Tetisius's question was so strange that it was at one point confusing to the head of George's stables, and he replied, "Is there any conflict or contradiction between these two goals?" The contemptible people were originally ordered by the emperor to command the elite troops of the empire to recover all of Anatolia. ”

"If it is really just an edict, then I personally suggest that the warden and all the armies stand on the line of Abydos and Smyrna, do not advance or retreat, and let everything stop at today's victory, then it will be fine." Tetisius's tone continued to be obscure but bland, "But if the Warden has the great idea of reviving the Roman Empire in mind, then Manchu can continue to make great strides and re-hoist all the towns and fortresses of Anatolia with the banner of my lord." ”

This is also said by Tetisius because he was baptized for many years, although he was of Turkic origin.

These words made the warden understand, and he slowly walked up to the foreign general who had no nose, and Tetisius lowered his head slightly, covering his face with a cloak, "Is the Lord of my soul not Christ?" Is not my earthly Lord Your Majesty? The Roman Emperor is always the protector of the believers, and has the natural mission of recovering the Holy Sepulchre and the Lord's realm from the pagans, and my Warden is the one who drives the Emperor, and this is also my duty, and I will not give the glorious banner of the Emperor to those Frankish barbarians with ill intentions. ”

"Yes, it's contemptible." Tetisius bowed his head, humbly wrapped his cloak tightly, and stepped aside.

Then George turned to all the generals and staff and ordered, "Release all the prisoners of war, put them on the barren land of Abydos to cultivate, and be exempt from all taxes for the year; In addition, a messenger was sent to make a detour to the city of Konya and asked for Gilikhi. Arslan, in accordance with the agreement he had agreed with the Emperor beforehand, sent troops to assist me in our march to Nicaea; another letter was sent to Constantinople requesting further assistance from the Emperor; Finally, all the captured goods were rewarded to the soldiers and servants, and all the food and beasts were collected, and after three days they left camp and went to Prussa! ”

At this time, no one noticed that Tetisius, who was in the corner on one side, shook his head slightly.

On the shores of Nicomedia, beside the ruins of the palace left by the ancient Roman emperors, a large black flag was erected, on which the wolf's head was printed against the teachings of the Crescents, but this was a symbol of the Turkic army, and it was also a gift from the Seljuk Sultan to Zahas, who was reluctant to discard, which symbolized the source of his legitimacy to rule over the whole of Nicaea.

Wearing a gilded Persian-style helmet adorned with tassels and elaborate armor in relief, Zahas sat under the wolf's head, surrounded by well-armed slaves on horseback, and the emir held in his hand the report of battle from the front of Abydos, "Tell Musetto to gather the defeated and go to Nicomedia to join us." "It was clear that there was not much reaction.

"However, according to the intelligence, the Greek army was going to join forces with the Sultan of Rûm and march towards Nicaea." The son-in-law of the emir, Abul. Qasim stood aside and reminded.

"My children, look at our brave warriors, what is the most indispensable thing for them to fight and live?" Zahas, who had gray hair and had been battling wits with the Byzantine Roman emperor for a long time, asked his son-in-law with fox-like eyes.

"It's courage, it's will, it's the attachment of the infidels to wield the sword for the sake of the scriptures!" Son-in-law Abul. Kasim thought that this was his father-in-law testing him with questions, so he covered his chest and shouted directly at his father-in-law.

Zahas, on the other hand, had a "You are so stupid that I can almost do nothing" expression, and then he squinted his eyes and pointed to the embroidered gold tent standing behind the Great Wall, "It is this thing, it determines the fighting style of all our warriors, the Turks are the arrows that fly out, the rolling clouds, from this side of the Great Wall, straight to the far and far here." Tents, it proves that we don't care about the city at all, the city is a boring fetters, and we just have to keep grazing, as long as there is a tent that can shelter from the wind and rain, when there is not enough food and clothing, we go to rob the city, once we integrate into the city, we have to change from the robber to the robbed, what a tragic and stupid behavior. ”

Then, Zahas slowly rolled up the letter, "We don't care about Nicaea, we don't care about Prussa, now the Turkic warriors are here, on the shore of Nicomidia, opposite the holy sea of infinite wealth, since we are here, why turn back for a place like Nicaea?" Abul, when passing through the steppe, the tents of the Turks were wheels; When crossing the desert, the tents of the Turks were camels; Now we are going to cross this sea, and the tents of the Turks, that is, the ships, the sails and the decks, convey my orders, and all men will take ships, turn into cavalry, and go to attack the rich islands of the Greeks in the holy sea, the islands of Chios, the islands of Lespos, and even the islands of Gallipoli and Constantinople, and burn and plunder, and do everything. ”

After speaking, Zahaas laughed, he got up from the seat, took the bow and arrow and quiver handed by a slave soldier, and slowly walked to the platform on the edge of the cliff, looking at the blue holy sea below (that is, referring to the sea around the Aegean Sea and Constantinople), in fact, the original name of the holy sea was called the sea of arches, and later because the pronunciation is similar to "saint", it was falsely spread, but in the hearts of everyone, this sea area is naturally sacred, who can possess its beautiful face, who can dominate the land and sea. And for the emir of Nicaea, this sea is very, very familiar to him, he was captured by the Byzantine Romans in his early years, and later served as a mercenary general under the Roman Empire, and later because he sided with Alexios's political enemies, he was liquidated after his ascension to the throne and escaped from Constantinople, but after all these years, he was simply familiar with the infighting in the Byzantine palace and the weakness of the army - the essence of the fleet of the Byzantine Roman Empire, originally concentrated in Chiqiria in Asia Minor, With the loss of the whole of Asia Minor, this fleet was also wiped out, so Alexios did not have any powerful ships in his hands now, and in the face of the Norman invasion at sea, he could only rely on the help of the two maritime republics of Venice and Amalfi - then Zahaas himself used his fleet to attack Constantinople, which was simply perfect, and it happened to be smashed on the "soft underbelly" of this emperor.

Thinking of this, Zahas pulled out an arrow from his quiver and roared towards the rolling sea, "The arrows of the Turkic warriors this time must be firmly nailed to the Golden Gate of Constantinople!" ”