Chapter 28: The Handle
The confidential officer standing next to him said a few words to Gawain.
Now the camps of the various lords of the pilgrims are mixed with their own spies, and everyone must guard against the Turks and, of course, their companions. Gawain was no exception, and according to the confidential officer, "This is a giant siege tower built by Hartman, Count of Swabia, and Emicius (both of Godfrey's subordinates) who have recruited engineers to build a huge siege tower, and have given it the name 'Fox'." In addition, the Normans are said to have spent a lot of Byzantian gold, recruited a few engineers, and improved the Great Crossbow and Battering Hammer for themselves. ”
So Gawain told Agnes what he said.
The girl looked at the target of the siege point: a section of the bent wall, with a large thick turret inside. Then he said, "The target point has been chosen incorrectly, and you can still expect to break through the city?" ”
"Do you mean that uneven ground?"
"That's right, this disgusting siege tower called 'Fox' is big and ugly in itself, it takes hundreds of people to push it alone, and it also builds the tower so high, it seems that with the technology of this group of stupid men, it is difficult to make the supporting skeleton in a hurry, plus the ground under the city wall is very difficult to walk, and the final result is a tragedy."
"Also, this corner of the city wall that happens to have twists and turns, it is difficult for the attacking team to concentrate their forces and storm it, even if the city wall is broken, it is difficult to break through." Gawain added.
"Uh-huh." Agnes nodded in agreement, but then she felt that something was wrong: why was she being carried away by this hateful brute? So he stopped talking in anger, but Gawain was still there talking to himself, "You see." What equipment do we need to make for our siege team? Agnes didn't reply. It went down the high base with the red umbrella cover.
"Anderodat, we are also willing to send away dozens of Venetian spears in stock. Used to break the fence of the Turks. ”
Just as the confidential officer was about to go to the arrangement, a horn sounded, and Gawain laughed, "Androdart, it seems that the most interesting scene of the Battle of Nicaea is now staged." The confidential officer followed the direction of the Asiatic marching governor, and from the passage of the camp gate connected to the high fortress, the Norman cavalry with the banner of the black dragon and the star spotted was wearing fine chain mail and helmets. About 100 people, with hundreds of followers, walked into Gawain's camp, led by Tanrred and Braid, the latter with a full face and a knotted beard, at first glance he was a master of galloping and rushing, and if he removed his beard, he was the top attacker in American football.
Tanfred walked past with his head up, looking at Gawain who was standing on a high base and looking down on him. There was hatred in his eyes.
The officers and men of the Dalian Brigade who were on duty and training in the camp also set their eyes on the Holy Banner Company that had entered the camp, and many of them had hatred and incomprehension in their eyes, while others secretly lamented the deviation of fate and ideals. The two groups of people who were still fighting to the death under the city of Bari the year before last are now fighting together.
"Three days ago, the sentry around my camp captured four Konya fines; Two days ago. It's nine; Yesterday it was ten. Most of them came from inside the city, and three came from outside. This is becoming more and more frequent in the number of people. It shows that the enemy's reinforcements are close at hand. "In the tent, since Tanfred came. Gao Wen, who immediately convened a military meeting, did so, and then pointed to the sand table, "My subordinates have surveyed the terrain several times in a row, and there are four valleys east of the city of Nicaea, all of which are the routes for the Turks to march, because the valleys are not wide, and it is difficult for the army to move around from one of them. The highest hill in the northeast of the lake, overlooking the entire lake and the city, would be the enemy's commander, the Sultan of Konya, would stand there and direct the battle. ”
"How do you tell that the Sultan of Konya is not in the city, but in the reinforcements outside the city?" Tancred questioned.
"I have interrogated the spies and used all kinds of techniques, and now I have information that the Sultan is not in the city, but his vizier and Atarberg are guarding the city, and the Sultan's wife and children are in the city."
"So the biggest key to the battle now is when the Sultan's reinforcements will attack once they reach that valley and mountain. There is also the location of our ambush, how to hide it so that it will not be detected by the enemy and countered. As soon as Gawain finished speaking, Tetisius concluded.
"Don't worry about the latter, the former is up to Diognes and Bramson, what we need now is to wait calmly." After finishing speaking, Gao Wen picked up his hand and looked intently at the terrain sand table in front of him. At this moment, Stareulajos quietly walked from behind, put it in Gawain's ear, and said in a gloating tone, "Her Royal Highness the princess has succeeded, and the engineer's handle has fallen into our hands."
In a secluded small camp tent on the edge of the camp, Samuelfa had just pressed the gentle and obedient female physician Granaai on the low table, and the monkey hurriedly prostrated on it, and the camp officer Wright, with a stern and cold face, lifted the curtain, and then watched the scene, and shouted a
"I can only kill you!" The engineer was so anxious that he pulled out the dagger behind him and pointed it at Wright, "Grana love, Grana loves my dear, don't scream, you have to let me go." "But Grana love is like a snake, and it wraps itself around him.
Immediately after Wright, Anna also walked in, and then covered her eyes with her hands, revealing the gaps, and peeked at them secretly, "What a shame, battalion officer! ”
"Yes, Your Royal Highness Princess, please turn around and don't tarnish your eyes." Wright said respectfully, and then Anna turned around, and kept saying, "I originally came to ask the doctor about the reason for maintenance, but my hands have been a little chapped recently, but I didn't expect it."
Then the battalion officer and several soldiers who were also in charge of the battalion raised the sketchpads one by one, brushed them, and "painted them from all angles, leaving the first evidence at first sight, and then handed them over to His Excellency the Priesthood for selection." ”
Soon Grana was sitting outside the tent in disheveled clothes and weeping, and Anna hugged her shoulders and continued to comfort her.
And Samuelfa bowed his head, his eyes were frightened, and he sat on the ground hunched over, and Wright sat opposite him with his eyebrows slanted, and placed a few drawing boards on the low table, "Now the female doctor of the Dalian team said that she was waiting for the princess here as agreed, and who thought that you would tear her clothes when you walked in and tried to rape her." ”
"No, I wasn't trying to rape her." The Engineer defended with a sad face.
"If it's not Grana love, can you still be Princess Anna who you want to rape? Well! Wright's fist slammed into the table, and the objects rattled on it. (To be continued.) )