There, Tetisius and other Roman generals also began to protest strongly, saying that if Shahname were exchanged for the city of Nicaea and returned to the Sultan of Konya, they would be in vain in the presence of His Majesty the Emperor, so Gawain soon came to the door of Constantine Tim, and took the opportunity to make a proposal to Bohemond, the emperor's appointed "commander-in-chief of Asia":

In addition to the two priesthoods, the emperor's representative, General Tetisius, was a negotiator with full powers for Constantinople.

"Oh, it's amazing that the priesthood wants to propose an approved plan to me, a down-and-out person." Bohemond complained loudly.

"Because you are my boss, the relationship between superiors and subordinates cannot be changed casually." Although Gawain said this, the final result would not change in the end - Tetisius also stood in the makeshift tent set up in front of the camp within the appointed time, next to Gawain and Ademar, and after the two saluted each other, they each sat down in their seats, and the wind howled and blew in the area between the walls and the besieging camp, and soon a small gate of the northern part of the city wall was opened, Ibn. Wrapped in black robes, Maimon rode to the tent on a donkey, accompanied by several warriors, and then dismounted, and after each saluting in a different language, Gawain nodded to Tetisius and Ademar, indicating that the talks could begin.

In this meeting, the besieging side was no longer willing to bear the casualties of continuing to attack the fortified positions because of internal estrangement; And for the defenders of the city, it has also reached the point of exhaustion, and even the spiritual main core has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and it is a dead end to continue to defend it.

Therefore, the quarrel was not very intense, and an agreement was reached relatively quickly:

The defending army now numbered more than 4,000 men. Fifteen hundred men were drawn and given to Tetisius and Generals Branas. As a prisoner of war, he "confessed" to Emperor Komnenos;

The rest of the people retreated from the East Valley. The pilgrims will then hand over Shahnami and her children as promised;

The city of Nicaea gave Bohemond's army an additional amount of five thousand Byzantian gold coins to appease the frustrated duke;

For the remainder, according to Godfrey's plan, that is, Raymond and Hugh, the two later lords, would not share any spoils, and the defenders would not be allowed to take any of their possessions, and if they found out that they had violated them, the war would be renewed, and no one would be left behind;

At the beginning of the second hour of the next morning (8 a.m.). The city of Nicaea opened Constantinetim, the North Gate, and the New Gate at the same time, followed by Ibn. Maimon retreated from the city, and Shah Namei was sent to the custody of the most virtuous Duke Godfrey, so that the safety and dignity of her and her children would not be violated in any way.

"Thank you both for your good offices." Ibn who signed the peace talks. Maimon saluted Kovin and Ademar, "However, after the battle of Nicaea City, the hostility and declaration of war of the Roma Kingdom towards you will not change in any way, so when you pass through the Ores Gorge. will continue to be attacked by the Sultan and his warriors. ”

"This is the freedom of your Sultan, but I must foretell the result of this, and that is that we will put the banner of the pilgrims. Inserted in the towers of the city of Konya. Gawain rolled up the memo and addressed Ibn. Maimon said, and the two next to him cast approving glances.

Nor did Maimon argue anything. After clutching his chest and saying goodbye to everyone, he turned and rode on the donkey. And he returned toward the gates.

Soon, the news of Nicaea's surrender was ready. It spread throughout the camp of Chivet, and the hermit Peter was so excited that he held up the transcript of the meeting, and kept reading it aloud at the time of the gathering of the believers, and soon the camp was filled with the singing of praise to God, to St. George, and to the pilgrim warriors.

However, the Emperor's ship of Constantinople soon appeared in the Sea of Marimara, accompanied by countless warships, large and small, with the upper decks filled with soldiers hired by the Emperor, and the black smoke rising from the beacons on the watchtowers everywhere joined the sky. Alexios stood on the deck of the bow idol and looked at the shore that appeared in front of him, "I have sent me a dowry before, but I still want to receive a dowry, Gawain, you bastard. Anna has only been with you for so long, and she has become as shameless as the warblers in the Imperial Capital Inn and Tavern, and she has openly spoken such immoral words, and sooner or later you will be sold, so I would rather snatch her back and send her to the convent for claustrophobia. ”

"Go and tell Gawain that the emperor is here!" When Peter learned of this, he hurried to call Dorus. Lambert stepped into the saddle of the fast horse and went to the nicene camp to report the incident.

The second son of the young knight did not dare to slack off, he carried the customs clearance papers, and after an hour and a half, he rushed to the East Valley area.

"What, father is coming?" When Anna heard the news, her face and voice changed, and she knew in her heart that the deceitful words she had made in front of the Roman generals, that she had already been "pierced" by Gawain on the couch, must have been transmitted to the palace of Brachna and to the ears of Alexios, by Theognes or Mikhail, or whatever.

Now his father must have wanted to lift the Persian long-handled iron bone hammer, press Gawain on the couch or something, hammer and smash until it became bone foam and meat sauce, and then rub it into ashes and mix it in the rotten flesh to feed the vultures.

"The Emperor will kill me, won't he?" Thanks to Gao Wen next to him, he can still joke nonchalantly.

"Of course he'll kill you, big brute! Even if you don't know it, he'll incite others to kill you. Anna was very scared, she ran to Gawain, and in front of everyone in the tent, she fell into the other party's arms, which made Gawain a little embarrassed, "Anyway, it's not a secret in this barracks, Gawain we can't participate in Nicaea's dedication ceremony, we must leave as soon as possible." ”

Anna bit her lip when she said this, obviously with great distress, because according to the agreement, after the fall of Nicaea, she and Gawain were going to have an Orthodox wedding in the sacred cathedral inside.

"But I didn't stab at all," with such a wry smile in his heart, Gawain asked Dorus, who had come to report the news. Lambert, "How is the progress of His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

"We can get to Civet today, and we'll be ready to come to Nicaea City by about tomorrow afternoon." Dorus replied.

Gao Wen sighed, as a son-in-law, although he is hairy, what is the matter of being chased and killed by his old father-in-law all day long? Then he smiled at Dorus and said, "Brother I think I'll keep the old knight Walter." Sanzabal as a guard was enough. How, Dorus. Lambert, join our Dalian team, there will be an infinite future and bright future waiting for you, and you will serve as the flag bearer of the Gottschalke armed regiment. ”

"Yes, yes, I, I'm more than happy! If in the future I can obtain a castle by my own strength and your reward. "Dorus had ridden a bad horse to join the civilian pilgrimage army because he could not inherit the half-old mill left by his father, and now he was in a hurry to get ahead.

"Pack up at once, march tonight, out of the East Valley, into the Canyon of Ores, and then turn around to the junction of Bithynia and Brasilon. Originally, I could have gone directly from Nicaea to our destination, but presumably His Majesty the Emperor had already calculated this, so he brought troops to stop me and Anna. ”

"But according to the sentry's intelligence, the Sultan of Konya was still stationed on the hillside in front of the castle of Dolilaem with his army, and continued to keep an eye on Nicaea. Now the Dalian team is going out alone, is it really good? Both Giovanni and Androdart reminded.

"The general of the defeated army, it is estimated that after seeing the Red Hand Cross Sword Banner and my strategy, he will flee even further." Gawain was full of confidence, "Go forward, just like in Calabria, and forge a path, first avoid the emperor's edge." ”

The camp was filled with the sound of assembly trumpets, and Diognes, who was resting in the tent on one side, got up and hurriedly asked the people around him what had happened, "Gilki." With the aid of Turkic soldiers from Antioch, Aleppo and Samosata, Arslan regained his strength and headed for the East Valley, where the Dalian army was going to intercept and block! A soldier who was carrying his luggage said to him.

"I'm going too, and you should go and inform General Tetisius that his camp is a mile away." Diognis, who was frightened, was about to go out even if he grabbed the iron flail that was placed beside the couch.

"Stop, your injuries are not healed." At this moment, the female physician of Grana walked in and sternly warned him.

"But!" Diognis was anxious.

"This is an order specially given to you by the commander of the march in Asia, is it possible that you should disobey?" Grana's tone was without any room for bargaining, and then he put the herb sac in the hand of the captor, "Take care of your wounds, this is the medicine to stop bleeding, and you will still be able to catch up with the battle in about two days, I assure you, the city of Nicaea will also surrender soon." ”

Diognis sniffed the herb sac, and a spicy and cool smell penetrated into his nose, and his mind calmed down, and he could only nod and thank the female doctor, and lay down restlessly.

When he awoke, he heard the sound of men and horses walking outside, and he could not bear it any longer, so he walked out of the tent, and to his surprise, many soldiers of the Empire, carrying weapons and riding horses, came to the camp of the Red Hand Brigade, and the leader happened to be General Branas.

The guard stepped forward, grabbed the other party, and asked eagerly, "Are you going to the East Valley for reinforcements?" ”

Branas also looked puzzled, saying that he did not know, only that last night His Excellency Gawain sent an urgent letter, saying that the Dalian army was going to stop the attacking army of the Sultan of Konya, and entrusted the entire camp to him.

At this time, Diognis looked at the whole camp, and indeed found that the entire Dalian army, from the generals to the soldiers, the brotherhood, the armed regiment, and even the military servants and the female physicians such as Grana's, had gone cleanly, and there was not half of the banner left.

Suddenly, Diognis felt that he had been tricked again, "Honorable General Branas, is the emperor here?" (To be continued.) )

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