"There is no way around it, the ports are lost, and now in the kingdom of Cilicia, Baldwin's wife and the princess of the Imperial Purple are actively liaising with the fleets of the Italian city-states that have taken refuge there, and begin to recover the port of San Simon - but all this is not enough to be armed at sea, and all our pilgrims in Antioch cannot sit idly by, we must first establish ourselves in the camp outside the city, and then launch a storm on the port and the city of Ata, as long as we can restore this place, our food crisis will be solved! But guys, if we defend first, then counterattack! Gawain was no longer silent in the face of Hugh and the lords' rebukes, and explained with a stroking of his chest.

Bohemond also rarely agreed with this plan, "That's right, so we still have to compromise with the pizza merchants for the time being and continue to buy their supplies at a high price." For now, only Consul Monikini still holds the city's only grain reserves. ”

As a result, Gawain's words just now were okay, and when Bohemond finished adding, everyone's complaints became louder!

Hugh continued to make trouble, and he still reported the price of the city—a sheep's foot, a tongue, six luccas; the head of a sheep and a donkey, 1 Byzantine gold coin; Any internal organs, except the head, feet, and tongue, are worth 15 silver coins; "Just yesterday my servant bought for the owner of my tent a dead and rotting camel meat, and cost me a whole fifteen pounds of silver, and I had to buy the Pisan food for the whole army, and pay the gold and silver coins every day. Why is that? If I have to pay so much money to get back such poor food, why don't I give it to the Chamber of Commerce in Marseille! Can anyone tell me why. Hugh's attitude was impassioned.

This was obviously a resentment of being excluded from the secret room meeting, and Gawain understood as soon as he heard it, and the honorable Hugh was stirring up the situation.

The best thing to do is to ignore it completely.

Gawain then changed the subject, and he turned to Bohemond, "In the last two days, how have the Turks attacked on the side of the Iron Gate Fortress?" ”

Ignoring the continued noise, the Duke of Apulia spread out his hands and replied to Gawain, "The attack of a small force, according to the return of my light scouts, Kobuha may take the camp and the main force of the large force, and prepare to move the camp to your side of the defense. ”

"That's right, because the Acropolis is full of rugged mountain roads, and your brave battles, my lord, Kobuha feels that it will be difficult to make a breakthrough with you, and I am in front of the Pan." Gawain spoke, pacing to the front of the dailer, and Bohemond, who had been complimented, felt that it was useful, and followed him, continuing to supplement Gawain's plan, "So the point of Kobha's attack will be at your fortification, or at Godfrey's West Fort." We must be fully prepared for battle. ”

Over there, many lords were behind Hugh, pointing at Gawain one after another, unrelenting, "We said, the problem of food is very urgent now, and it can't support large-scale armed operations."

"Then change the rationing method!" Gawain roared, and pointed his finger at Hugh and the others, startling Bohemond, who had always been following him, also a little shocked, "From now on, soldiers and laborers, crescentists and Christians, civilian pilgrims and armed men, front-line soldiers and rest soldiers, men and women and children, all have different ration standards. ”

"What?" This utterance, which is fundamentally contrary to the fraternity of Christ, was so blatantly uttered in the mouth of a Grand Duke that almost everyone in the entire hall changed color, except for the hermit Peter, who touched his forehead with his hand to express his distress, but Gawain also seemed to have been prepared, and took the document drawn up by Merlot next to him in advance, and then slammed it on the holy table with a "bang", "The first-line soldiers are the highest, the first-line garrison soldiers are second, the second- and third-line rest soldiers are again, and the laborers among the Christian believers are again, Again, the Crescent laborers were the second, and the women and children who were unable to work were the second. ”

"How can the present food situation match the compassion of my lord if the women and children of the city are not provided with some provisions, and they die of starvation in large numbers?" The priesthood of the priesthood drew a cross and was shocked by Gawain's cold and cruel actions, while Bohemond stood by with a frown, and the surrounding lords also felt that although this was a bit excessive.

"I have done my research, and the West Fort was a barren meadow before, and the women and children of the city were asked to gather there to pick and dig up the roots of plants, and I believe that Lord Godfrey will protect them properly." Gawain's tone was still as cold and unforgiving as steel on a sword.

"What if you don't have rhizomes? Those things only last a few days. One of the lords asked.

"Take a boat to catch algae and fish from the Falfa River."

"What if all this is gone?"

"Then gather the leather from the city, cook it, and eat it."

"If it's leather"

"Are you just going to ask about these frivolous assumptions?" Gawain was furious and walked up to the lord who kept asking questions, who was a knight of the castle under the Capetian royal family, "Before the leather is eaten, the decisive battle between us and the Turkic princes of Mosul will definitely be settled, either the people of God will win and get everything, or they will all sink into the hell of the Lord if they fail!" It's not a concern at all, if you can pick up a sword, get on horseback, and eat the food that only a front-line soldier can enjoy, then go and fight the infidels bravely, or keep your mouth shut, and eat some rhizomes and leather to improve your weak waist bones. Gao Wenjing grabbed the knight's cloak by the collar, and his tall body turned his back to the sunlight shining in from the window, and said harshly to the other party like a chicken, "It is not in vain that when equality and fraternity are discussed, as I have always respected women the most, but now, here, in this purgatory called Antioch, no one is innocent, and everyone has to atone for his sins in battle and gathering, because this is not a court ball, but a bloody battlefield." ”

After saying it in one breath, Gawain pushed the knight to the edge of the pillar, and then looked at Xiu, who didn't dare to squeak, but his muscles were trembling, "I want to give the best to the soldiers on the front line, so that they can have enough strength to kill the enemy and save everyone - it's as simple as that." Do you decide now that you want to stop me? ”

Several of the French palace counselors and knights behind Hugh all looked sideways, grunted and clenched their sword hilts, and stepped forward angrily towards Gawain.

But Hugh stretched out his arms and stopped them, then lowered his head, took two steps back, swung his arms around, and bowed to Gawain in compromise.

"Will you strike? Will you succeed in your sortie? At this time, Ademar held on to the corner of the cross and stood up and asked excitedly.

"I need adequate food for six thousand to ten thousand soldiers, two thousand of whom are for the cavalry reserve." Gawain turned his head and said slowly to the priesthood, "Ten days of supply, the goal is to recover the city of Atta and the port of St. Simon. Once this goal is achieved, we will fight to the death with the armies of Kobha and Ridwan, and there will be no food problems at that time. (To be continued.) )