In the palace, Bohemond stepped on the stairs of the tired dead corpses, walked into the blood-drenched hall, and looked with satisfaction at the bright marble floor, the sky-blue columns, and the blood-soaked mosaics and pastel frescoes, "Don't touch it, you want to rob the dwellings, the palace is a symbol of authority!" Viscount Redbeard roared as he pointed to several Calabrian soldiers who were about to remove a sculpture. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers let go of their hands in panic and were about to retreat, but soon Bohemond saw the expressions on their faces change rapidly, and it was an unbelievable expression.

"Why......" Bohemond was still wondering when he heard hurried footsteps behind him, and then he turned around and saw the light of the blade coming at him rapidly, so frightened that Bohemond staggered backwards and slid to the floor, the sword cut off the statue's head and fell into Bohemond's arms, "Tancred, you are crazy! Bohemond, holding the head of the statue, was terrified, and shouted at his nephew, who was red-eyed and carrying a sword.

"It's you who have gone crazy, you have begged Gawain for the sake of profit, and you have lost Samosata; Now you are going to slaughter the city again and sell my woman. Tanfred roared in a low voice like a mad bull, and several knights behind him saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Tanfred.

"I am the commander of the army, and I am also the Duke of Apulia, and I am the one who brought you from the wild countryside with no name and no money to this world of flowers. You're nothing without me! Bohemond angrily shook off the statue's head, stood up against the pillars, drew his sword, and was also held by several barons, "That woman is just the granddaughter of the dead Arni, despicable and stupid, now as long as you want, which woman from the famous family of Apulia is not chosen by you at random?" ”

"This is the kingdom of Antioch, a kingdom shared by all warriors, not the hall of your Tver family. Yes! Tancred was framed, but with all his might, he threw his sword at Bohemond - and with a nimble flash, Bohemond slammed the sword against the pillar with a loud noise, and then fell to the floor.

"Damn bastard, you destroyed this porphyry pillar worth ten gold Byzantit coins." Watching Tanfred being dragged down, the uncle touched the scar on the pillar and raised his fist and scolded angrily.

Finally, in the early hours of the morning, with tears of humiliation, Mesander was found in a forest outside the south gate of the city, and she was tied to an old tree with her backhand tied to squat, looking at the corpses all over the ground, fortunately she was tied, otherwise if she walked around, she was afraid that she would have been trampled and killed by mistake by the Norman cavalry.

The light soldier of Calabria, who recognized her, and only then undid he untie her wrists, and the flaxen-haired Tantred walked slowly with his sword on the other side of the city gate.

Ostu used her as a bargaining chip to deceive everyone, but in fact, the Turkic mercenary ran away from the southern gate, where the river was sandwiched, and was not quickly blocked by the besieging army. Originally, when Ostu arrived in the forest outside the city, he wanted to kill Mesander, "because she has no value at all." But he could not resist his sister's request, and at last he tied her up with a rope and spared her life, and he swam across the Euphrates with his sister and several horsemen, and disappeared.

"I deserve to die, I carry such humiliation and the country is destroyed." The saved Mesander wept and knelt before Tancred's knees, "You are still the Countess of Samosata, live, my own sister is also separated from me, she has been taken captive by the enemies of the Greek army, and the culprit is that Gawain." I promise you'll take good care of you. ”

At this time, Mesander's eyes widened in horror, and he clenched his head and black hair, "No, no, no! I don't want to stay here any longer, a city drenched in blood, rebellion and filth, no, no! ”

Tanfred removed the cross from his neck and hung it around her neck, "Then you go to Fort Medidens, Syria Gate, where you face the blue sea, and the castle will be surrounded by flowers and green bushes in spring and summer, which will make you feel better." Then Tancred angrily asked, "Where is Osto?" The answer given by his woman in a trance was to cross the river and leave.

However, this was a miscalculation: the cunning Estus, after running on the other side for more than ten giri, drove his horse across a river that was not very fast, and turned southeast of Samosata with Tang Wu, and ran all the way to the palace in Aleppo along the corridor of Azazze.

He was personally received by the king of Aleppo, Kmedwan, and said, "Since you, Borduka, have escaped, then the city of Samosata should be completely destroyed." ”

"Yes...... And Bohemond slaughtered the city without credit, and the fortress was completely Normanized. Ostu hastened to provoke the relationship between Ridwan and Bohemond.

"Why did you come to Aleppo? And not to Maras, or Mosul? ”

"Marash is all Arni nobles, and I believe in the scriptures, so I can't get along with them. And Kobuha, Mosul, is said to be in the midst of a palace battle, and I will not enter the whirlpool. Therefore, I am willing to serve you, the Sultan, and in the future, I am willing to assist you in taking Azadze, Samosa, Tarnai, Antioch, and Mosul while the pilgrims are collectively heading south to the Holy City. Ostu hurriedly took out his saber in both hands and rested it lightly under the steps of Ridwan's throne, pledging his allegiance to the other party.

Ridwan shifted his body, turned around and sneered, behind the horseshoe arch behind the throne, stood his Grand Vizier Daura, who gestured lightly.

"The situation in Aleppo is very difficult, sandwiched between the forces of Antioch, Seleucia, and Maras, and there is no room for maneuver, and although trade is still thriving, it is because of this that countless people come to covet it. Lord Godfrey was a man of integrity and desire, but he had gone south toward Jerusalem, leaving behind no doubt Bohemond, the red-bearded demon who was always trying to annex it. So in your opinion, how do you go about it? Seeing the gesture of the palace minister, Ridwan, who turned his head, took the opportunity to ask Esdu.

Ostur raised his eyes excitedly, and there was a slight rattle from the iron bar on his leg, "Bohemond can't expand for the time being, even if his inner thoughts are blazing. The pilgrim would soon run to Jerusalem, and his army would be weakened, and he would even be forced to lead his own army with the other lords. Therefore, we have to take advantage of this gap to prepare our army and join forces diplomatically with the Marashians, Constantinople and Danishmund, so that in the event of a war in the future, we will attack the Azadze Corridor horizontally, and we will be able to split the Norman dumbbell-like kingdom in two. Then everything will go smoothly. ”

"Very well, go ahead and talk about your thoughts." Ridwan suddenly looked very interested. (To be continued.) )