Chapter 13: Brother-in-law
readx;?“ You are here, and I have ordered the soldiers involved to keep it strictly secret, so no one knows about it except me. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Gawain squeezed the other man's hand tighter again.
After the two sat down, Gawain asked the attendant to serve delicious food and wine, and then cooked it very self-cooked, "Actually, there was only a small misunderstanding between us, Anna liked me back then, but the emperor mistakenly assigned Anna to you and Daido to me, so there was a later elopement." Now Daido is your wife, and Anna is my wife (although she is not officially married), aren't you still relatives? ”
"Yes, yes." Brenus is submissive, and it seems that Gawain's core meaning is "no matter what, I have made up my mind with your brother-in-law".
So the brown-haired "barbarian brother-in-law" began to talk endlessly, in short, to show Brenus that he had absolutely no intention of confronting the emperor, and that the bloody battle in the previous camp, in which both sides had suffered heavy casualties, was by no means what he wanted to see. "Is there any misunderstanding?" Gawain frowned, pretending.
Brenus ate his meal, and was very careful not to comment on any of Gawain's words, but bowed his head and did not answer, and it took a long time to agree with Gawain's sentence, that is, "You should not be an enemy of His Majesty the Emperor."
"Yes, I never thought that even the empire's hasty war preparations would come and fight against me rashly, and it would be completely the lives of the soldiers of the grass." Who would have thought that Gawain would take this passage without shame, and fiercely satirize the weakness of Alexios and Brennus's armament and stupid adventures, and the inadvertent arrogance in his words resurfaced.
Finally, Brenus couldn't help it, "Your Majesty has mobilized forty-five thousand soldiers this time, and Gawain only has about thirteen,000 troops on the front line, and you will not be an opponent if you continue to face each other for a long time." ”
At this moment, Gawain put down the cup containing the milk and sneered, "It's a pity that His Majesty the Emperor's 45,000 people must be divided into three routes, all the way to besiege Konya, all the way to fight me here, and the other should be General Xhosa's belonging, heading towards Seleucian City, right?" ”
Hearing the third way, Brenús's face changed, but he didn't answer anything.
But Gawain continued to go straight ahead, "Before coming to the camp of Milio Sefalon, General Xhosa's path has been completely defeated by me. After speaking, Gawain drank the milk juice, full of arrogance in all his control, "Now the emperor is just the only one who can fight with me all the way, I don't fall behind, on the contrary, now that little Antioch is in the palm of my hand, using this as a bridgehead, I want to relieve the siege of Konya, and concentrate on fighting with the emperor of Miriosephalon, because the dominant power is in the hilt of my sword, not in the emperor's ......"
Brenus wanted to say something, but Gawain raised his hand to stop him, "All the way to the road, my six or seven thousand red-handed soldiers can completely defeat fifteen thousand enemies, and if the emperor's army may be raised, it can defeat the emperor by 20,000 people." You have no chance of victory, so it is better to withdraw with dignity and keep Afyon and Ferna (Afyon is the central castle of the Rôme plateau, Greek for 'Castle of Victory', an important point of transportation and a necessary place to go to Conya). ”
"It's too arrogant, Gawain!" Even Brenus couldn't help it.
However, Gawain did not care about his embarrassment, and there he continued to criticize the armaments of the Emperor's side, "The Emperor completely ignored the importance of the hoplites, who had been defeated by the Normans in Durazo, and who had not improved yet, and who relied too heavily on his Varangian guards and archers...... The Emperor's soldiers lacked the courage to engage in hand-to-hand combat, and when they formed an arrow team, they could effectively use salvo strikes to deter the enemy, and if they encountered a weak and irregular enemy, they would often be effective, but once they encountered a well-armored team with high morale, after turning into a frontal white-knuckle battle, the combat effectiveness of the Emperor's soldiers would be greatly reduced....... The people and the people absorbed by the Plonia estate, the gentry cavalry produced are excessively consuming armament resources, which is also the biggest drawback of you and Dai Duo's governance of Panphyria, allowing the rich to be connected, and the bargaining chips of military service are pressed on this group of 'non-nationals', and the final result is that I can raise five cavalry, you can only raise three, and this group of Pronian cavalry is followed by a large number of deteriorated armed serfs, not qualified soldiers who are good at battle...... There is nothing wrong with using mercenaries, but the mercenaries recruited by the Emperor lack long-term and effectiveness, and they will become habitual bandits after the battle, and it will be difficult for them to play a key decisive role in battle, because this group of people will always be only interested in one-time rewards and lives......"
So Brenus, who was unwilling, argued fiercely with Gawain, and the two swept away their previous restraints, after all, they were now equal - under the candlelight, the two faced each other across the desk, eating dinner, and making each other difficult with different gestures.
In the end, both of them felt tired, and Gawain smiled and waved his hand, "Don't talk about these useless topics anymore, let the future decide which of us is right and which is wrong." Now I want you to pass on a gift to your noble wife, and I also want you to convey the news to His Majesty the Emperor that Anna is pregnant, and that I am going to marry her in Tarsus on a suitable day. ”
When Gawain took out an enamel box and brought it to Brenus, the man reacted, "Are you going to send me back?" ”
"Why not? Theoretically, Anna will always be Your Majesty's daughter, isn't she, and her child not Your Majesty's grandson - Your Majesty will love this grandson. In addition, you are my brother-in-law, even if the military revolution intersects, there is no need to deny this personal relationship...... right" Gawain began to collect (hao) buy (wu) people (yuan) heart (zè) that he is good at, "In addition, please tell Dai Duo privately, if there is any trouble between you and the couple in the court, Seleucia will always be there to help you...... Let's rest! With that, Gawain squeezed his eyes and stretched, while the logistics and attendants walked in, shaved his face and washed him, and then came to serve Brenus.
Finally, Gawain lay unguarded on the camp couch, patted him, and said to Brenus, "For the sake of secrecy, you will sleep with me tonight if you are wronged." Tomorrow I will send cavalry to send you back in its entirety. ”
Before Brenus could give in and object, Gawain lay on his back on the couch, his trademark new beard style undulating slightly, and soon began to snore.
So the third glory of the empire had mixed feelings, got on the couch, turned his back, and fell asleep carefully next to Gawain...... No matter how bloody the battle was today, and no matter how thrilling he had suffered before, Brenus still had to admit that he really didn't hate a man like Gawain. (To be continued~^~)