Chapter 69: Attack on four fronts

In fact, Anna had already reached a deal with her mentor Maglendius (who had gone to a secluded estate in Alalmanburg to take care of her granddaughter, and Agnes was about to give birth) - when Gawain was conquering Marash and Altuki, Anna instructed Bethus and Arcrobolites, the former Pronian knights of Atalia, to secretly buy off the Greek garrison of Raymond's Laudisia New Castle. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žfo

"The Northern Front is just a bluff now, and our real goal, the Great Barbarian, is to seize the city of Laudisia and open the passage between us and the two kingdoms of Daido. Then I forced Dedochen to obey Tarsus, and when they were united, they could fight Theodoro and David in a big way. At the head of the city of Anglasburg, Anna said triumphantly to Gawain.

"Laudisia is also a ripe apple, ready to be picked." Gawain also agreed with his wife's plan.

But Anna reminded her husband that "not only Lauritica, but the whole rich Misia and the Lydian plain are fruits in our basket." During the war, I was stationed in the city of Afyon to oversee the transportation and supply of grain and supplies, and to encourage the governor to march on both sides. ”

So when Caesar's guard of honor walked out of the gates of Anglasburg, Gawain stood there and said to the confidential officer Philaktos, who was beside him:

"The battle after the start of spring will be four.

On the southern front, the Tarsus Governor Andodat . Nisitas gathered 2,500 militia troops from Seleucia, Sith and Benshire, joined the fleet of sailors in the border area and landed in Cyprus, and cooperated with the 'German army of the poor man' of the court of Salian Caesar, the Grand Marshal of Conrad, to contain and besiege Aptsomatus.

On the eastern front, the people of Samosata, Melitane, and Sebastian, together with the Yefandouni brigade, supervised the defense of the kingdom of Kirat Pasha and the Kingdom of Georgia on the one hand, and united with the two allies of Haddadi and Hilvan on the other hand, to build a group of earthen forts to continue to strengthen the blockade of the Erzurum mountains, killing and starving Danishmond and Sagetus, so that these two will also become 'ripe apples' after next year.

On the northern front, I left General Bramson's Philo Melellon Brigade and the newly formed Belle Lophon Brigade to make a fortified attack on the site of the castle of Germanico and continue to confuse Theodoro and David.

On the western front, I will use the city of Afyon as a base to divide into two lines of troops, the left army will send the Gimagis brigade and the Pisidian border army through the valley of the Lycas, and the Hierapolis brigade, which was originally stationed in the direction of Miletus, to attack the new castle of Laudisia, the Earl of Raymond, in order to strengthen the fortification, I will draw part of the artillery regiment as a task force to join this road army, and 500 tronzak miners will be used to destroy the city defense of the new castle, and all the teams will be controlled by General Decius, Sieges were overseen by General Leotius; The main force of the Right Route Army consisted of the Red Hand Brigade and the Defender Brigade (four detachments), plus five cavalry regiments and 1,000 Oghuz Volunteers, as well as the main force of the Artillery Regiment and 800 Tranzak miners. ”

The confidential officer wrote the scroll, and in his mind, with the deployment of one front after another of the great lord patron, he felt that with Tarsus and Ikonium as the center, several thick attack arrows were advancing and blossoming in all directions, among which the two main forces of the western front like two fists were going to directly smash and swallow the entire western part of Asia Minor, leaving John with only an imperial capital on the other side of the strait, floating and trembling without barriers.

Poor Raymond, poor John, and Dedot, who thought he could come with reinforcements. Komnenos should soon feel his pity, tooβ€”the confidential officer sighed as he finished his record.

But before the sighs of Philactos had completely dissipated in the wind, the Left Army had already assembled at the city of Afyon and hurried towards Laudisia, and the petite Caesar stood on the battlements of the golden ribbon rock, looking at the mighty army with great ambition.

When the Kingdom of Tarsus launched an attack on Fort Laudisia without warning, the old general Theodoro of the city of Amasia was confused, "What's the matter with attacking Laudicia to the west, shouldn't Gawain give priority to attacking the northern front where I live?" ”

The astonishing news then reached the ears of Brenus and Dedo in the court of Nanfihon, "Are Gawain and Anna here, should they be happy or sad?" Brenus asked his wife heavily.

"What are you afraid of, I'm by your side! Improvise. Although Daido tried to appear calm, some trembling voice changes betrayed her state of mind.

In the palace of Brachna in Constantinople, Tetisius secretly found the newlywed emperor of Yan'er, "Gawain suddenly launched an onslaught on Laurisia on the Western Front, where Archcount Raymond was isolated. ”

"What do you think?" John was also a little undecided.

"There is no point in reinforcing Laurisia, according to the humble opinion of the servants, it is better to concentrate the front-line forces to hold Prusa and Dolilamaim, which are the gentlest rush out of the Anatolian plateau, once this place is lost, Mycia, the Lydian plain and Bithynia will be divided into two separate pieces, which will be arbitrarily cut by Gawain's butcher's knife, and Gawain's army will directly cross the strait and threaten the imperial capital."

After listening to Tetisius's proposal, John's heart suddenly swelled with coldness, "How about gathering men and horses again in Castamonu and meeting Theodoro's men and horses to attack Gawain's northern territory to relieve the pressure on Ladisia on the western front?" ”

General Slash Nose shook his head sadly, "It's no longer possible, everything was actually predestined before the Battle of Philomeron. ”

John was a little indignant at the moment, "What the hell is Gawain, why did he become so powerful!" ”

But for a long time, he did not get an answer.

In the end, Tetisius was only relieved, "If you hold your throat and Prusha, Gawain will not be able to gallop freely." In addition, Your Majesty, you must do your best to recruit and train new soldiers in Macedonia, Thrace, and Moria to form a reserve force, and prepare to build a strong fortress fortification in Gallipoli, so that it will be difficult for Gawain to enter the imperial capital, so that when the situation changes, there is still hope for the revival of the empire. ”

Almost at the same time, David, the builder of the palace in Kutaisi, cut Gawain's reply, which seemed much more concise than his provocative letter:

"Using a woman as a bargaining chip is simply a sign of cowardice and shamelessness.

In the future decisive battle, if I lose and do not die, I will put on women's clothes and pour wine for your servant,

Vice versa. ”

After reading it, David couldn't hold back, his hands on the reading platform and shrugged his shoulders, holding back laughter.

In the end, he couldn't press it, and the king's burst of laughter was so loud that even the "Holy Oak Mentor George" around him was confused.