When Ostu came to the inner hall of the fortress with a scimitar on his shoulder, he found that the woman whom Tankred had taken in the past, that is, the granddaughter of Torus, was wearing a mourning dress and an amber necklace, sitting on a chair in the hall with a dull and desperate face, and when she saw Estus's knife refracting the light, she said in a desolate and mournful tone, "All the women of this world are no longer god-endowed people, but all sacrifices on the altar of evil and filth, and pierce your blade into my neck?" I will no longer serve the new victors. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Then I'll have to let you serve, ugly bastard!" Amid the screams of several maids, Ostome drew his scimitar and walked towards the seated Messander.

"Stop Estus!" Behind him, Fell, who arrived to stop his attack, "Take her hostage, don't embarrass her, maybe it will be of some use." ”

"Kill me, kill me." In Mesander's distracted begging and wailing, several soldiers lifted her up and dragged her towards the dungeon beneath the castle......

Then, under the clear sky after the snow, after the Armenian lion flag was proudly raised on the Acropolis where Samosata stood, it was prominently imprinted into the eyes of several Tankred, who had come to the aid of several Guri, his eyes were almost splashed with blood, and he almost fell on horseback, while the dozens of Norman knights in armor beside him also watched this scene in horror, which was too great a blow to their fighting spirit and morale.

"Mesander, Mesander......" Tanfred gritted his teeth in pain, and then his anger rose, "If it weren't for Uncle Gawain's greed for the exchange of interests between Gawain and him, how could he have forced all the Armenians of Edessa and Samosatane to rebel?" How could I let my woman die in this castle? Most of the territory conquered by the bloody battle of my tank red was lost in one night! At this time, Tancred actually had a heartfelt hatred for his uncle......

In just a few days after the snowy night of Pakade, the whole East was plunged into great confusion, with all kinds of news and letters, true and false, flying all over the sky - there is no doubt that Marash, Thubesena, Lavodra and Samosata were in an instant occupied by the decisive attack of Pakade and Fer, a new Armenian alliance, an alliance unwilling to be oppressed by foreign pilgrims, formed almost overnight, protected by the iron and blood of the Armenians, and the vast majority of the Armenian nobility, Some had been exiled from the Gawain occupation area, such as Ruben's cavalry commander Saliki, some had arrived from the Norman-occupied territory, and some had received orders from Bohemond but were now motivated by national righteousness. At last, about one hundred and forty glorious figures gathered in the city of Thubacena, and they cheered and shouted with tears of joy and indignation around the steps on which Fell and Pak Ade stood, and cut and bit their fingers, and pressed their bloody handprints on the "Book of the Founding of the Great Armenian Empire" made of fine vellum, and cheered for the arrival of independence.

In the past, in the gap between the powerful countries of the East and the West, they were dragged by power and beaten by one faction, and endured many humiliating years, but now everyone is forced to a desperate situation, but they sincerely unite together, "With our blood, we vow to plant the lion's flag back on Ark Mountain!" When the handprints were finished, all the nobles present burst into tears and shouted the oath in unison.

Then Fell raised his arms and shouted, "We can no longer rely on others, and we must have an independent foreign policy in addition to uniting all the armed forces to defend ourselves." We must unite all those who are willing to help the restoration of Armenia, from the Holy See of Rome to the Emperor of Constantinople, and even the Frankish lords, the emirs of the Turks! Remember our mortal enemies, only Gawain and Bohemond. With this winter thunderous exclamation, the Armenian Chamber of Commerce (a group of mountain people whose martial arts and business acumen were not bad) played the role of liaison between them, and they traveled in tandem in ships and wagons to win allies.

One of the merchants crossed the Pontus Mountains directly to Trabzon, and then carried the pass of General Theodoro directly to the bay of Bithynia, where the emperor in command of the city of Nicaea was informed of the thunderbolt news.

Previously, the emperor had already learned the news that Ruben and his legions had been attacked by surprise and the entire army was annihilated, which provoked Alexios to hold on to the pillars of the palace and was sad for a while, "My two hundred pounds of gold...... Even if you hire a group of horse bandits and herdsmen, you will last longer than the fool of Reuben......" Then Alexios was very depressed, and he was very worried that Gawain and Bohemond would be unable to suppress it in the future after their power increased rapidly by eliminating Ruben. But the news of the revolt of Park'ard and Fell made the emperor smile, and he brought Dai Duo, and then the father and daughter quickly agreed and issued a golden edict:

"In the name of the Emperor elected by the Roman senators and subjects, I now approve and congratulate the revival of the Armenian kingdom of Ani, and as a protectorate of the Empire, I shall have all powers of diplomacy, self-defence, and taxation. Fair is hereby appointed. Chargille is the regent of the kingdom, Pak Ad is the deputy regent, his son Hercules is the commander of the kingdom's armed forces, and General Saliki is the chief of the kingdom's cavalry...... The capital of the kingdom was tentatively located in Tuposena, but the juridical capital was in the city of Vanka, and Samosata and Edessa were also recognized as de jure territories of the kingdom. ”

Alexios's edict was destined to bring the fledgling kingdom, along with Seleucia and the Duchy of Bohemond, into eternal bloodshed.

At the same time, several of Fiel's envoys also came to the palace of Amasya and met with Merrick, the ruler of Danishmund, "What, Bohemond was originally going to recruit you and attack my fortress of Meritane, x!" The grumpy Merrick was furious, and the Persian painter beside him immediately drew a red-bearded donkey, and then Merrick told the painter to send it down to the messengers, "Does this look like that Bohemond?" ”

"Like, like." The messengers laughed and said busily.

"No, not like that!" When Merrick saw the painting, he was so furious that he filled it with armor and painted flames and black smoke around it.

Finally, Merrick appeared before his eyes, an armored donkey named "Bohemond", with a red beard, a sharp stake through "his" moon gate to his mouth, making a screaming expression, and standing up in the terrible hell, "Very well, send this painting to Antioch City, and humiliate this bastard." Merrick was satisfied, and slapped the painting in the artist's hand with his whip, "In addition, all the warriors of the whole plateau and Greater Armenia are collected, and I will personally conquer Meritane!" (To be continued.) )