Hugh and William had a very regular journey, and the next day they left the city of Mamistra and stayed in Adana: the countess of the city gave them a warm reception, and at the feast they were all drunk with wine from Cyprus, and many of the Île-de-France and Apulian sergeants were drunk.

Therefore, Hugh also felt that it was time for Shusan Shusan to be tired and stressed after fighting in Antioch for so long, and after receiving the promise of "guaranteed provisions" from the countess, he announced that he would camp next to the city of Adana, rest for two days, and then enter Cicilicia with the company of Gotschalk.

By this time, Gawain and Anna's ship had anchored in Kyrenia at the northern tip of the island of Cyprus, where the gray-blue waters and the undulating but delicate houses built along the cliffs and trees on the shore made Anna happy, but she could not linger in this beautiful place, because time did not allow.

However, the envoy of the governor of the island arrived on time, and Gawain received him on the ship, opened the sealed paperwork, and presented the envoy with a proposal to the Roman emperor that the pilgrims had put forward in Antioch.

"At this juncture, His Excellency Lapsomatus must recognize the situation." Gao Wen spoke earnestly.

Anna, who was in the cabin, followed up and added to her exhortation in an unforgiving tone, "A very simple analogy, my father has tens of thousands of elites, but he is so frightened by the Kobha army in Mosul that he does not even dare to enter the plateau; In the city of Antioch, the pilgrims, who were short of food, single-handedly defeated Agee. Siyan and Kobha. Maurice, the former was beheaded, the latter fled, and thousands of infidels died under the city, almost impossible to bury. Therefore, the Grand Duke of Cyprus, which camp should be thrown into, is really a very clear choice. Do you still need to hesitate? ”

"Yes, but now on the island, there is also Theognes, the deputy governor of the Empire's march in Asia, and his two thousand men and horses, stationed in the ten ancient miles outside the city of Nicosia, and our Viceroy is really "When the secret envoy acting for the will of Laptsomatus, and when he was still sloppy and continued to want to make peace with the mud, Gawain laughed," as the saying goes, the dog follows its master, and looks at the way you patrol at both ends. Could it be that Your Excellency the Governor still wants to step on the three eggs of Constantinople, Egypt and Seleucia? ”

"Please give us some time to think it through." In the face of Gawain's aggressiveness, the secret envoy lowered his posture and pleaded.

"No, within a month, Lord Lapsomatus must expel and capture all the Imperial troops on the island!" The purple-clothed princess next to her had a very tough attitude, "This is not difficult for you, there is a great shortage of water around the city of Nicosia, either cut off the water supply, or force them to move the camp and then take advantage of the opportunity, in short, the key is not how Diognes is, but whether your Grand Duke has the confidence to break with Constantinople, once implemented, I Seleucia is willing to be a land barrier, and Fatima is willing to be a sea barrier." ”

"But that's not the same as what the note says?" The envoy was still weeping and mediating with a sad face.

"Listen, Lord Bohemond of the Pilgrims has openly taken over the city of Antioch, and who really takes his words to the Emperor seriously?" Gawain said mockingly, then waved his arm, signaling the envoy to convey our plan to your Grand Duke as soon as possible, so that he could think it through. Ducasse gave a time limit to give a substantive reply as soon as possible.

After replenishing the fresh water and food, the next morning Jalguba stood at the bow of the ship and guided the three ships towards the military port of Seleucia, which was a very short distance between here and there, about half a day to a day.

At the same time, several fast horses from Adana, carrying urgent letters, galloped into the city of Seleucia, rested briefly in the pavilion area below the city, and the dismounted brotherhood members, covered in sweat, received a jar of water from the local farmer under the shade of the trees, drank it with the rest of the people, and after eating some dry food, they divided into two groups and continued on the road: one in the direction of the border card in Alalmanburg, and the other in the Paulicist gathering area in the valley of the Mut River.

After the bloody "counterinsurgency war" of Gawain, the five Callegos brothers who were released into Alalmanburg were still fiercely opposed to the peace between Prince John and Gawain at this time, although the peace document clearly stipulated that a field should be set up in the border area between Alalmanburg and Seleucia to promote mutual trade, but the Callegos brothers often rode war horses and led vicious hounds to hunt down villagers or merchants who dared to have private dealings with Seleucia. So far, Seleucia's border trade here is far less than that at the northern end of the Mut River valley and the gilliqui. Arslan has a large amount of contacts.

In front of the wooden fence, the messenger of the Brotherhood carrying the letter, holding a small flag, watched as many cavalry rushed out from behind the fence, all of them were private soldiers of the Callegos family, and they shouted many insulting words, asking "Seleucian bastards, how can the defeated generals of General Nika have the courage to come here".

Soon after, the messenger delivered the letter to their leader, requesting that "this letter be delivered to Prince John of Atalia as soon as possible", and then turned his horse and hurried away.

At the same time, in the twilight valley, by the canal at the edge of the market town, Kabeamiya was dressed in a linen single dress, with a skirt tied underneath, her hair tied in the style of Saracen, and her golden hands crossed her slender waist, and she was watching with great interest as the believers worked together to build a watermill.

"Gawain triumphed from Antioch?" Cabeamia was happy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and then she opened the letter sent by the fast horse, and looked at it, her face became solemn again, and the elders Luchios and Philus next to her leaned over to ask.

Kabeamia quickly folded the letter and put it away, then ran her hand through the braid behind her head, and asked in a low voice, "Many of us believers are good at using arrows, right?" I heard that they often used this thing to hunt in the Hardy Mountains and cut hides to sell."

Philus nodded, and then Cabeamia climbed on a horse, took the reins and said to the elder, "Quickly find fifty such people, and I will go to Seleucian City first, because I have been summoned by the Grand Duke and the Purple Princess." ”

After nightfall, in the palace of the Seleucian Acropolis, Cabeamia and the group from the sea will meet.

Because of Anna's presence, she didn't dare to look at Gawain too much, even if she was very worried in her heart, she just copied her hands, leaned against the corner of the hall, and then reported a message to Anna, "Your Royal Highness, although this is a bit overstepping, I regret to tell you that the grape industry you invested in the Holy Farm before has suffered a lot of losses. (To be continued.) )