Then, on an abandoned embankment near the sea, camps of people from all walks of life surrounded it at a guarded distance:

Lapsomatus, Grand Duke of Cyprus of the Roman Empire, Stephen, Grand Duke of the Roman Empire. Gawain. Lusail, the Roman Empire's governor of the Asiatic march of Tetisius, Prince Sven of the Kingdom of Denmark, General Orson the owner of Lamprun Castle, and a great Armenian nobleman, Taprenz, who represented Prince Ruben of Armenia to join the pilgrimage armies.

The group of men took their own positions, and with their well-armoured and well-armed guards, they set out on all sides of the embankment, and the banners and horses were arrayed on all sides, and the reeds below were swaying in the early spring wind, and the setting sun stained the entire water surface of the estuary like a red carpet, with the black blurred silhouettes of the moored ships.

"During the siege, I will use the fleet to ensure the supply and transportation of your teams." Lapu Somatus smiled and nodded, the old fox said it in a high-sounding manner, in fact, it was to avoid a brutal land siege, only let Cyprus do logistics, and just get a piece of the pie in peddling supplies, safety first, security first.

But then, Tetisius sent a token and a sealed paper to Laptsomatus, and said openly in front of everyone, "Don't forget your Excellency, according to the order signed here by His Majesty the Emperor, you are now subordinate to the contemptible battle sequence, whether it is the title of Grand Duke, or the Prince of Armenia or the Prince of Denmark, it has nothing to do with Your Excellency. ”

Laptsomatus was immediately flattered, and he raised his hands to take the object, and Gawain touched his chin beside him, looking at the scene, thinking that the Cypriot fleet must not be of use to me.

"Well said, it's time to talk about the attribution of command. The Grand Duke is now under the command of His Excellency, the Imperial Marching Commander. Then I, Taplendz, also on behalf of Prince Reuben, King of the Mountains, declare that the ranks of Armenia are subject only to the dispatch of the Pilgrim Ademar. Taprenz, who was standing on the other side, immediately pulled out the scepter from his belt and said so.

Then General Orson and Prince Sven immediately stated that they were going to fight with His Excellency the Grand Duke.

After all that is said and done. The deliberating crowd fell silent and embarrassed, and although most of them held official titles in the Roman Empire, there was no doubt that this huge army was fighting on its own, and all that was left was the squeeze of the sun, and the whistling of reeds.

So, a group of lords and generals came to the high embankment on purpose, just to elaborate nonsense and nonsense?

The cough sounded, and everyone turned their eyes to the person who sent it, Gawain, with his hands on his hips. Brown hair fluttering in the wind, giant-like Diem. Goliath stood behind him with a hammer on his handle, and then he uttered something that shocked everyone:

"In the ensuing siege, I am willing to be the deputy of the governor of the march in Asia, and the armies of Seleucia and Cilicia will also be under the command of the governor and even His Majesty Constantinople."

Then he held up the silver horse's head scepter and pointed at Prince Sven. "I ask the Danish soldiers to do the same, for Your Excellency is in the Imperial Palace. Is it true that he has also been warmly entertained by the emperor and has made an oath of obedience? ”

Prince Sven bows his head.

The next subject, Gawain's horse's head, seemed to neigh, and quickly turned to Taprenz, who had not yet reacted. "Now is the time for Prince Reuben's troops to choose, and if you refuse to obey the Imperial command, the Syrian Gate up to Port Saint-Simeon, all our passageways, and supplies. You don't have the right to use it. ”

"It's insulting!" Taprenz was so angry that his beard trembled as if he had been set on fire, and his shoulders shirred, "I have already said that Prince Reuben's army is at the behest of the priesthood of the city of Rome. ”

"I am also a priesthood." Gawain withdrew the scepter and tapped it at the spatular.

"It's fundamentally different!"

"If it seems different, then don't go through the Syrian Gate, go and continue over the mountains from Marash to the city of Malatya, and then enter Antioch by way of Edessa, and join your masters, the Normans." The sound of the scepter tapping on the Grand Duke's shoulder armor grew more and more urgent, representing Gawain's impatience.

"That kind of thing"

"Write an oath of allegiance to Your Majesty and the commander of the march, and it will be automatically lifted after the victory of the siege of Antioch, otherwise the marching order is not in order, and it is easy to be attacked and suffer heavy losses in the chaotic kingdom of Antioch." Then Gawain waved his hand, and Androdart, the acting lord of Cichistra City and the heraldic officer next to him, who also came to participate in the battle, immediately walked out with the prepared paperwork, "From now on, I propose to establish a new 'Imperial Expeditionary Privy Council' with Your Excellency, the Chief of the March, and not accept the leadership of the Marching Cardinal Council of the Pilgrims. ”

The surrounding generals all looked at each other, and then Gawain's reason was actually justified, "Although I have been baptized by the Catholic Church, but the army of His Excellency Tetitius and General Orson are Orthodox believers, and many Armenians are Apostolic Church believers, for the sake of justice and faith, it is very necessary to set up a separate expeditionary Privy Council." In addition, the actions of the pilgrims were all carried out under the command of His Majesty the Emperor in Constantinople, so the Empire's own strategic plan should also be discussed and exercised by a separate authority, right? With that, Gawain turned his gaze to Tetisius.

"I don't have much objection to the Grand Duke's plan." Tetisius, who covered his face with a cloak, still had that calm tone.

Laptsomatus, on the other hand, stood still, feeling hot and hot with his armor and jackets, for it was not clear what kind of medicine the Grand Duke was peddling; Taprenz, on the other hand, had a shocked and indignant expression on his face, and kept shouting in protest.

"If this is the case, I ask you to return your troops and horses to the north of the Pheramis, and officially declare you an enemy of the great Romanian Empire. After I finish Antioch, I'll visit Prince Reuben's Vanka City. Gawain turned his head and made a loud "invitation to leave" gesture to Taprenz.

In the end, the rest of the people compromised and succumbed, and Gao Wen proudly declared that "all assemblies must be aimed at solving clear goals, and if they fall apart, it will definitely not be conducive to future operations", which was "unanimously approved" by the representatives of their respective military camps: the Imperial Expeditionary Privy Council was established, and it had the power in principle over the subordinates, the distribution of materials, and the rewards and punishments of soldiers and generals, and the main and secondary seats were Tetisius and Gawain, and the two of them stamped their own seals on the signatures, and noted" We are the loyal servants of the Roman Emperor", and then Orson and Taprenz also signed it, either willingly or unwillingly.

Upon returning to the camp, Diognis, who had learned of the meeting at the High Causeway, exclaimed, "This is Gawain's trick, what is that trick called?" Financing, shareholding? (To be continued.) )