"Yo-he, yo-he." At this time, in the huge meadows outside the Nicaea Gorge, the herdsmen, unaware of the imminent war, were still cutting the grass that had been bent by the snow with their sickles, while others were responsible for tying it up and patting it dry on the stones, and herds of cattle and sheep were walking leisurely around.

A loud noise, sounding from the road leading to Civet, was as terrifying as a hurricane, and it was not long before the pilgrim cavalry, carrying the banner of the cross, was the first to arrive, and they had no marching discipline, and they made a noisy and chaotic shout, like a group of horse bandits, fierce and vicious with all kinds of weapons in hand, and rushed towards the pasture.

The two Greek herdsmen who bore the brunt of the attack threw down the bales of straw and were just about to turn around and run, when they were stabbed in the back by the Germanic darts that were thrown, and fell down with blood, and countless flying horses' hooves trampled their bodies and rolled up, and then the pilgrim cavalry rushed in one after another, and the herdsmen and women who ran and cried for help were cut down and killed one after another, and then the peasant army of Germany ran and also killed, and they were responsible for pulling away the cattle and the survivors, and the women were dragged away, If it is a man or a toddler, he will be killed immediately, "Kill, kill, kill everyone, and after robbing all the livestock, you can sell it to His Majesty the Emperor for a good price." Forsie, clad in chain mail, shouted triumphantly with his sword raised.

The great slaughter of women and children by the pilgrims lasted about half an hour, and two shepherds, armed with bows and arrows, survived and fled on fast horses, whipping themselves between the forests and the paths, shouting to each other, "Pak Ade, report to Pak Ade!" ”

The two shepherds soon reached the fortress that guarded the gorge of Nicaea, a castle surrounded by clouds and falcons. The bearded Armenian aristocrat Pakad, whose nickname was "Pakad". It means "warrior of the faithless", and the name is loud in both Bamin and Lesser Armenia. Because of his master's cruelty and undisciplinedness, his original name was Johannes. Bagladioni, a descendant of the ancient Armenian royal family, only had the wrong name, but did not have the wrong nickname.

After the fall of Armenia, his family lost their livelihood and migrated to the mountains of Cappadocia under the oppression of the Turkic invasions, and later after the establishment of the Roma state. He served the gilliki (which was common among the Armenians and Greeks in the region) and became the owner of the famous castle, and the Sultan gave him a vast pasture of a hundred hufu to graze his cattle and horses. With thirty cavalrymen and fifty strong domestic slaves to accompany him, and nearly a thousand farmers and shepherds in charge, Pak'ad was an important nobleman under the Sultan's command.

The shaved Pak Ade was now half-naked, wielding the saber in his hand. In the cold wind of the courtyard, he chopped the sheep hanging in front of him in the shape of a "big", soaked his boots with blood, and then tore the bloody strips of meat in his mouth. "The smell of blood is only for animals that eat grass, no. Not fresh enough. ”

"The pilgrims have attacked our pastures!"

Park'ard was furious when he heard the news, and he pulled out the cloth. Wipe the blade of the saber dry, and then scrape the blade on the bald head with a loud sound. "Take my horse, I'm going out and take my herd back." ”

But soon a great shout of slaughter rose from under the castle, and the whole eaves of the fortress trembled, and Pak Ard's face changed slightly, and after putting on his jacket and scale armor, he wore his belt and his saber, and looked down from the pheasant moat—about two or three thousand pilgrims with dark red banners, mostly golden or red-haired Germans, wielding swords and battle axes, and in an instant they struck out of the forest at the foot of the castle hill and struck at his fortress, and the sound of war cries startled the birds in all directions.

It was all the men of Rainold, who, when they saw that Forcher had led his men and horses and achieved great results in plunder, could not hold back, and ran to attack this dangerous castle, in order to establish a greater feat, and to gain the appreciation of Emperor Komnenos.

Under the castle, scattered and scattered subordinates and serfs belonging to Pak Ade, they ran towards the castle with their cattle, "close the gates quickly", but it was too late, the footsteps of the Germans were faster than the arrows they shot, they were very mad, they cut down and killed anyone they saw, and then they rushed into the city gates, and Pak Ade was determined not to suffer the immediate loss, and he rode his steed, escorted by several loyal cavalrymen, and flew through the small gate behind the castle, straight to the mountain path, Head towards the city of Nicaea, three gully away.

Flames and smoke rose rapidly behind him, and the frenzied slaughter and looting were going on in the fort, and the people who survived and escaped were all over the hills, "Bastard, I must pay the debt with blood!" Parkard was indignant.

At this moment, at the foot of the hill in front of him, he saw several horsemen with crimson banners, and knowing that they were the Sultan's servants, he ran over and shouted, "Pilgrims from the west have suddenly attacked my castle and slaughtered the Sultan's people." ”

"Get out of the way, we are about to go and negotiate with them, this is the sacred mission of the Sultan." Atarberg, who took the lead, replied to Parkade.

"What else to negotiate!" Pak Ad pointed to the burning fortress on the mountain pass, "Now that crazy and hateful guys have taken over my castle, as long as they occupy it and gather enough people, they can rush directly to the city of Nicaea." ”

The Ataberg looked at it, and felt that the situation was serious, so he and Pak Ade turned and struck their horses, and rushed straight into the Sultan's palace in the city of Nicaea.

Jiliki, who was still waiting for news of the peace talks, immediately drew an arrow and threw it into Pakade's hands, "You take five thousand warriors, be the flag bearer of Ben Sultan, and take back your castle." I will take the rest of the 10,000 men and give you reinforcements in the back, and under the castle, I will launch an all-out assault on this group of lawless villains! ”

In the camp of Civet, the "triumphant" Fourche and Rainold, who returned with a large number of cattle, received a large sum of money from the emperor's officials, and they also demanded that another camp be set up at the foot of the hill near the castle, and that all the men of the whole group of pilgrims should be stationed in it, "and when the sun rises on the coming day, we will rush down the castle to Nicaea on the other side of the pass, and take the capital of Surelman." ”

All the pilgrim peasants from Germany were so proud that they did not hesitate to be hindered by Walter, the flag bearer: about forty thousand men, with supplies for battle, came by night to the pastures of the Armenians Pakad, which they had attacked, and set up a great camp, echoing the port of Civet, the fortress of the pass, and erected the banner of the cross, waiting for the rising sun of the coming day. (To be continued.) )