Branas bowed his head and said that a messenger had just arrived in the tent of General Tetisius.

"Gawain ran away again." Diognes didn't even have a surprised expression this time, as if he was used to it, "He still owes Her Royal Highness the eldest princess a sacred Orthodox wedding." ”

Branass sighed too, could it really be that the pilgrims were bloody in front, and the emperor was eating in the back like a jackal? And that Gawain, despite his tactical bravery and talent, was destined to hide in Tibet, and it is not yet known where he and his men are.

Then he saw a peculiar herb sac hanging from the chest of the guard, and then asked if this was not saffron? Her Royal Highness the eldest princess also wears this kind of pendant, why do you wear it?

"The female doctor of the Dalian team said that it was used to stop bleeding and heal injuries." The simple catcher replied.

Branas almost laughed out loud, saying that you are still a border warrior from the Anatolian highlands, "If the flowers and leaves of the crocus are hung up, they are for women's menstruation." ”

Suddenly, Diognis's chest felt like it was being torn apart again.

And in the Byzantine Roman military camp over there, Tetisius received an order from the emperor's officials and secret orders, "Tell me to block Gawain?" ”

"Yes, Emperor's hand, at this moment Your Majesty is also on his way from Chivit to Nicaea with a large army." The officer was out of breath, and then he said very seriously, "Please follow it immediately, Your Majesty's attitude is extremely severe, and those who disobey and neglect will be dealt with according to the law of dereliction of duty." ”

"But the servants also have difficulties, Gawain and the Dalian army have gone to Dolilaem to fight against the enemy of Konya, so our army will have to take over his siege camp, and we cannot get out, otherwise we will give up. The enemy of Nicaea may be able to escape, and I believe this is not what His Majesty would like to see. Tetisius did not panic, and replied, and then he handed the letter written by the confidential official to the Qin official, "That's good." Please reply to Your Majesty, when Your Majesty's army comes, I will take my own men and go to intercept Gawain. ”

When the officials rode to the emperor's procession, Alexios himself rode his horse, and his eyes could already see the castle of Paxade, and he asked his attendants about the route of the pilgrims' armed march, and learned that the Normans had traveled from the gorge, and that Gawain and Godfrey had crossed the castle hill. I couldn't help sighing, but the emperor's good mood didn't last long, and two Varangian warriors opened the scroll of Tetisius in front of the horse's head, and Alexios decided, "Gawain and Apate are going to flee again!" Send a message to all the camps of the besieging pilgrims, and make way for me to join Tetisius. Block the pair. ”

Then the Emperor turned around and raised his hand, telling his "sons" to quicken their pace. The reason, of course, was "to go and witness the return of the city of Nicaea to the Empire as soon as possible". The shouts of the 10,000 Emperor's soldiers were earth-shattering, and just before they were about to gallop to the pass of the Nicaea Gorge, a large number of civilian pilgrims suddenly poured out, blocking the path of the Emperor's military horses, many of whom chanted the name of the Holy Apostle of Komnenos to save the suffering, and asked for the Emperor's alms and relief. Because the recent siege battle at the front was too costly, it led to the embarrassment of life in the camp of Chivet in the rear, in short, food, forage, wine, firewood, everything.

"Damn, it's that hermit monk again!" Alexios, who was looking at the crowd in front of him, thought resentfully. But on the surface, he had to make a gesture of benevolence and charity, waving to the pilgrims who loved him, and calling the eunuchs and officials around him to transfer the supplies from the army and the various fortresses as soon as possible to meet the needs of these pilgrims, and the speed of the whole army was slowed down.

Subsequently, the cavalry dressed in scarlet clothes took the lead in breaking through the crowd and galloping into the canyon, first arriving at the camp of Bo Hemond and Raymond in the west of the city, "Haha, the emperor said that Gawain has a major crime of disobedience and offense against the royal family, let us help arrest him, sure enough, Gawain this guy will have today, my Tver family has always believed that the Lord will judge everyone fairly." Please report back to Your Majesty, Bohemond obeys! ”

After speaking, Bohemond opened his mouth, hahahahahaha, and began to select people and horses, to go to the east of the city to run an errand for the emperor, and Tancred also followed, "Uncle, I think the problem is that when Gawain came over the mountain before, the gray-eyed girl in the shoulder, judging from her face, may be the woman in purple who Gawain seduced from the palace, which provoked the Greek emperor to thunder and anger." ”

"I can't care if he kidnaps the emperor's wet nurse, I just send Gawain to hell." Bohemond then raised his sword, and more than a hundred Norman horsemen walked out of the camp with swords and spears, and then the dust flew - Bohemond saw that Raymond, who was closest to the Emperor, had also sent a lord from Baragum, Burns, with two hundred mounted soldiers, to join Bohemond, and they had clearly received the Emperor's will.

But in the Frankish camp north of the city, Bohemond and Burns, who were in high spirits, were blocked by cantonments, wooden fences, and moats, and "we were ordered by the emperor to go to the east of the city to attend important business." "Bohemond is right.

Godfrey sat in the tent, Baldwin and Goldheard sat beside him, and in front of him was Ander Odart, a confidential officer sent by Gawain, "The life and death of the Dalian team is in the hands of the lord. These are the words of Anderodat to convey Gawain.

"Then I have to ask you the truth, you can't hide it, what did Gawain do to provoke the Greek emperor so angry?" Godfrey had long thought that Gawain had been strange during this time.

"Yes." Androdart took a deep breath, then looked at him firmly, and said truthfully to the Duke of Lower Lorraine, "Because Your Excellency, the Commander of the Asian March, after accepting the Emperor's mandate, also abducted Her Royal Highness Anna, the eldest princess in the purple dormitory!" ”

Baldwin's eyes widened, and he kept patting the back of his neck with his hand, it was still difficult to convince himself to accept this fact, even if the barracks always said that this Greek beauty was abducted everywhere, but Gawain was too bold, and even the emperor's own daughter was poisoned

And Gothheard turned his face sideways, covering her eyebrows and the bridge of her nose with her fingers, she was not surprised, but the little girl named Anna in Gawain's mouth that night was really the imperial princess in the purple palace, this, it was amazing, Gothheard couldn't help but get excited.

"What a shame!" Godfrey was "furious", and then the duke slowly stood up, turned his back to everyone, as if to force himself not to laugh, and then said to Androdart, "Your general's goal, I have understood, you will remain in our army during this time, and Baldwin, I remember that after the surrender of the city of Nicaea, Gawain will also have two parts of the spoils according to the plan." ”

"Yes, brother."

"You and Goethehild, divide three hundred chainmail cavalry, and take five hundred infantry, and immediately find a way to keep up with Gawain and send these trophies out, be sure to deliver." Godfrey said leisurely. (To be continued.) )