However, the others saw that Godfrey, who was already weakened and out of shape, had become so big that his shoulders could no longer bear the chain shawl, and he had to wrap it in another layer, and the two butlers couldn't help but cry, and the rest of the knights wept as well. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

While Joceran himself was on his way to Ashkelon to deliver a message to negotiate, Tancred led twenty knights aboard a hot duck ship, sailed quickly to the port of Latakia and landed, and then ran to the city of Antioch overnight.

On the way, several of Tanred's henchmen came to meet him and told him that "the messenger of Armenia has come and is arguing with our nobles in the palace of the city." ”

Tancred, with his spur boots, stepped on the hall of the palace of Antioch, and made a stern and dull thump of thump thump, and the Norman nobles, who had been gathering together for a long time, fell silent when they saw him, and the Armenian envoy holding the letter turned to see him and asked who it was.

"I am the regent of Antioch, the master of Samosata and Little Armenia, and the nephew of Lord Bohemond. Morality. Tver. The young samurai, with his long flaxen hair, replied word by word with a fierce look in his eyes.

The messenger was a little frightened, but he quickly regained his composure, bowed to Tancred, and said, "Now the Archon of Fell has ordered me to come with 120,000 sincerity to come and offer a price for the redemption of your uncle, and that is ......" Before he could finish speaking, the messenger hunched his waist and trembled violently, and Tancred stepped forward with a sword, piercing him deep into the abdomen, and the blood splattered the faces of several Norman nobles behind him, who screamed, covered their eyes, and took a half-step back.

"There is no need for any condoning for shameless blackmail. From now on, I will take charge of this country, and I ask you to take your place as soon as possible, and organize all your men to repel the attacking enemy. Stepping on the corpse of the Armenian envoy, Tancred drew his sharp sword, which was still dripping blood, and said to the nobles and bureaucrats who surrounded him, "I have the approval of His Holiness the Patriarch of Jerusalem and His Royal Highness the Archon of Jerusalem, and if there is any doubt, please come forward." ”

But no one came forward.

The whole hall was filled with obedient eyes and breath, and the body of the messenger lay in the center of the patchwork tiled floor, blood foaming faintly hot.

In this way, Tancred became regent of the Duchy of Antioch, and the first thing he did was to take his sword, and go to the palace steward of Bohemond, who was trembling against the pillars, and throw his palm upward, "Give me the key to the treasury." ”

Instead of taking out a single copper coin to negotiate his uncle's redemption, Tancred distributed it all to the lords and knights who remained loyal to him, and everyone quickly put together a new team and arrived on the northern border under Tancred's command, confronting the combined forces of Ridwan and Kobha.

In the camp at the port of Ashkelun, the Grand Vizier of Egypt, Everdele, also agreed to Josserland's request with great selfishness, and was willing to make a personal promise to let Godfrey, the consul of Jerusalem, leave the city of Assuf safely.

When asked by his general, the cunning Armenian Sunni whispered, "All the armies of Egypt are in my hands, and no political enemy dares to do anything to me now." Therefore it is best to maintain the status quo, and if I am not sure of victory in a battle with Godfrey, it will jeopardize my prestige; If I make peace with Godfrey, it means that there will be no war, and I will have to withdraw to Cairo, and I will have no reason to keep this army anymore - in the end, without a fight and no peace, I will remain in Ashkelon and continue to keep the army and the camp, which is the best place and strategy. ”

Later, on the tower of the head of the city of Asuf, which had been crippled by the catapults, many Saracens and Turks wrapped in turbans rushed to climb up, shouting to the sky to thank Allah for his blessing and making their city well-being.

A day later, the Jerusalem army of 7,000 men arrived at the Ptolemaic fortress on the border, and soon crossed the border of Tyre, and the sallow Godfrey lay on an arched bridge between the humps of a camel, and the strips of silk cloth hanging from the roof of the shed danced in the wind, and he looked at the ancient city of Tyre on the seashore, "They were going to send troops together with the city of Sidon to help the Dukak besiege Jubail, but when they saw your banner Your Highness, Archon, they fled back in disarray, and they were afraid of your prestige. On the camel's side, several knights looked up and said.

On the wall where Tyre leaned against the land, many Provençals (all of whom had been Raymond's subordinates and had performed meritorious service in the Battle of Antioch, but after Raymond lost power and was expelled from the Levant, all joined Tyre and Sidon as shameless mercenaries, and many of them had turned their backs on Christ) stood there, shouting, insulting, urinating on the cross, and committing all sorts of blasphemous acts.

Seeing this, many Jerusalem warriors knelt down in resentment, weeping over the humiliated cross and swearing that sooner or later they would avenge the traitors.

"Keep going." Godfrey on the arched bridge turned his head, closed his eyes dimly, and commanded in a low voice......

The consuls of Jerusalem resolutely kept their oath and went to relieve the siege of Jubail.

And in the prison of Fort Nick Hill, several Armenian jailers whipped Bohemond several times in a fit of rage, and scolded, "You are finished, and you have fallen from the crown - your nephew Tancred takes your place, he is a great hero, but he is not willing to pay a ransom for you." ”

Bohemond's face was shocked at first, then contorted, "No, I have many loyal servants and men in Antioch and Latakia, who have relied on me for their prosperity, and I have given them generous gifts and fiefs, and now it is time for them to reciprocate. You can rely on crowdfunding, crowdfunding, to make up my ransom. ”

"There's no such news, so our superiors have told us to torture you every day, you worthless burden."

"Tanfred, you bastard, ungrateful, I brought you out of the countryside of Apuria, gave you clothes and armor, just because your mother was my sister, but what a wretch you are!" At this moment, Lord Bohemond was really paralyzed, his arms were strangled by chains because of anger, his originally white face turned red, his voice trembled and sharp, and his beard was sloppy, because no one took care of him, "And that group of people who are as shameless as Tancred, when I was strong, followed behind my ass and boots, and used all kinds of fancy tricks and sycophants to please me, but now they have all coldly abandoned me, is there any morality in this world, is there?" ”

After shouting, the sir, who was instantly penniless, received a few more strong whips, and in the following days, his caretakers found that the red-bearded man had completely lost his majesty, and spent his days crying or scolding, and when he was done, he shrank up in chains and pretended to be dead, like an upside-down sleeping bat. (To be continued.) )