gawain. This posture and expression were the most unbearable for Gawain, so he raised his head sharply and bared his teeth, his shoulders twitched a few times, and his fingers scratched on the purple cloth, and soon there was a choked cough from below......

"It's very simple, the emperor can drain the water like I did to you just now, can you continue to fill the swamp with water over here? On the other hand, the siege must not be slackened. After finishing the matter, Cabeamia sat affectionately on Gawain's lap and gave a plan.

"Towards the swamp, continue to fill the water?" Gawain groaned, and then felt that the words of the female consul just now seemed to be something in his words......

The next day, Gawain gathered all the soldiers and soldiers in his spare time, opened another sluice gate under his control, and cut all the ditches of the Alaman River that had been used to irrigate the fields under the city, and dug them all into the swamp, and soon the water rose again, and flooded more than half of the firewood and straw bales that the emperor's soldiers and horses had laid on the other side.

The emperor, who was standing in front of the spreading water and inspecting, couldn't help but curse when he saw the appearance of having lost all his previous efforts, and slapped his palms with a horsewhip, but he didn't know what to do?

At this time, it was Axepocaus who offered a new plan, "With ordinary firewood and grass, it is easy to be washed away by water and rot. His Majesty could use seaweed and reeds instead, and let the soldiers tie them into bundles, drain the water and make the second half of it with mud, and the first half of the bundle will not only absorb water, but also heat up, and squeeze each other more firmly. (To be continued.) )