In the camp, Gawain quickly lit the candle and rested the order book looted by the night patrol on his lap and unfolded it, the content of which was actually very simple, there was no specific order from the imperial army: only asked the 8,000 soldiers of the Mashube camp to leave the camp tomorrow in the direction of the Iconium trade road. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

To put it bluntly, there is only this command to "adjust the defense array".

Mathew's purpose was to prepare to reinforce the battlefield of the Gilmagis camp by cutting off any Tarsus Guardians on the trade routes.

"The Emperor won't say more, but I know, I know, the decisive battle will begin tomorrow...... The order given to Matthew was to begin his camp at the third hour of the morning to-morrow, that is, the emperor's general offensive. ”

"It should be close to noon tomorrow." The Grand Earl Merlot in the cave leaned over, looked at it, and took Gawain's words and judged.

At this moment, almost all the core commanders of the Guardian Army rushed over, and their expressions were serious, because the real decisive battle was coming.

The emperor's nearly 40,000 men, and the 15,000 or 6,000 soldiers and horses of the Weijiao army.

Of course, the Emperor wouldn't say more, and he didn't care that the letter of the herald would be robbed. Because the general offensive must begin within the time he has set, Alexios. Komnenos believes that even if we knew, we would not be able to respond effectively enough. Maglendius, who sat on the board opposite, scratched his hair with his fingers, and he was the only one sitting upright in the atmosphere.

"When the time came, the Emperor took the initiative to launch an offensive, and no matter how cautious and serious he had been, Bohemond had given him such a blow in the city of Bari, in Drasium and Thessalonica on this side of the sea, and the Emperor could no longer sit still. He was afraid of being caught in the embarrassment of fighting on two fronts, and his generals and nobles should also start to make random suggestions, Anna once said to me, 'The Roman Empire wants to win on the second front, and Hercules cannot do it,' so the emperor wanted to concentrate on us first. This is a good opportunity for us, the best opportunity, and I should say that we will never find a better opportunity in the future. Gawain spoke, stabbing the horse's head scepter into the ground beneath his feet, grinning his bearded mouth and teeth, "Ladies and gentlemen, the opportunity to completely seize the plateau is really in front of us!" Gawain drew a large circle of the scepter on the ground, "Defeat everything, Emperor, Brenus, Raymond, I will break them all, and then like the ruler of the table, I will raise my sword and divide the whole world." I will not hesitate to take over the castles and lands of Philomeron, Afyon, and Laudisia, which are suitable for military cantonment, and if they are digested two or three years after this great victory, we will have two or three new brigades, all of which should be based on the Emperor's captured soldiers. Then I will be able to conquer Marassy, Cyprus, and Greater Armenia without any scruples, and integrate the whole of the Levant Sea, where the true hegemony will rise. ”

After listening to the words of the Great Lord Patron, Merlot, Giovanni, Billell, Bramson and others all had half-believing expressions on their faces, and they felt that Gawain was not overly optimistic, after all, although the Guardian Army was on the defensive, the number of emperor's soldiers and horses was overwhelmingly superior.

But Magrunius smiled meaningfully, "Your Highness, you will be the one who truly created Poxromana, may you always be healthy and great, and I will continue to live until the day when you and your banner enter the imperial capital, and of course I can see little Prani born." ”

"Well, that's right, Poxromana." Gawain stopped smiling and closed his eyes, adjusting his breathing.

Images flashed quickly through my mind.

Walk through the former monastery, his conversation with Daedalus, the mysterious and strange golden mask of the goat, the great legend of the conqueror;

Dressed in a black robe and smiling charmingly at herself, Jiehe claims to have given him the key to open the treasure trove of two seas, asking him to conquer the Empress of Ten Thousand Cities;

Sitting on the steps of the village office, the villagers brought him hot food, and he couldn't help but flash mixed tears as he ate;

In the monastery of Brachna Palace, he held up the petite Anna in the air, and the sun shone on his face with the snow-white princess, warm;

Covered in blood, he half-knelt in front of Alexios, and the emperor said to him a little annoyed, "A barbarian is a barbarian, and he never knows how to lift";

The Empress of All Cities was not yet in order, and the beautiful and lovely Anna was held by him from behind, her black and fluffy hair hanging down her shoulders, sitting on his spear, her small feet curled up at his knees, and the two of them closed their eyes, in the manor's study in the heavy rain;

In Prince Reuben's camp, as a victor, he finally understood the divine revelation of the "King of the Seven Ridges", and finally confirmed his duty;

Anna gave birth to her child, Helena, a beautiful little girl, very beautiful, and in the future she would have the blood of Ducasse, Komnen, and Gawain, and would bring glory to the empire, and now if Anna was a boy in her womb, she would have been named Khlistopher, the name that his grandfather had given to the child, and Gawain and Anna would not refuse, because even if his grandfather did not want to, this Khlistopher. Gawain will also inherit the "New Roman Empire" that rose in Anatolia in the future.

"I'm here to rebuild Poxromana." Finally, Gawain opened his eyes and said to the crowd, "All soldiers, including my red-handed soldiers, can go out from here and fight the emperor to the death in the coming day, and I will tell you all the arrangements." ”

At the dawn of the day, Diognis, nestled in the tower of Fort Anglas, leaned against the wall, stretched out his left leg, and some wood carvings and shriveled wine sacs rolled messily beside his boots, his eyes glazed, when Bleptus and several Plonian knights rushed in and shouted joyfully to the captor, "The besieging enemy has retreated!" ”

Under the unkempt hair, Diognis opened his eyes slightly, and then he stood up, tried to grab the wine bag with one hand, but subconsciously felt that it was wrong, so he groped along the wall again, felt his flail, and walked out of the tower.

The cold morning breeze on the plateau blew in his face, and the wine of the guard officer suddenly woke up a lot, and many soldiers on the pheasant moat in front of him were dancing and cheering with torches, which made him dizzy, "everyone feels like they are coming back to life." As far as the eye can see, the surrounding rivers and fields are gray, and many white tents have disappeared as if they had been blown away by the wind overnight.

Theognes staggered, burped a few times, and then leaned on the somewhat crippled battlements (destroyed by fire arrows and stone shooters) - not only the Guardian Brigade, but also the frontier armies of Walter and Monomachus who later withdrew! (To be continued.) )