But when Gawain's letter appeared in front of the Emperor of Brachna Palace for the first time, Alexios's confusion and anger were even greater, "What, Gawain, a barbarian, actually captured my younger brother, the Imperial Sebastoclat? ”

Then, the emperor's fingertips pressed the edge of the scroll, and the dense text on it revealed the clarion call of Gawain to provoke and fight against him:

"His Majesty the Supreme Holy Apostle Emperor, His Excellency Sebastocratt, at the border of Sophia, had a misunderstanding with the Counts of the Pilgrims who had come from the Franks. Gawain lived in the meantime and ran to mediate, and finally allowed Sebastocraert and Boyon's Counts Godfrey to calm down the war and sit down for a good peace talk, and Gawain was very relieved. However, the affairs of the two kingdoms and the church must be dealt with by His Majesty personally, so Gawain and Godfrey, as well as the Red Hand Dalian Brigade and the Lower Lorraine Legions, a total of 40,000 people, gathered under the imperial capital to look forward to His Majesty's face. ”

When Alexios saw the "collar is yes" at the end of the scroll, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and angrily pushed away the paper scroll and the bronze pen holder!

Why does he have such a brother? He was actually treated as an "object" by Gawain's barbarian as a random man, and now he is tired of playing with it, and he wants his brother, the most venerable person of the empire, to go and "receive it back"? Thinking of this, Alexios trembled with anger, it seems that under the command of Isaac, the fifteen thousand elite troops he left behind in Fort Sophia are afraid that they are also under the "command" of this stupid brother, and they have disappeared.

This is half of the Imperial Army! Alexios covered his chest with his hands. When your eyes start to darken, sometimes life may not determine your success or failure, not how talented you are, how hard you work. But those one or two "pig teammates" and "donkey relatives" that you can't let go of.

But now the situation here in the imperial capital has made Alexios have to deal with Gawain's proposal seriously.

In the old days, before the coup d'état. Peter, who was in the dungeon, once said to him, "Your Majesty, you seem to be plotting against my brother Gawain. ”

Alexios at that time did not bother to admit it at all, and his reply to Peter was, "Your righteous brother, I am not even interested in parading the streets in front of the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom with a dog chain." ”

It's only been ten days since this conversation, and now Gawain and Godfrey's 40,000 troops have arrived. No, Gawain was backed up by 30,000 civilian pilgrims. The attitude of the nearly 10,000 Norman troops stationed near the Jukuntina Palace is also unclear, and his favorite brother Isaac is also in the hands of Gawain. And the soldiers and horses that he can use now, even with the addition of Brenustun outside the city, are no more than 10,000 people. Hard against hard is certainly unwise.

The Emperor slowly paced to the terrace of the palace and looked at the beautiful view of the Brachna Palace, and that section of the city wall. But it was thousands of pilgrim horses with weapons in their hands: Interesting, really interesting, since Gawain you sent a letter. You must be ready to play with me, right? I don't mind, play with you.

In the sound of long horns, two Byzantine Roman cavalrymen holding the banner of the fish and dragon. Side by side, they walked out of the military gates of Constantinople and crossed the stone bridge over the trench. Came to the camp of the Red Hand Dalian team, and just arrived. There were dozens of infantry belonging to the "Grand Duke's Dead Soldiers" company, armed with spears and halberds, and immediately shouted to meet them from their sentry positions, and the sharp edges forced the two cavalry mounts to retreat and retreat.

"The Emperor has ordered you to retreat from this Sarabra wilderness. And I need you as a guide to let Godfrey, Duke of Lower Lorraine, go to the palace to receive His Majesty's canonization. Then, the herald cavalry, who was brought into the tent, handed over the emperor's letter to Gawain, and dictated Alexios directly. Komnenos's opinion.

Who would have thought that Gawain said, "I can't read", and put the pleadings on the table.

"Your Excellency Commander Aconis, please read and follow as soon as possible." The herald's tone was very tough, "If there is a delay, then the contemptible will hand over His Majesty's documents directly to the Duke of Godfrey in Bouillon." ”

Gawain threw the petition back to the cavalryman, saying that he could go without paying attention to himself.

An hour later, the two cavalrymen passed through the tents of thousands of pilgrims, and at last found the camp where Duke Godfrey was, and handed him the Emperor's letter, which Godfrey read aloud in the presence of many lords and noblewomen:

"Alexios, the great emperor of the Roman Empire. Komnenos, hereby greets the devout Duke of Lower Lorraine, His Excellency Godfrey of Bouillon. I beg you to restrain your party and enter the Brachna Palace as soon as possible, with your brother and allies, and with Bohemond, Duke of Apulia. Morality. Tver, together with the emperor, accepted the canonization of the emperor. In addition, Your Majesty will grant your army a privilege to buy and sell any goods, and you will receive any conceivable additions within the borders of the Roman Empire, and the Emperor's throne is filled with glorious medals and titles waiting to be conferred on you noble warriors. ”

After reading it, Baldwin said aloud to the herald cavalry, "We need a message for the safety of Peter the Hermit. ”

"His Majesty also wants to receive a message of his brother Sebastoprat's safety." The herald cavalry replied.

The crowd was puzzled, "What Sebastoclat?" This is a completely groundless accusation, please go back and report it so to your emperor. Godfrey, who was seated, said, "And Peter, the hermit, has indeed disappeared after entering Constantinople, and I can find more than five witnesses to prove that your emperor is trying to harm him." ”

"Your Excellency, our Roman Empire is a civilized and prosperous place, even if you accidentally touch someone on the street, you must bow your head and say sorry to the other party. It is none other than your priesthood Stephen Stephen who said that His Excellency Sebastoprat was captured in your army. His Excellency Gawain. The herald said angrily.

"Then please go to His Excellency Gawain!" Godfrey threw the paperwork back as well.

So, the two horsemen ran until they were half dead from exhaustion, and came back to Gawain's crimson tent, "Please tell the Emperor in person, Gawain's current request is—first, I want to see the patron of the Lord, Princess Anna, and I also want to see the Empress and Caesar in good form; Second, His Majesty the Emperor immediately released my brother-in-law, Peter, the Hermit; Third, Stephen. Gawain, I need Your Majesty to grant me the post of Grand Duke of Anatolia, and the power to freely recruit soldiers and taxes there; Fourth, the safety of the Red Hand Dalian Brigade from the imperial capital must not be threatened by anyone. If these four points are satisfied, Gawain will not break his promise and immediately release His Excellency Sebastoprat. (To be continued.) )