Chapter 60: The Wolf Howls

Brenus, who was in the office hall and commanding the clerks and staff to calculate the complicated supply accounts, saw his wife come in, and first transferred to the side room with her, and then heard Dedo openly make such a request, and understood in his heart: "Dedo's purpose is very clear--to unite Kosa in South Opshkin, Theodoro in Trabzon, and even Gawain in Tarsus, to carry out joint self-preservation, openly divide the territory, and make a claim to the throne of the imperial capital." Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 info In addition, she should have an additional purpose. Sure enough, Dedo then came up with this "additional purpose":

"In the name of the rout of the main force of the pilgrims at Paphragonia and the defense against the surprise attack of Merrick, he ordered Tetisius to withdraw the siege of Ankara and, if he submitted, to annex and disband his new army at Afyon; If he refused to give in, he took advantage of the fact that his father's main forces were concentrated in Macedonia and Dalmatia to quell the rebellion, saying that Tetisius had a disobedient heart, cut off his food supply, and borrowed anyone to annihilate him. ”

After listening to his wife's crazy and vicious plan, Brenus sweated again, his hands fell on the table, and his voice was hoarse, "It's too dangerous to do this, if we fail, we will be in a situation from which we will never recover." ”

Dedot exhaled contemptuously, put her little hand on Brenus's arm, and "persuaded" eloquently, "If you are not confident enough about Theodoro's position, you must also make a deal with Gawain private." As for Tetisius, if you can't bear to put him to death, you can do it both hard and soft, and detract from his supplies first. ”

"Why do you have to take such drastic measures?" Brenus plucked up his courage and turned to question his wife.

"Because I also have the blood of Komnenos and Ducasse in my veins." Dedo whispered through gritted her teeth and told the mystery of the riddle, then her hand rubbed Brenus on the neck, her eyes full of tenderness, "What I lacked in the past was the determination and courage to act, but now it is different, I have you, and I have your children, so I must not be willing to submit to Brother John." If my sister can betray her father, why should I be a good girl from the beginning to the end? No, my ideals are more ambitious than my sister's, who is just a barbarian who has set herself up as king on the margins, and you and I will claim the sacred power of this empire. The veil is gradually torn off, and the blade is gradually exposed. ”

"In the end, you will not be able to overcome the deception that you have suffered - it is the deception that Gawain and Anna have given you, so you have forgotten the ...... of forgiveness that the Lord has taught us"

As a result, before her husband could finish her sentence, Dedot used all her strength and slapped Brenus on the cheek with a red mark, "Yes, only the Lord will have mercy and forgiveness on us." But in this world full of sin, no one will forgive me, only the strong have the blade of judgment and the code of forgiveness. Then Dai Duo gently lifted the seal, her cheeks were as pink and white as a pear, and her pitiful demeanor seemed to be impossible to refuse, and the corners of the gilded seal were refracted and flickered in front of Brenus's eyes, "Give the order, send a horse quickly, my dear little husband; You don't have to worry about it at all, I have the means to get key and useful information. ”

On the edge of the peak of Mount Keroğlu in the Pontus Mountains, 30,000 Germans, dressed in rags, who had fled from the city of Fort Germanico, rushed to the camp of the new army of Tetitisius, and cried out to the heavens and earth for the general's help, and declared that "Marshal Conrad, Archbishop Bisser, and Duke Guillaume, the most distinguished men, are in our ranks - quick, the terrible Turks are chasing and slaughtering us behind!" ”

"What's going on?" Wearing a chain turban, Tetisius, slightly hunched back and the catcher walked out of the tent side by side, looking at the beggars in front of the wooden fence like ants and sheep, the catcher couldn't help but hold the iron flail and burst out complaining, "Why does Your Majesty trust such a person and group to recover the plateau?" Look at the lack of distinction between soldiers and civilians, the lack of order and discipline, and the appalling inferiority of their weapons. ”

"This is also the fundamental reason why His Royal Highness the Prince is training the new army." Tetisius coughed dryly, and then summoned a few horseback heralds, "Go and proclaim that our army is willing to accept this group of desperate men, and send a few men to ask His Highness Brenus for more food." ”

The turbaned catcher then walked up to the fence and had a brief conversation with the pilgrims who had escaped, for he was apprehensive, for he knew the defeat of Earl Raymond in the Gangara and the tragedy of the entire procession of pilgrims, so he asked Tetisius what to do now, "It is said that Chief Merrick has rushed to the edge of our siege with thirteen thousand elite cavalry. ”

As a result, before Tetisius could think of an answer, the sound of the drum of "dong dong dong" reached everyone's ears along the wind of the plateau, and Tetisius and Theognes turned their heads to look, and on the blue-gray ridge of several ancient miles and miles, a group of Sagetus cavalry with bows and arrows and scimitars on their backs appeared, and they looked at their camp and Ankara Citadel arrogantly, and then leaned back and bared their teeth, and let out a wolf-like howl, which must be the vanguard of the Great Emir of Merrick, who had pursued all the way here.

Many of them had not converted to the Crescent crescent religion, and their horsehair was braided, some with half of their hair and the other half of their hair removed, and some of them had long and filthy beards that ran up along their ears and behind their heads, and their arrows and blades showed no mercy on the battlefield, even the elderly, women, and children.

Hearing the provocative "wolf howl", the defenders on the Ankara hill fort cheered loudly, but the Germans and Franks who had just fled here at the foot of the mountain immediately exploded, and many people held their heads and screamed and trembled in despair, and began to run meaninglessly, their courage had been completely shattered in Gangara and on the way to escape. Even the Duke of Guillaume, sitting behind his baggage suitcase, held back his panicked voice and kept saying to his servants, "Give all my money to the Greek general on the other side, as long as he can withstand the attack of this barbarian." ”

Seeing that there was chaos and panic on that side, the officer of the captor tore off his scarf, put on a simple helmet, jumped over the wooden fence, flew on a war horse, and formed a small column with an iron flail and several equally brave Vadarithai cavalry, and rushed away from the crowd running around, and ran towards the hillside on that side.

"Whoa!" On the hillside, the Sagetus cavalry also lost patience, and one by one they drew their swords and kicked their horses, and rushed down the slope one by one, and one of the masked horsemen rushed the fastest, and in the billowing smoke and dust he had already rushed sideways into a temporary camp of the Germans, and then waved his saber, which meant "Here is my trophy"β€”seeing this, the rest of the Sagetus cavalry laughed, and continued to ride their horses and swords forward. (To be continued.) )