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Now that everything is ready, according to the agreement with the Amalfi Chamber of Commerce, Gawain must arrive in the Apulia region within three months, and then either rush directly to Amalfi to assist in the defense, or attack this area, to contain the siege of Bohemond.

Gawain gave the prisoners of war and his exploits to the Grand Duke of Gallipoli in exchange for stability and reward, and distributed them to the meritorious soldiers, as for the Saracens and Greek sailors who were captured by Corpus, they were of course only to talk about when they returned to their hometowns, and Gawain first persuaded them to distribute small amounts of land to all the sailors in the Gallipoli and Abydos strips, and then delayed them on the grounds that the formalities were incomplete, and finally they were simply shackled and locked to the oars and oars, "The problem of the fields will be solved afterwards, and I will pay the salary now, Ten friths are on board every day, and six are disembarked, absolutely just, but before that you must serve on the ship until Thessalonica. ”

Because of the great victory in the pirate war, the Grand Duke's collection of local surcharges was also very smooth, and the Grand Imam of Nicaea, Desiderius, also took over the local monastery, and spared no effort to give gifts to Gawain's army, about 3,000 gold coins worth of Solid were sent into the bag of Gawain's military camp, which served as the driving force for him to continue his expedition.

So now Gawain felt that it was not only necessary for the soldiers to see the victory, but also to see the box he carried with him with the reward money, "If the money is not kept before reaching the Apulian region, this army may automatically disintegrate." That's what Gawain is worried about right now.

Then it was sent in Constantinople, and most notably, a letter from Eudosia.

"I remember mentioning to you earlier that I also have a sister named Ingridina, who was formerly married to Capnicons, a famous Maharaja of the Empire. Mesadini, but the unfortunate man has died, leaving behind a large estate – sorry, I can't find the right adjective to express the extent of the Mesadini family's estate. It had 14 silk weaving workshops in Corinth and Moria, employing thousands of workers, and the farms and gardens built for these workshops were endless. Inglana now lives in Corinth, but according to her messenger, although the Turks of Zahas have not yet arrived, a group of Norman bandits has invaded the area, and she is afraid, not only afraid that the Normans will cause harm to her life and property, but also afraid that the secrets of the silk weaving workshop will be plundered by the Normans, knowing that this is the glory of the whole empire, the secret recipe is in the hands of Ingranina, and she is responsible for seventy percent of the silk used by the royal family and nobles of the entire empire. She longs for the protection of the army, but there are too many people with evil intentions, whether it is the commander of the imperial garrison, the Normans, or the Slavic king Berding in the north, they are all staring at her, so she hopes that a hero with equal moral and martial arts will go there. ”

There is no doubt that this hero is me, but this time it is not the princess who will be saved, but the rich widow, and after listening to the scribe's reading, Gawain made up his mind in his heart, "In this era, money really needs to be exchanged for blood, so let me take advantage of the moment when Zahaas has not yet reacted, and there is no need to march into Thessalonica, and we will follow this letter from Yudosiah, and go to the holy sea that you have spoken of, to annihilate this group of Norman bandits, and take a greater deal from the rich widowess." Angel Investment', and then go to Amalfi City! ”

Anna's letters and gifts were two days late, and when the messenger messenger arrived at Elainus, all he saw was an empty camp and a fortress with a small number of soldiers to defend it—after Gawain left, Altabasdos became diligent and began to mobilize manpower to renovate the fortresses in Erainus, Gallipoli, and Abydos, and to preserve the devastated passages of access for the Empire.

The messenger had no choice but to mount his horse and return to the Gallipoli fortress, and of course he did not dare to slack off on the secret letter of the eldest princess, and handed it to Lord Desiderius, who did not open it, but instructed the deacons in the monastery to keep it carefully, and to wait until Gawain's army had news on the other side, and then deliver it, so as not to make mistakes and lose it.

In the holy sea, Amalfi's fleet cleaved the waves, the islands of Chios, Dinos, and the Eupia Peninsula to which Athens belonged, and the churches and monastic crosses on them glittered in the sun, but they were left behind in the blink of an eye, Gawain stood on the deck, and kept asking the lookout loudly whether the Bay of Corinthia had arrived, and the lookout finally simply fell on the mast, ignoring Gawain.

On the same day, when the waves rolled, in the beige town of Lepanto in the bay of Patras under the grey clouds, a young knight unfastened the chain mail at the front of his neck, revealing his flaxen-colored hair and beard of the same color, and then untied the straps on his wrists, and removed his fingers from the chainmail gloves, loosened and pinched them to soothe the stiffness of the blood from the expedition.

At his side, with a simple sword and a red leopard-painted irise, the knight sat on a rocky cliff with a bird's-eye view of the Gulf of Petres, and a warship with an ancient Viking-style scarlet sphinx painted on the bow of the ship was docking, and many samurai in chain mail threw their packed luggage on the sand, or brought out of the cabin the Normans' favorite warhorses.

An old man with a white beard, with a sword, walked up the mountain road, "My Excellency. ”

"Raul, don't call me that a fledgling who doesn't even have a full beard." Terred replied to the old man named Raul with some shyness, "Uncle has entrusted you to supervise me who has not yet been able to supervise me. ”

Raul smiled and bowed, and then his gaze fell on Lepanto, where the fire was burning everywhere, "Even so, the Greeks are cowardly, and perhaps we should position ourselves more as a raider than a warrior, and there really may not be any enemies worth mentioning in this battle, and a battle worth mentioning." ”

"Then take all the Norman knights and march towards Corinth, which is deeper in this bay, and I wonder why the Greeks are so rich, the kind of cloth that has a demonic nature." Tanfred let out a long sigh before standing up, "As long as we have this secret, we will be able to obtain a weapon as powerful as the Norman spear, and we will be able to revitalize my uncle's royal hegemony." ”

"Just let my spear work for you." Although Raul was full of white beard, his face was full of slaughter, but he did not retreat in the slightest.

"Very good, Raul, let's see if there are any good opponents worth fighting in this weak land."