Then the group continued to walk up the mountain path to the left of Nicaea City, and Eriksen and several of his subordinates were in front of them, chopping vines and miscellaneous branches everywhere with axes and sickles, opening the way for the two adults.

But Diognis was obviously in a very bad mood, and he never got out of the fact that Gawain stabbed to death the captain of the stables to death, and now how he saw how ugly and murderous Gawain was, it was really the reincarnation of the soul of the greedy wolf Lusail.

"Hey, Gawain. I'm still going to spy on the mountain over there. Soon after, Diognis proposed to "split up".

Gawain looked at him, and then said bluntly, "Commander, I think you have a deep prejudice against me. ”

These words made the burning pine in Diognis's hand tremble obviously, he didn't expect Gawain to be so straightforward, but then he also decided not to show his opinion, because many subordinates were present, "I don't have any prejudices against you, so it's better for you to take on the outpost task with peace of mind." ”

"Is it because of my skin color and pupils?" Gawain closed his eyes on horseback and shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, at which time Sabina also sprayed her nose, as if cheering on her master.

"I've said I'm not prejudiced against you!" Now the commander of the captives was also indignant at the barbarian's self-talk, and then Theognes drove his horse forward, "My father is a Roman, my mother is the second daughter of an emir on the border between Armenia and Aleppo, and my parents are noble and faithful to their respective faiths, I will not hide myself, I have no prejudice against you, but I think you are a threat to the empire and the emperor. Now our souls are the Lord's, and our bodies are given by the Emperor, and in the Empire, our fathers are Romans, and our mothers are pagans, like me, most of them have to serve as border guards, while our fathers are pagans and our mothers are Romans, and we have to go to the imperial capital to serve as the emperor's bow and arrow Praetorian Guard, called Turcopoles, and everyone is loyal to the country and the Lord, and Gawain, as long as you get rid of your inappropriate bad temper and ambition, of course I am happy to fight side by side with you. ”

"Oh, I think the mountain passes a few miles ahead are the key to controlling all the passages, and His Excellency Sebastoclatt didn't send a detachment to capture and hold it?" Just when Diognis turned around and said to Gawain, "I am willing to fight side by side with you", he found that the barbarian had already led his horse and stood on a raised rock, squinting his eyes to meet the morning light, and began to point out the country with the warrior next to him, and did not listen to his heartfelt words just now.

Suddenly, Diognis felt so embarrassed and angry!

Gawain insisted on going to the pass, but the trail leading there, sandwiched between two ridges and a forest, was occasionally passed only by woodcutters and shepherds. For some unknown reason, Diognis thought that a visual view was all that was needed, and that it was now important to return to the camp to report on the scouts, and to prepare to follow the army.

"If we haven't seen the field, how can we estimate the actual distance, let alone that the enemy may seize it at any time and cut off our way back." Gawain thought that the thoughts of the guards today were very strange, and they were not the same as his usual views and performances.

"There are no enemies, and since His Excellency Sebastoprat has reached an agreement with both sides, then our march is safe!" The guards were also visibly impatient.

So Gawain simply stopped arguing, got on his horse again, left the catcher, and continued with Erickson and the rest of the warriors, and the catcher gritted his teeth and complained in the same place, and then could only follow Gawain.

On both sides of the path, overgrown with weeds and tall trees, and with very little visibility, especially at this time of dawn, when only the light of the stars and the light of the pine fire could guide the way, the group gradually drifted away, and after about seven or eight curts of footage, Diognes jumped off his horse, sat down by a rock, drew a handful of water from the leaf-covered spring, and then got up and asked Gawain again, "Now we will find a place where it is easy to observe, and we will confirm the distance of the pass, and then we will return to the camp." ”

Gao Wen, who was holding the torch, thought about it for a while, and did not express a big objection to the request of the guard, "Go back the same way?" ”

Diognis lowered his head, avoiding Gawain's gaze, and nodded.

Then everyone heard the melodious sound of trumpets in the canyon on the other side of the ridge, and then flocks of birds raised their wings.

At this moment, the expression on Gawain's face suddenly changed, and he stared at Diognes, who was a little nervous in front of him, "It turns out that you are uniting to play tricks on me Isaac. Komnenos have already opened! ”

"I'm the only one playing with you, okay, let's go back." Diognis turned sideways, raised his arms, and motioned for the rest of the rest of the resting people who were sitting on the side of the path to stand up, and were in a very anxious mood to return to the camp as soon as possible to catch up with the group that had already departed.

Suddenly, Gawain raised his arm as well, and he looked up at the dense trees everywhere, above which was a narrow blue sky, and then his ears twitched twice, "I hear the trumpets and bells on this ridge, are there any other patrols?" With that, he looked at Erickson, the boy with the big axe on his shoulder, and shook his head at his master.

Gawain then looked at Diognes, and the captor shook his head in denial.

Now it is clear that they are the only ones sent out to scout the entire army.

What Gawain heard was obviously from the other teams.

"There are enemies!" Gawain's roar suddenly exploded in the small team, and the entire valley reverberate.

Then, with a flicker of his eyes, he turned his head to see that between the ridges on both sides, there were torches lit everywhere, and in the forest were swaying figures, and shouting one after another, "It's Turkic, it's Turkic!" Gawain scolded a few words, then took off the shield from his back, put it in front of him, pulled out the Macedonian halberd with his right hand, and several lightly armed scouts hurriedly led the horses and mules in the direction of the canyon, not daring to follow the road, and everyone saw the torches everywhere, knowing that they were the enemy's, and ran directly into the woods, their legs and stomachs were trembling.

Soon, Gawain heard it, and the Turkic words around him were gone, and he fell silent in an instant, as if he had suddenly fallen off a cliff.

Suddenly, there was a crisp tapping, like the sound of a bang, or the beating of a fork bell, which Gawain couldn't understand anyway, and the first thing he and Theognes did was to throw the torch in his hand away.

"Buzz", like the prominent snort of a monster from the dark forest, two arrows pierced Gawain's iris, one flew to the trunk of the tree near his ear, and went deeper, the debris of the bark flying.

One after another, arrows spun and flew out, and one of the servants' leggings was hit, and he gritted his teeth and screamed, and fell to the ground, "Come here!" Seeing this, Gao Wen directly dragged the man over, but after finding out, there were more than a dozen arrows on the man's chest and lower abdomen, and he had already lost his breath, and the mules and horses next to him also raised their hooves and screamed a few times, and fell to the ground and died.