As a result, Anderodat reached into the clerical case and touched it, and there was only half a roll of vellum paper left, and there was not much ink left, so he told Gawain about it, and the self-proclaimed Grand Duke thought about it, and said, "Yes, be as brief as possible—be humble in all things, and do not disobey your parents, and live more alone in your study, and pay attention to your body, as I said before, although there is spring water in the palace that is brought in by a pipe, you should boil it and drink it as much as possible—well, that's all, take care, my patron, and your knights present it." ”

Then, Gawain looked at the letter prepared by the other party, dipped his finger in the ink, and pressed it, his thumb was very large, and he believed that the recipient could easily explain it.

When the morning sun shone over the quiet valley, a Tekopo soldier walked up to the high rock, blew a melodious horn, and the soldiers of the entire camp rose in order, even the poorly armoured, the Greek militia who had come to join the army temporarily, followed by a procession, they marched day after day, along the mountain, the old and weak automatically withdrew after receiving Gawain's severance pay, and the rest of the prime and veterans avoided the castle of Reggio under the guidance of the "Red Hand Cross Sword" battle flag, Suddenly, it reappeared on the western coast of Calabria, sandwiched between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the mountains, and rapidly advanced northward.

In a valley on the west side of Taranto, a hundred Norman knights with spears on their horses were instantly crushed like a formation of more than 500 Greek rebels.

A group of captives were brought before Havley, Earl of Norman, who looked with disgust and contempt at these dark-skinned peasants, some of them Greek peasants, some of Saracen's half-bloods, "What makes you dare to throw down your dung tools and take up arms against the Norman warriors?" ”

"The Roman emperor sent an archduke to kill us, and they promised us positions and booty." One of the captives replied.

"What Romans? The weak and vile Greeks used secret tricks, and their emperor put the women of the court in the hands of eunuchs, who were neither male nor female, and sometimes the army was also handed over to the eunuchs, and the Grand Duke feared that the same would be true. Hafrey's sarcastic remark caused the knights behind him to laugh heartily.

Then, several Calabrian soldiers raised their axes and executed the prisoners one by one, "Show no mercy to the rebellious villages and tribes, for the goods which you have not been able to plunder in Amalfi by all kinds of opportunities will be obtained by the Greeks, as we have done for a hundred years. After Hafrey finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the knight with the flag raised the Earl's battle flag, and led the team to the south.

About four days later, the Hafrye detachment continued to advance forward for sixty centuries, slaughtering all the Greek villages and towns in front of them, creating many no-man's lands, and was camping for a decisive battle to capture Gawain's "Red Hand Brigade", when a herald of light cavalry rushed over in a rage, "A large group of rebels with red crossed sword flags appeared in Brangado on the southwest side of Lucania!" ”

Just as Hafrye squinted his eyes and thought, at this time, another herald cavalry who rushed from the south also delivered the news of Reggio City, "The situation in the south is erosive, about 100 villages and towns have broken out in rebellion, many rebels are trying to attack Reggio City, but after being attacked by the Earl Commander, many of them have been crushed and escaped. ”

"Then we will turn back to Brangado, this is the enemy's strategy, they will follow the Gulf of Naples, and go to rescue Amalfi." After Hafrey judged, he immediately reversed the spearhead of the attack.

But then, many knights from Calabria and Sicily, most of them Roger's subordinates, complained about this, "The rebels are ravaging our territory and our homeland, why do you tell us to gallop in the opposite direction, Count?" ”

It took a lot of effort for Hafrai to convince the three hundred knights, but fortunately they and the Calabrian soldiers of his servants were on horseback, so they were very fast.

However, upon arrival in Blangado, only a few Greek rebels were captured, and before they were executed, they confessed that the team was indeed Stephen. Gawain. Lusail's main force, he is marching towards Amalfi City!

"Bastards, a bunny of mud-legged bunnies." Hafrye had also lost his patience, and now that the cold air was blowing, many rebels were making trouble in their old homes in the rear, and Gawain was heading towards Amalfi, he was in a bit of a dilemma.

Soon the news came: a "large number of rebels", also carrying the red cross-sword banner, began to attack the city of Theiropsa on the western coast of Calabria, led by the self-proclaimed "His Excellency Mezchos, Commander of the Lombard Brigade".

Hafrey remembered that he had just executed a small Greek leader with the title of "Glorious Lucanian White-robed Nobleman", the previous one was "Captain of the Wild Badger Company Fighting for Princess Anna", the "Captain of the Glory Company of Corinth and Thebes", and the "Noble with Sword of the Holy Blood Company from Glamorgan"

Then the Norman Earl felt a little confused and collapsed, this chaotic title and compilation of information was like a giant squid monster in the sea, constantly spitting out ink and smoke in the sky, making people dizzy.

"Standard Greco-Byzantine trickery!" Haverley cried out with his head in his hands, "Just call me to ride a spear and smash everything to pieces." ”

So, after a circle, the Norman detachment ran in the direction of Amalfi, complaining louder and louder, but Hafley gritted his teeth to suppress the discontent in the ranks.

On the other hand, more and more Greeks were left behind, so much so that Count Haveley did not bother to contain and execute: they fled to the valley as they liked, and they fled to the woods as they liked.

Two days later, however, on a hill he seemed to have met the main force of the enemy, and about two or three hundred Greek archers dressed in scarlet clothes suddenly attacked the rearguard baggage of Havrey's detachment, and they were very orderly and, after a few rounds of bows and arrows, they scattered and fled in small groups.

The cautious Haverley handed over the banner to his subordinate and told him to go in pursuit with twenty knights, and to reconnoiter by the way, but after the Normans were panting and chasing a few guri, they found that there were broken bridges on the river, and the Byzantine army was all missing, and it was obvious that they had fled to the surrounding hideaways, which were full of cliffs and jungles, which were very suitable for infantry hiding and ambushing, so the Norman scouts did not dare to go too deep and retreated.

"What, those men are going to the east side of Lucania again, aren't they going to attack Taranto? This black squid! Haverley was filled with resentment.