Chapter 1: Marash's Strategy

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The spoahal judgment preached in many sermons had not yet come after a hundred years, and many monks had retreated to the monasteries in the pretense of seclusion to continue studying its exact date, and the situation seemed to be improving throughout Europe and Asia Minorβ€”a year full of bountiful harvest and ripening, a steady revival in the kingdoms, and a good prosperity for the whole Mediterranean trade with the successful Christian conquest of Jerusalem.

In Tarsus's dormitory, Gawain stood in front of the mirror and tied his shoulder straps and straps for himself, and Wen Ruomina, the sleeping officer, knelt beside him, Gawain raised his eyebrows, pointed to Anna in front of the standing mirror next to him, and motioned to the sleeping officer to help the female Caesar, who was completely self-help here, and he was not used to being served like this.

So Winjomina turned and helped Anna with the other maids to arrange the corners of her dress, and Caesar looked at the reflection in the mirror with great satisfaction, and turned the corners of her skirt around, and her waist was still so tender: it seemed that insisting on breastfeeding Helena did not affect her delicate figure.

In fact, her milk is always insufficient, and she mainly relies on Ingrida who enters the palace to assist.

Sometimes the widow still has a lot of savings that she can't deal with, so she can only ask Gawain to help, and as a result, some indescribable things have to happen to help her, and Anna can only let it go, who calls the good daughter's appetite so great, and now she is cheering up, and when she hears that the spring wheat and citrus in the whole of Cilicia are growing well, she is ready to discuss the next conception plan with Gawain, "It is better to be a boy, that will be fine." ”

"What is the situation in Jerusalem now?" After dressing up, the two rulers walked side by side on the corridor leading to the main hall, and the jewel-blue porcelain pendant hanging from Anna's golden crown of the Seven Mountains slightly obscured her forehead and eyebrows, constantly shaking.

"Godfrey wrote that pilgrims came and went along the port of Jaffa, but that they were still surrounded by dangerous Crescent cities, such as Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, Homs, Harran, Aleppo, Mosul, etc., and even the Crescents in Tyre and Sidon, who could attack the holy city at any time in order to recover." Gawain replied as he walked.

"But haven't the princes of Homs, Damascus, and Aleppo already submitted to Godfrey? Their attitude seems to be mild. ”

"That's Anna, you don't know, the Crescent attitude is only a one-way movement between moderate and extreme, that is, it will only slide from the former to the latter, and never from the latter. We have to be careful at all times. Gawain raised his hand and made a comparison of the trajectory of a water turbine jet, so Anna, who was a head shorter, looked up and instantly understood.

"Are you ready for the purge of Merrick's remnants of castle and power on the plateau, big barbarian?"

"The Hekou military station has been completed on schedule, the scale of Khitan snow production is expanding, and the iron ore in Sith County has attracted many Italian merchants to inject capital, and it is about to be the time for me to join the army. Kayseri also reverted to the Roman name (i.e., Caesarea), where I would at once divide the whole army into two routes, the Caesarea march and the corgison, and crush Meritene like pincers. ”

"Pay attention to Theodoro, how is the whole of Cilicia now?"

"Crazy, all the people of the West and Anatolia, regardless of the sect of the Pope, are flocking here to visit the holy city for the Hajj, and to stay in Seleucia or Tarsus for sightseeing and prostration, and the throughput is amazing." Gawain's eyes soon glowed with a golden glow that was unique to Byzantian front and back.

The corners of Anna's mouth curled slightly, "Sooner or later, Newport will have to be planned, and what we want to see now is actually Bill Leoni." ”

The one Anna spoke of was the financial agent of the Holy See and the head of the Pisa Chamber of Commerce, and it was he who had previously colluded with the emperor's envoys to establish a large warehouse in Marash Armenia and open up the Sivas trade route.

But in less than a year, Billeoni was defeated by the Turkic emirate of Danishmund, and the marketing of the entire trade route was close to collapse and stagnate, and when Gawain established the new Iconium trade route, he instantly robbed eighty percent of his traffic.

Unable to bear it, Billleoni met with Fer and Parkaard at Marash Castle and threatened to withdraw Pisa completely and ****** their investment in the country.

"There is another solution, Marash, Tubersena, and Laverdra all join Gawain's '********', so that in just three years, I can stop the loss and make a profit."

"What else is there to say about that? Venerable Agent of the Holy See, I entrust you to travel to the city of Tarsus for the Ambassador's Day, to sign a treaty of commerce, and to show you the goodwill of trade and deference to the High Literature. Fell, who was on the throne of the king, said very considerately.

Many Armenian nobles on the steps beside him, Pak Ade, his son, Saliki, Hector, Firuz, etc., all stood diagonally in cloaks and swords between the rows of pillars, the sun shining on the high window holes, behind their faces, except for Pak Ade's bald head, which was relatively bright, the rest of the people had hideous faces and blurred faces, and did not say much.

So Billeoni came to the court of Tarsus.

However, as soon as he left, the cunning and fickle Armenians gathered together to deliberate, and finally, after a fierce quarrel, they settled on a strategy that was extremely risk-taking:

"Now Bohemond is concentrating his troops and horses to attack the rich and important city of Homs leading to the inland of Latakia and Tartus, and he can't take care of it for the time being, so it is unlikely that he and Gawain will join forces. Gawain's attack on Danishmond on the plateau was aimed at the inner city of Melitane. And Meritene is too far away from Gawain's territory, and the attack route is too long, and he failed last time. ”

Based on this analysis, Fair and Parkuade boasted about the conch, "Now Bill Leoni is ready to abandon our country anyway, and to participate in Gawain's trade route is tantamount to betraying the country to Gawain without a war, and the believers of the evil god of Mammon always can't believe it." Otherwise, we will take the opportunity to confiscate all the money and funds of the Pisas and Reladucks throughout the country, and do our best to raise a huge army to set up an ambush in the valley south of Melitene and wait for an opportunity to attack Gawain's army, and to aid Merrick under the pretext of aiding him - whether we defeat Gawain, or whether Gawain and Merrick are both defeated, we can reap the profits and take Meritane, and as long as we have this castle, we can unite with Greater Armenia, and then we can hope to restore the country! ”

This plan was firmly opposed by Pakad's son Hercules, and the young man patted his chest and said, "Our army is no match for Gawain now, so we must slowly accumulate strength." I've heard that if you participate in the Iconium Trade Route, you will be able to share the benefits, and if the peace talks between Gawain and Billeoni succeed, it will be a good thing for us, and your strategy is too risky and will bring the Marash Alliance to an end. ”

His father laughed at the touch of his bald head, "The foal never dares to cross the river that can only cross its knees, we are not fighting against Gawain, but we are going to surprise him, and we have a great thaumaturgy, which is to contact Theodoro, the governor of Chaldia. Gabuyas, and the king of Aleppo, Km Dewan, together to attack Gawain! (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )