Anna ran down the battlement, thinking Gawain was at the head of the queue and gone.

That sunset, she thought it would sink soon, and once it sank, her world would be gray again.

Gawain Anna was tired, and she held down the battlements, and because she was too small to get a good view, she could only cry out into the fields of Sarabria with tears in her eyes.

The voice of the eldest princess echoed through the walls, trenches, and fields, until she heard the sound of "Yo Yo Yo", the sound of the Paphragonia region calling for deer, and she had already sat down and stood on a jutting porch where she could see the whole of Sarabria more clearly.

On a slightly raised hill, by a lonely tree blown by the wind, Sabina was grazing with her head down, and Gawain stood there, covering his mouth with his hand, and the sound of calling a deer he had learned from Mikhail, on whom he and Anna had caught musk deer in Alexios' garden.

After the voice was blown by the wind, Gao Wen, who was wearing the holy armor, put his hand down and continued to stand there so that the eldest princess could see him.

After a while, Gawain continued to raise his hand high, condensed in mid-air, and then swung his arm twice vigorously in the direction where Anna was standing, and then picked up the helmet with the red feather ornament from the ground, put it on his head, fastened the scarlet guard cloak, turned over and stepped on Sabina's back, carrying the oak sapling with the red hand flag and riding a spear, just in Anna's right eye, to the left eye, straight out of the reach of her eyes, and disappeared into the bloody sunset and the mountains.

As the sun set, the golden wheel of light plated on Anna's back on the city wall slowly dissipated until it blended into the low twilight, leaving only the ochre-red city wall, leaving a faint band of color

Three days later, Gawain and Theognes, along with 500 mercenaries sponsored by the Emperor, arrived at the fortress of Gallipoli.

There, Tetisius was already waiting at the edge of the camp with a thousand armed soldiers.

"I have come on the orders of Caesar of the Empire to assist the Earl Commander in your expedition to Apulia and Bari." This is what the cavalry general said. Gawain looked at the lineup he brought, in addition to the five hundred Turkmen and Cumen light cavalry, there were also five hundred lightly armed infantry and military servants, dressed in robes, carrying small Turkic shields, hanging axes and slings, which were even more "light" than the emperor's Tekopo mercenary equipment - the Tekopol were not a people, but a group, they were all mixed races, their fathers were Turkic or Saracens, and their mothers were Greeks in the empire, who worked for the emperor's bow and arrow guards, using compound bows and swords, Carrying a round iron shield, a retro-style helmet, and a dark red robe, he adopts a Turkic tactical style, and is an excellent thrower and light cavalry.

"Are these the Empire's troops?" Gawain looked at this Tetisius who had his nose cut off, and the other party shook his head, "These thousand people are all Caesar's personal soldiers, and I am also Caesar's personal servant. ”

Oh, then understand, it turns out that this team is also an "angel investment". Well, now the "three camps" that Macaulinus referred to are fully invested: the Emperor's personal Tekopo mercenaries, the Imperial public's Italian veteran company and pack horse team, and Macaulinus's personal 1,000 private soldiers.

This very mixed team, let alone to save the siege of Amalfi City, even from Gallipoli to Italy, is a great challenge for Gawain.

"We are all beasts living on the edge, in this empire." This was the first thing Gawain said to Diognis, Tetisius, and French in the tent of the garrison.

The three of them all looked at Gawain and didn't say a word, probably thinking that what he said had some truth.

"You, Diognes, are the half-blood border guards; You, Tatesius who lost his nose, are a Turkic slave, a servant of the imperial Caesar; And you, Francisco, are an Italian officer from Amalfi. After the roll call one by one, Gawain pointed at himself in reverse, "And I, a Varyag from the north, a standard barbarian. ”

"We are all cold and ostracized because of our identity, but you, Gao Wen, are left and right because of this, and the noble lady and the eldest princess like you." Tetisius, who has no nose below, kicked Gawain's "Chicken Soup for the Soul" to the ground with a word, and after saying that, Tetisius covered his face with a cloak, only revealing his eyes, and he had the momentum of "one blow and get off".

Gao Wen was speechless for a while, but he was powerless to refute, so he could only give up the prior mobilization and point his finger at the sand table around the Gallipoli Fortress, "Now our road must go from the sea. ”

At this time, Tetisius nodded, "If you advance by land, it will be too long, and the supply will be unsustainable. ”

"But on the headland of the fortress, on the way by sea, there are the nests and fortresses of the Zahasz Turkic bandits, and the ships of Amalfi can only enter, but not out." At this moment, the catcher pulled out the whip that was tied to his waist and pointed to the sand table.

"Then break their stronghold." Gao Wen's words are concise and to the point.

"It will be much easier and quicker to travel by sea to the area around Thessalonica." French Cisco agreed.

But the catcher shook his head, and continued to gesture with his whip, "Although it is only a detachment of Zahaas entrenched on the Cape Gallipoli, they have light boats, and have taken many local peasants to act as oarsmen. The fortress, with its steep cliffs and one side by the sea, had many turbulent caverns in and out of the area, which were used as hiding places for their ships, and we had to plan carefully. ”

Gawain stared at the sand table, and then said, "General Tetisius, aren't there five hundred lightly armed cavalry?" The Turkos I brought out are also capable of riding and shooting. ”

"It is impossible for a horse to rush into a cliff on the edge of the sea, nor to fight on a rocking ship." The catcher felt that the new Earl Commander was too childish to speak.

But Gawain didn't say it angrily, he just said, "The infantry and cavalry are fighting separately, and I ask you, the commander, what kind of situation is the nest of the Zahas Turks under this headland?" ”

"The Strait of Helispont, which runs between Gallipoli and Abydos, is only half a gire wide, and the Turkic stronghold is located at the top of this headland, at the top of the promontory, at Elainus, and because they are small in number, they are to be in a place where they can attack and retreat, and this area, with all the steep ridges in the middle, and only the coast is a gentle strip, and some narrow streams for ships to enter." This is how the catcher explained.

"Very well, then we'll fight Elainus." Gawain made up his mind.