Chapter 12: The King of Epirus

"It's just another way of seducing a girl. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" The little sunfish next to her, who didn't say a word, silently complained in her heart, she also felt that Gawain was a monster to some extent, and his ability to control the situation was indeed beyond ordinary people, and he was familiar with his wrists.

In this way, the new candidates for the Governor Military Region were confirmed, and the task of immediately organizing and training 2,000 border people fell on the shoulders of the loyal and courageous Birel.

Of course, Biller never thought that he was tempted by titles and money in his heart, "I agree with His Majesty's philosophy and am willing to be his servant, it's as simple as that." ”

After arranging and adjusting the new defensive line, Gawain asked Branas and the Guardian Brigade to "hold on to Thessaloniki", and then ordered that "Merlot and the Red Hand Brigade withdraw to Philippi, and that the Holy Mountain of Athos should not be attacked, and that the assembly of believers in Adrianople would not be held for the time being." I want to protect the peasants and merchants of all Thrace, and I am willing to make peace with all kinds of enemies. ”

"Withdraw your fist so that you can get it out right away." Gawain's massive body sat in the tent, sometimes laughing at Agnes who sat at the separate writing table next to him.

"Hmph." Agnes always had a faint disdain.

But she knew that the bear in front of her would never give up, and he lowered his posture to divide the enemy alliance and wait for the return of the Eastern Front Army of Androdart.

Gawain first threw an olive branch to John, and his messenger said to John, who personally supervised the war on the island, "Pyloska is well protected in the Brachna Palace, and if the two sides strike the war, and let the people of all regions recuperate, and give them the precious peace in the hands of the two of us, then I would like to send her to Crete in good faith." ”

In good conscience, John did not want to be "reunited."

But what to do, his most obsessed adoptive mother has died, her bones have been burned to ashes, and she has been sent to the distant Seleucian mountains for burial, and the proud body is completely gone.

In addition, in the present alliance, John could not act according to his own personality. After the death of Marlena and the death of Tetisius, John became somewhat mature, but rather somewhat reckless and aggressive. Piloska was concerned with his relationship with the Kingdom of Hungary, and if she came to Crete, he would have to treat and even please the girl.

Hungary had sent many notes before, hoping to get Piloska back, but Gawain's attitude was always noncommittal, and now he played this card, and the subtext was "John, if you don't take it, I can send her back to my hometown, but then your original scandal will be greatly fermented, and it will forever damage your relationship with Hungary." ”

John couldn't make up his mind, so he returned to the Monastery of Lavra from the battlefield of the confrontation to consult the Patriarch, and Maastas certainly made no secret of his opinion, "Your Majesty, you must be faithful to your lawful marriage. ”

Helpless, John could only declare a boycott.

At the same time, the thousands of brown legions from the Kingdom of Sicily also began to have the intention of withdrawing - the fleet plus men and horses came across the sea, and the cost was also very considerable. Of course, there is also a very important reason: Salian Caesar Henry the Fifth, taking advantage of the split in the Holy See, seized this opportunity to gather a large army to cross the Alps and go south, as if he had a tacit understanding with Gawain, and came to northern Italy again, demanding that the cities recognize his imperial power, and began to threaten the Lombardy region.

This caused Pope Eugene to be uneasy.

At the same time, the Regurian Hot Duck, as well as Pisa and Amalfi, responded by secretly providing financial support to Henry the Fifth, because they feared reprisals from the Tuscan Pope and the Kingdom of Sicily.

At this moment, the elder Roger of the royal palace of Palermo was sick and wanted to pass the throne to his eldest son, Simon, and asked him to continue to defend the Holy See, "Once the Holy See collapses, the legal principles and foundations of our family's rule in Sicily will no longer exist, and enemies from all sides will fly up and bite us." ”

In addition, the royal palace of Palermo introduced a new policy of retaliation: not only the expulsion of the merchants of Rela, Pisa, and Amalfi, but also the establishment of checkpoints in the Strait of Messina, the heavy taxation of the passing ships of these city-states, and the direct capture and sinking of disobedient cities, which led to the loss of trade between the three city-states, which is why they actively supported Henry the Fifth.

The economic war was not only on the Tyrrhenian side, but also on the Adriatic side, and the Bari Bank, the largest in Italy, brazenly announced that it would "freeze and confiscate" all the deposits of the cities of France, Aragon, Sicily, and Lombardy, which had previously confiscated the land of the Seleucian Grand Hospital, as a punishment -- and the Holy See and the Holy See of Tuscany were given the same treatment. In addition, the city of Bari, which occupies the middle of the Adriatic Sea, was also collectively authorized by the "Grand Senate of the Brocade" to recruit Normans, Frankish mercenaries and soldiers from Calabria and Benevento, and began to besiege Ancona (demanding that it submit to the authority of the new Emperor of Constantinople), and blockaded the Venetian ships with ships, and its attitude was clear: Sicily closed the Strait of Messina, and I sealed the Adriatic Sea and sealed the door of Venice.

In the face of the heavy pressure of Henry Fifth and the attack on Barry City, old Roger, of course, could not put the elite of the whole country in the Holy Sea for too long, so he also agreed to Gawain's request for a truce.

And Henry Fifth, who got the news, knew in his heart that sooner or later he would have to fight against the Kingdom of Sicily to compete for hegemony over Italy, so he also actively connected various vassal cities to form a "royalist alliance" to prepare for future wars.

In August, Gawain's Red Hand Brigade and the Forbidden Army of the Great Palace quickly withdrew to Constantinople.

John and Masdas were overjoyed, and although most of the monasteries around the sacred mountain of Athos had been destroyed, it was a small victory for the anti-Gawain coalition.

West, Isaac. Komnenos advanced to the city of "Macedonian Pella" not far from Thessaloniki, where he and his army were stationed, the original imperial brother was eager to have another "vigorous duel between good men" with Gawain, he regretted that such an opportunity never existed in the first half of his life, so that the imperial brother could not judge whether he was strong or Gawainian, of course, he was also saddened by the inexplicable death of his brother, and felt that he had the obligation to inherit the glory of the great Komunen.

As for John, Isaac had no ill feelings toward him, but he didn't think he had the talent to run an empire.

But for Gawain, although he is an enemy, Isaac prefers the other party, "and against Gawain, there is a better feeling of an epic hero".

Therefore, Isaac arbitrarily added the title of "Despotic King of Epirus" to the city of "Macedonian Pella", and declared his indisputable power over Epirus (Tirasim), Macedonia, Thessaly, and Thessalonica.

Only in the court of Ohrid, Constantine. Berdeen is one of the few people who thinks he can't fight Gawain.