Chapter 71: The Third Way
"Obedience to Bohemond is a death of chronic humiliation, no doubt about it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Hercules' father waved his hand and said in a very affirmative tone, "We have been fighting with Tancred since Nicaea, and we are saddlers before and after, but since his current sword can kill Barak, it is also his usual logic to kill us. How to go on the third path, to take refuge in Gawain? No, no, no, my instincts tell me that doing so is nothing more than two ends, one is that he betrays us to Bohemond and slaughters us, and the other is that we are directly slaughtered by Gawain......"
"Father, and Honorable Lord Fell, I now have a third way, and although it is only temporary, it is still feasible." Next to the stone pillar, beside the burning bonfire, Hercules's face slowly turned, and he looked very resolute and decisive in the light of the fire, "That is to unite the nobles of Marash, and simply throw themselves at the chief of Danishmond, but before, we didn't do anything, and before Tancred did anything to us, we attacked Richard's camp first!" ”
What the! A black exclamation exploded in the hearts of Parker and Fell, an act of madness.
But Hercules, the brave young man, then walked to the wooden table and drew his dagger to depict the situation on it, "We have appointed Lord Daifel as the new leader of the Ani warriors, and we have over all the forces in the region of Thubacena, Lavodra and Marach. Then he sent three teams of messengers, one with a letter of surrender to confuse Gawain, whether Gawain agreed or not, it could create a gap between him and Bohemond and disrupt their deployment; A party galloped to Melitene with a letter of surrender, and pledged allegiance to Merrick, inviting him to join Marash in the battle; The last group of emissaries, personally led by Your Excellency Fell, went with five hundred men to 'meet' the team of Estus, and then found the right time to either coerce him into cooperating with us or kill him outright. As for my father and I, we selected 800 of the most elite cavalry to attack Richard's camp outside the city of Laverdra in the night, to defeat and drive them out, and to create a good precursor for our revolt. ”
After saying this, Parkard trembled with excitement, and then the bald man strode up to Fair's eyes, "How? Anyway, I'm determined to make a big deal, and Reuben's waste has been eliminated, but our people must not sink there, but should rebel more vigorously against the rule of Gawain or the Normans. If you are still worried about our father and son, then it is better to go and 'meet' Ostu, and you and Hercules will go out to attack Richard. ”
Phil's blood surged, and he also slapped the table hard and stood up, "Don't be suspicious, now is the time for our Arnie warriors to unite. Just do what Hercules said, without change or delay. ”
In the gorge from Samosata to Marash, a group of cavalry was surrounded by archers who came out of the dense forest on both sides, and the snowflakes that continued to fall drew a trace in the swaying and dense torches, and the Turkic mercenary Ostu pulled the reins, and found that the roads in front and behind were blocked, and his sister Tang Wu beside him was wearing a cloak, with a pitiful and terrifying look on her face, with a crying voice, "My husband is dead, brother, you must not abandon me, you must not abandon me, you will die with our sister and brother." ”
At this moment, the great nobleman wrapped in a cloak of windbreakers opposite Ostur stretched out his hand and admonished, "Join our ranks and stop working for the Norman bandits." As long as you join in, not to mention a large sum of money in the future, you will sooner or later get a strong and beautiful castle, so that you can be with your woman forever. ”
This man was Fell, the commander of Ravadra, who intercepted the trapped Turkic mercenary who had come to join the battle, and after glancing at his sister, he jumped off his horse without hesitation, turned his lame leg slightly, handed over the bow and quiver to Fell, and surrendered with all the three hundred Turkic cavalry he had......
In the wilderness outside the city of Ravodra, the thunder in the night sky burst through the dark clouds, and their prestige was overshadowed by the galloping Armenian cavalry, eight hundred men, who split their ways like a flood, and at one moment rushed into the Norman camp with a shout, all the cavalry covered with dark cloaks of sackcloth and fur, and the swords and machetes in their hands were cold and cold. The first to be defeated in panic were the Norman servants, mostly Greek and Kurd, who gave up their resistance after about two minutes and ran unorganized along the snow. Then the Norman knights and sergeants mounted one by one in the confusion, escorting the scolding Richard to the mountain road of Samosata.
"The thieves of the Ani will cut off your hands, gouge out your eyes, and kill all your people." In the cold wind, a drunken Richard pulled the reins with one hand and pointed the other hand in the direction of the blazing camp, cursing as he ran away.
At dusk the next day, Tancred, who was assembling his troops and horses in Edessa, was furious and received the news from the herald cavalry that "Parkaard and his son and Ferra suddenly turned against the water, and the camp of Count Richard was raided, and the whole camp was defeated", and immediately stood up with a bow, and then drew his sword and slashed at the pillar, "This group of people are all wolf ambitions!" Stopping our great cause of attacking Meritane, we all have to die. ”
After a while, Tancred suddenly froze what he was doing, removed the crooked and ruined blade from the scarred stone pillar, and turned sharply to the herald and asked, "On the other hand, what about the soldiers and horses of Osto?" ”
The herald shook his head, saying that Estus had been ordered to join Earl Richard at Laverdra, but his whereabouts were unknown.
Although it was the middle of winter, the sweat on Tancred's cheeks continued to trickle down, "Samosata, Samosata...... Gather all the Apulian knights in the city, cross the Euphrates, and save Samosata! ”
He had no time to wait for news from his uncle, for his woman Mesander, and almost all of his private vaults were in the castle, and the anxious Tancred, with only forty knights, carried the banner and galloped away to Samosata.
But at this time, at the gates of Samosata, the corpse of a Norman garrison soldier was thrown from the air and fell on the stone slab, and the fanatical citizens of the castle stood on the top of the stables, towers and churches, waving flags of various colors and stained with lions, welcoming the arrival of the brigades of Fell, Estus, "Long live the union of Danishmond and Greater Armenia!" They shouted hoarsely, just as they had done when they had welcomed the Normans and insulted the corpse of the former lord of the city, Taurus: after the surrender of Ostu, he braved the snow night to return with the token and the pass, and deceived the gates of the fortress, and then Fell led the ambush soldiers into the city and seized the city. (To be continued.) )