Watching Mikhail's back depart, Harold pointed to the two fenced shoulders that had just been carried ashore, and declared to Branas, "Containing the wife of the Sultan of Konya, who had been captured in the city of Nicaea, and his sons and daughters, as well as their vizier, and an Atarberg named Hajib." ”

"The Emperor is going to"

"Originally, I wanted to send it to Amasya City by land, but there were many strongholds of Konya thieves along the way, which was very unsafe, so I went by sea with me, and after immediately solving Gawain, I sent it to the kingdom of Danishmond and handed it over to their emir Merrick. Gaz disposed of. ”

"Is the wife of the Sultan of Konya beautiful?" Branas couldn't help but ask.

Harold laughed, "Although it doesn't have much impact on my old fellow, I can only say that it was a mistake to leave her in Nicaea City, and that Sultan of Konya is now hiding in a mountain col, so he should be heartbroken, right?" ”

Then the old commander of Varangia began to order the whole army to advance, and the two armies met in one place, with a total of six thousand elites, and marched in the direction of Sinop City, "Send a messenger of fast horses to deliver the Emperor's sealed paper to Gawain's camp." On the one hand, he wanted to find out the position of the Dalian team, and on the other hand, he tried his best to stabilize Gao Wen, so that he was not wary of the rear. ”

Andronicus. Branas supervised a hundred Plonian cavalrymen, who were watching over the two shoulders, and walked at the back of the whole group, the newly promoted Grand Duke of Paphlagonia, the emperor's upstart, sat on horseback and watched the swaying shoulders. One of them is decorated with polychrome embroidery and tassels, apparently ridden by the Sultan's wife. He had just asked Harold out of curiosity. But now the more he looked at the fragrant shoulder, the more he could not contain the feeling that welled up in his heart—he wanted to open the windows on either side, or lift the curtains in front of him, to see what the rumored beautiful Sultan's wife really looked like.

"Wow!" With a bang, Branas stretched out his hand, feigning a serious expression, and opened the window on his shoulder, and the light poured into the room at once. When he calmed down and was about to see clearly, he saw only an old man with a long white beard, and a strong man with a full beard, looking at him with two pairs of frightened eyes.

"I'm the Grand Duke of the Army, and I've come to check on my shoulder." Branass defended this sentence with great disappointment, and then the old man protested angrily, gushing endlessly. The Greek language was used to accuse Branas of insulting the honored captives.

Branas turned his head in disgust, he had clearly miserated, he had thought that this feminine shoulder should be the Sultan's wife to sit, but he did not expect it to be when he thought so. The shoulder on the other side opened his own small mouth, and at that moment, Branass saw Shah Nami. She was distraught at the slightest commotion, and stretched out her face to see what was going on.

And in this moment. The innocent glance of the Sultan's soft and mournful wife, her hair curled up like violet. Her plump lips were like buds dipped in breath, and above all, her beautiful and slightly frowning moth eyebrows were already like a full bowstring, and the blazing arrows were completely shot at Branas, making the Grand Duke bloodied and trembling his hands and feet.

The child's voice sounded, and Shahnamy only glanced at Branas, and then closed the small window on his shoulder again, and went to comfort his child.

The Plonian cavalry on either side, carrying spears and banners, passed past Branas, a little puzzled, and the Grand Duke of Paphragonia was stationed in the same place, his chest almost suffocated, and he could not move, covering the "wounds of the arrows", which were shot by the eyes of Shahname

Two scarlet-clad cavalrymen, holding letters to confuse Gawain, galloped to the east side of Sinop, in front of the Red Hand Battalion at the mouth of the Harris River. Now a full twelve thousand soldiers, armed regiments, a thousand auxiliary servants, and many horses and cattle were spread along the riverbank, and Gawain's fears of the death of horses were solved—the open field, with streams and meadows, was freed to green horses, and about half of the horses were quickly restored to health.

On both sides of the river, there are high banks at steep angles, sandwiched between wide rivers, which makes it difficult for both sides to launch an offensive, and because of the clever timing of each side, the two armies are still in the stage of confrontation.

Looking at the banner of the "Black Virgin" erected in the camp opposite, and the infantry drill below, Gawain who was lying on the wooden tower was very puzzled, "This team seems to be a small team of soldiers of all colors, that is, a small battle group?" It's a bit similar to how I set up my own column and the Italian company. ”

"Sixteen, seven in armor and with long oval shields and spears, and four with swords, shields and flags," the sharp-eyed Bramson reported.

"Those four are the captains of this squad." Giovanni explained, "The remaining five were lightly armed skirmisher archers. ”

"See, now the four squads can easily line up by banner and attack quickly, with the archers all in the rear, the spearmen at the front, and the captains on either side with swords and shields. Their cavalry was also lancers and horse archers, each with a mixed mix of cover for each other. After observing it, Gawain laughed, "Theodoro, this old fellow, really despises me, he obviously does not retain the power of his team, and intends to demonstrate and show off. ”

When the news of the arrival of the emperor's scarlet envoy cavalry came, Bramson and Giovanni were very alert, but Gawain made a gesture to tell them to calm down, and then his fingers circled, and then nodded, meaning that I will deal with it, and you two will strengthen the security of the camp.

In the scarlet tent, Anna consciously sat behind the curtain in the company of Agnes and Staulachos, with a row of guards standing in front of herald, and then Gawain sat upright on the couch with the armrests, and received the scarlet-clad herald cavalry.

"Your Excellency, the Governor of the Asiatic March, inside are the documents of the Grand Duke of Branas and the Chief of Mikhail."

"Well, good work!" Gawain replied calmly, and then took out the bounty, and the two horsemen then unfolded the paperwork, which read, "Don't easily clash with the enemy and wait for reinforcements from our army to arrive." Gawain's blue eyes shook rapidly, and he said to the cavalry, "Very well, please report to Branas and Mikhail, Gawain is here at the mouth of the river, waiting for the arrival of the Emperor's reinforcements, to break through the Haris River, and to annihilate or force down Trabzon's troops." ”

"Agnes, the critical moment has come, we must quickly find a way south to get out of here, and the group of heretics who have been kept in the dark will come in handy." At this time, Anna, behind the curtain, spoke calmly and firmly, took Agnes's hand and admonished softly.

"Yes, yes," said Agnes, delighted. (To be continued.) )