Annoyed to angry, but the Brenus had no better way for the time being, even if they summoned General Cosa and his division from the neighboring district, the huge regular army would not be able to deal with this small guerrilla army, which was mainly composed of mountain bandits. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Dedo angrily protested against Raymond again, but to little avail.

In the end, Brenus intervened and paid 20 pounds of gold each for the Callegos Party and the Nikitas Party, so that the two parties could return their nests and buy a stable.

According to the list issued by the treasury of the military district, the two payments are called "Karlegoskin" and "Nikitaskin".

Earl Raymond received the money and continued to build his fortified castle on the high hills.

"Neighbors on both sides are scoundrels of scoundrels." Dai Duo, who lost face, was very angry in the living room.

A merchant who had been transferred from Seleucia on a ship, and who was also a traveling intelligence agent placed by Dedot, was now outside the reception hall and asked for an emergency, saying that it had brought an emergency from the east, "The barbarian of Antioch, Bohemond, who proclaimed himself lord of the kingdom, had gathered twelve thousand elite troops, including four hundred Latin and Norman knights, plus one thousand fifteen hundred cavalry of all colors, ready to use force against the mountains of Marash. And the barbarian Gawain of Tarsus. Lusail, who is said to have left the plateau and returned to the city where he had entrenched, also had his eye on Marash, as if to cooperate with Bohemond. ”

"When did they become so colluded?" Dedot was a little puzzled, and then felt that this information could not be taken lightly, so she immediately ordered that it be forwarded to Constantinople and Adrianople to report to her father, and that her husband's territory be closed, that some militias in market towns be organized to block the roads, and that bandits from all walks of life should be strictly prohibited from coming to make trouble, and that all the troops in the military district and the troops of General Xhosa should be prepared for war to observe the development of the situation at any time.

Thus, after the guerrilla war, the atmosphere throughout Anatolia quickly became tense again.

In the Marash mountain fort, the Armenian nobles howled angrily, and they had also received the news that Bohemond had begun to drive to Samosata with a large procession, and the intention of the red-bearded robber was obvious, "I didn't expect to deceive Gawain, but I still didn't escape Bohemond!" ”

"Go to war, go to war, hold the three castles of Marash, Laverdra, and Tubersène, and thwart the enemy's attack." Saliki shook his fist and shouted.

"We can't let those merchants go, Gawain is essentially violating the agreement beforehand, and we use the money we took from them to hire more Turks and Kurds as mercenaries to replenish our strength." Over there, Hector also cautiously made a suggestion, after all, he had defected from Gawain's team, and he was very cautious in his speech.

At this time, the Supreme Consul Fell put on his seat and begged everyone to calm down, and then he glanced at the Vice-Consul Pak Ade, and motioned for him to lay out the whole battle situation and strategy, so the bald head asked everyone in front of the sand table to "do not fool and do not clash with Bohemond head-on in the plains, for it is difficult for our cavalry to overtake each other." Therefore, in this battle, we were able to win the initiative with decisive confidence and perfect strategy - Hercules! ”

The bald clever son, who was now the armed commander of the country and had also assumed the role of chief of the general staff, nodded and planned with his hand on the sand table of the map, "Now that Bohemond is advancing from the city of Samosata, the line of attack should be fixed, that is, along the Euphrates River, so that this group of Norman bandits can bypass Ravadra and Tubersena and drive directly to Marrashburg, where we are. In front of Marash was an open valley large enough for the cavalry to gallop, which was Bohemond's intention. ”

When the crowd was confused about how to retreat from the enemy, Hercules replied, "The fate of our nation rests on three men, Gawain, Merrick, and Ridwan. ”

"Gawain?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Yes, after all, we signed an agreement with Gawain beforehand, and now the intelligence shows that his two main brigades are still camped in Melitene for recuperation, and Gawain himself has returned to Tarsus, and it seems that he has no intention of coming in with Bohemond to invade us, but is taking a wait-and-see attitude with Baldwin. So I suggest that businessmen such as Billleoni be released to him as a gesture of goodwill in exchange for his neutrality. ”

"Oh~" Everyone immediately nodded in agreement with the permission, because now that the soldiers are pressing, they can't help but talk about it.

"As for Merrick, who had lost Melitene and Sivas, now that his power in Anatolia was over, he had returned to Erzurum. However, although he could not defeat Gawain, he still repelled Theodoro at Fort Bayburt. Gabuyas's Sem Division preserved the last piece of territory in and out of the plateau. Let's not spend money to hire the Turks there ourselves, but give Merrick a sum of money and invite him to go south with his cavalry to support us and re-form an offensive and defensive alliance. I believe that under such pressure, Merrick can still advance and retreat with us, and he should be willing. ”

Next, the crowd hurriedly asked to hear Hercules' third strategy about Ridwan.

"Send an envoy to Ridwan, and beg him to cut off the Azadze corridor when Bohemond comes to attack us, so that Bohemond will be cut off from the back road and deal a fatal blow to him." Hercules believes that this will be the biggest killer feature.

In the palace of the Sultan of Aleppo, the emissary from Antioch raised his toes and addressed Ridwan who was sitting on his couch. Tutush asked for 3,000 servants, but Ridwan whispered that he would do exactly what he could, and that he was willing to open the Azadze Corridor for the Bohemond army to use at will.

After the envoy of Antiochus had departed satisfied, Ridwan immediately turned grim and hurriedly led several warriors into the palace's secret chambers. Siyan's youngest son), the mercenary generals Ostu, the Grand Vizierdaura, and many of the Atarbergs were waiting there.

Among them, there was also the secret envoy sent by Marash, who was also Potrufis of Constantinople, who was smiling at Ridwan, as if waiting for him to make a decision.

"I've deceived the wolf with my words, and now it's time for the trap to destroy it." Ridwan's words were categorical, "In the past, my strategy of subservience was to paralyze Bohemond, but now is a good time for us to launch a counteroffensive and recover all the lost territories. ”

Everyone was in high spirits and rejoiced at Ridwan's words, "As long as the powerful enemy of Bohemond is destroyed, the emperor will immediately gather a powerful army for the second crusade, which is to annihilate the lawless barbarians." The Emperor wishes to join hands with you in forming a fierce assault on Bohemond and Gawain in all directions, so that they will not be able to deal with each other at all. When the time comes, we will divide the territory equally with the Amonos Mountains as the boundary. "Portrufes also made a shocking promise. (To be continued.) )