Among them, the cry of "punish Gawain and Baldwin, and force them to surrender all the cities they have captured" was issued by Bohemond and Raymond, and received the most support: Robert of Normandy, Stephen of Blois, and the rest of the lords, large and small, accounted for sixty or seventy percent.

Godfrey, in the face of the flood of accusations and accusations, simply grasped the hilt of the sword, which was encrusted with diamonds, kept turning, and closed his eyes silently.

In addition, the honorable Hugh and Ademar did not express their opinions lightly, but Robert of Flanders, who always tried to mediate, demanded that "the vested interests of Gawain and Baldwin be properly recognized, and that they should be relied upon to hand over their supplies, and that everyone proceed to Antioch." ”

But no one cared about this voice at all, and West Francia, including Lower Lorraine, Verdun, Savoy, and other places, naturally spoke for Gawain and Baldwin with all their might; Calabria, Sicily, and Provence are all in their power to denigrate them. Soon the meeting was almost about to turn into an all-armed situation.

Ademar and the hermit Peter even quieted down and then asked three key questions:

whether to punish Gawain and Baldwin for their actions;

how to deal with such behavior;

When this matter is disposed of, it is necessary to declare it to the emperor of Constantinople and the Holy See of the city of Rome.

"Of course, to expel Gawain from the ranks of the Holy War, and then to confiscate all the fortresses he has taken." Bohemond and Raymond asserted.

"Is that to the Greek Emperor?" Godfrey raised his eyelids and asked.

Both of them were silent, and they both understood that if these cities and lands were to be handed over to the emperor, they would cause even greater resentment among the pilgrims. "It's better to divide these cities evenly according to the rank of their respective titles." This was an addition to Robert in Normandy, but it was also met with fierce opposition. Because many of the second sons and knights of the nobles who came to accompany the army originally hoped to be rewarded with a city and a place in the distance, and now according to the title, then their previous sacrifices in battle have not all been lost?

In short, this group of lords and monks could not form a consensus at all, but they could not make the majority overwhelm the minority, because it was not good for the expedition team to lack anyone. It was difficult for each of them to survive alone, so after a fierce quarrel, there was a long silence.

At this moment, the confidential officer Ander Odart, who was standing behind Godfrey, quietly took out a document from the box he was carrying, leaned over and handed it to the Duke of Lower Lorraine, this was an urgent letter from Seleucia, and Gawain specially instructed, "When you leave, there must be a meeting dedicated to me." He took the opportunity to hand it over and let Lord Godfrey or Ademar read it in public. ”

"It will be more justifiable to call the priesthood to read it." Godfrey raised his eyelids and whispered to the confidential officer.

So at last it was the venerable Ademar who read the letter from Seleucia word for word in front of all the lords:

1. Gawain's arbitrary occupation of Seleucia and Western Cilicia will be explained to His Holiness the Holy Crown of Rome and to His Majesty the Emperor of Constantinople. You don't need to worry;

2. The military town castle in this area, Gawain will not hand over to anyone. Like the rest of the pilgrims who come from the Gate of Cilicia, if anyone dares to touch it, he will be attacked fiercely;

3. Gawain will continue to support the expedition to the Holy City, and then for the invasion of East Cilicia and Antioch, Gawain will provide a large amount of supplies, and will command a large army to come to the battle;

Fourth, the land taken by Tanley and Baldwin. I hope that everyone will recognize that the land of Seleucia and Cilicia is the corridor from the whole of Asia Minor to the Holy City, and if there is internal strife here, not only will the subsequent pilgrimage lords have no way out, but the whole cause of pilgrimship will be jeopardized.

In a word. With a strong iron fist and a rogue style, Gawain clearly expresses the ideas that "the place I occupy is mine, and it is approved by God and the Lord" and "I am not targeting anyone here, I mean that everyone here is a belly of a fish".

Raymond was the first to get up and rebuke angrily, "Simply, simply, straightly, it is to treat the Lord's cause as a war between horse bandits, fighting each other, for territory—so angry, so angry that I can't even speak!" Then he waved his hand hard, interrupted himself, and said that he was too angry to control himself, so he turned to the side and let out a long "Huh?" to Bohemond. He also stood up and supported himself.

Godfrey laughed out loud in his seat, and then he leaned back, and with a subtle ironic expression, he looked at Bohemond with a gloomy face, because the duke's mind was obviously disturbed by the sentence in the letter of the high book, "The place that Tanrred and Baldwin have taken, and I hope you will admit it", and now the corners of his mouth and red beard are obviously shaking, this delicate expression generally indicates that Bohemond is thinking about interests.

Because in East Cilicia came the news that his nephew, Tancreed, had succeeded in capturing the fortress of Mamistra and slaughtering all the Turkic defenders in the process. Hermetus (also a military aristocrat of the Byzantine Empire) and Constantine. Ruben (a descendant of the Armenian royal family) was sending emissaries to make peace with Tancred. If he advocates the punishment of Gawain, doesn't that mean denying Tancred's achievements? Then the city of Mamisstra, and more of the rights and interests of the city fortress that are about to be acquired, still have to be ceded? Impossible, impossible!

To punish Gawain now is to punish himself, and whoever told him to tie the Normans together in his letters is abominable.

Raymond, who lacked patience, snorted a few times, but Bohemond still did not react, and finally the man slowly got up from his seat, as if it was very difficult to say, "I have just thought clearly, Gawain and Peter are my best friends who share the same hardships, and if I take the liberty of punishing Gawain and Baldwin now, I think it will seem that I, the commander-in-chief, are overly biased in favor of my nephew - the previous internal strife over Tarsus, I feel that all parties have a certain responsibility, and what we need to do is to eliminate, not intensify." ”

Such a shameless hard landing provoked Raymond to be furious, and he pushed the Duke of Apulia, and then the lords and knights standing behind each other excitedly surrounded the two of them in the core, insulting and beating each other, fists and fingers stretched out from all sides, tearing the faces of the two, and the swords on their belts also hit each other, very chaotic.

"I don't even protect my own nephew, what else do you have to be angry about!"

"You're just coveting the castle your nephew has taken!"

"Ahh Isn't Gawain's accomplishment part of the glory of the Lord? Raymond: Sure enough, you have been bribed by the Greek emperor, and everyone knows that you want to give the pilgrim's bloody exploits to the emperor and show him mercy. ”

"That's better than being secretly stolen by a despicable person like you."

"The mud legs of Provence are beating people!"

"Kill you, Normandy fishmonger!" (To be continued.) )