At the feast of the city of Mamistra, the delicious fruits plucked from the various plateaus were piled up on gold and silver plates, and the plates of every lord and commander were filled with fine and delicious lamb, cheese, venison, roe deer, and fine wine jugs inlaid with pearl turquoise, which were served in the hands of the beautiful Saracen dancers, who, like birds, shuttled from the seats of the feast to the sound of the harps and drums, and laughed and joked with the victorious warriors in fluent Greek or Latin, which was also an essential skill for their livelihood. Laughter everywhere.

Dressed in a beautiful silk cloak and carrying a long sword, Merlot carried the two lords of Sicilicia and the bound Polybi. Bletchamios, in front of Gawain and Baldwin.

"How big a trophy is this?" Baldwin said with a laugh.

"The son of General Ferraredos and the owner of Gemalician Castle." Merlot stretched out his hand and introduced.

"Untie his ropes, son of the great general, who should be our guest." Gawain said enthusiastically, and then he saw Mellot give him a look at him, and he thought about it, and continued, "But in any case, it would be a great honor to have the master of Gemalicia come to my feast—tell me, then, the campmaster, which warrior has accomplished such feats?" ”

"It's the brave Cilicia Guinath, Monomachus. Lord Scolero. Merlot stepped forward and took the fine box from Gawain, "Great, there are three hundred gold Byzantian coins inside, please give them to this warrior in front of me, and invite him to my honorable seat." ”

Merlot bowed her head and handed the box to Monomachus. Then several military servants and musicians invited Monomachus to the table. Even Polibi, who had been loosened, was pushed into his seat by several laughing dancers.

Then Gawain and Baldwin clapped their hands. Signal that the feast can continue.

Asbah, who was hanging in place, immediately looked at this scene, and felt that he had suffered a great insult, his blood surged, and he struck his armor with his fist, and said loudly, "Your Excellency General Stratigos, this time in the Ramplun area, the contemptible and despicable subordinate private soldiers. has also made great contributions, why is it so favoritism? ”

Gawain, who picked up the cheese juice and was about to clink glasses with Gothhilde, looked puzzled, and then became angry, and slammed the wine glass, the juice spilled, and he was angry at the camping manager, "This kind of feat. Merlot, my dear friend, why you didn't report to me in time is a huge mistake on your part. ”

Merlot immediately approached him and whispered a few words. Gawain nodded, and then questioned Aspar in front of all the generals. "The camp manager just told me something terrible, and that is that you are on the battlefield. Out of love, he let the enemy go without permission? ”

"Yes. I used to work under General Ferraredos."

Before Aspar could proudly express his "affection and righteousness", Gawain's roar ruthlessly interrupted him, "Your affection is simply pedantic, cheap flies and dogs, if you let the enemy go privately at the critical moment of the battlefield confrontation, you will trap the entire battle situation and kill countless comrades!" ”

Throughout the feast, the musicians and dancers screamed in fright with the general's angry shout, and then there was a deathly silence, all the lords and generals stared at each other, but no one dared to say much, even the head of Monomarcus, who was sitting next to Gawain, was also running rapidly, and he only lowered his head, and Aspar, who was standing in the center of the feast hall, was struck by his head and face, and trembled in embarrassment, "I, I am the famous one in Cilicia"

"Shut up, incompetent fool! Now neither the military junta nor the Red Hand Brigade in Seleucia welcome a self-righteous fellow like you, who ignores the rules of the military code, to go back to your castle and become a bandit, and then you will only have to pay taxes, and have no chance of gaining glory on the battlefield - the camp master, all the spoils distributed to this old man of Genat, and then tell him and his 'warriors' to get out of here. When the word "warrior" was spoken, Gawain, who was sitting high in his chair, deliberately used a sarcastic tone, "All the proceeds of this march are to be given to His Excellency Monomachus." ”

Then, the brothers Orson and Callegos, as well as the other generals of the Franks and the Red Hand Brigade, all laughed loudly, Aspar gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and felt that the world was spinning, he had lived for more than forty years, and no one had ever dared to humiliate himself like this, even when he was young, fighting under the account of General Ferraredos, the general would not have insulted him so lightly.

That night, Aspar and his 200 cavalry left the camp in Mamistra and galloped towards his castle.

And Gao Wen, who was not surprised at all when he heard the news, sneered and said in the back garden of the city mansion, "The fool with a stupid brain, let him escape to his castle"

The next day, after Gawain got up, pretending to inquire about Aspar's whereabouts, Merlot and the other battalion officers took the paper and reported that Aspar had left the camp with his troops, crossed the Sidnus River, and returned to his fort of Coleadio.

Gawain was furious, "Who allowed him to go back without permission?" ”

"At the feast last night, you told him to fuck off."

"I was drunk last night, can this be counted?"

The samurai of the guards around him forced a smile, thinking that His Excellency, who had been drinking cheese juice, would actually get drunk, obviously looking for an excuse.

In the end, Gawain made a decision: immediately confiscate all the fields owned by Asparta, who had violated the military order and left without permission, half of them were returned to the holy estate, and half were given to Monomachus. Scolero-Monomachus was in a cold sweat and ashamed when he received this "Green Ink Reward Document" - fortunately he had complied with Melo's request, but he was the unlucky one now.

A few days later, Gawain sat down in the city of Mamisstra and "discussed merit and punishment" with Baldwin: Polibius was a prisoner and imprisoned in Seleucia when he returned to the army, and his castle of Gemmalicia belonged to General Orson, but Orson could not infringe on Polibi's wife and children, but sent them to Seleucia; The three Callegos brothers received the city of Citchistra as payment; All the booty, about a hundred thousand Byzantian gold coins, Gawain was sixty thousand, and Baldwin forty thousand, and so on; The seven castles at the foot of Mount Amonos up to the Syrian Gate were all divided by Baldwin among his counts, barons, and knights.

At the same time, the news came: knowing that Gawain was going to dispose of his Asbar, he "brazenly" attacked and plundered many villages and market towns between Tarsus and Zephilim, and then fled back to his Fort Coleadio, gathered the whole clan to hold on, and formed an alliance with the Turkic nobleman Toulon (who had escaped from the Battle of Zephilim) who had fled to Fort Mojibuld, and formed a horn trend. (To be continued.) )