In front of the pirate's lair, about thirty Turkic leaders were also led by ropes, and were also brought by the soldiers to the commander of Count Gawain, "Now there is a small boat tied to the mouth of the river, and all thirty of you will board it, paddle and paddle, and go to this deserted island on the other side of the headland. "This is Gawain's order.

The Turkic leaders looked at each other, but then they saw that the guards in heavy armor and armed with two-handed axes behind the count were staring at them, and their minds could only be like this, so they lined up according to Gawain's request, and wept and boarded the small boat at the mouth of the river, and then several Tekopo soldiers untied the cable, and the small boat quickly rushed out with the current rushing towards the ocean, and the Turkic leaders looked extremely frightened on it, and shouted, Without the skill and confidence of galloping on horseback as Gawain had seen in the past, many people rocked their oars wildly, and the boat was caught between the current and the river, like a flower in the wind, and soon the boat tilted—in panic, most of the Turkic officers crowded on the side of the riverbank, and soon the boat began to capsize, and many were swept underwater, some of them still clumsily and desperately swimming towards the shore.

"Give them a hook." The Earl's commander gave the order, and the soldiers of Tékopo rushed to the shore, armed with slings and bows and arrows, and watched the seashore, and the two servants threw a hook with a rope, yes, only one, "Then it depends on who lives greatly." ”

In the midst of the raging waves, the one who finally grabbed the hook did not come up by himself, but with all his might, wrapped the rope around, dragged the two companions behind him, and finally shouted to swim to the shore at the same time. Gao Wen smiled and said, use some strength to pull him up!

"You're good, a little like me, Turkic brave, report your name!" Gao Wen, who was on a sword, walked up to the man who was wet and half dead, and asked.

"Muzafi Adin." The man looked at Gawain and vomited a few mouthfuls of seawater.

"Don't have a last name?"

The man nodded.

"I'll give you a surname, Domestics (Count Commander of the Byzantine Army)." Gawain leaned down and patted the man's mouth, "From now on, your name will be Muzafi Adin. Be my personal slave until someone is willing to ransom you. ”

"No one will ransom me."

"Then serve me all the rest of your life, Muzafiadin, for I gave you a name and a second life."

"Yes" After saying that, Muzafiadin rolled his eyes and passed out.

Then the Earl Commander stood up and said to Francesco and Theognis, who were standing nearby, "The results you will see from this experiment should be as bright as the daylight of day." ”

"Yes, that's the Turks under Zahas, although they are pirates, most of them don't know how to control ships at all." Franky Cisco replied.

"That's right, in addition, we learned from the captives that the pirates here still have three main ships, which have gone to the surrounding islands to plunder, and it will not be possible to return until a few days later, so we will rely on the fortress of Elainus to destroy and expel them once and for all, in exchange for the safety of the entire Hellistont Strait and Gallipoli." Gawain made a quick decision.

"However, we only have one ship from the Amalfi Chamber of Commerce on hand!" The catcher spread his hands and said that he thought the plan was too large to be completed with the cards he had at hand.

At this time, Francisco looked at Gawain, nodded knowingly, and expressed his determination to the people around him, beating his chest, "Give me two fast horses to replace, and I will travel to Constantinople day and night, and ask the Amalfi merchant district and the dock there to send me warships." By the way, Caesar also handed it over to me to negotiate. ”

"Please!" Gawain grabbed Francisco by the shoulder, and then he walked to the cliff below that was full of roaring waves, and said to the guards and the captors, "Our goal is to open this golden passage, so that it will be beneficial not only to your Emperor Diognes, but also to the city of Amalfi, and to our army, now show our courage and courage to build a strong fortress strong enough to repel the enemy's attack from the sea!" ”

Then Francisco mounted his fast horse, led the other, and galloped along the seashore of Elainus, galloping toward Gallipoli.

At the same time, the captor took three hundred pirate captives, nearly a hundred severed heads, and five hundred captured villagers into the fortress of Gallipoli.

The commander in chief of the local garrison was the Grand Duke of Altabasdos, who was of course a close confidant of the Imperial Caesar.

Although all the feats were achieved by Gawain, the following actions made the Grand Duke of Altabasdos happy, "These achievements were all achieved under the command of Your Excellency the Honorable Grand Duke, and Gawain and I also received the great help of His Excellency Caesar at the time of my expedition, so I will dedicate all the pirates captured from the land of Elainus to Your Excellency and Caesar, symbolizing my loyalty and friendship." This letter was dictated to the clerk by Gawain in the camp tent, and he was still an "illiterate" brute.

Even if he was illiterate, he was very good at doing human favors, which surprised the guards who had persuaded Gawain before: this strange big barbarian was a very smart man.

At least as can be seen from Altabasdos's reaction, the Grand Duke immediately sent 400 military servants and 300 craftsmen to Gawain's camp to assist the Earl Commander in "building a strong defense against pirates". At the same time, the Grand Duke personally issued a "100,000 urgent" road guide to Francesco, allowing him to go to the imperial capital for help unimpeded.

What is even more touching is that at dusk, the original Grand Imam of Nicaea, Desiderius, despite his sixty-year-old age, personally walked in front with the icon cross, inspired and mobilized 1,500 refugees, plus local young and strong farmers, pulled a cart of mules and carts full of earth, stone and timber, and rushed to the land of Elainus to assist Gawain in repairing the barrier.

Boiling lights were lit throughout the construction site, illuminating the entire strait and land. Artisans, peasants, and prisoners of war did their part, laying wooden fences along the estuaries of the streams that led to the sea, burying towable stones and iron pins, expanding and augmenting the walls of the pirates' lairs, transporting supplies into warehouses, and building improvised lookouts on higher hilltops, on which many peasants volunteered to serve as guard posts.

Dressed in a chained turban and an embroidered cloak, Tetisius walked between the camp and the construction site, and was extremely surprised by Gawain's ability, so he wanted to meet Gawain and inquire about the secrets, "How did Gawain boil this ocean?" ”