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"Zahas hasn't returned from Nicomedia yet, so the Warden's original plan has actually failed, and he was supposed to lure Zahaas's main force into a decisive battle, isn't he?" Gawain exclaimed, placing the halter over Sabina's head, then caressing her hair, "Erikson, give me the brush." ”

Erickson, who was sitting on the mule cart over there and eating wheat bread, heard this, so he took out the brush from the carriage and threw it to Gawain to catch it.

"Shut up, you bastard, don't forget that you're a little flag officer now, and you dare to slander and question the Warden here." Diognis trembled with anger and stepped forward, "Aren't we triumphant all the way?" You said! ”

"You told me to shut up." With his back to him, Gawain took off his chain mail, put on his knee-high robe, rolled up his sleeves, and waved a brush dipped in water to scrub Sabina's body.

"I just want to know that our army will march to Nicaea and fight all the way back to Anatolia, and that the Roman flag will fly again on the peaks of the plateau, not just as you do!" Diognis was so excited that he grabbed his collar and stepped forward.

Gawain turned around and said to him clearly, "Listen to me, you've drunk too much wine now, go back to the camp and rest well." ”

"I am not drunk, today I drank wine mixed with poisoned ginseng eggplant, so that I was able to brave the stones and javelins thrown by the enemy above my head, face the danger of dying at any time, overcome the trembling and pain, overcome the sorrow and trembling of the death of my comrades, and climbed to the top of the city, these are only the side effects of drinking, and it is the price that must be paid. So I don't want anyone, especially a mixed fish like you, to say any kind of gibberish that demoralizes the army. ”

As a result, Gawain raised the brush, shook his head back, and the cold water arced and crackled all on the drunken guard's face, making him hurriedly take a few steps back.

"I tell you, it's not me who will question the warden in the future, but your favorite Emperor, Your Majesty, and when the time comes, if you are confused, the morale of the army will not be dissipated by a character like mine." Gawain said coldly to the guard who was constantly wiping his face.

At the same time, Erikson, who saw this scene, stuffed all the remnants of wheat bread into his mouth, took out a battle axe from the carriage, chewed it, jumped down, and stood beside Gawain, staring at the guard who was still wiping his face with kind eyes.

Then, Gawain saw the flail in the captor's hand trembling.

At this moment, Francisco walked over from the mule cart with two soldiers, "Hey, the catcher over there, you are now a staff member of the warden master, and according to the rules, you can't talk to the soldiers who are camping and getting ready to go." ”

As a result, at this time, the soldiers around who felt that something was wrong gathered more and more, and they were all looking at the two people facing each other.

Faroff also came, and after a second look, he walked straight over and crossed in front of Diognis.

"What? The Count Commander of the Red Hand detachment, do you want to shelter his subordinates who speak proverbs? Diognis said coldly.

"I think the first thing is that you drink and make trouble in the barracks, stay away from my soldiers, and if there is any mistake, go to the military judge under the warden to complain, and I will deal with him. Diognes, I know that your father and brother were martyred at the Battle of Durazo, but you must not be rash at any time. After saying that, Farov stepped forward, softened his tone, and tried to hold Diognis, but the other party opened his hand fiercely, and then the guard glared at Gawain twice, and then carried the wine bag and the flail, and left slowly.

As a result, on the same night, the Warden George called an urgent military meeting.

"The Turks discarded Nicaea." The warden standing at the map table closed his eyes and placed the letter he had just received on his desk, announcing the news to the crowd.

Most of the staff and generals cheered, except for Farov, Tetisius, and Diognis, the first two of whom stood by coldly, and the last sat in the last seat, clenching his fists excitedly, unable to calm down, and even his breathing was disordered.

But then the words of the warden of George made the guard suddenly cold half of his body, "But now that the salaries and supplies are starting to be poor, my army can only reach Nicaea, which is the limit." ”

Not only the guard, but the rest of the people present also fell silent, they looked at the warden general, but George. Pararogus's expression was even more subtle, and he prostrated himself with his hands on the table in the center of the tent, "Zahas actually took a ship from Nicomedia, boarded Smyrna, Chios and other areas to plunder, and cut off the imperial capital's aid here, which I really didn't expect, I didn't expect him to even want his old nest Nicaea." ”

"Attacking instead of defending, the Turks only need to carry their own tents." Tetisius in the corner muttered this secretly, thinking, "Although this warden is an excellent commander, he is not yet adapted to the essence of strategy against the Turks. ”

"His Majesty's order is to recover all of Anatolia!" With Diognis's loud shout, everyone else present focused their attention on the apparently out of shape of the captor.

The warden raised his forehead and looked at the catcher for a while, he forgave the lowly man's abruptness, "Now we have two choices, one is to go to the city of Nicomedia, but the military food and salary are beginning to be in a state of poverty, and the Sultan of Konya cannot fully rely on it - this time, even the other Sultan did not attend the meeting, because I am afraid that this group of ill-intentioned heretics will snoop on our secrets. What happens if there is a shortage of military pay? The answer is clear, my Italian veteran, the Inner Palace Guard of His Excellency Commander Count Farov, because they are all mercenaries of foreign races, there is bound to be a danger of fluctuations and rebellions. What's more, even if he goes to Nicomediaa, maybe Zahaas's fleet will break through somewhere else. ”

"What about the other one?" Farov, leaning on the pillar, asked.

"That is, to garrison the army from Nicaea to the left of Abydos, to recruit the exiles and Turkic prisoners of war from Asia Minor, and to settle them in various places to defend themselves, and then to march into Zahas in full force after the wheat harvest is ripe in the next year." The warden seemed to have been thinking about it for a long time, and quickly and clearly laid out this plan.

There was a lot of talk in the tent, and Diognis sat down in his seat in a dejected manner, while Farov bowed his head and remained silent, while Tetisius untied his cloak from his face, revealing a terrible content that could not be seen in his expression.

Suddenly, the captive officer Diognis stood up reluctantly, and said to the warden that "there is no danger around Nicaea, and it is better to seize Anatolia in one go, which is the long-term plan to hold on." ”