In the barracks in front of the city gates, Theognes counted the ranks of the infantry and cavalry one by one, holding the soldiers' books, and his words were almost numb, just repeating his names and drawing them on the list with a pen.

The Emperor did his best to send 10,000 soldiers, armed with excellent and elite equipment, to fight for Tarsus and make an expedition to the city of Antioch, which was an exciting event, but the captor was as happy as the also silent Lord Tetisius.

The first is Tarsus, which is an extremely sensitive area, almost related to the diplomatic relations between the Roman Empire and the entire Western barbarian pilgrims, in the past, Theognes held Peter's secret letter of the Holy See, and after reading it, he felt that the whole world in front of him was an angel flying, but now the homeland of Anatolia has been restored, but when the warden came to the barren hills, looking at the blue-gray Algaeus high ridge and the ruins of the fortress in between, he felt that everything was wrong, The old days are like the clouds that flew away, gone forever.

"What role did we, the Roman soldiers, play in the great revival of which His Majesty the Emperor speaks?" This was the confusion in the mind of the captor, he really did not know, but there was a feeling that it was clear that in the battle of the Eastern Valley of Nicaea, it was really refreshing: the Roman army fought bravely against the front line of the Sultan of Konya, Gawain and his cavalry flanked the ambush with swift flanking, the infidels were completely routed, the corpses were scattered all over the valley floor, and the flail in his hand and the arrows flying from the bowstring as he led to victory. He couldn't stop, so when he finally entered Nicaea, he held his chest high.

He thought that such a feeling would run through the entire plateau, all the way to Antioch, all the way to Jerusalem.

But then. His Majesty suddenly divided the army, marched in all directions, and carefully hid the edge under the dark shadow, as if all faith and fighting spirit had turned into birds and thrown into the endless black waters of Yukexing.

Is this still the Roman Empire?

"Your Majesty's token and urgent letter, Aconis Yagfei of the Inner Palace Guard. Nestas, and Harold were carrying five thousand soldiers. From the canyon of the Brasilon. Your Majesty has asked us to go first to Tarsus along the Cilician Gate. There, Tetisius took the latest order from the herald cavalry, and said beyond question.

Next, the procession of purple flags moved rapidly along the roads of the Anatolian plateau, scattering, gathering, and going their separate ways, like a group of male ants with their chests held high. After walking through the mountains, he finally stopped in front of the Cilician Gate.

Tetisius with a nose helmet. Looking at the Taurus Mountains that they should have seen earlier, they waved their whips silently, and then the soldiers cautiously formed a long, winding procession, and continued to follow in Gawain's footsteps along the Sidnus River.

Orson of Lamprun Castle, who was the first to guard the Cilician Gate, got the news of this, and immediately became a bit of a godless. He was used to being the "King of the Mountain" here, Gawain came, Baldwin came, and he could easily keep his property. But now it was different, the Emperor's horses had arrived, and the main forces of Gawain and Baldwin had gone to besiege Antioch - what if they had resisted at this time, what should they do in case of an attack by the Emperor's army?

There is nothing wrong with holding on to Lamprun Castle and blocking the Cilician Passage, but the biggest question is, what if you use yourself as a bargaining chip and are betrayed by Gawain or Baldwin?

Orson was in the castle, restless, in order to show his loyalty to Gawain, the "Grand Duke of the Empire", he had asked Haarlem, the chief flag officer and his brother, to take five hundred cavalry to participate in the expedition against Antioch, and the three Callegos brothers in Sith City over there also sent three hundred cavalry to do the same, now the situation is unclear, what kind of relationship between the Grand Duke and the Empire, he really can't figure it out, and now he is completely "a wolf and a tiger", unable to choose.

And with the same idea, in addition to the three brothers in Sith City, there were also Tetisius and Theognes who had marched from the Cilician Path, "Lord of Lamprun, is he friend or foe?" "They and Orson share the same doubts.

"Your Majesty only told us to advance towards the goal of Tarsus, and there is no specific diplomatic outcome to tell us." Tetisius on horseback spoke in such an ambiguous tone, and then he said to the guard, "Just in case, you take three hundred Tekopo cavalry and serve as a sentry in front to see the opponent's situation before making a decision." ”

"I immediately took five hundred soldiers and stood guard at the pass between Lamprun and Barbalun to monitor the movements of the Imperial army. And you take light horsemen and lurk on all roads, and if there is an envoy to Armenia, take him, search for letters, and make a decision. Over there, General Aosen, who was restless and on his horse, commanded several of his subordinates under the black flag of the "middle finger bone".

At the same time, a strong commotion, along with the hooves of the spies and scouts, spread to Zephelim Castle, almost across the river from Tarsus, where Anna was accompanied by Goethehild to a synagogue of the Confession by the city gates, where she was listening to the verdict of a case.

In the simple courtyard in front of the drapes and chairs, several deacons of the Reformed Order, as well as members of the Judge Advocate General's Department who had come to observe the hearing, all of whom had been sent by Giovanni, who himself was patrolling the security and military affairs of Seleucia, and had not participated in the expedition to Antioch, stood in their robes, and the two men were in the prime of life.

One is a local farmer and the other is a member of a local logging guild.

And the crowd that came to observe was also divided into distinct camps according to these two professions, shouting and scolding each other.

"I didn't expect this phenomenon, Zefelim also has it." Goethehilde, who was in the seat, whispered.

"It's all the same there, farmers spend their days thinking about destroying forests to make way for farming, and lumberjacks think that farmland has ruined their livelihoods, and it's hard to be compatible." Anna sighed.

It soon became clear to them that the core of the conflict in the case was who the burglars were.

After the opening of Zephelim's grain market yesterday, at the end of the evening, a peasant woman in front of the inn who had come to sell eggs and exchanged them for thirty shiny "Seleucian" copper coins was robbed, and the money bag was taken away, but everyone helped to chase after them, and the guards at the city gate caught two men who were scuffling, and both claimed that the other party was the robber. (To be continued.) )