"I agree with Gawain's plan, and I'm sure Godfrey and Lord Raymond are of the same opinion." At this moment, Bohemond also raised his hand in agreement.

Immediately afterwards, Baldwin and Flanders' Robert also raised their hands in agreement.

And Hugh, who was over there, also slowly raised his hand and agreed.

Ademar, who was looking around the scene, nodded, then he stood in front of Gawain, kissed Gawain's nose lightly, touched his forehead, then stepped back, untied his beautifully embroidered robe, took off all the rings, and let the stunned servants around him take it, "Those who say that they have no gold or silver, then stop here, no need to force it." I first donated all my robes, holy vessels, and all things made of gold and silver, and gave them to Monigni of Pisa, in exchange for some food—even if it was all **** and covered with thorns, I would go to the Holy City. ”

Then Peter the hermit also walked up to Gawain, and the two looked at each other, and then Peter took out all the things that were still worth some money, "I wish I could exchange them for five beans." ”

Below was Bohemond, gritting his teeth, placing his beloved glass of wine on the daisey, then unsheathing his diamond-encrusted sword, "This is the time of gambling, and no one will pity anything that can be used as a bargaining chip." ”

Gawain kept his face calm, and pulled the silver horsehead scepter from his belt and rested it on the viewing platform, and then everyone, whether knights or priests, stepped forward, and soon all kinds of valuable things piled up, "Ten days' supply may not be enough, but at least it can last six or seven days." ”

"I will emerge victorious, and open up a battlefield for you to stand on, so that you can either win or die in battle against the pagan army of Kobuha by the mighty Orontes River." After saying that, Gawain shrunk his shoulders, then looked at everyone's eyes, and turned to leave.

On the street in the outer courtyard of St. Peter's Church, as Gawain walked towards his guards and mounts, a man in a tattered cloak suddenly climbed up to Gawain's feet, and the warriors of the guards hurriedly stopped him, but the man kept shouting in broken Greek, "Grand Duke, Grand Duke!" I was in the corner of the outer court just now, and I heard your words and your determination, that you are the one who will lead everyone out of this desperate situation, but unfortunately when I speak, no one will believe the words of a blind man. ”

The man's scrawny hands kept shaking in front of Gawain's eyes, hoarse, but everyone around him laughed at him.

Gawain turned his head and looked at this person, he was horribly thin, and he was also very short, his eyes were all white, and his mouth kept opening and closing, "Who are you?" ”

"I am a pious priest, Bartholomew from Provence, and I have been inspired by victory!"

Everyone around laughed, it seemed that no one took this guy seriously, and one of the rosacea noses pinned Bartholomew's head, "He bragged, he wasn't a god at all, but a handyman in Lord Raymond's back kitchen!" ”

"My divine gifts are not granted by the Church at all, they are not qualified, but given by the Lord and the Holy Apostles themselves, and I have received a dream revelation, and in the backyard of St. Andrew's Church on the edge of the city, there is a sacred weapon, which, if I can obtain, can cleanse all believers from their sins and defeat the army of infidels." When Bartholomew had finished speaking, he cried out from the Gospels, "The soldiers on one side pierced my lord's ribs with their spears, and blood and water flowed out!" ”

"Holy spear?" Gawain then pointed at Bartholomew and shouted, "It's nonsense, everyone knows that this spear of Longinus is now in the palace of Constantinople." ”

"That's a fake, I'm talking about the real thing!"

"What proof do you have?"

"My heart is proof that this is the test of the Lord, which the Lord and St. Andrew told me clearly in their dreams. There is no obstacle or dishonesty in between. I was going to tell my master, Lord Raymond, but realized that the real thing belonged to all pilgrims. If you still don't believe it, archduke, look in my eyes, which were fine before, but now they are blind, this is what the Holy Apostle Andrew's request to me - I must bear this sin when I tell this secret, and praise Jesus, who is both a true God and a true man! Blood flowed out of his veins, and water came out of his abdomen. Then Bartholomew began to cry out like madness, and the people around him beat and scolded him, saying that he was a madman, "You are blind because you are hungry, because you are a sloth who cannot bear the labor and cannot be paid, and you want to use this trick to deceive the mercy of the lords, and the priesthood Admar will never approve of your nonsense." ”

"Is it the same as the dream revelation of the princess in purple?" The warriors behind Gawain began to mumble under their breath.

Gawain's eyes rolled twice, "Lock this guy up, and I will work with the other lords to verify this kind of thing in three days." Now send someone to seal up the church of St. Andrew, and no one will be allowed to put it in, so that the judgment will not be just. ”

"Grand Duke, I have dreamed of Jesus and St. Andrew three times in total, and he will definitely entrust me a fourth, Grand Duke, Grand Duke!" Bartholomew was locked up by the samurai who rushed up, and he was still struggling to defend himself.

"Then wait three days, and you'll definitely see it for the fourth time." Gawain clapped his palms and told the crowd that he should prepare for war with peace of mind, and strictly forbid the recurrence of such rumors in the city - as for the authenticity of the holy spear mentioned by Bartholomew, it will definitely be known in three days.

After the crowd slowly dispersed, Gawain stepped onto his horse and headed straight for the Orontes camp outside the city.

By the time he returned, the "Chest Strap Wall" and the "Mother and Child Gate" had been completed.

But the Gedier was still roaring at the head of the city, and the crescent laborers, who were more imposing than the Grand Duke, and were tired and half starved, were continuing to make special battlements for the sub-walls and walls, and to them they carried uniformly sharpened wooden rafts. Gawain was accompanied by more than 2,000 soldiers of the Gimagis Brigade, a third of whom were in charge of guarding their posts at the head of the city, and they were wearing neat armor and carrying torches in the scorching heat of early June, staring at the Turkic siege on the opposite side.

The rest of the soldiers, too, wore their shirts in an orderly manner in the barracks, either resting or helping to carry things.

In the midst of his hustle and bustle, Gawain walked to the edge of his tent, and was about to consult with Giovanni and other generals to discuss the details of the battle, but found that General Orson and his brother Hallam, and his daughter Hetomia were all half-kneeling there.

"You mean, you want to leave the fort and the city of Antioch and return to the castle of Lamprun in Cilicia by boat?" After a while, Gawain sat down in his chair and spoke to the Hertomis. (To be continued.) )