Muya Castle, just above the north-south passage between Aleppo and Marlash, was where Daula, the vizier of Ridwan, and the mercenary general Osdu, were sitting here, urging the mule team to deliver supplies to Marlash Fort. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, soon after the siege began, Gawain's Red Hand Brigade occupied Zhuqi, a tributary of the Felamis River to the north, cutting off Muya's supply to Marash, so that both Daula and Oss were in a state of "nothing to do" during this period!

It is no wonder that they had no useful soldiers on hand, and all the Brotherhood infantry and Iqta cavalry who could fight were dragged south to join Tancred's camp.

So much so that the frustrated Ostur openly complained to the Grand Vizier: "If you had obeyed my arrangement and gone north to reinforce Marash's allies, you would never have fallen into the current passive situation on both fronts." What's more, the newly trained spear phalanx also needs my personal command to exert its combat strength. ”

The speaker had no intention of listening, and Daura, who was secretly observing, felt that the mercenary general was a little "unstable", and actually said such a rebellious thing. After all, the Seljuk Turks themselves started by first becoming mercenaries and then usurping power, so of course they had to guard against others doing the same.

Now that the victorious Gawain was menacing, Daula put the matter aside for the time being and hurriedly appealed to the main forces of Sultan Ridwan and the general of Atarberg, Marpolo, for help.

"If Gawain breaks into Aleppo from the north, all the elite workshops, irrigation canals, and fields in this Sultan's territory will be destroyed. Telling Ostu to defend the area around Muya Castle and the Kurdish Mountains and not to let him in is like letting a rhinoceros trample in a china shop. I will abandon the battle at the Orontes at once and return to reinforce him. Ridwan was worried, his army had almost crossed the Orontes River and was ready to fight alongside Tancred's forces, but now he had to break his promise.

The consequences of this decision were devastating for Tancred in Antioch, who was unable to defend them on a flank, and was decisively attacked by the superior forces of Bohemond and Baldwin in the southeastern part of the city and in the plains of Port San Simeon, and Antioch's army fled back to the city like a swarm of insects burned by fire.

Then Bohemond directly occupied the port of San Simon, and together with the previously captured port of Latakia, it was equivalent to cutting off Antioch's sea route to the outside world.

Another "ally" that Tanfred had high hopes for, the Sultan of Damascus, Durak . Tutush simply did not show his head, and directly sent an emissary to Baldwin to beg for peaceful coexistence.

In this way, Tancred, as he wished, really had to rely on the 400-tower city of Antioch to make a last stand, just like Aggie back then. Siyan like that.

At the same time, on the front of the island of Cyprus, Gawain used clever tactics to make it impossible for Apsomates to come close to attacking Kyrenia: three of the previous lords of the crusade, namely Guillaume, Duke of Aquitaine, Generalissimo Conrad, and Welf of Bavaria, had planned to return home by sea on the island of Cyprus. Conrad, however, was ambitious, and secretly obtained permission and funding from Gawain, and coerced two honest men, Guillaume and Welf, and said to his troops: "Many of the lords of the Crusade have established glorious feats, and some have established feuds. We can't just go back empty-handed and do nothing on this weakly defended island nation! ”

So more than 3,000 poor soldiers of Germany who followed Conrad's crusade to the east all made a fuss, "No matter what, we have to make a fortune here in the Levant before leaving!" They took advantage of the chaos to capture the city of Salamis, and fought against the empty "backbone" of Aptsomatius, so poor Aptsomates had to withdraw his troops back and concentrate on Conrad, and the whole of Cyprus was in chaos.

In this way, Gawain finally stopped the multi-front enemy from coveting and besieging him, and when he learned that Merrick had also been defeated from the lost Marash front, he finally had his hands free to raise his muscles and muscles and beat the king of Aleppo, His Excellency Kmandwan.

Gawain first asked Walter. Sanzabal's "Caesarea Frontier Army" remained in the Maras region to defend Samosata and Edessa; Then he took all the teams, including the newly formed "Yefandouni Brigade", and directly deployed his troops under Muya Castle.

The castle is surrounded by flat land, with only a few delicate canals, interspersed with fruit groves on rolling hills, and in the north it has a series of high hills forming a natural gateway, and there are three or four large swamps in the passage between the high hills. In the past, for the sake of safety and openness, Ostu built an outer wall in the swamp, set up a ballista, and added gate towers and post stations to facilitate the passage of passing merchants.

This outer wall is also the first barrier of Muya.

Gawain, of course, activated the artillery regiment to deal with this target, and under the cover of the makeshift barricades, it was deployed in the first line of the attack, and there were many fire bear cannons, perfume bottle cannons, light mortar cannons, and shrimp whisker cannons, lined up on the face slope, directly facing the outer wall over there.

Seeing this formation, Daula and Ostu were shocked and frightened, but Dora, who was still a little lucky, ordered Ostu to "repair the garrison" and "wait for the Sultan to come and repel Gawain." ”

After receiving this order, Ostu was resigned, but privately found his sister Tang Wu, "My favorite sister, prepare your and my horses, and feed them with fodder tonight, because when the sun rises the next day, you and I will ride them straight for a distance of one hundred to two hundred ancient miles before we can rest." ”

"What's the matter, are you going to abandon this beautiful and rich castle and escape?" Tang Wu asked in a panic.

"Now I am depressed in this country, no one really accepts me and trusts me, after all, your Jiang Mo is just a wandering mercenary. What's more, if Gawain's group of fire-breathing guns are fired in unison tomorrow, Muyabao will not be able to support it for a day, and there is no need for us to stay here and be buried. Estur said categorically.

"Okay, I'll listen to you wherever you go." Tang Wu replied meekly.

After the two of them repeated their old tricks, they rolled up some gold and silver, and then disguised as scout cavalry on the night patrol, actually threw down the entire portal fortress and began to flee towards the mountains of the Syrian Gate.

After the night changed to the morning light, among the undulating mountains and forests, Tang Wu rode on horseback and asked his brother who never looked back, "Who are we going to go to this time?" ”

"Go to Bohemond, only such a shameless bastard needs me." Ostur grinned. After speaking, before Tang Wu could express his surprise, the terrifying sound and firelight went behind them, facing the rising sun in the east.