Sure enough, the first thing Tetisius did when he entered was to bow down like a slave, and proclaimed, "Your Royal Highness, please carry out my lowly strategy, which is to put me in charge of all the mobile forces of the city of Philadofiam as soon as possible, and rush to the aid of Alarmanburg, which is now in danger." ”

The prince was full of unhappiness, "Tetisius, you have been alarmist more than once, and now I am following my father's instructions and am debating with Gawain about the murder of Hugh, and I have finally made some progress. The whole of Panphilia to Brusa, with my father's 20,000 horses and horses as the backing of the negotiations, why do you always have to disrupt the delicate steps? ”

But the general kept shaking his head and bowing, and kept pleading in his mouth, "Now the situation is extremely urgent, even His Majesty has mentioned it many times in the documents, I hope that Your Highness will put the main force in Alalmanburg; Gawain is a man who is as humble as I am, and he must be ready for a peaceful battle, perhaps his brigade is ready to be prepared in Seleucia to sharpen its knives against Alaman. ”

"Shut up!" Prince John really couldn't believe it, if according to the guy at his feet, could it be that his previous wit at the negotiating table was all in Gawain's trap? No, it can't be, he saw Gawain's embarrassed and embarrassed reaction, and he couldn't fake it at all. What's more, Gawain's army had besieged Fort Alalmanburg once, but returned under the defense of the old general Nika, why this time Gawain was able to capture Fort Alalmanburg before he and his father's army quickly gathered and counterattacked, with one brigade (John's intelligence clearly showed that Gawain's other two veteran brigades were on standby in the Syria Gate area to rest) and more than 1,000 cavalry, it was tantamount to a fool's dream.

However, Tetisius was unrelenting, and begged there, "At the very least, let me, who is lowly, command three thousand, nay, even two thousand soldiers, including five hundred lightly armed cavalry, to support Alalmanburg." The Callegos family there were only 800 soldiers stationed there, and I don't know what kind of means Gawain would use to attack the fortress, but I can be sure that Gawain is in control. ”

Every sentence, word by word, made the prince embarrassed and angry, and he directly brushed his sleeves up, "Since Gao Wen has the ticket to victory, what are you going to do?" ”

At this moment, the Turkic slave Aksepokaus suddenly knelt down in front of him, "Your Highness, there is a proverb among the Turks, a tiger will never hurt a person with its antlers. Whether Gawain is a tiger or a deer, I believe that His Highness has enough judgment. Perhaps, as the general said, the negotiation is nothing more than the smoke of deception he casts, not to mention that if Gawain really attacks Alamanburg, he will be inferior diplomatically, and then he will be thwarted by Your Highness, then even if Gawain does not personally hand over Seleucia as agreed, it will be greatly damaged, and we can use force to uproot this trouble. In this way, in this way, it will also be of great benefit to His Highness's future! ”

At this time, the prince could not speak for the time being, he calmly coiled down, and said to Tetisius with difficulty, "In this way, I promise to give you four thousand soldiers, and now I will return to the city of Philadofiam and mobilize and rush to Alalmanburg." But we can't take the lead, lest Gawain grab us at the negotiating table. And Axepocaus, you also move with this general, you always have to learn some military experience, if you can only serve and serve, then I have people here, and I will not need you. ”

Tetisius and Axepocus wept in gratitude, bowed down, and took the order.

Then John sighed and said to the respectable Maupoulos, who had been silent, "Tomorrow, Gawain doesn't know what kind of tricks he will use." ”

"As long as His Highness continues to catch the missing Norman bandit and seal him down, whether it is Gawain or the Franks, there is nothing to be done. Wait until Your Majesty's army arrives and threatens them, and these barbarians, who don't know the height of the sky, will retreat in the face of difficulties, and not every blackmail and blackmail will work. "Maupoulos is very confident and optimistic.

At noon the next day, John readjusted his thoughts, and when he led his guards to the tent between the two camps, he saw a row of Seleucian horses tied to the manger on the other side, and several warriors stood there, "Is it the Grand Duke who has arrived in advance?" John asked aloud.

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and the first to come out was the angry Varlo, the general counselor of the French royal palace, who complained loudly in other languages, and the attaché next to him translated it to the prince, but almost did not let John fall off his horse, "Early this morning, this Lord Vallow could not find the whereabouts of the so-called Grand Duke, at first the camp officer of the camp said that the Grand Duke was sick last night, but when he went to visit, he found it empty, so the heraldic officer of the Grand Duke in the camp told him that the Grand Duke was in good condition, With some guards, he went to the tent of negotiation in advance and waited for him, so the general counselor came to the tent again, but he didn't see where Gawain's people were. ”

"This is despicable fraud!" John took the whip and complained angrily, and then he forced all the warriors who were leading the horses to mount their horses, and ran forward with him, arriving at the camp where Gawain was stationed, only to find Androdat waiting for him on the wall.

When the prince asked what had happened, Androdart, with a blank face, holding his iconic monk's mushroom head, held up a letter that said, "The Emperor of Constantinople has lost the respect and allegiance of the pilgrims for his disobedience during the Battle of Antioch. Therefore, Lord Bohemond, as the commander-in-chief of the army, had issued a resolution that the de jure territory around the city of Antioch would not be surrendered to Constantinople no more, and that Emperor Komnenos would no longer be allowed to touch any inch of land in Syria or even in the Holy City. And demanded that Emperor Komnenos take responsibility for Hugh's tragic death and pay compensation. ”

"It's impossible, damn it." John, who was in front of the mound and the trench, was almost furious.

But Anderodat ignored him at all, and continued to read slowly, "Our Grand Duke, His Royal Highness Stephen. Gawain, who decided to stand on the side of the righteous Lord, realized that the emperor was currently an enemy of pilgrimage, so he reluctantly launched a military admonition, hoping that the emperor would rein in the precipice. ”

"What awaits you will be the punishment of the Empire, something that is beyond your means." With red eyes, John raised his horsewhip and lost his composure.

But Androdart read the entire book aloud, "Last night the Grand Duke galloped to Seleucia, took over the arriving army, and prepared to attack the Emperor's Alalmanburg. First, to prevent it from becoming a stronghold for the emperor to continue to murder pilgrims, second, to ensure the unimpeded sea route for pilgrimage supplies, and third, to punish the Callegos family for their previous rebellion against the Grand Duke. From this moment on, the peace agreement will be cancelled, and the military revolution will be ruthless, not to mention that it is unpredictable! (To be continued.) )