In the early morning, the carnival of slaughter in the Acropolis continued, the isolated towers of the central tower, which were particularly pale in the light of the blazing fires, and the pilgrim soldiers surrounded on all sides, singing hymns that shook the earth:

"Have mercy, O Lord;

Have mercy, O Christ.

Lead us back to our homeland, like a brook in the desert.

He who sows with tears will reap with a smile. ”

The craftsmen set up a catapult to attack the central tower and began to dismantle the granite of the city's buildings, preparing to smash the gates and walls.

At the side of the catapult, among the savage Normans with swords in their hands, they held out in another tower, and finally exhausted and captured, the Aji emir Kazknuz, whose face was covered in blood and covered in scars from maces and swords, was dragged in front of Bohemond by several military servants.

The Duke of Apulia was also covered in blood, but all of them were slain, his beard and blood blended together, which was particularly terrifying in the flames, he looked at Kazknuz and pointed to the crumbling central tower, "Your master, Yagi, is he not inside?" ”

"He must be inside, and this city is shared by him and Allah." Kazknuz said without fear.

"Then I will send you to fight side by side with your city lord and your Allah." Then Kazknuz was pushed down on the low carpentry table, his limbs held by ropes, and "send his palm to Allah first!" Bohemond was furious at the death of his servant and steward, and this emotion soon turned into the sonorous sound of his men's hammers, and they smashed the spikes into the palms of Kazknuz's hands, allowing them to scream and writhe.

"Send him to all fours again." After speaking, Tancred stepped forward, drew his long sword, blood splattered, and Kazknuz's arms and feet were cut off one by one, "Send him personally, I hope that your Allah is as fond of your body as my stone bullets!" ”

The soldiers surrounded the catapult, screaming excitedly, and all kinds of weapons dangled: Kazknuz, who had no limbs, his face was pale and his bare torso was left to be carried and thrown into the catapult with several stone bullets.

Then there was a cheer, and the ropes of the catapult were pulled, and Kazknuz and the stone projectiles "buzzed" and flew in dispersion, smashing into the firing port of the tower, turning into powder and blood, leaving a lot of marks on the stone wall.

At the same time, pilgrims poured out of the Acropolis to hunt down the Turks fleeing along the mountain paths, and the corpses of the men and horses who fell to death in the valley were innumerable.

The sun was rising, and Aggie in disguise. Siyan rode his mule and ran in a panic towards the more remote valley, his retinue constantly being killed or fleeing, but even so, Raymond's soldiers on the fort of Holy Springs noticed and watched him, and they lit a beacon fire at the camp of the Gimagis Brigade on the side of the fort. Gregor and Orson, as Gawain and Raymond had secretly agreed, hurriedly ordered two hundred energetic cavalry and rushed sideways into the valley.

Half an hour later, on a slope overgrown with bushes, Aggie rode his mule, unable to get out, and was surrounded by cavalry from all paths, and his retinue, in spite of Aji's insults, left him one after another, and ran to surrender with their hands raised at the approaching cavalry.

Orson gesticulated, and three Jinat soldiers from Cilicia jumped off their horses, one with a shield, one with a bow and arrows, and one with an axe, and walked towards Yaji.

Agi shuddered, and with a somewhat awkward shake of his hands, he opened the box that the mule was carrying, and it was full of gold, silver, jewels, and silk satin, and he smiled flatteringly, and threw one and another at the approaching Jinat soldiers. But those collars and chains made of gold kept smashing against the soldiers' armor and sliding down, but the other party's footsteps did not stop.

Finally, Yaggie saw the cold look in the cold eyes of the first shield-wielding soldier's hat, which was determined to kill him. It was all over, and Aggie roared or wailed low, like a toothless old lion, and then pressed his hand to the hilt of his saber.

An arrow flew and struck him in the shoulder socket, and Aggie threw himself back twice, and then the soldier with the shield rushed forward, grabbed the hilt of his sword, and dragged his weapon down and threw it to the ground, and then grabbed the belt of the other's brocade robe—The lord of Antioch fell heavily into the grass, his gold-plated teeth rolling out with blood, and was kicked around by the stumbling footsteps of the three soldiers—Ageie was pinned to the ground with his hands cut back, and the soldier with the axe fell to one knee, lifted his fellow in the air, and slashed it down, A splatter of blood splattered, and Yaji's head fell to the ground.

Then all the horsemen let out a cry of exclamation, and when the executioner lifted the huge head of Aji, they saw the skull, which had a very wide forehead, and a long, long white beard on its chin, which probably hung down to the navel.

When Agei's head was delivered to Gregor and Orsenma, the two lords of the Grand Duke's command called the servants of Agei, who had just surrendered, to come and inspect it, "go and wash it, wrap it in silk cloth, and send it to the Grand Duke's house." With that, Orson brought out a money bag full of gold coins and gave it to the three soldiers who had stepped forward to kill Yaji

After Yaji's death, another hour passed, and when the sun was completely shining in the middle of the sky, the central tower of the Acropolis was completely lost, and the smoke covered the entire sky. In the end, the emir Kupasuiksin, who fought to the death inside, was stuck in the spear blades of the pilgrims, along with the heads of one hundred and fifty Turkic soldiers, and came out of the palace in procession, and then boxes of pepper, purple silk, and precious utensils were brought out, and finally the body of Sansa Donias, the son of Yaji, was also found in the courtyard, "The culprits of this city have been cleared, and we can soon fight Kobha!" Bohemond, the army commander-in-chief who had stepped into the central tower, said to Godfrey, full of ambition.

Then, he asked, "What about the evil city lord Yaji?" The **** emir, who was smashed out by our stone shooter just now, confessed before he died that he should be here. ”

But when he received no answer, the sweat on Bohemond's forehead immediately flowed, and he had an ominous premonition, so he ordered his men to continue searching for "Yaji's body, to prevent him from being buried in some corner by the servants after committing suicide." Then he turned sharply, and with his nephew, walked out of the central tower, and hurried to the heights of Sansadoni Asta, stepping on the corpses that strewn across the streets and alleys.

For they heard the bell of the blessing, which was ringing from St. Peter's Church in the city, and a troop of horsemen marched through the stone fort and St. Paul's Gate with flags, blowing the horn of triumph.

Seeing the red hand pattern on the banner, Bohemond's hands rested on the battlement, and said gloomily, "Could it be that Yaji's head was cut off by Gawain's pursuers?" (To be continued.) )