The consul barely calmed down, put the letter on the small table in front of her seat, and then stretched out her hand again, and picked up the agate drinking cup with the same trembling rope, and the Pauline elders and co-workers standing around her clearly saw that the consul's lips did not meet the rim of the cup at all, and the water in it kept spilling out.

"Your Excellency the Consul, Your Excellency the Consul." A "gospel elder" Lucios. Cornell hurriedly reminded Cabeamia and pulled her back from the brink of panic.

"The enemy has 25,000 people, even if Gawain deliberately exaggerates the number, I am afraid it will be tens of thousands, because he had 6,000 troops before. I am afraid that there will be reinforcements from the heretical emperor in the future, how should we deal with it, can we abandon these fortresses and cross the sea to the city of Ficaia on the Danube, which is still a vacuum of heretical forces, which is conducive to our preaching of doctrine and the development of believers. As a result, as soon as the Archon of the Golden Hand spoke, she was about to discard many valuable territories on the southern shore of the Yukexing Sea.

And the rest of the co-workers did not dare to keep silent, because the army of the believers had suffered a series of heavy defeats in Thrace and Bulgaria (the battle of Fort Philip and Plivensus, first at Alexios, and then at Gawain), and the losses were very serious, and now even if all the believers who were worthy of war were put together, the strength of seven or eight thousand men, and the armament, training, and combat skills could not be compared with the regular army.

"Borrowing one from the city, he simply asked the Turkic prince of Danishmund, or Theodoro. General Gabuyas called for help, relying on Sinop and the mountains and rivers in the south, and fought to the death against the emperor's men. Another radical "Afterlife Elder" (The Paulician doctrine was heavily influenced by Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, and divided the congregation into two categories: the present and the afterlife, in reference to the Manichaean "two poles and three worlds"). The three worlds of these are the past, the present and the afterlife, and the Paulicians abolished the hierarchical system of the Orthodox and Catholic churches, but how they themselves were organized is unknown) Philus. Panderreou was impassioned, and anyway, the Paulineans had already taken refuge with all kinds of pagans more than once as long as they were fighting against the Orthodox emperor.

"Philus. Panderreou. It is no longer the time of the Tevris Republic, when under the leadership of our ancestors, our army was so heroic and invincible, and even burned the heretical church in Ephesus, but now the true believers (the Paulicians call themselves) are no longer able to fight against the emperor's group of professional military personnel hired from various nationalities, so our strength is propaganda and colonization, not marching and fighting. "Kabeamia, frightened by bows and arrows and war horses, is no longer the heroism of the past. At this time, I am very cautious.

So all the believers and elders said, "What the hell is that going to do?"

"In my opinion, we can make peace with Gawain, and then ask the heretical emperor to recognize our rights and interests in colonizing the Danube on the condition of receding land and fortresses, and then develop." Kabeamia's words were recognized by most of the believers and elders present, but the "Afterlife Elder" Phellus. Panderreou was still reluctant to agree. He was vehement, "Honorable consuls. Having been born in Thrace myself, and having served as a customs officer to the heretical emperor, I have seen the greed, selfishness, and ferocity of the hypocrites of Orthodoxy and Catholicism since I was a child, and now that Asia is torn apart, there is still room for us true believers to return. Once we go to the dwelling place at the northern tip of Bulgaria, the cunning emperor will definitely banish us who are completely isolated. ”

This seemed to make sense, and the consul hesitated, and finally Cabeamia thought about it and finally made an ambiguous decision: Luchios sat in Sinop to prepare the ships. It seems to be about to escape at any time; And Philus and himself took 4,000 believers to the aid of Fort Calradio, which was besieged by Gawain's army, to observe the situation of the other party and then make a judgment.

As a result, when the consuless with the army had just walked out of the gates of Sinop, the news came:

Fort Caladeo, which had been captured by Gawain.

It's only been a day since Gawain's letter arrived! The female consul immediately fainted with black eyes.

The military town here, is Gawain sent a company of Italian veterans, around the cliff behind the fortress to take it down, the five hundred believers guarding the city, do not know how to defend at all, when the main force of the Dalian army in front of the main gate, they are all gathered in the tower and city wall of the main gate, unaware of the surprise attack of Gawain's special forces.

So if nothing else, Gawain's army should have ransacked the town by now and began to advance in her direction.

"Let's go to Fikaia by boat" The female archon didn't know what kind of expression and attitude to use to face this information, she was really afraid of being captured by Gawain for the second time, but now she felt as if she had become a mouse and fell into Gawain's trap, "Or, we hired someone from the Lord of the Mountain to assassinate Gawain, yes, assassinate Gawain, okay?" Poison him, kill him with a dagger, shoot him with an arrow in the shade, cover him with a pillow, wipe him out, wipe him out"

"Calm down, Your Excellency, even if Gawain is killed, the Heresy Emperor will continue to send troops. And if we take the liberty of abandoning the territory, then we will not be qualified to negotiate with the heretical emperor in the future, so let's march resolutely to the front! I will do my best to assist you militarily. Philus looked at Kabeamia strongly, cheering her on, and then the young Paulician leader looked at the whirling and churning of the sea of Eukexing, "Even the terrible Gawain you spoke of. Lusail, if you want to win the weapon in my hand, I'm afraid it won't be so easy! ”

"Yes, yes, there is no moment to give up. Philus, you can say this, my mood is much more stable, and with your military experience and firm will, we will build up a fortress at the border of Bithynia and fight against Gawain. The consuls were also encouraged and their confidence was raised.

Four days later, at dusk, the sea breeze was raging, and in the mountains by the Gulf of Amasra, a Paulese soldier was suddenly attacked by Gawain's advance team, and all the fifty believers stationed in it were killed and captured, and then the fire burst into flames, burning along the barracks, and the cloaked Kabeamiya had just galloped out of his camp on horseback, and saw that among the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the "greedy wolf Lusail" wearing a red feather ornament was already standing on the slope of the captured camp, looking down on himself, He also reached out and shouted something to himself.

In fact, Gawain was persuading Kabeamia to make peace with him as soon as possible and surrender to his banner.

But Kabeamia's mind was full of what Gawain had said to her in the past, "If you go against me again in Xiaoya, you will definitely be annihilated." (To be continued.) )

PS: Note: Kabeamia is based on the early Macedonian dynasty, the leader of the Paulicians in their heyday, two consuls Kabeas and Helisocher.