In the face of the proposal of the Count of Flanders, Godfrey, as the commander-in-chief, did not answer, his eyes were red, his wrist was anxiously caressing the cross-shaped hilt, and there was an uneasy friction sound between the leather and metal handles, and everyone was silent waiting for his answer and instructions, but after a long time, Godfrey still did not say a word like a demon, but was trembling. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Baldwin learned to be obedient this time, and he remembered what Gawain had said to him before, "You are still young, and you better go along with everything later." ”

So he sat down in the seat behind his brother and kept his head bowed.

At last it was Tancred, who stood up first with his flaxen hair and burqa, and pointed to the south, "Now the tomb of the Lord and the innumerable churches are waiting for us to come to the rescue, and for some prudent consideration to turn to Damascus, let them continue to sink under the whip of the evil and filthy infidels?" No, not to mention a year, half a year, three months, even a week, not even a day! If no one is willing to let the horse's hooves go any further, then I will go alone and fight the infidels defending the city to the death, and I will have no regrets if I bury my bones next to the main tomb. ”

At this moment, Baldwin's eyes rolled, and he also took the opportunity to stand up angrily, "Now the enemy claimed by the guards has no leader, although it is claimed that there are 60,000 soldiers to intimidate, but in fact, I estimate that there are no more than 5,000 people who can fight, and the rest are full of rabble. The Dukak has cowered in Damascus, the court minister of Babylon has retreated to Ashkelon and done nothing, the golden gates of the holy city are opened to us, and the victors will restore the tomb of the Lord and receive eternal honor; And those who die in battle will be martyred directly to atone for all their sins and ascend to heaven. Ladies and gentlemen, what are we hesitating to draw your swords and chant the slogan of Deusvult, to drown the Holy City in the blood of the infidels in thanksgiving for the suffering of the Lord on the cross for our world! ”

“deusvult！” All the lords and knights, including Count Robert, were infected by the rapidly burning frenzy, and they lost their unnecessary timidity and caution, and shouted with their arms, and then drew their swords and struck each other fiercely.

"We need the clergy to do the weapons consecration ceremony for us." I don't know who shouted.

But then Godfrey also stood up, and slammed a box on the table, in the middle of each man's sword, "It contains the heart of my former standard-bearer, who died on the pilgrimage, and I have taken his heart, and vowed to take it with me to the tomb of the Lord, and now the time has come to fulfill my promise." I don't know how much time will be left for me from my injuries, but the only thing the Almighty Lord has told me and made me understand is that do not hesitate, do not hesitate, our blades stained with the filthy blood of the infidels are true consecrations! ”

"That's right, if you really need to, you can perform the consecration ceremony on your behalf." Peter, the monk with a cane in the corner, was so excited that his thin body seemed to burst into flames.

With the duke's shout, all the pilgrims in the camp within a radius of dozens of miles from Ramla went crazy, and after they received the order to "attack the city walls and liberate the holy city and the holy tomb", they all pulled out their camps and gathered into a sea of black oppression, they were not divided into classes, whether they were nobles, knights, noblewomen, infantrymen, farmers, monks, or rude and unknown village vagabonds, now they were all close together, holding hands in a crowded procession, holding all kinds of holy relics, Singing hymns loudly, it was divided into several winding roads and swarmed up.

Eventually, they ascended to the plateau opposite the Holy City, and Jerusalem was as far as they could see, and its walls and towers, the spires of its various temples, the valleys and olive trees that surrounded it, the streams and springs that flowed through its borders, were thus clearly revealed to everyone, the clouds were cracked, the golden sun shone on the heights, the clothes of the ant-like soldiers and civilians were all gilded with sacred colors, some of them wept excitedly, some laughed uncontrollably, and many knelt down, Men and women, young and old, took out jars tied around their necks and shoulders, dug out handfuls of dirt from the Holy City, and placed them in jars, some of them even swallowed the dirt into their mouths.

Godfrey, who was at the front of the procession, also knelt, cut his own hair with his sword, burst into tears, and then plunged his blade into the dirt in front of his knees, and kissed the hilt of his sword with mad and fierce ferocity, begging for mercy and forgiveness of the Lord, and repenting of his belated arrival.

"My Lord, henceforth you will regain the authority and the keys of the kingdom of truth until eternity, until eternity......"

At the same time, in the distant Anatolian plateau, next to the fortress of Milio Sepharon, Gawain was sitting upright on the tower of the gate, watching the siege drills of the Red Hand Brigade and the Seleucian People's Army below.

All the Red Hand cavalry, because they did not participate in the drill, were all lined up in front of the city gate to watch, and the horses were neatly concentrated on the side of the horse stakes behind them, and there was no confusion in the sound of non-stop thunder.

The entire fortress of Mirio Sepharon had been completed after three months of frantic repairs, with a sloping wall of brick and earth along the original rock, and Gedier erected a reinforced watchtower on the edge of the pheasant moat overlooking the road, and placed five cannons on it to counter the enemy's stone attacks from the opposite side; In the northern hill, which had been captured by the emperor, Gedier built a separate small fort to guard several passages (Cornia, Little Antioch), and there were separate stables for the cavalry to attack quickly.

As for the original sub-city, Gedier also connected it with the main city with city walls and gates, and retained an independent Khitan snow warehouse, because of the need to prevent fire, Gedier set up the rest of the warehouses, such as weapons and grain, in the big city - the big city, the sub-city and the small city of Beiqiu, and the valley of the Mut River, all have horizontal walls and roads to connect each other, and the regulation is similar to the ancient Hadrian's Wall.

In the territory outside the fortress, Gao Wen personally recruited 10,000 holy peasants and began to cultivate the wheat recommended by Zhao Zhao on a large scale, supporting the hoarding of the fortress military station.

As for little Antioch, Gawain reassuredly entrusted Hajib to gather a group of Romgazi who were still loyal to the banner of Massoud, and sheltered hundreds of Isuriya mountain bandits to monitor the direction of Konya.

In addition, Gawain really did what he said, he mobilized the soldiers, the civilian army, and really imitated the regulations of the castle of Kayseri, and built a one-to-one model with earth in the wilderness near the fortress of Milio Sepharon, so that the Red Hand Brigade and the Seleucian Civilian Army could attack and drill!

Gawain on the watchtower saw the earth-shaking thunder, fire and smoke and dust, and the five-pole artillery projectile iron fire in the "siege position" of the craftsman's company was like rain, instantly enveloping the "Kayseri" in the terrifying fireworks - and then, several large Prani cannons in the distance, under the constant instructions of the watchtower gunner, adjusted the gun carriage, firing one after another, smashing the "towers" piled up by the "Kayseri" with earth high one after another......

"Very well, I'm going to see the infantry's ability to siege the city." Gao Wenzhi was complacent. (To be continued.) )