Gregor was overjoyed that the Orthodox faith was still quite influential throughout Syria and Lebanon, so Gawain made him very careful to avoid flags like the "Roman Empire", and now the state of Tarsus was almost like a traitor in the eyes of the emperor. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Gregor, who could not wait for Gawain to send the students of St. Paul's College, immediately ordered a group of members of the Brotherhood of the Brocade who were in charge of logistics, planning, and supervision in the brigade to get into the land, orchards, and aqueducts of Jubail and Beirut. The Brotherhood then quickly changed the name of the Territory's Inventory Book, allocated the land, and established a salt tax, a commodity surtax, and a fishing tax, stabilizing the situation. Then, the 7,000 inhabitants were organized according to the "border people's system", and they were organized around several highland outposts according to their settlements, and cultivated for self-defense. With the masonry, lime and timber brought in by several Venetian ships, the city was quickly repaired and restored, and finally Gregor took the lead in asking Pragit to board the ships of Venice and Winmoha with six detachments of soldiers to reinforce the Holy City in Jaffa. He and Parni took the remaining two detachments, each of which guarded the two castles and the seaside plateau, and made an agreement with all the Orthodox inhabitants who came to defect: all men, who ploughed the fields in peacetime, must defend the castle after the enemy attacked.

Jubail has long been known for its grapes and grains, while Beirut is blessed with a seaport and fishing industry. Gregor's swift and efficient operation was soon followed by three or four thousand Syrians and scattered pilgrims, most of whom had fled from Tartus, because Bohemond had sent Normans and Crescents of his cronies to occupy the land, and had driven away many of the old owners, who had to flee to Jubail to take shelter.

This core land was temporarily occupied by Gawain.

At the back of the fort to Mount Argyle, two thousand Varkov Brotherhood soldiers, carrying sharp and slender spears, were retreating in a very long line towards the Tartus region, and they were interestingly armed to imitate the Red Hands charging with spears in a row, and carrying quivers and bows like those of the Futuis guild soldiers.

Estu, as he now called "Jiangmo," sat on his knees in a somewhat strange posture on a felt because of that leg, in a tent pitched in a clearing on the edge of the mountain road, his bow and sharp knife beside him, and several Saracens standing beside him.

"You should be self-reliant on this land." One of the old men, dressed in a turban, spoke in a low voice, "First from Aleppo, and then nominally to Damascus, and taking advantage of the opportunity to strengthen yourself in Phoenicia (ancient Lebanon), and the pilgrims of Christ going deep into the Holy City, that Bohemond of Antioch, and Gawain of Tarsus, are busy pacifying their new territories—and you, with your former mercenary status, go to Tyre or Acre with light horsemen, and we will fully support you in occupying them, as long as they are joined together, Your power will be extraordinarily strong. ”

Ostu groaned, then craned his neck, "Unfortunately, I don't have the strength of my own. These Wakov are all sons of Aleppo, and the flag officers at the grassroots level are also students of the Aleppo madrasah. ”

"In this day and age, you can't achieve great things by looking ahead and looking backwards. When the prophet started up, how many people were willing to follow? Your Excellency, you also have more than 200 cavalry of Sagetus under your command, which we think is sufficient, not to mention the fact that there are now more than 2,000 apostate Franks (referring to the Provences of Raymond) in Tyre, which are enough to hold on to themselves. Several other old men all persuaded.

But in the end, Ostu refused, "Now Ridwan Sultan has been very good to me, and has given me the rich Mura Castle, given me a beautiful garden, and entrusted me with the heavy responsibility of training and commanding the army, I am just a mercenary, since my employer has given me the price, then I can't do both." Moreover, whether it is Tyre or Acre, I will certainly be at the center of the siege of the pilgrims in the future, and if I sit in the whole isolated area, I am afraid that I will not be the opponent of many Christ lords and will bring about my own destruction. ”

So, the Saracen old man sighed and shook his head and left. Abdullah. "This land is already inhabited by a great number of true creeds, and if you do what neither Ridwan nor Dukak can do, which is to protect them from the slaughter of the pilgrims with a sword, as in the tragedy of Jubail, your power will grow like an oasis in the desert after the rain," the white-bearded wise man of Gethri. You will even get Damascus, and even Egypt, to be the sword of Allah, the protector of all believers, against the enemy of Christ. ”

"I'd rather be in the mountains of Azadze, galloping with my bow and chasing animals carefree." This was Osto's final reply.

Willid sighed and left the tent as well, and the rest of the old men asked him what the results were.

"I tried to make this warrior a king, a glorious ruler of the faithful, but he only wanted to chase the fox who had not fallen into the cage. This Turkic warrior was, after all, nothing more than a hypocrite. Willier counted mercilessly.

"So what now?" Several people hurriedly hid under a low tree next to the tent.

"Return to the city of Acre, contact Damascus and Aleppo, and tell the two brothers to join forces as much as possible, and now that the pilgrims are in infighting, there is always one of them who is willing to seize the opportunity." Touching his long beard, he said, "The Seljuks call themselves 'protectors of the faith' and cannot sit idly by for long, so I personally wrote a secret letter asking for reinforcements. ”

At this moment, in Ramla, which was not far from the city of Jerusalem, countless pilgrims' camp tents were lined up, and Godfrey, Baldwin, Flanders Robert, Tancred, and dozens of powerful earls were all gathered together, many of whom were short of breath and fidgeted as if they had a fever.

And Godfrey, who was sitting in the center, was trembling and trembling with excitement.

The Holy City, the Holy City that has fallen to the pagans for so many years, the site of Christ's tomb, is so close to them! Unlike all previous pilgrimages, they were followed by more than 20,000 soldiers who had made the trek and fought bloody battles, and 100,000 fanatical armed believers - who wanted to truly free this great city from the oppression of pagan horses' hooves and whips!

"We can leave part of our army at Ramla, and the main force will be transferred to attack Damascus, and then the holy city will be recovered, so that the flanks will be safely secured in the siege." Count Robert trembled and suggested that many lords had actually agreed, because many of them had developed a strange and strange "sacred fear" mentality when they were close to the lord's tomb. (To be continued.) )