Then David circled twice in front of the sand table, and said to his mentor, "But it is a little too early to give in, send 3,000 troops to reinforce Trabzon from the sea, and tell Gabrias not to panic too much, Gawain is not yet possible to launch a decisive offensive in two directions that are not adjacent to each other at the same time, I have analyzed his previous conquests, and most of the situation is to concentrate on one road." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info But I judge that Gao Wen's main direction of attack this time should be me! ”

After speaking, David pressed his finger to the position of the Haddadi Kingdom on the sand table, and said in a deep voice, "If Gawain wants to come to fight me, there are about three paths - the first is to follow Erzurum. The mountain road of Capiton, the old trade route from Trabzon to Taulis, crossed the western pass of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, and broke into the Mukwali River in the south of the kingdom, and forced me to fight him near the royal capital; secondly, from the newly occupied region of Sassoon, he went north along the Arsonas River, through the famous city of Manzikert, and then through the Ark Mountain, into the kingdoms of Haddadi and Sylvan, and after receiving the help of the allies' servants, fought a decisive battle with me on the border of the Greater Armenian Plateau, the Black Lake (now Lake Saifan in Armenia); Thirdly, since he had mastered many of the important castles of the Greater Armenia and Iberian Military Districts (a long north-south military district previously established by the Byzantine Empire between Chaldia and Armenia), he could also take advantage of the old road between these castles and attack the city of Kars, which was not too far from the city of Ani, in the center of all the roads, and if he took them, he could advance both north to Tbilisi and east to deal with his ally Haddadi. ”

After listening to the king's analysis, the Holy Oak Mentor George leisurely judged, "Although the first path can pass through the caravan, it is too rough for the march of the army. The second one passes through the northern borders of the country of Kirat Pasha, where Gawain may have feared being attacked, losing his weapons and baggage. So I think that your third way is in line with Gawain's temperament and the situation, and I have analysed in detail the battles he commanded in the past, and this gentleman has always liked to concentrate his forces on one side or one flank, and then use his forces to destroy his opponents. So comparatively, Karls City is the most likely direction for Gawain to attack. ”

The king nodded, and then pressed his palm slightly against the sand table a few inches, "Now Kars is still in our hands, and it is the general of the Ani nationality who is stationed at it, Mahad Zeri, and tells him to be ready to call the police at any time." And I, with all the main forces of East and West Georgia, will gather 20,000 men and horses, and quickly attack the junction of Haddadi and Sylvane, first defeat these two Gawen lackeys, remove one of his wings, and then wait for an opportunity to fight with him when he arrives. The initiative cannot always be in the hands of Gawain, and I have to fight for it. ”

When the decision between David and the mentor was settled, a messenger from the royal family entered and handed the king a token from Caesar, the city lady of Tarsus, representing her earlier reply to David's letter.

David on the side of the Bible reading table frowned and turned around, "I heard that the men and women who came out of the Komnenos family will poison their gifts and clothes. ”

The messenger immediately knelt down, carefully cut open the outer box of the token with the knife he was wearing, and slowly lifted some pieces of clothing from it.

David could see very clearly that it was a round-necked Roman-style "Stona" tunic dress with a large lotus leaf hem, which appeared in the eyes of the king like a sail or a flag.

Shaking and stunned, David couldn't help but take two steps forward, and then he could judge with the naked eye: Tarsus Caesar was rumored to be a petite woman like a warbler, and this long dress was by no means her size.

In addition to this stona, there was a small square cloak of fine wool with cross shoulders, trimmed with ornate tassels and pendants, and tied with a bell tinkling and a veiled hat at the back.

The messenger brought out a short one—a bodice, and a leather strap.

"It's supposed to be a chest support." The caring messenger explained.

"I know......" David still had a kind smile, but his tooth sockets rattled a little.

The last thing that was proposed was a lace-up piece of women's shoes.

Tied to the top of the paper, the builder David untied it, and inside was the beautiful and neat Greek text written by Anna:

"Brother, although the decisive battle has not yet been fought, I have thoughtfully sent you a complete set of beautiful women's clothes in advance for the future moment when you bow down to my husband. Because Gawain's soldiers are far braver than the hastily assembled Alan and Iberian barbarians under your command, and Gawain's equipment is far more sophisticated and advanced than your country in a remote area, I have heard that eighty percent of the people in your country cannot even read the simple words on the creed of the church. Above all, my husband was a great Roman warrior than you, having defeated the Normans, Saracens, Seljuks, and all sorts of people in the empire who dared to oppose him. It is completely understandable that you live in the middle of the mountains, and you have no knowledge, so I have sent you women's clothes that fit your size, both as a kind mockery and as a sincere offer. It would be best if you would give this dress to your present wife, dress her up with the allure of a pleasing spirit, and go out with you to surrender to my husband's expeditionary force, and pour wine and song and dance on my husband's behalf.

Otherwise, my husband's army will appear in Karles, and you will swallow the bitter wine of defeat.

When the carcass of a stag is torn apart, the male lion roars over it. ”

The last sentence is Anna's use of a verse from Homer's epic poem to warn the builder David, but at the beginning of the letter she uses the contemptuous and insulting Frankish slang word "brother" to address the other person, and David turns into a rage, crumples the letter, turns to the mentor, and says, "Assemble your army now and march to Roy, where I will first crush the combined forces of Sylvain and Haddadi!" ”

After January, outside Roy City in Hawara, Sylvan. The Haddadi coalition army waved the banner of "Golden Sunshine", here to resist the builder David, the front line of the firecrackers, wrapped in the Kurdish tradition of red and yellow entanglements, densely packed and violently unleashed, huge smoke in front of their guns spewed, gathered, floated, more and more, almost obscuring the entire rear view.

Under the banner, the two princes sat in their saddles with some uneasiness, holding their whips, "Let the cavalry on both flanks be on guard, and the archers and spearmen in the rear will be substituted on the first line." ”

As a result, the beastly howls and horses' hooves exploded, and in the huge smoke emitted by the firebolts, countless figures of the Cuman and Alan cavalry of the Kingdom of Georgia rushed over, the feathers tied on their left shoulders were violently agitated, and they held sharp spears and scimitars in their hands, and the cornices and faces of their helmets and even the heads of the war horses were tied with curtains to block the smoke and dust.