Chapter 87: The Ceremony (I)

Also on land, Portland and Jordan led their men to kneel under the walls of Tyre, begging the defenders to contain them and not let them fall into the hands of Gawain's army - Portland knew that Gawain could kill his father, and of course he could kill him!

Now the defenders of Tyre were also confused, and the situation was simply a dramatic reversal. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, there were many military backbones in the city, all of whom were Provencals who had accompanied Raymond on his crusade, and Raymond had been defeated by Gawain and Bohemond (see above), and many of them had gone to Acre and Tyre to serve as "dog-legged mercenaries" for the local Saracen lords, turning their backs on and insulting Christianity. But after all, they remembered the incense they had with Raymond, so they took Portland, Jordan, and the two Venetian ships.

Anderodat and his 30,000 troops surrounded the city of Tyre several times, and then Anderodat declared Portland's crimes, "turning his back on the cause of jihad, and turning his back on the Saracen pagans, and fighting to the death against the warriors of Christ." ”

The brutal and fierce battle of Tyre began.

This time, Androdart was not going to be done with the ransom of the city, but he was clearly going to eradicate the resistance and completely take ownership of it "as a brighter jewel on the crown of the two Majesties Baseryus and Baselisa".

Desperate, the city of Tyre turned to Egypt for help.

At this moment the power of Egypt was in the hands of the Armenian Ashot, the palace forbidden army, who was far more hasty than the previous Grand Vizier Everdler, and eager to establish his authority through foreign wars, the heavily armed slave soldiers of all nationalities in the cities of Cairo and Fustat often swaggered through the city, singing radical horror war songs:

The waves in the Nile are wavering, and the clouds are flying around the pyramids.

Faint and turbid, the world is independent, and the righteous indignation burns with blood.

The imam only knows the scriptures, and there is really no one in the country.

The church knows how to boast and accumulate wealth, how can the community think about it?

The sage sees the decline of the country, and the fool still dances in the world.

The rise and fall of chaos is like a dream, and it is really like a game of chess.

Under the Cairo Restoration, slaves are connected to justice!

There are a million soldiers in his chest, and he has a thousand pages of scriptures scattered when he dies.

They then persecuted Jewish businessmen and Coptic believers even more, deported and arrested officials and religious figures in the country, and forced them to hand over large sums of money to ransom themselves.

Ashot then ordered the fleet of the port of Ashkelon to go north to aid the city of Tyre, but was halfway by Al. The fleet led by General Rumi (after the death of the Grand Vizier and the Caliph in the coup, defected to Baldwin) intercepted it, and the two sides fought fiercely outside the port of Jaffa, and soon the Egyptian fleet was defeated and retreated, and the situation on the whole Cairo side was even more embarrassing.

On the eve of the Palm Branch, Bohemond of Antioch finally received the shocking and heartbreaking news that Gawain was ready to enter Constantinople with his wife Anna and two children and wear the emperor's crown!

Bohemond slumped on the couch on his back, looking at the ceiling, an inexplicable blockage and loss welled up in his heart, "Wait for Gawain, maybe I will be subservient to you for the time being, but I am waiting for the right opportunity, I, Bohemond, will still not be at anyone's disadvantage!" ”

In front of the Gallipoli Palace, Gawain half-knelt in front of the courtyard and accepted a kiss from Anna, who wanted to get together with him, and also hugged and kissed Helena and Hristopher left and right, all of whom were dressed in splendid and heavily patterned gowns, among which Anna and her children were surrounded by heavily armored warrior guards on their shoulders, and Gawain came alone to the stable after settling them up.

There, Sabina and Quicksilver each stayed behind the fence, looking at their master.

Gawain also had mixed feelings, he reached out and pinched Quicksilver's nose and touched Sabina's mane, they were all old...... Sabina was the first friend to follow him, and Quicksilver was the horse captured from the Norman tent, and now they were really out of power.

Could it be that this grand coronation really no longer rides her or him?

Over there, Muzafiadin grunted and led a new young horse, which the Holy Sister had bought from Sebastian's ranch, and whose head glowed bronze, and which was named "Agthius", which Gawain loved very much, but was reluctant to accept Sabina and Quicksilver.

The two brutes, knowing very shrewdly, that their master was not prepared to ride him through the most glorious moments of his life, groaned loudly, and Sabina fluttered her eyelashes and shed large tears.

Horses are the most human.

And Muzafiadin behind him also took the opportunity to help, "Sabina means that you will enter Constantinople immediately, and you will not need her again in the future." ”

"How could I not need it!" Gawain said categorically, his voice a little choked, "From the time I had nothing, you followed me, carrying me on the battlefield without avoiding arrows and stones, born and died, for a full thirteen years--what about Sabina, Quicksilver, if you can still hold on, I will transfer you two and walk from Gallipoli to the Golden Gate, from the Golden Gate to Constantine Square, until the inauguration ceremony is completed." ”

Sabina hissed when she heard this, leaned over her nose affectionately and happily, and gently bit her master's belt, which showed her attachment. And Quicksilver was pacing around, excited.

In the cheering barracks, Gawain rode a horse, and together with the cavalry and halberd-wielding forbidden soldiers, he hugged the shoulders of his wife and children, and came to the front of thousands of soldiers, "Today I will walk from here into the Golden Gate." Come with me to the city, to see the beauty of the Empress of all cities, and to subdue any fool who is delusional and unwilling to submit to my power! ”

"Long live Imperato, great Baseleus, great Baselisa!" The arms and weapons of countless soldiers were raised, and the sound reverberated throughout the fortress.

Dozens of squire guards then walked to the front of the line, all of them carrying spears of the same height, with golden rings and tassels on the blades, dangling in the wind, and golden apples at the bottom of the spears, and they played the leading role.

He was followed by a row of sixteen Oghuz and Komaroi cavalrymen with feathered felt hats, carrying bows and arrows, and their saddles covered with crimson purple silk; The Oghuz cavalry was followed by a platoon of sixteen mounted horsemen, all of whom were heavily armoured, their faces obscured by silver human face armor, and their ceremonial swords in the shape of flames in their hands.

Then there were two squadrons of red hand cavalry, one in front and one in the back, all holding long cavalry spears tied with pennants, guarding the honor guards of Gawain and Anna in the middle.

On both sides of the shoulders were a contingent of female officials and eunuchs such as Staulachos, Hetomia and Little Sunfish, as well as high-ranking generals such as Diognes, Mikhail, Merlot, Branas, Brenus and Marinus.

And 500 frontier warriors pressed at the back of the hall, all of them holding spears and shields, accompanied by four armored chariots and war dogs wearing skull armor.

Among them, Dedo also sat on her shoulder, right by Anna's side.

Anna puffed her belly proudly and said to her sister, "Soon you will share in my glory." ”

"Yes, my Majesty Baselisa." Dai Duo replied softly.