"Everdler promised to give the holy place to the pilgrims on the condition that they enter unarmed, but how is that possible? In fact, Everdler had completely withdrawn his garrison from Jerusalem and retreated to the port of Ashkelon to hold on to the wall, and the holy city is now said to have been defended spontaneously by some Turks and Saracens. "Anna took two sips www.biquge.info of water and paused, "There is another noteworthy piece of information that shocks me very much, and that is that when Bohemond and Tancred have just arrived at Argyll's castle, Bartholomew, who the barbarian once said that he had unearthed the holy spear in Antioch, was burned alive until he was seriously wounded. ”

This is the price of divine revelation, and of course God will never take the sin himself, and the agent of His choice is naturally Bohemond.

The sinister and murderous Lord of Antioch and his cavalry caught up with the pilgrims' brigade at Fort Argyll - Raymond and Godfrey had bypassed Tripoli from the west side of the mountain range (the Lebanese Mountains), the Godfrey brothers besieged Mayara, and Raymond began a fierce siege of the city of Acre in the bay, but the attack did not go well, and many of the brave Lord's warriors were lost, even if Lord Raymond had the holy spear in his hand.

As a result, the civilian pilgrims of Argyle in the rear, who were always noisy, fanatical, impetuous and blind, began to doubt the value and authenticity of the holy spear, and people began to argue. Bohemond took the opportunity to provoke the crowd, "As far as I know, no holy spears were excavated in the church of Antioch at that time, as both Gawain and Lord Godfrey can testify. But then, it was magically excavated by this Bartholomew and placed in the hands of Lord Raymond, which is really strange. ”

The angry crowd put the blind Bartholomew on the "trial of divine judgment": they forced him to hold the holy spear with a purple ribbon and walk through the iron bars under the blazing fire, Bartholomew was burned to the point that he was not human, but he still insisted on walking over, and he shouted hoarsely in the flames, "This is the divine revelation, this is the holy spear that pierced the flank of our Lord Jesus......" When the hermit Peter heard the news and rushed to save him, Bartholomew's respiratory organs and feet were seriously damaged, and he died tragically the next day, Before he died, he clung to the blade of the holy spear.

Since then, a considerable number of pilgrims have begun to disbelieve in this holy spear, but some people, especially the Provençals, still believe that Bartholomew was burned because his obsession with the holy spear angered the gods, and that the holy spear would still have a magical effect in the event of a crucial battle.

Raymond continued to die, and when Flanders Robert, Godfrey, and Baldwin were besieging Mayara, the Turks and Saracens in the city sent secret envoys to sneak around the besieged camp and go to Acre, asking Raymond to rescue their city, for which Mayala was willing to pledge his allegiance to Raymond and pay a large bribe.

Greedy and heartfelt, Raymond consults with the pirate-turned-"Fisherman Henry", the commander of the Hot Duck fleet. The fisherman instigated Raymond to agree to this generous terms, and then the two sides signed a secret agreement, the Hot Duck fleet would assist Raymond in the battle by sea, and when Raymond received any spoils, he would give a third of the spoils to the fisherman, and let the Hot Duck Chamber of Commerce enjoy exclusive power in the captured city, excluding the Venetians. Soon, Raymond sent a squad of scout cavalry to Mayala to deceive the other lords by saying, Dulac. Suddenly leading numerous enemies from Damascus to the rescue of Acre, Tutush needed the strong support of his fellow believers.

Without any hesitation, Godfrey withdrew from the siege of Mayala with everyone and hurried to the city of Acre. But after waiting for a few days, not even half a shadow of Ducak was seen, and many of the lords of West Francia and Flanders, feeling deceived by Raymond, angrily confronted Raymond, who was already a clumsy man - he was told the dirty truth by Baldwin three times and two times - he accepted bribes from the infidels!

"As expected, the Provençals are good at deception!" Enraged, Baldwin took the lead in pulling out the camp, abandoning all the fighting around Tripoli and advancing directly towards the Holy City. Godfrey and most of the rest followed, followed by Tancred's army of six thousand Principality of Antioch, who also ignored Raymond and marched towards the Holy City, and Bohemond, who secretly returned to the port of Latakia with dozens of his bravest knights.

Leaving only embarrassed, Raymond began to carry the "great loss of faith" holy spear, and with four thousand Provençal and Toulouse troops, he left the city of Acre and returned to besiege the stronger Tripoli: a great and prosperous port city, for which Raymond had coveted its wealth and power for a long time, and preferred not to go to Jerusalem for its sake. Fortunately, the local Maronite believers provided Raymond with 3,000 servant soldiers and corresponding food supplies, and Raymond set up camp on the slope of the hill opposite Tripoli, named it "Pilgrim Hill", and began to besiege Tripoli with the help of the Relaya fleet.

"Bohemond's secret envoy will be here soon, to deal with Raymond." After reading the report of all this, Anna smiled and affirmed.

But when she turned her head, the girl of the Orson family was not beside her, she was so immersed in the narrative and understanding of the situation just now that she didn't even notice Hetomia's departure! There was no one else in the whole study, the surroundings were quiet, the incense burner was still bubbling with a light and refreshing aroma, the curtain on the window was constantly raised under the wind, Anna saw that there seemed to be a human figure hiding behind the curtain, she couldn't help but be afraid, "Who?" When she didn't get an answer, Anna, who was still wearing her hair, immediately turned around and took a very small sword from the wall, which Gawain had specially asked the Ordnance Division to tailor for her, held it with both hands, mustered up her courage, walked quickly to the side of the windowsill, gritted her teeth and stabbed into it!

The figure hurriedly turned out from the side of the veil, Anna exclaimed, and then her mouth was covered by her big hands, "Don't be afraid, I was hiding there just now, you are completely distracted." I just arrived in Tarsus. ”

Scuffling and swearing soon turned into laughter, Anna was pushed onto the small seat by Gawain and kept kissing the broad forehead of the kneeling big brute, while Gawain touched her cute bulging lower abdomen, "Can you put on a dress?" Can you wear that little crown of the Seven Ridges? ”

The sword in Anna's hand fell to the ground, and she was so surprised that she couldn't bear it, and said repeatedly, "I've got the dress ready, I've got the dress ready." ”

"With our children, we were married at the old St. Paul's Church in the city of Tarsus—and His Excellency John, Patriarch of Antioch, who was the officiant and witness of our wedding, had also arrived." Gawain raised his face and put Anna's little hand on his cheek, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled for a long time after speaking, touching their foreheads together, enjoying the quiet happiness. (To be continued.) )