This made Haarlem sweat in shock, and hurriedly apologized, saying, "It is worthy of His Excellency General Gawain, of course it is reasonable to be the son-in-law of the Empire. ”

"Of course, as for the three Callegos brothers in the central position of Sith City, it will also be handed over to you to negotiate." Baldwin stamped the paperwork.

Soon, the three brothers, Orson and Callegos, organized more than 3,000 soldiers and horses and threw them under Baldwin's command, and at this time, Tanred, whose communications had been cut off, had difficulty feeding the army, so he took the main army to the north in an attempt to join the Armenians, and sent the old and sick in the ranks, about 500 men, to Baldwin's city of Adana.

Because at this moment, the naïve Tanrred also thought that according to the agreement he had with Gawain and Baldwin in advance, Tarsus and Adana would still contain this group of people.

But when the group reached the walls of Adana, begging and shouting, and the gates still locked, Baldwin went up to the moat and made a request to everyone: "If you want water, if you want food, if you want medicine, you must swear allegiance to me." ”

Many pilgrims and civilians denounced Baldwin for his unfaithfulness, but the walls were guarded by wolf-like Frankish soldiers, and finally the sick and weak people succumbed to Baldwin's coercion and temptation, and Baldwin selected several Norman wounded soldiers who were familiar with the layout of the city of Mamistra and bribed them.

Two days later, the wounded men guided Baldwin and Orson's troops, taking advantage of the gap in Tancred's northward movement. Attacked the city of Mamisstra, burned the Norman banner and abandoned it. Raised his own battle flag.

At this time, Baldwin felt proud at the same time. He also felt weak, and when he heard the news that his brother was wounded and sick in Little Antioch, and that the whole army of pilgrims was now in charge of the whole army, Bohemond and Ademar were in charge of the situation, and he was afraid of being reproached and attacked by Tancraed, so he hurriedly wrote a secret letter and sent it to Gawain, asking him to lead the army to join him and support the situation.

That's what Vesart is. Merlot. reported to Gawain the situation in East Cilicia today.

"Go and help Baldwin, why not help? It is short-sighted to only see the great benefit and not see the great righteousness, and it is stupid to only see the great righteousness and not see the real benefit. When some generals felt afraid, Gawain made a final decision, "We must make it clear at all times, who is our friend and who is our enemy, and the hatred of the defense of Bari City must not be forgotten!" ”

Soon on both banks of the Sidenus River. Wolves flew and flags were fluttering: Gawain had 5,000 Red Hand brigades, and 600 cavalry (for only 600 men had horses, and the remaining 400 Gawain remained in Seleucia). by Gaia. Callegos, Nexus. The two young brothers of Callegos acted as guides and advanced south along the city of Tarsus, in the direction of Adana and Mamisstra; The fleets of Andreev and Jalguba stayed between the river and the sea. transportation of grain; And Merlot is the deputy, ruling over the two Genate nobles Aspar and Monomachus. and more than 1,000 horses (400 cavalry, more than 900 lightly armed military servants) from the servants. Wander in the direction of Lamprun Castle, where Orson is located, one for the suspicious soldiers, and the other for the purpose of blocking the passage between the Cilician gates. "The time has come to teach Tancred and the Normans a lesson, and we have been waiting for this moment for years, so don't call anyone to bother." At the sound of the marching horn, Gawain was determined to make a clear decision about the situation in Cilicia.

At this moment, on the side of the Ferramis River, which flows horizontally from the Amonos Mountains, under the banner of St. George, Tanfred, wearing chain mail, holding the hilt of his sword, immediately stood by the surging river, looking at the Baldwin's troops who were shouting and camping on the opposite bank, and behind them were weak and tired Norman warriors. On the left and right were Parkad's father and son, Earl Richard, and the flag officer of the Holy Banner Cavalry Company, Bred, the young general was furious, "Parkade, even if the Armenian princes don't come to help me this time, with the less than 3,000 troops at hand, I will fight to the death with Baldwin's mongrel on the other side!" Because there is no way back and nowhere to go. ”

"Please be patient for a while, Your Excellency, and do not fail to live up to your uncle's trust, for it was Baldwin's indiscretion that he had taken our castle and exposed the pilgrims to the wilderness. Gawain is rumored to be leading an army that prepares to return the land to the misery of slavery. So from the point of view of justice, we have a complete advantage, and Prince Reuben will definitely come to reinforce us!" "The bare-headed Parker is constantly cheering on Tancrad.

"How much longer do we have to wait, Parkade? The morale is now angry, the warriors are now hungry, and Gawain's army is said to be hurrying to the city, and the city of Mamistra is also occupied by the despicable Baldwin, and we have neither retreat nor provisions, hateful. Tanfred slammed his fist at the hilt and blade, cutting his fingers and bleeding.

But Pakade kept persuading him to stay calm and persevere: Now that the Armenian princes have gained a firm foothold in East Cilicia, they will not tolerate outsiders such as Gawain and Baldwin to get their own land, so they have not been able to unite the leopard-like forces of the three brothers Orson and Callegos, but for predators like Gawain, they will definitely gather under your banner to fight, and everyone still understands the truth of both glory and loss.

At the moment when Tancred was still restless, the young warrior Hercules (the bald son) who was standing on the high hill and looking at the mountains of Amonos in the distance suddenly pointed to the mountain passes, "Your Excellency Tancred, father, they are here!" ”

At the earth-shattering march shout, Tanfred looked back with joy and disbelief: the roads and rivers of the entire mountain range, from all directions, came out of groups of elite infantry and cavalry troops, the first to wave the fluttering "lion" battle flag, "It is Prince Reuben, the king of the seven ridges!" ”

He was followed by Fell, the commander of the city of Thubesena, who came with nearly a thousand elite cavalry; On the left flank was Cousinsus, the commander of the city of Rawadla, with countless loyal warriors and archers; Behind them were the Armenian nobles of the city of Maraş - the whole wilderness and valley were full of people and horses, and banners were in full swing to obscure the sky and the sun.

"There are enough 8,000 elite soldiers, enough to compete with Baldwin and Gawain!" Parker Adeh constantly congratulates Tancred.

At this moment, the Baldwin army on the other side of the river was in a commotion, and they all saw the grand and majestic military appearance of the Armenians - and now the combined army of the three brothers Baldwin, Orson and Callegos is about 7,000 people, and there are many temporarily recruited Turkic and Greek soldiers, and the level of combat strength is uneven. (To be continued.) )