Chapter 30: The Nikitas Party
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After all the documents were processed, Wen Ruomingna, the sleeping officer outside the scarlet tent, stood outside waiting for the reception, still holding the document box in her hand.
So Gawain couldn't rest yet, he took a closer look at Wen Liana's plan for the plateau area, and then handed it over to the Holy Sister, "There is a lot of content here that you and the believers need to complete. ”
"Me?" Doubting the letter, Cabeamia took Caesar's letter.
While he was in the Archon of the Golden Hand, Gawain raised his hand and said to the sleeping officer, "You have worked hard, and after two days of rest in the inn of Meritane, you will return to the city of Tarsus in an ox cart, and tell Caesar that I will return there in a month, but that the whole country will soon be up and running with Bohemond against Marash.
But Winromina insisted there, saying that by Caesar's order, I must be here with His Highness the Lord Patron, and, "I shall be responsible for supervising the execution of Caesar's instructions." Wen Ruomina said this with great fear, Gawain was stunned and laughed, and then pushed the candlestick against the edge of the table, "You rest over there, and I have to discuss with the confidential officer how to deal with the Callegos party who crossed the border."
So a month later, in the city of Ikonium, in the large trading post converted from the former acropolis, many merchants of all races and costumes stood around the large table in front of the door, discussing and discussing fiercely, and a few toothymen roamed around to solicit business. But soon a special army, under the astonishment of the all, walked through the winding road, all of them wrapped diagonally in rough cloaks, wearing brightly colored straps, carrying brass turbules or long-handled scythes, with swords for harvesting wheat hanging from their waists, and leggings tied with strips of linen, and about seven or eight hundred men in the direction of the "governor's palace", which had been renovated from the original Sultan of Konya.
There, Giovanni, the magistrate of Iconium, received the soldiers, "You are all in a bloody feud with the Roman Empire, the Emperor destroyed your fort of Ferna Hill, killed the whole family of your leader Nikitas, and now your livelihood is gone, it is the great lord who has taken you in, given you weapons, clothing, and horses, and has given you the land here." Then you have to polish a jewel in the crown of the great patron and Caesar, and this is the style and style of the Isurians! ”
"The Nikitas will always be loyal to the Patron and Caesar!" Several former mountain bandit leaders who took the lead shouted excitedly.
The rest of the Nikitas soldiers also responded in unison.
"The Callegos Party has come here many times to kill people and steal goods, threatening the safety of the trade routes, now is the time for your revenge, killing any of those Callegos will be rewarded, these money are paid by the local chambers of commerce and guilds, you can take it with confidence." Giovanni finally put forward the core theme, this group of "Nikitas" adapted from the original Isuriya Mountain bandit remnants, is his trick to take revenge on Raymond.
"But Lauritica doesn't border here, Lord Shire." A clever bandit leader asked.
Giovanni looked at him, then raised his fist again, "No problem, you should ask where the Callegos bandits came from, since Laudisia does not border our cities and fields?" ”
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Finally, all the Nikitas replied in solemnity.
A few days later, on the edge of the city of Afyon, in the meadows of the former emperor's marching soldiers, and in the undulating hills, came out a group of exhausted cavalry, all of them Callegosians, who had just returned from plundering the border, but there was a marked reinforcement of the Nationalist garrison, and their area of activity was strangled by several Nationalist garrisons, so this group of about 300 horseback Callegosians prepared to break through the river and rush directly to the market town of the storehouse on the opposite bank of the Ikonium trade road. As a result, the people's army, which was ambushed by Giovanni in the earthen embankment and the jungle, suddenly and densely shot from all directions with handcuffs and bows in the middle of the crossing, when the people turned on their backs, and were killed more than 30 people, and the rest of them rode away one after another, and ran straight to Afyon before they turned into wandering mode in shock, and after arriving at a market town under the city of Afyon, they shouted and dismounted one by one, asking the men there for horseshoes, and the women for water and food, and began to take the plundered goods immediately.
And the Tecopo mercenaries who patrolled back and forth on the walls of Afyon didn't seem to see this group of Callegos: they had long been ordered by General Brenus and his wife to turn a blind eye to this group of bandits who crossed the border, after all, Deduo wanted to get a piece of the pie on this trade route, but she didn't want Gawain and Anna's wealth to be too comfortable. Hence the acquiescence to Raymond's bandit army crossing the border and plundering.
At this time, on the tower of Afyon in the sun, the soldiers of Tekopo who were guarding suddenly saw that in the southeast of the hill, suddenly there was also a force of cavalry, they rode horses or mules close together, lined up in several rows, two square flags in front and two pennants in the back, like a black belt constantly approaching, along the uneven hill of the hill, towards the camp where the Callegos party was.
When the soldiers of the Tekopo wiped their eyes and looked condescendingly at the individuals of the cavalry of unknown origin, they felt that most of them were bearded and wore simple cloaks with colored bands dancing in the wind, some carrying strange weapons with long poles, while others carried shiny thick and short soldiers, like swords for cutting wheat, and the horse's head roared angrily, and the horse's hooves flew, and in an instant they came to the wooden fence outside the bazaar under the city, as if they were not in a good way.
The question is, how did this group of cavalry get here?
"Bang bang." Several Turks didn't have time to think about it, and eagerly rang the bronze bell at the head of the city, warning below.
Soon, the Callegos also felt the cavalry that was eagerly rushing towards them, but they were all private soldiers of Genat before, and one-third of the noble landlords above now took refuge in Gawain, and two-thirds were hanged by Gawain, and when they went out to plunder en masse, they also rode on horseback, dismounted and fought, and were not good at horse warfare. After getting the alarm bell, the first reaction was to gather in a hurry, take out all kinds of long and short weapons, and form a circular formation around the war horses and wooden fences, stretching out the tips of various blades outward, and clamoring to deal with the galloping horse team over there.
The inside and outside of the bazaar exploded in an instant, the residents screamed and hid in all directions, and the leader of the Callegos party shouted defiantly at the approaching "enemy" and the billowing dust, "Which group of pigs are you who have come to the silver trough to gouge?" (To be continued.) )