In addition, news of the arrival of the Emperor's army in Durazo soon spread throughout the regions of Tirasime and Epirus, and the Roman inhabitants of the local market towns and villages suddenly felt that true imperial legitimacy had arrived, especially when they saw the Emperor's grand and majestic military appearance. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The wrath of the people, who had been horrified by the Sicilian Norman army, whose grain had been requisitioned and many who had been dragged into the construction of the camps, was now burning in the Pindus Mountains and the Coastal Plains, and many of them took up their weapons and joined forces with the local Slavic tribes loyal to Gawain: peasants and herdsmen raided the Sicilian Norman strongholds, killing the lone enemies who captured them, while the market towns renounced their promises to pay to the Kingdom of Sicily in favor of allegiance to the emperor and sent supplies to the army camps.

The Normans in several fortresses of Epirus could not stay at all, they either had to defend their strongholds, or they risked escaping and being surrounded and killed in the wilderness, and the area originally occupied by the Normans quickly collapsed with the arrival of the Gawain banner.

The emperor, on the other hand, sat in the middle of the imperial camp and cordially received the representatives of the people who came to serve every day, settled their lives, and divided the rights and interests of the land fairly.

In the end, even Corfu, where the Venetian fleet was stationed, continued to rebel, and the local residents attacked and poisoned the ships one after another, and the whole fleet was so embarrassed that it stayed on the island during the day, and had to anchor and sail into the city of Durazo at night to prevent the locals from being troubled.

The city of Durazo became more and more isolated, nearly 20,000 people were firmly trapped by Gawain, and they did not dare to fight in the field, and the surrounding rural market towns were occupied by Gawain, and all the supplies depended on the shipping of Venice or Sicily, and every time the Venetian ships went out, it also cost a lot of money, and after the onset of winter, there were often storms on the sea, which brought great danger to the sailors and oarsmen of the shipping.

The city-state of Venice is increasingly in a difficult situation, and it is difficult to continue.

The only time before that was in the same situation as the present was the Battle of Durazzo sixteen years ago, but although Venice also paid a heavy price that time, it quickly obtained a "compensation" from Emperor Alexios that exceeded the ideal, but now? Who will make up for their losses?

The worst situation first appeared in the Hum region: the fleet of ships loaded with Almosz and Hungarian returned soldiers encountered a strong hurricane in the island group, many of the Hungarian nobles on deck had seen the power of the sea for about the first time in their lives, and the lead-gray clouds were completely unmeile, galloping like wild horses, spitting out lightning like monsters, burning and shining on the hideous sea, mixed with the wind that roared like a thousand swords. The great waves lifted and smashed the long centipede-like ships of the Venetians, the towers of the ships were washed away and destroyed, many brave sailors fell into the water and drowned, the food supplies were soaked, and all kinds of bags and barrels floated around the cabins and decks.

The fleet, which had planned to go ashore at Zara, was now in disarray as it approached Ulcinj for its life, and the half-drowned men crawled all over the beachhead, and farther afield the waters were filled with dead horses, dead men, and all sorts of goods, swept up and down in the white spray foam. But before they could enter the small fortress by the sea, the cavalry of the two brigades of the northern front led by Bramson spotted them.

Almosh, whose mouth and nose were filled with bitter water, saw the enemy cavalry in a semicircle on the hill opposite the beachhead, and instantly despaired—this group of cavalry was holding a strange flag, with a very large and round "Byzanti Gold Coins" pierced at the top of the spear shaft, and six equally enlarged "Tasso Silver Coins" (marking the six detachments) strung underneath, and four fluttering ribbons tied under them, which were a striking string of money anyway—Almosh knew that this was Gawain's brigade, and it was by no means a good kind.

The Barrows, who survived the catastrophe, sternly demanded that Almosh go and "talk" with the other party.

So the hard-headed Almosh went to the siege camp in Bramson and begged the other party to show respect for the royal family, and let them back, and as a condition that all the Hungarians would be willing to hand over the remaining ships, horses, and weapons, and that Almosh would go back to the throne, and immediately sign a peace agreement with your emperor, recognizing the empire's suzerainty over Hungary and becoming a vassal, and paying a large tribute every year.

Soon Almosh saw that the enemy general named Bramson sitting opposite him looked at himself very kindly, like looking at a pile of glittering gold.

After a long time, Bramson coughed lightly and stated in the German dialect that Hungarians could understand: It stands to reason that he should not be left alone when he encounters such a matter, and that it is best to report it to His Majesty the Emperor for decision, but if Almosh can hand over the hostages who show good faith, he, as the supreme commander of the Imperial Army on the Northern Front, has the right to treat everyone well.

On the beachhead, the gray Hungarian returnees and Venetian sailors sat in a dense pack, surrounded by soldiers of the Ferro Melgron and Hierapolis Brigades, which had been closely monitored.

Almosh walked back briskly with his head bowed, and he begged the nobles of the Barrows, "Five men will stay as hostages, and the rest will return with me." ”

But no Barrow answered his call, so Almosh became agitated, and he wept and knelt before the people, saying that he could not stay here, "My brother, the current king, who is dying of a stroke, has sent a letter saying that he is not in good health, and that he wants to pass the throne to me as soon as possible, and this is why I have returned home with you...... Hungarian tradition, in order to preserve the strength of the kingdom, advocates the establishment of the elder rather than the young, you see that the elder brother's son is too weak to lead the kingdom in the future to survive in the cracks of all sides, and I can! I'm strong and in my prime, and I can take on heavier responsibilities. After much rambling, Almosh saw that the Barrows were still very cold, and had no sense of the big picture, so he went crazy again, and he scolded everyone for their ruthlessness and ignorance, and pulled his beard and hair, and cried that his son Bella, who is now only one year old, is his only child, and the future star of the whole of Hungary, "How can you watch your motherland lose its future because of such selfishness?" ”

In the end, Gellert, the Hungarian palace minister who accompanied him on the expedition, stood up and said that he could withstand the five noble Barrows and was willing to stay as a hostage.

Almosh was ecstatic, tearfully embraced Gellert and kissed him incessantly......

Eventually, the Hungarian Barrows handed over everything they still had, but Bramson allowed them to continue riding their horses and carrying the necessary weapons and leaving north, where it was not very safe to cross the barbarian terrain.

The Venetians, who climbed ashore together, were not so lucky, they were all detained, the ships were confiscated, and the city of Ulcinj had no choice but to surrender, because there was no hope of resisting.