"Now that I have two rich plains, I am recharged, and when the time is ripe and the army is strong, it is natural that I can attack the Anatolian plateau from all directions, and no one will be able to resist my advance. Hopefully, you will be able to control your unscrupulous and immature remarks. No one here is more inexperienced than you when it comes to governing and marching, but when it comes to clamour, no one in the camp can compare with you, my child. Alexios was furious, believing that John's words were not only a veto to all the battle-hardened lords and generals, but also a mockery of himself.

But in the ugly and swarthy face of Prince John, his eyes were burning, and he kept making all kinds of clumsy but powerful gestures, not at all like the royal family from Constantinople, "The father was content to occupy the plains, but the enemy was easily entrenched in the plateau. Once my father was full of ambition in the future, he thought that he could march into the plateau, and he had the chance to win. But as everyone knows, the enemy is already very strong, and when the enemy is high, our side is low, and we have no military advantage at all, and my father can march from all directions, but it is cheaper for the enemy to send troops and horses from all directions to attack our weakly protected plains; In addition, the plateau is a lot of rugged and difficult areas, and most of them are strong fortresses left by previous dynasties, if you don't take advantage of the weakness of the Turks now to completely seize it, then wait until the enemy's garrison is strong, and then capture it is tantamount to a fool's dream, and our Lydian Plain and Bithynia Plain are a place where horses and rivers are flat, and they will just become a place for the enemy's cavalry and light soldiers to gallop, and once the enemy rushes down, it will be like a river bursting its banks, even if my father has been operating for many years, it will be vulnerable! "Prince John had almost never said so many things, and it almost stunned the whole camp.

"Nonsense." Alexios' face was red-faced, in fact, what his son said he was not ignorant of, it was that he really could not muster the confidence to rescue Antioch and set foot on the plateau to fight to the death against the Turks, but John said them one by one in public, and he felt embarrassed, as if he was to take full responsibility for the adverse crises that might arise in the future - and "taking responsibility" was exactly what Alexios feared the most.

"I have no nonsense at all, and at close sight, the general Theodoro of Trabzon, although he has only a few thousand troops at hand, is still fighting to seize the mountain fortresses of Chaldia, and to fight fiercely with Danishmund and the Turkic chieftains of Armenia; If we go back to ancient times, as long as our empire occupies the plateau, whether it is to conquer the Saracen Emirate of Cilicia or the heretical Tevris country, it is easy, and our defense line is here, father! Father"

But Alexios's reaction was to ask Nikdemia and several eunuchs to "invite the prince out", and then the emperor was very embarrassed to put his hands behind his back and face everyone, without saying a word.

At this moment, Tetisius hunched over and bowed behind the emperor.

"Tell me what you think." The Emperor said in a distressed tone.

"In the present state of affairs, it is not advisable to return to the city of Antioch, and the Count of Blois has made it abundantly clear on this point, and the servants dare not say any more; It's just that what the prince said is also true, and there is quite a truth. Tetisius touched his forehead to the carpet and spoke earnestly.

"I didn't let you judge, if there is a solution, then say it." The Emperor replied angrily.

"Yes, the advice of the servant is to hold the line from Nicaea to Dolilaim, so that we can fend off the enemy who may rush out from the plateau, for once the Turks have seized it, they will be able to reach the strait and cut Lydia and Bithynia into two complementary pieces."

"Very well go on, Tetisius."

"Yes, please let Your Majesty allocate the army of your servants to His Royal Highness the Prince, and keep Gawain in Panphilia; And the team called General Harold, withdrawing and merging with the chief of the Mikhail guard, resisted Danishmund. In this way, both plains were defended by a well-established mobile force. ”

"And then?"

"Your Majesty sits in the imperial capital, enters the forces that Dalmatia and Macedonia are not convinced, and recovers, and then we will choose the right time to march together and recover the plateau."

"Then what should we do with the current places such as Konya, Milio Sephalon, Tarsus, etc." The Emperor was waiting for Tetisius to give the answer.

The general without a nose raised his eyes and looked at the emperor's eyes, and it seemed that the other party was determined to say it himself, so he paused his head and said in a low voice, "The city of Tarsus hangs alone, but neither Gawain nor Baldwin have the courage to take it; As for the region of Konya and Miriosefalon, I feel and sincerely advise Your Majesty, that this is the den of the dogs of Konya, which has been operated for many years, should be set on fire to all of them, lest it become the capital of Gigliki's comeback. ”

The last word "burned" was so heavy that all those present were stunned, what a terrible word it would be if the Emperor said such a thing: the Emperor had restored the territory of the Romans, and now he wanted to burn everything with fire to prevent them from financing their enemies.

Even Stephen of Blois trembled incessantly and did not say a word.

Therefore, the emperor had to call Tetisius.

"You are the commander of the march in Asia, and you don't need to ask me for advice on this kind of matter, and you are fully responsible for the withdrawal of the army. Melles, you have made today's resolution into a euphemistic document and submitted it to the city of Antioch and the city of Rome. With that, the Emperor raised his hand to say goodbye, walked out of the tent of the meeting, and walked to the door, and then he looked at his son, who was stopped on horseback by several eunuchs and attendants.

"Father, what you have done may be regretted in the future." John was still babbling.

"As a guard, you should control and persuade the prince's every move, such as his rebellious behavior today. Instead of standing by stupidly. Alexios saw Axepocos, who was still holding his bridle and not speaking, and was also a slave he had given to his son.

"But I think what the prince said is right, even if I am now loyal to this side." Axepocaus, however, had no stage fright, and said so.

"What a pair of master and servant made in heaven." Alexios didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, so he turned and left.

Two days later, the fire that ignited in the cities of Miriosephalong and Konya, and all the surrounding villages and towns, and the rocks, stained the entire plateau sky, and countless Christian churches, Allah's mosques, and all kinds of civil and commercial buildings twisted and collapsed in the fire, and the cries of the expelled residents shook the heavens and the earth. Groups of Byzantine Roman soldiers, carrying torches and accompanied by wagons, lit fires everywhere from the outskirts of the two cities to the gorges, burning everything as far as the eye could see, barns, cottages, workshops.

This miserable scene can be seen from the castle of Ferner, Gilici. Arslan's eyes were full of red, "Greek dog, you underestimate the Turkic warriors, even if there is only one horsewhip, I will kill Nicaea, Brusa, no, Constantinople to show you." (To be continued.) )