The hufu was the unit of land measurement in the medieval world, and one hufu was equal to ten hectares of land, one-tenth of a morgan, and the gift promised by Matilda was 20,000 hectares or the total amount of assets: fish ponds, wheat fields, pastures, mills, castles, etc.

The Duchess's words made Peter very excited, and he felt that it was worth it to come to Rome from Lake Léman, and when he received the news that his brother Gawain was in the city of Bari, he left all the work at hand and rushed to come to encourage the Pope, to encourage Matilda, to do anything that was beneficial to his brother, and also to fulfill the dream in his heart.

And at this moment, Pope Urban also nodded, "It's true, dear Matilda will never deceive believers, her words are loud, I have also heard it with my own ears, Peter, do you have anything to worry about?" ”

"Then I'll leave immediately!" Peter stood up, and the Pope looked at him approvingly, this hermit was much more accomplished than the group of cardinals and high friars under his crown, and in two or three years he had gathered nearly 100,000 pilgrims, which was by no means possible for ordinary people. Then the Pope called him to stop, and then took off his ring with his own hands, and gave it to Peter, "This is a token of negotiation, but do not provoke the Normans too much." Then, Urban took a white robe from the cardinal next to him, "Gawain has been baptized, hasn't he?" ”

"Yes, but I think it's unreliable, he also ate leavening cakes in Constantinople."

"Very well, by the way, send this white robe to convey my will, and you yourself will baptize him again."

About three minutes later. On the streets of Rome, countless people worship on the side of the road. Reverently beckoned to Peter, the hermit on a donkey, who fanatically trusted the agent of the Lord, who carried the cross with thorns. In this way, he rode with great difficulty on the back of a donkey, and around the neck of the animal hung two baskets, which contained the directions and vouchers given to him by the princes of various places. He always believed that this pain was the pain of the crucifixion of the Son, and that he could communicate with the Holy Spirit in this true simulation of blood, and inspire the people and warriors to shed their blood for the restoration of the Holy Sepulchre.

In the crowd, a handsome samurai. Running in the direction of Peter, he cried out, "Honorable monk, please lay down that cross for the time being, and go to the rescue of the city of Barry as soon as possible, I'm Wesat. Merlot is here to help. ”

Outside the city gates, Merlot knelt down on one knee in front of Peter's donkey, "Oh, you are also a subordinate of my righteous brother?" ”

"Nope. I'm ashamed to say that this is not the case, but I am a guest nobleman who emigrated from the Peloponnese, and I was involved in the private struggle between the Casa family in the city of Bari. He was ordered by the Grand Duke to be exiled to this place. Merlot said graciously, then stood up, gripping the hilt of her sword. He said to Peter very sincerely, "My wife, Chiser. After learning that the city of Bari was besieged by Norman bandits, he prepared to come here in person to present the letter to His Majesty. Even if it was to no avail, it happened that you had moved the Holy See, but the road ahead was dangerous, so I hired thirty soldiers with the twenty gold coins that the Grand Duke had given me before his departure, and made a detour by sea to the city of Bari. ”

Peter stared intently at the young warrior's belt, which was encrusted with a red gem and inscribed with the words "Chise. Merlot", knowing that it must be his wife's name, "You said earlier that you and your wife were banished by my brother, then you should have hatred for him." ”

"No, not hatred, but kindness." Melo said firmly.

"Very well, I would like to go with you to Barry City. By the way, friend Merlot, have you heard of the Holy Sepulchre? Want to know how the pagan sultan oppressed and bullied the believers there? ”

Ten centuries east of the city of Rome, on the edge of a forest, with flags waving, out of a group of soldiers and horses, up and down two hundred people, most of them infantry wearing cuirass and holding spears, the leader of the face is full of scars, not riding a horse, giving people the feeling of a "wild boar in armor", and his voice is also very rude, "I am the Lombard nobleman Billel, who was originally the commander of the infantry under the duchess, and now I have been ordered to escort you to the city of Bari, of course, to the Holy Sepulchre, and it would be better to kill a few more heretics." ”

Peter smiled and nodded to Merlot, it seems that this Duchess of Tuscany, who has been impregnated by the customs of the territory, is refreshing and upright, since there is an escort from Biller, then there is no need to take a long detour to Bari City.

In front of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in the city of Bari, Gawain in holy armor stood at the foot of the steps, and below stood the subordinates whose names had previously been registered in the brocade book, as well as the generals of Tetisius, Theognes, and Francisco, all fully armed, carrying bows and arrows, quivers, flails, and spears.

"The fame of the Red Hand Brigade will be tempered into gold by the blood of the Normans at this moment."

"Long live the Roman Empire!" Then, full of righteousness, Theognis drank the sac he was carrying, and then raised his arms and shouted.

"Long live the emperor, long live the eldest princess, long live the Red Hand Dalian team!" Then the leading warriors, wearing Viking-style chain armor helmets, carrying two-handed axes and holding icons in their hands, led all the processions, and all the people sang the battle song "Our Lady and I Will Never Yield", and climbed the towers of the city wall in an orderly manner, and held on to their respective posts, the great crossbow, the porcupine crossbow machine, the stone archer, and the deck of the ship, and they kept their duties and waited for the arrival of the general attack of the Normans under the city.

Gawain, who was leading Quicksilver, walked into the stable next to him, where Sabina's head stuck out, and a pair of black eyes silently looked at her master, Gawain patted her cheek, and then put his arm around the other party's neck, "It's going to be okay, Sabina." ”

Above the city of Barry, the banner of the Red Cross Sword was raised, and then stretched in the wind, and the hunt sounded.

On the hill outside the city, the weeds swayed, Bohemond waved his sword, slashing and slashing on the left and right, as if rehearsing how to deal with the captives of the Red Hand Dalian and the city of Bari after entering the city, and Tancred stood solemnly in front of the banner, his eyes looking at the city besieged by the siege tower, "Sister, don't die, otherwise I will not be able to explain in front of my mother, would you like to ask me to have one more confession and prayer in front of the Holy Sepulchre?" ”

On the flank, on the high slopes northeast of Barry, Godfrey was already on horseback, and reluctantly, he was only compelled to come by order of Caesar, or else, in his opinion, he would join forces with the Normans to capture the city occupied by the Greek army, and remove the obstacles to the future sea route of the pilgrim army.

"Woo woo woo", the three parties raised the battle flag at the same time, and the horn of the killing also sounded continuously! (To be continued......)