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It is said that hearing this condition, the purple-clothed princess Dai Duo, who had previously "made peace at all costs and humiliation". Komnenos also shed tears of remorse and unbearable tears.

Three days later, on the only winding road down the hill fort of Afyon, the Imperial Penipasiabastos and his wife, including three hundred retainers and the general of Xhosa (most of the rest of the soldiers were taken over by Gawain), slowly retreated down the valley of the Lycas River in the dim sunlight towards the city of Philadofiam. Gawain did not allow them to go south to Atalia, but as a gesture of kindness to Dedot (she was sad enough), the Grand Patron sent the Oghuz Cavalry to protect Brenus and Dedo from being harmed by Raymond, the One-Eyed Earl.

At the same time, the Gemagis Brigade, which had been waiting for a long time on the border, quickly moved south, through the highlands of Pisidia, and pounced on the seaside of Atalya. Gawain, with two regiments of Red Hand cavalry, abandoned the pursuit of the Emperor and marched with the Gimagis Brigade, "Merlot supervised the Red Hand Brigade and the Komaloy Cavalry Regiment of Gaia to stay in Afyon to stabilize the situation, and with the assistance of the Nikitas, to settle the situation leading to Fort Ferner, and begin to ration fields and pastures." ”

There, Gawain directly put the abundant mountains and rivers and the minerals that produced golden marble everywhere into the treasury of Tarsus Caesar, and prepared to let the slave laborers come to take care of the production, but Gawain also issued a preferential policy in order to attract the homeless, that is, to "open" the mountains, forests and rivers for three years: all the holy farmers with a certificate can come to fish, hunt, or cut down trees to build settlements on the open days; The commune peasants also enjoyed such concessions, but they also had to bear the shield tax for the support of the people's army. As for how the large number of prisoners of war and displaced people chose to be holy peasants or commune peasants? Gawain left the decision to themselves, without too much interference, only inducement.

At the same time, Gawain also occupied six vast pastures, two of which were given to the Hajib father and son, who had made meritorious contributions, and two to Ingridina, the lady of Calleadio, who had always supported him silently. Mesadeni, and the last two were given as gifts to her daughter Helena.

The pastures of the first two were immediately brought in with high-quality Anglas sheep, and Ingridina was to expand her woollen mills to supply the army for foreign trade. My daughter's pasture is stocked with eggs and butter, and I will invest in the equipment, and in the future, even if her own crown is worth five thousand gold coins, with the property here will be enough to support herself, and of course Helena will be able to marry in a beautiful way when she becomes an adult, and no one can despise her. Of course, Gawain also thought about the Holy Sister, and specially asked to send a batch of Anglas sheep to the Paulian Republic of Meritane, so that the Holy Sister could also be wet with rain and dew.

After arranging everything for his beloved woman and his offspring, Gawain, who already had a long beard, continued his difficult conquest, and he and Gregor led the cavalry and infantry in a long formation, cutting through the mountains of Pisidia, and after crossing the Fort of Ferner was the western section of the Taurus Mountains, full of peaks, cliffs and jagged rocks, and the long clouds of the sky cast large shadows that stained the mountains blue, and soon found small lakes of snow white and steaming under the slopes. The soldiers cheered and lined up to walk down, changing shifts to defend the surroundings, and those who were free took a hot spring with the chief guarantor to evacuate the fatigue of the march a few days ago!

Under the stars, Gawain rode his horse to the lake, and Muzafiadin and Dim began to build a fire pit on the nearby grass and directed the guards to set up a tent. Then the chief guarantor stuck his spear in the ground, helped him jump off the saddle, and could not wait to untie his armor and jump into the hot water lake.

"Suddenly all the tiredness dissipated completely." Gao Wen laughed, and then looked up at the sinking galaxy between the mountains, as if it was within reach, "His Majesty the Emperor doesn't know what he is doing at this time...... Are you still on the run? Thinking of this, Gawain turned around, leaned against the stone by the lake, picked up a grass branch and thought about it while comparing paintings, "Emperor Komnenos is in a rout all the way, and there is no chance to regain his strength, and the Komaloi cavalry regiment I left behind is still searching for the emperor's defeated troops in the area of Afyon and Philomeron. Well, if the Emperor had not been met with misfortune on the way, it would have been the best route for him to cross the Phrygian mountains and go directly to Laudisia or Philadofiam, but he had lost faith in Raymond and Breenus, and would not have taken the risk; Another route is through a narrow arid gorge, which takes seven days or more to reach the city of Dollilahim, and then to Prussia or Nicaea, which is said to be occupied by Tetisius, and this slash-nosed general does have a set of rules, which is equivalent to sealing the choke point between the strait and the plateau, and it seems that he is murderous to the emperor, and at the same time will support his new master to seize power in the imperial capital. If the Emperor was not stupid, he would not go to Prussa, but to Nicaea, where his most trusted eunuch, Little Bird, would be in charge, and he would be able to gather the armies of Bithynia and Paphragonia to regain their strength. ”

Gawain muttered like this, until Maglendius also stepped naked into the hot lake, "In that case, the empire will be completely torn apart, and the Komnenos will fight against each other." As the tutor said this, Gawain, who was astonished, immediately bowed down to show respect—this old man was truly worthy of admiration, and he always followed his horse on the mountain road.

The elder squinted his eyes and looked at Gao Wen, who was holding on to the rock, although it was steaming, he still had an unobstructed view, "I'm curious why my granddaughter isn't obsessed with you?" ”

"You're still strong." Gawain politely replied that many of the soldiers were bare-chested, covering the surrounding lakes, and there was laughter everywhere.

"No, no, no, I'm still worried about Plani's lonely descendants." The elder was very humble, and then explained, "I am not to blame, but to my son, who died young, after marrying his favorite and beautiful wife, actually kept the holy marriage of Christ, so that Agnes was left with only one daughter, and both of them were infected with the epidemic and left--yes, the situation in the empire is like this......"

Gawain and the elder mentor discussed for a long time in the hot water.

The next day the army continued its advance towards Atalya, and after another two days' march, the mountains suddenly eased, and the land stretching out to the sea became gentle, and many market towns and small forts stood near and far.

The city of Atallia is located at the western beginning of the crescent, where wood, shipbuilding, olives, and other industries flourished, and in the past was the base of the Eastern Roman Empire's fleet.

About a dozen Plonian knights, waving small flags, came up from the lowlands opposite.

Gawain and all the generals and staff, riding horses and standing under the banner of the Red Hand, waited for them.

"The contemptible is Akro Borites."

"The contemptible is Bekus."

The first two Plonian knights turned over and dismounted, kneeling in front of Gawain's eyes, "We are willing to submit to the banner of the Great Lord Patron and lead the army to attack Atalia." (To be continued.) )