However, the order was unstoppable, at least Gawain was now powerless to really confront the grandiose brother, so by the early morning of the next day, the baggage pack horse team had already taken the first step and rushed to the main road area west of the city of Nicaea, and built a camp in the shape of a long snake.

Then it was clear that Gawain was the headquarters of the Earl's commander, and the battalion happened to be at the end.

While the servants and craftsmen were constructing the wooden fences and barracks, Erickson caught three deserters, tied them with ropes, and brought them to Gawain, "They were going to blend into the crowd and escape while they were in charge of overseeing the work." ”

Soon, including Francisco, who was assigned to Gawain's organization, the leaders of various detachments and squads came over, and naturally formed a circle of watching around the new earl commander under the military banner and the three deserters.

"Why did you run away?" Gawain stood in front of the three of them, took out the bronze horsehead scepter from his belt, and asked.

"Your Excellency Sebastocraert is about to flee Nicaea, can our military property still be saved? We all follow the warden master, and even if we don't punish it now, it will be difficult for us to escape punishment and punishment in the future. At this time, one of the soldiers in the lead raised his face and complained to the new Earl Commander.

"Are you all in the same column of soldiers? All Italians? ”

"Yes, it's all from Naples." The three of them nodded in unison, unsure of what kind of punishment awaited them.

With a "bang", Gawain knocked the horse's head scepter on the hat and helmet of the soldier who took the lead, making the other party tremble, "See the pile of wood about thirty feet away from the direction of my finger?" ”

The three of them turned back in unison, then back in unison, nodding.

"Go and transport all this pile of timber to the place where it should be transported, and help the craftsmen to build the camp together, don't be as opportunistic as other departments, I will come to check in the evening, and if you pass the customs, you three will still receive double portions of food." This was Gawain's punishment, which made the three soldiers in the same column a little incredulous, even to the point of fear, standing up and hanging their hands, and stayed for a long time, seeing that the temporary acting Earl Commander's expression did not change, before running over and doing what he ordered.

"Count Commander, now there are more and more people who are fleeing from the camp, this group of soldiers are Italians, although for the time being they can be suppressed with honor and the emperor's edict, but as time goes by, the situation is getting worse and worse." Then, several detachment commanders sided with Gawain, clearly dissatisfied with his lenient treatment.

Gawain looked at them, all of them were Greek military nobles, with black hair and black or gray eyes.

It seems that this is also a means of controlling the army of the empire, and the lower and upper echelons can be aliens, but the middle level is still a pure Greek aristocracy, and many young people use this as a springboard for promotion. "It's this group of Italian soldiers who have a problem, and as we all know, they're all cowards!" Many of the Greek aristocratic officers took advantage of the opportunity to become angry, and demanded that Gawain severely punish the three deserters.

"Soldiers are not cowards, many of them have followed the previous Warden for more than a decade." Gawain exhaled, "This is the end of this matter, have you finished your words?" ”

Soon, a middle-aged Greek officer with black hair came out to play a round, "Everyone should obey the order, my earl, I think it is best to stop here." ”

Gawain recognized this person, it was Barromeo, the commander of this detachment, and his qualifications were very profound, and his son also followed him in the army, which can be described as a military family.

Gawain nodded to Barromeo, and then the Count Commander said to all the officers and column commanders, "The fear of the soldiers comes from two sides, one is the strength of the enemy, and the second is the nonsense of the upper ranks, especially those who spend time with them day and night. The biggest problem of this army at present is that the officers of the detachments, squads, and columns are too indulgent and speak ill of themselves, and their future is pessimistic. The real pessimism was transmitted to thirty, one hundred and twenty, three hundred and sixty, and even thousands of soldiers. ”

Subsequently, Gawain decided, "From now on, I will not punish soldiers, but only officers above the rank commander, and you will definitely punish yourselves severely." ”

Gawain's order was immediately upheld by Barromeo, who also stood under his banner and said to his men, "I have fought with all the soldiers and His Excellency the Warden for many years, and I know everyone, and of course there is the Warden who has been punished this time, and even if he is blinded, he can still continue to serve the Empire in theology and prayer." And we, the veterans of the most warlike Viceroyalty of Barry, must obey orders and not slack off in the slightest, no matter who their superiors become. ”

Seeing that the old qualification Barromio also said the same, the dissatisfied voices of the officers suddenly disappeared.

"Thank you, we can fight together in any time of crisis." After the lecture, Gawain shook hands with Barromio cordially.

"Of course, in the future, the guardianship of the camp, the arrangement of duties and patrols can be left to me, Your Excellency the Earl Commander, who is willing to serve you wholeheartedly and this great army." Barromeo is also very bold and cheerful.

Then the whole barracks fell silent, with officers supervising their ranks, and soldiers and craftsmen working together to build barracks. Then in the first part commanded by Gawain, on the foothills of the upper left of Weiwei, was the camp of the Red Guards.

At the edge of the deer under the tower, Faroff was waving to him.

"Listen, your performance in the council hall is not very good, you are regarded as a troublemaker and a fault finder by the emperor's brother, it seems that I am not by your side to guide, you bastard is always prone to make mistakes." After Farov complained to Gawain, he whispered, "Your Excellency Isaac is not interested in staying in Asia Minor, and I believe that Your Majesty is about the same, and now your ministry and my Red Hand detachment are next to the last order, if the Turks of Roma betray the alliance, it is obvious that you and I are regarded as pawns to be sacrificed by the queen of the palace." ”

"Then the best for us now is to ignore the other teams and go to Nicaea City to hold on, I think whether it is Gilligi or that group of heretics, seeing such a strong city and so many teams guarding it, they will also retreat."

"It's all nonsense, in this way, the Red Guards and I will do our best to cooperate with your troops to guard the fortifications and defensive lines, you go and survey the terrain and enemy situation with that half-blood border guard, as long as we monitor properly and time is timely, we can all return to Brachna Palace alive." After Farov finished speaking, he fell silent.

"I heard that you are the lucky one who survived from the four Caesar melee all the way to the battle of Durazor." Gawain then fisted with Farov, "There's no reason to die in this place. ”