Under the remnant sun, in the entire outer city of Kayseri, there are still many pyropers using fire pipes to continuously spray dazzling fireworks, burning the mosque buildings in the city, many believers who have taken refuge here have been burned or killed, and the steps and prayer towers are covered with corpses and blood stains - originally before the fall of Kayseri, the main ethnic group was naturally the Romans, about 12,000 people, after the Turks and Turkmen came, less than 4,000 people were killed, and now the "Nemesis" has returned with wings - Most of the city's 3,000 military emigrants from Danishmund and their families were killed, and their heads filled the streets. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

An hour later, Branas, too, marched into the city with the Guardian Brigade, where they took the remaining hundreds of captive boys and incorporated them into the logistical baggage brigade to serve as subordinates and servants of the Armenian soldiers, all of whom would be forcibly converted to Christianity in the future.

Thus, only five days had passed since the first stone bullet fired by the Grand Prani Cannon and the capture of the outer city of Kayseri, and at a simple celebration that night, the Grand Patron warmly congratulated all the officers and soldiers, claiming that this great victory was of decisive significance: "It is a complete repetition of the previous exercise, in which we crossed the Harris River in the east and west, and then used the long-range power of the watchtower and the Great Prani Cannon to destroy the towers in front of the enemy, and then combined with the courage of the Red Hand Army, the purity of the equipment, and the incomparable fighting spirit, In just one day, they broke through the enemy's walls, horse walls, and gates—all of which were the work of your hard work. ”

The next day, Gema Radin Bey went out of the inner city and surrendered, hoping that Gawain would save the lives of the remnants.

Gawain agreed, letting Gemaladin Bey and the remaining 200 soldiers leave the castle.

At noon on the same day, the crescent banner on the Seljuk walls was cut down and burned, Bey departed with the remnants of the defeated army, and the red-handed soldiers quickly took over the gates and towers under the walls, and then Gawain awarded medals to the meritorious soldiers at the sound of the Annunciation trumpet.

At this time, the entire country of Tarsus was relatively perfect, divided into several systems such as the "Cavalry Medal for Bravery", "Infantry Discipline Medal", "Grenadier Medal", "Craftsman Servant Medal of Loyalty", "Heroic Service Medal (wounded and dead)", and also had a special "Order of St. Paul" (engraved with the portrait of the Holy Apostle on the front, and engraved with the portrait of the Patron of Gawain and Anna Caesar on the reverse side) awarded to rare battle heroes, and the detailed hierarchical scale was divided within each medal, which was used in lieu of the previous simple reward of money or utensils - Of course, the proceeds from the storehouses and monasteries in Kayseri were to be divided equally among all the soldiers and servants who participated in the battle, as stipulated in the holy contract.

At the time of the fall of Kayseri, the general of Mélitane, who had previously won a "great victory" over Gawain's contingent, had just left the city with two thousand foot men and had left the city for less than fifty giri.

When he received the ominous news of Kayseri from the fleeing herdsmen, General Kudeb's face turned pale, and he immediately ordered the whole army to camp and then summoned his staff and men to discuss the matter, and the result was that most of the people agreed not to go to Kayseri again, but to return to Melitene and wait for news from the Great Emir before making a decision.

Almost at the same time, Merrick, who received the catastrophic news on the Paphragonia front, almost vomited blood, but he forcibly held back in front of many generals, "This may be the false news spread by Gawain to disturb the morale and pace of our army, and now the personnel who are casually discussing Kayseri and Nazah will be killed regardless of who they are." The whole army, continuing to advance towards the mountains, took up a favorable position, and prepared to crush the main force of the pilgrims from Sinop first. ”

About two hundred gua away from Merrick's main force, Lord Raymond, who was armed with a holy spear, was also progressing well: it didn't take much effort for him to capture the city of Castamonu, which was equivalent to an empty city!

This castle is the birthplace of the Komneenos family.

The triumphant Raymond believed that his exploits had surpassed the entire empire and all the pilgrim lords, so he ordered the whole army to set up camp around the castle, deliberately boasting of himself, and wrote a handwritten letter to Constantinople, in which Raymond boasted that he had "killed four thousand Turkic soldiers" in a bloody battle and recaptured "the land of his ancestors" for the emperor.

Raymond was rooted, waiting for the emperor's reward and answer, but Conrad and Guillaume were very anxious: Kastamonu was surrounded by fertile fields, brown valleys and forests, and it was difficult to support the supply of nearly 200,000 people, and soon the lawless pilgrims began to plunder. So they approached Raymond and urged him to move on as quickly as possible, "to take the forts of Calabi and Gangara, so that we can maneuver here." ”

But Raymond did not disdain to listen to them at all, "I, I am the Grand Count of Laudisia, and now I obey the orders of the Emperor, and the whole army should be, as it should be." ”

Guillaume, who had no choice, ran back to consult with Ode, Count of Neville, and Alban, Count of Bourges, "It has been rumored that the army of Chief Danishmond is coming soon, and it is dangerous for us to run blindly into the mountains, and I advised Raymond to seize Calabi and Gangara, but he did not listen to waste time here." So it's a good idea to go south to Ankara, where there are said to be plenty of wheat fields for us to base ourselves on. ”

But the two counts, who had already accepted gifts and bribes from the emperor, did not do anything at all, and they used both soft and hard measures, threatening the Duke of Aquitaine to stay, "to maintain friendship with the emperor and the Count of Raymond, and not to bring shame on our conquest." ”

Guillaume, who was completely held hostage, lost control of his subordinates, and he was placed under house arrest, and could only continue to stay with Raymond's camp.

However, the shrewd Generalissimo Conrad ignored this, and he and his fellow Archbishop of Milan, Bisser, had already agreed that they would resolutely not accept the emperor's gifts before crossing the sea, and that they would not be constrained by the emperor, and now under the pretext of "going south to capture the castle of Germanico (a southerly castle leading to Ankara, which is now Chankle in Turkey), open the road to the city of Ankara, and flank the new army of Prince John", he left Kastamonu directly with his own men, ignoring Raymond, who was scolding in the back, Head towards Fort Germanico and leave behind the poor waters of Paphragonia.

Now the focus of the war is back to the front line of Konya-Ankara.

Ibn . Maimon gathered the remnants of the Roma army, which was still loyal to him, and held on to Konya.

And Tetisius's "new army of Moria" left Afyon, attacking the city all the way to Ankara.

On the other side, having captured Gawin in Kayseri, leaving behind two detachments of the Guardian Brigade, plus some members of the Brotherhood, he led the rest of the team back west to cross the Harris River again, and turned back to storm the city of Nazar—within a few days, the "Divangash" that Merrick had painstakingly managed was completely destroyed by the Red Hand Brigade, the Guardian Brigade, the Anna Mounted Cavalry, and the Frontier Army, and Giribey attempted to break the siege in the direction of the Great Emir, but was captured and executed by the Rangers of Jinat—six thousand military settlers from Da Nishmund were mostly killed, The rest were also taken into slavery.

"Keep attacking Konya and Anglas and gouge out Merrick's eyes." In the vast procession, Gawain was magnificent, and said with a horse's head scepter. (To be continued.) )