Chapter 69: The Canopy of the Dead
After the rout of Tiga, Leo, who had set up camp on the flat ground to besiege Rum and Kadil, also took the main rebel army, discarded all the camps, antler fences, and canals, and also fled towards his castle, trying to stand on a strong, hillside Fort Mut to continue to defend and wait for the emperor's help.
On the banks of the Sallev River, on the banks of the Sallev River, on the grassy plateau, Anna's shoulder-to-shoulder companion and Gawain's banner battle, stood there, overlooking the whole battlefield of victory, "Alright, great barbarian, our iron fist is very swift in this battle, and in the future we will be able to close the valley of the Mut River, and we will be able to keep my father's army out of the country—from Nicaea, to Konya, and here, my father's army will at least walk for fifteen days in the valley where there is no provisions, and the whole situation will be decided. ”
"Why is Anna so easily satisfied?" Gao Wen, who was carrying his bridle hair, looked triumphantly at the Red Hand Brigade that was advancing under the mountain, and actually said so.
Anna was also a little stunned: under the road between the grass and the bushes, the Banda detachment of the brigade was advancing in two groups under the scattered clouds - all of them were preceded by twenty-four avant-garde skirmishers with Byzantine halberds, five or six Italian veterans with long swords, followed by standard-bearers carrying square flags, surrounded by a dozen archers with light crossbows and shields, and behind the standard-bearers were three or four chainmail riders of the Brotherhood of Garghanus, who were responsible for pressing and protecting the battle flag, flanked by drummers in splendid armor, flutemen, trumpeters, twenty halberdiers and Italian veterans followed by riders, then rows of lightly armed soldiers carrying large infantry spears, and repositories with thorn guns and axes at the rear—there was silence in the procession. Walking on the grass and rope, but even if someone wants to speak, it is too difficult. Because these detachments spoke all languages: Ausian, Saxon, Sicilian, Greek, only the military code was spoken. The Guardian Brigade in front of them is more specially equipped, and the front is full of two-handed swordsmen proudly wearing feathers, this group of people is the elite of the charge, and behind them are pawns with bows and arrows and spears (the length is shorter than the spears of the large infantry), they also need to sharpen and improve themselves on the battlefield.
Now the brigade and part of the detachment of the Guardian Brigade are mixed. They are marching in two directions: Giovanni and Branas are jointly commanding, and together with the army of the saved believers, they are advancing towards Fort Mut. On the other side of the river (the western route), Billell and Bramson led two detachments of infantry and a cavalry company of the "New Baptist" to advance rapidly on the other side. Gawain's instructions to them were to "ruthlessly destroy rebel territories and foundations along the way." The destination is the Monastery of Alahan and the Isuriya Fort on the northernmost side. ”
This meaning is equivalent to what Dorus did on the northeast mountain road of the river.
According to Anna's understanding, as long as she can seal the "gate of the country" before her father calls, and leave some soldiers and horses in Seleucia City to keep an eye on Alalmanburg, her father will soon agree to peace talks and save the military government and Gawain's political seat. But who would have thought that Gawain's ambition and tone were so big, that he was obviously not satisfied with just keeping the emperor out.
"Anna. As you said, this rebellion is a matter of time, so the cleaner Seleucia is, the safer Cecilicia will be, and besides, my father-in-law, I still have a plan to deal with him. Gawain's words made Anna, who was sitting on her shoulder, tremble, and then Gawain looked back at her and smiled at her under the red hand feather ornament, "Don't worry, I'm not enough to fight against my father-in-law who represents the entire Roman Empire, I understand, my last move, or war, peace, and defense go hand in hand." ”
"That's good, big barbarian, can I go back to Seleucia City Regent? It's time for the hospital construction project to restart steadily. Anna smiled with satisfaction and ease, completely in Gawain's reassuring gesture of doing things, leaning against the armrest and asking sweetly.
"Of course, the little sunfish should be worried about the two of us. When the whole kingdom is peaceful and prosperous, I will put on a little crown for you in the city of Tarsus. Gawain waved his hand and rode away.
Anna wrapped her fingers around the chain of the icon pendant, and slowly looked at Gawain's back and laughed, "Sure enough, Tarsus, sooner or later, it will also be attributed to me and you, and it is really becoming more and more obsessed with you, big barbarian." As she spoke, Anna stroked her lower abdomen with a red face, and the throbbing just now made her suddenly feel indescribable.
In the joyful and swaying shoulders, the Seleucian gate appeared in front of Anna's eyes in the twilight, and then the servants and guards automatically lined up in two columns to bow down in front of her shoulders, and in the temporary palace of the acropolis, Anna lifted the silk curtain and entered the fortress gate, and then carried the ruffle lace of her skirt, with a somewhat disordered breathing, and stepped up the stairs one by one, until she reached the three-story chapel room, and she looked up, and the inscription of the blessing to the Virgin was still engraved on the porch beam, behind the shaking drape, The murmuring of a gray-haired girl could be heard.
"Agnes, we've won! The real Seleucia is in my hands! Then Anna stretched out her arms and swirled her lace skirt into the chapel like the wind, her boots grinding against the floor like a hare's pace.
"Anna, my close friend!" The little sunfish in front of the Bible reading platform was still distraught because of the news on the front line, kneeling down and praying, but when he saw Anna return safely, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and stepped forward to hug Anna.
"Yes, Gawain promised me that in the future he would put on me a beautiful and majestic little crown in the cathedral of the city of Tarsus." "I have become a woman," said Anna, "and I almost can't wait to teach you this sweet and crazy sight, lest Sister Goethehild laugh at you for being a young girl." In the sea breeze from the window, Anna's black bangs fluttered and smiled.
So, Agnes was happy and sad at the same time.
Anna is back, but Anna will never come back, anyway, the little sunfish is such a complicated feeling, but her allegiance and love for Anna will continue, farewell to my homeland on the island of Respas.
In the fields beneath the castle of Mutter, in the midst of the snowy winter wheat fields, many tenant farmers and stewards knelt before the Gawain banner - their masters, who had been besieged by the army of the Grand Duke, were now erected in front of the ranks of the Red Hand Brigade and the Guardian Brigade many execution racks made of felled trees, but on them hung the heads of the rebels, all of whom had died in battle, and under a large tree with a very wide canopy, the dead bodies hanging from their feet, It was the rebellious Jinat and their private soldiers who had been captured, and Gawain's rule was to hang them all without leaving them alive.
"Is there anyone willing to buy the property left behind by the rebels?" The heraldic officer, Androdart, with a completely undisturbed expression, stood under the tree, holding a wordboard and a reed pen, and the wind blew his robes, and also in front of and in the hearts of the trembling kneeling people. (To be continued.) )
PS: This text should be in chapter 65 after the plough with a sword, it was Sula who missed it, make it up, apologize, please read it first, and then Sula made adjustments and modifications