Chapter 43: The Pope's Admonition

The result was also very satisfying to Hajib, whose family's fiefs near the city of Lesser Antioch were increased by a quarter, which was a gift from Anna to entrap the commander of the Oghuz cavalry and archery regiment, and Zangi was given the honorary title of "Golden Patriarch of Oghuz", and his future in the court and army was limitless. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

But when Zangi, who was carrying a bow on his back, walked up to his father, he was full of uncertainty and heaviness.

When Hajib asked, Zangi replied directly, "I was just proofread with His Highness Massoud, and it is needless to say that the prince of Roma became a servant in the past, but the biggest problem is that now His Highness is no different from the Greeks, completely forgetting his own beliefs and ethnicity." ”

"What about the Greeks?" Seeing that his son was speechless, Hajib hurriedly lowered his voice and warned, "Can the Greeks keep it as they are, those monks of the Orthodox Greek Church are now almost all confiscated from the monasteries and sent to the cave monastery of Calle Adio to be centrally managed and supervised, which Gawain has done more radically than the original Emperor Alexio." As for the Orthodox believers, they are also slowly being influenced by the Confessional Synagogue and are accepting a new mystical faith. ”

When he reached the foot of an oak tree, Zangi was visibly distressed, and he pinched his bow and asked his father, "Where will Gawain lead this world, and will he destroy the Order and the people of Allah?" ”

"This is not something we can understand, it is all Allah's plan and will." Hajib hurriedly made a reverent gesture, "Don't keep asking me why I let Gawain go in the first place, because that is also Allah's decision, and I will follow it in secret." Well, if you go on like this, you will get Zanji, who is sick with anxiety, it is better to practice riding and archery more, and the glory lintel will be the most important thing in the future. ”

After the father and son left, Gawain and Anna in the temple took the list handed over by Hajib, "I am going to send another 3,000 border soldiers to Andodat to support his military campaign in Tripoli. ”

Anna looked at the mercury sand table, "The titular suzerainty of the city of Tripoli is the Dukaq of Damascus. Tutosh, while Tyre and Sidon claimed asylum from the Egyptian side. The military action of Anderodat to besiege the port of Bora in Tripoli must be fully taken into account if we are not foolproof. ”

"Baldwin was being aided by the ships of Pisa and Rela, had just captured Haifa and Caesonia, and was preparing to lay siege to the mighty and rich city of Acre. It is said that the ruler of Egypt, Everdall, could not sit still and began to send a powerful fleet to the aid of Acre. So, with the actual resumption of war between Jerusalem and Egypt in the near future, we will of course be in Jerusalem's position and try to capture Tripoli first and then Tyre and Sidon without interference. Gawain also stood on the edge of the map table, his hands propped up on it, looking at the Levantine coast above itβ€”some of the plans had been rehearsed many times in his mind, "We will first carry out diplomatic activities against the city of Rome, and encourage Holy See Eugene to launch a third crusade, with the goal set in the seaport cities of Acre, Tripoli, and Tyre, and then I will take the opportunity to take command of this crusade in my hands, and use Italian warships to use it under the banner of jihad, On the other hand, I justifiably took several cities on the coast of Tripoli in the palm of my hand after the victory. This is the plan that I negotiated with you Anna. ”

Anna said very well, I fully support you. You'd better send another regular brigade, plus 3,000 border people, to let Androdat be dispatched, while the rest of the brigades are stationed in the western cities of Prussa, Smyrna, Nicaea, etc., and build roads and military stations while reorganizing and training, and prepare for an immediate attack on the imperial capital.

Gao Wen readily agreed to his wife's plan, and he went on to deploy as follows:

Bramson's Philomeron Brigade and the Pisidian Frontier Army of Monomachus and Biller were sent to Cyprus to join the Anderodat sequence of operations, and to prepare for the landing at Beritus and Jubail as soon as possible;

The rest of the brigades, except for the two brigades of Bellerophon and Yefandouni, which were stationed in the eastern sea, all the rest were marching westward to assemble and standby;

The two seafarers' border areas of Samos and Atalya are to step up the pace of building ships;

Dorus. Lambert, Walter. Sanzawar and Gabriel, with 3,500 border troops, passed through Aleppo and accepted Bohemond's prior request to help him besiege the city of Antioch.

About ten days later, the commissioned Regent monks of the city of Bari came to the Lateran Cathedral in Rome to convey Gawain's ideas to the Holy See and the cardinals.

"Okay, Gawain asked me if I would support the Third Holy War, of course I would support it." Pope Eugene sitting on a golden throne in a scarlet ornate tent. Owenseth readily agreed to the request from the Tarsus side to "start a holy war".

The Reformed monks of Bari respectfully approached him, kissed the Pope's knees and calves, and said that the Bank of Bari, on behalf of "the Supreme Gawain", would present him with 55,000 gold coins for the renovation and beautification of the Papal Palace (Earlier, during the struggle between Henry IV and Pope Gregory, the Norman leader who had captured the city of Rome and was loyal to the Pope, Robert Brown. Guiscart went to the rescue, and although he recovered the city of Rome, he looted and burned it down, and has not recovered so far, so the Pope is also in need of money).

Pope Eugene also reciprocated, "The main goal of this new holy war is to target the Egyptian pagans and try to recover the entire Levantine coast." After saying that, Eugene suddenly expressed his dissatisfaction and concern to the monks of the Liberal Mission, "But ...... Please relayed to me a warning to Gawain that I regard him as my own son, and will not interfere too much with his conquests in the East. But as a vassal of Constantinople in the past, he should not have forced Emperor John too much, so I suggest that the two sides should strike the war and stick to the existing borders, and Gawain revoke the title of Emperor that he had acquired on the Great Ark Mountain, but I may authorize Anselm to canonize him as 'King of Anatolia', otherwise Gawain's atrocities will arouse the indignation of righteous men throughout Italy, Francia, Flanders, and even more places, and I fear that the estates of the Seleucian Great Hospital will be threatened everywhere, and Tarsus will bear the brunt, That would be a big loss for my children. ”

Several dervishes of the Confession looked at each other and hesitated, but it was not long before they bowed down again and kissed the big toe of the Holy See again, indicating that they would convey this advice to Gawain.