Chapter 20: The Great Comet
But Shah Nami gently held her husband's shoulder, "When a woman loses her father, she can only listen to her husband and accept his love and discipline. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
It turned out that after the creation of the Sultanate of Rûm, Gilikhi's father Suleiman concentrated on the eastward and fought with Maliksha Khan for the Antioch region, but was defeated and died, and then the young Giliki was sent to the Khan's court, and escaped from the court after the death of Maliksha Khan, when Giliki was only thirteen years old, he received the allegiance of some small Turkmen tribes in the East Anatolian plateau, and recaptured the city of Konya. At that time, the Emir of Nicaea, Zahaas (who was now serving as a bandit in the ****** area), was in full swing, and the shrewd Giliki became a vassal to him, and married Shahnami, who was the daughter of Zahas's subordinate Ataberg Chayako, and the two sides signed an offensive and defensive alliance.
However, Gilici secretly made a payment with Alexios, and took advantage of the opportunity for Zahas to gather troops on the seashore and prepare to kill Constantinople, and led his army to the back of Zahaas's army on the grounds of "acting as the vanguard of His Highness Zahaas's servants", and then invited his father-in-law Chiako to celebrate the party, and killed him in front of his wife in the camp. After losing his general, Zahas's army and fleet were in disarray, losing his fighting spirit and unable to attack Constantinople again, and Alexios was given a respite. In addition, Gilikhi, who was recognized by the emperor, was also officially recognized by many beys in Konya and became the "Sultan of Roma".
After Giliki and Zahaas broke off diplomacy, they once wanted to depose Shah Nami and enter Constantinople to meet with the emperor (the opening part of this book), but they actually wanted to marry Anna as his wife, but the emperor categorically refused, and Shah Nami also gave birth to his heir Massoud, so Gili continued to let Shah Nami accompany him, and soon gave birth to a daughter Xiya, and the Sultan broke off his previous thoughts.
At this time, Gilligi finally admitted that Shah Nami was his official wife.
Unbeknownst to the Sultan, however, that his wife and children had been captured by the pilgrims and had escaped from General Branas, now the commander of the Guards Brigade in Gawain Seleucia.
However, Shah Nami is not ready to confess to the Sultan, compared to these, she feels that after her husband fulfills the "felt promise", there are some practical things that are more important, "After that, the group of Beyi will really support Massoud?" ”
"Not at all, some of my most loyal slaves have secretly reported to me that they are ready to take over Konya with Merrick." The Sultan hugged his wife tightly and lowered his voice, "Even if Merrick does not directly annex my country, I will let my vizier succeed me as the Sultan and act as his puppet agent." "Now the Sultan of Vizier ibn . Maimon is being held hostage at the court of Amasya, and is a pawn in Merrick's hands.
"Then our children ......," Shahname shuddered.
"If they succeed, Massoud, Xiya, and you will all be secretly executed and eradicated."
"Ah......h
"But don't be afraid, after all, I still have some slave soldiers who are loyal to me, as well as Hajib, so I will arrange for you and your children to escape in advance."
"Why didn't you run away? Where are we going to flee? ”
"Woman, you don't understand at all, if I don't fulfill my promise and run away in shame, then my reputation as a sultan during my lifetime will be lost, and both Massoud and Xiya will live in the shadow of dishonor in the future. It is worthless for you to flee with them wherever you go, neither to be valued and respected by the asylum seekers, nor to be entitled to return to your country in the future. As for the destination of the escape, do you still have to choose? Although I have nothing to do with him, I am also a hero, and I believe that he will never embarrass you and your children, as long as you surrender to him openly. ”
"If you surrender publicly, what will you talk about recovering the country in the future!"
"To stay in Konya is to die. If you escape from Konya with your reputation, you can at least live. Even if the glorious Roma cannot be restored, it seems that the only best way out is now. After speaking, the sultan sitting on the table stroked his wife's violet-scented hair, "When Massoud grows up, if the situation does not allow it, just tell him that his father was the sultan who destroyed the country, and don't let him inherit the name 'Surelman', if it doesn't match his talent, it will only bring disaster to Massoud." As for Hee-ah, I regret not seeing the moment when she got married. ”
In the dark of night, in front of the city gate of Konya, Hajib coughed, with a small army of slaves, escorting several shoulders, "On the orders of the Sultan, go to Milio Sepharon to negotiate with Gawain about the borders of the territory. Then the soldiers saw an old man with a beard hanging down, and across from him sat a young madrasah with a neat beard and a beautiful face.
"Is it with that akin?" The Gazi, who had inspected the Wenguan, began to talk to Hajib unguardedly, "General Atarberg, you have dealt with the other party a lot, does he really have a sword with phosphorus fire?" I heard that he was beheaded by our soldiers during the Battle of Nicaea Gorge, and then his headless body was able to swing a sword to break through, and that sword drank the blood of our ninety-nine Gazi, and then made Akin grow again. ”
"Nonsense, he's not a salamander." After passing the inspection, Hajib hurriedly led the team southwest of Konya.
As a result, as soon as Hajib walked on the front foot, several Danishmund warriors came over on the back foot and ran into Ghazi who was guarding the door, "Who left just now?" ”
"Hajib's legacy."
The Danishmond mercenary immediately became alert and asked, "Thoroughly checked?" From now on, the entire castle tower and gates will be guarded by us. Soon your Grand Vizier will return here to oversee the felt promises of your sultans. ”
The Ghazi were also indignant, "Now our Sultan is still in the court, and this is not the territory of your Great Emir!" As a result, the two sides almost clashed.
On the outskirts of Konya, the fires that had been lit everywhere after the Emperor's retreat had not yet been extinguished, and the shoulders and horse caravans galloped hurriedly.
"Mother!" In the mezzanine of the shoulder cushions, Massoud and Hee Jacob crawled out and threw themselves into the arms of the bearded Shahname.
In the tent outside the camping city, Gawain walked down from the couch in his robe, and the holy sister next to him had fallen asleep exhausted with her black hair, and they quarreled when they met, and the holy sister cried, scolding Gawain for not coming to rescue her in person, but soon hugged each other again, of course, this is the previous story.
Then there was a disturbing noise in the camp, and Gawain stepped out of the tent with his sword—and he was astonished to see a white comet in the night sky and at the edge of the stars, dragging its long tail, falling towards the north of Mirio Sepharyn! The soldiers on the night patrol all held the frightened pack beasts and horses, and whispered to the comet. (To be continued.) )