While the herald galloped on horseback, Gawain himself hurried into the palace with the heraldic officer, and then the bell rang in St. Peter's Church to assemble the lords.

Soon, the news that Tetisius had abandoned the camp with all the emperor's soldiers and horses reached the ears of all the lords. Shocked, angry, disappointed, and even the consuls of several Italian city-states turned pale, and this emotion quickly spread throughout the church in front of the icons.

"As the Grand Duke of Constantinople, you should give a reasonable explanation for this matter!" Bohemond was the first to ask solemnly, and Gawain, who was standing beside the General Staff of the Military Council.

Gawain said that I had no prior knowledge of this, and that I had tried to persuade him, but failed, and Tetisius did not want to meet me at all, so he left us with the party on his own.

"Why?" Count Werner was very angry and did not understand, but before Gawain could give an answer, Count Hartmann, who was even more irritable next to him, directly raised his fist and scolded, "I have long said that a dignified king actually uses eunuchs and slaves to lead the army, this team must be full of servility and weakness, and now it is good that the Turkic slave without a nose can actually flee from the area where the infidels are fighting to the death, it is really disgusting!" ”

Count Hartmann's speech aroused the resentment of most of the people in the church, and they all angrily denounced the treachery of the Greek emperor, and the sky outside was cloudy, and the atmosphere here was extremely tense.

Gawain looked at the group of lords, and he knew that although they were angry on the surface, they were already full of cowardice inside: the wolf came, the army of 70,000 in Kobuha really came, and at this moment the Count of Blois and the Count of Normandy had fled, and Tetisius had also fled, and this imminent escape not only gave people an unusually strong sense of oppression from the enemy, but also caused a fierce shaking in the hearts of others.

At this moment, suddenly Bohemond's gaze turned to him, and with the frost of a sharp sword, he flew through the hall, and many Norman warriors behind him, including Tancred, were summoned by this gaze and began to focus on himself.

Gawain instantly stirred up the instinctive defense mechanism, and he immediately drew his sword and shined on the marble floor, "Swear before the Lord, why do Tetisius and the Emperor of Constantinople treat us pilgrims like this?" I, Gawain, as the priesthood, will also take my army with me to catch up with Tetisius in the starry night, and if he does not change his mind, I will give up the title of Grand Duke and fight him to the death!" ”

Suddenly the lords were in a mess, and they all said that the Grand Duke couldn't do this, and they were all afraid that if Gawain left with the elite main force again, what else could the pilgrims use to confront Kobuha? At this time, when the Normans saw that the wind had changed, they also swallowed the words that had come to their lips with amusement, and took half a step back one by one. Gawain was still there, indignant, holding his sword and shouting, and several lords stepped forward to hold him up and comfort him, before he could suppress his temper.

Gawain gasped, then half-knelt in front of the feast, muttered a prayer, then turned to Ademar and said, "Now, all of our men and horses are gathered in the city of Antioch, besieging the Acropolis of Agghi, plus the more than 40,000 citizens from all ethnic groups who are still left after the destruction of the city, plus the pilgrims, there are now nearly 150,000 people here, and then confronting Kobha, the biggest problem is not the strength of the army, but the food!" ”

Hearing this, Ademar also had a serious look, and the lords fell silent at the same time, whispering. Gawain then shouted to the crowd, "Now we need a more detailed and reasonable division of labor, such as Lord Robert's military general staff, responsible for the planning and deployment of the battle line, and we also need a leader to shoulder the command of the entire army, including logistics affairs" Gawain's voice did not fall, and the Normans over there were all clamoring, and some people directly scolded him as "the dog of the Greeks" and "his loyalty to the Ecumenical Church is very questionable" Yunyun, and Bohemond also had to hold his hand and prepare to go into battle and Gawain theory in person.

But Gawain then shouted directly to Bohemond, "I have elected His Excellency the Duke of Apulia as the commander-in-chief of the army, hoping that he will lead us out of the predicament of war!" ”

At this moment, in the midst of the crowd, it was Bohemond's turn to be stunned

This pot made Bohemond rejoice, because it was later agreed that even his other nemesis, Raymond, would give him the whole city of Antioch if the duke could lead everyone to victory.

At noon on the day of the appointment, Bohemond lit three fires, and in the hall of the city he occupied, he received Petro, the consul of the Pisa. Moniqueny.

Moniqueni, cloaked in an Italian-style placket, thin like a wizard in a horror legend, was no different from other merchants, with a cleanly shaved beard, a ruthless and shrewd look in his eyes, and legs as thin as hemp poles, standing alone on the floor, looking proudly at Bohemond, the debtor of the city-state, with a very happy expression.

"Now I am the chief of the entire army" Bohemond saw the disdain and coercion in the other party's eyes, and felt that this title had no deterrent effect on Monigni, and he still owed them 40,000 Byzantit gold coins, so he made a proud introduction and whispered, "Now that the city of Edessa is under fire, I am afraid that it will be difficult to pay you the interest of 7,000 gold coins in time." ”

"It's embarrassing, Your Excellency." Monnickny sneered, his eyes were as cold as a snake, "You must know that the large table bank that has just been established by the city state is 30,000 gold coins, and I hope that Your Excellency will pay off all the debts as soon as possible, and you must also know that this bank has no other business, that is, it is too troublesome to send real goods from the estates in the north and south of the Alps from the estates under the Holy Crown. ”

"Yes, yes, I'm definitely going to pay it back." Bohemond sighed, "When all of Antioch City falls into my hands, all the blocks will be leased to you, and I will find a way to drive away the Venetians and Rewax Ducks that Gawain and Godfrey have introduced." ”

"In this case, it is worth the value of these 40,000 gold coins." Moniqueny said, then his jagged, pale finger pointing to Bohemond's heart, "However, it is a very risky business for your power to achieve such a goal, and we piscons have never invested in such a business. Truth be told, Bohemond, you've been the most failed business we've had in three years, look at how much we've invested in you, and the returns have been so meagre. If you don't get all your money back, you'll be completely involved with me. In this way, the consul of Pisa viciously warned Bohemond, who had just taken up the post of "deacon." (To be continued.) )