However, Rinaldi did not show a look of joy, and he lamented and continued:

“When they returned, tired from the journey and the heavy load of the looted things they were loaded, they decided to rest on the flat plain beside the mountain on the evening of the third day.

“The noise of the troops attracted the attention of the pagan leader, who sent troops out of the city through the gates on the ridge.

"The troops gathered again, and millions of people came from all over the country and in the mountains to pursue Boximond and his party, hoping to regain the people who were robbed.

"When the Christian leaders woke up in the morning and saw their troops surrounded by countless pagans, as if they were trapped in a dense forest."

Danny slapped the table and said excitedly: "Where is the scout? Where is the guard? It's so unprofessional!"

However, Roger was thinking that relying on local plunder to maintain supplies is this disadvantage. It can easily cause dissatisfaction among the local people and make himself fall into the vast ocean of people's war.

Linardi couldn't answer Danny's question, after all, everything was over.

He continued to narrate: "They gathered cavalry, but the cavalry claimed that they could not participate in the war and could not withstand such a million enemies.

"After preparing the shield, the cavalry drew their swords, loosened their reins, charged fiercely together, crossed the opponent's front line.

"But they were not trying to defeat their opponents, they just wanted to escape, and they rushed to the mountains.

"The infantry was abandoned in this way, and all the collected plunder and spoils were left behind.

"The chiefs and cavalry escaped through steep hills and remote paths, although many of their entourages were intercepted and destroyed during the process.

"The pagans surrounded the miserable, fleeing infantrymen, killed them with swords and arrows without mercy, and captured many.

"The enemy plundered with weapons, bringing back the plunder and everything that had been stolen from them.

"Boximond was trapped by such tragic losses, and returned to the army in humiliation with tears.

"When Boschmond's army was defeated, Robert was also retreating, but he was separated from Boschmond.

"The next day, after gathering 200 cavalrymen, Robert attacked the scattered and neglected guardians.

"Robert fought bravely, forcing the Turks to turn and escape, and he won a glorious victory.

"Robert returned to the camp outside Antioch with the escaped Turks, a large amount of plunder and supplies.

“He brought great relief and relieved the distress of those who were desperate due to the disaster in Boschmond.

“But not long after, the things that Robert snatched were exhausted again.

“Because Bosimund’s companions were brutally slaughtered, no one dared to rob the army anymore.

"Then the famine began to become more and more severe, and countless humble civilians died and the army began to weaken.

"Because of the severe scarcity, a lot of people wandered around, left the camp and went to various places in Anchok to find food. They either 300 people or 200 people gathered to resist the Turkic raids and protect themselves.

"When the Turks learned of the famine that Christians suffered, they took a shortcut, spread from the city into the mountains, rushed out of the unenclosed gate, and came down from the slopes of the cliff to chase and kill the Christians scattered everywhere, carrying out a terrible massacre and destroying them.

"The increasingly severe famine forces more and more people, and those who are born noble are like humble people, and have to look for food on their own.

"There was one of the deaconsuls of the Church of Tulle, who was forced by hunger, and he took 300 priests who were also forced to supply difficulties to leave the army and went to places where food was rumored to be sufficient, but their whereabouts were known by the Turks.

"The Turks organized about 60 armed soldiers to secretly come out from the city gate, take a familiar mountain path, and launch a sneak attack.

"They shouted and launched a fierce attack on the pilgrims, shooting arrows through their heads, bodies and internal organs, tearing everyone to pieces, like a wolf tearing a sheep.

"A Turkic man riding a fast horse chased through the deacon with a speeding arrow. He was trying to escape into the mountains, but he was wasting his efforts.

"The Turkic man drew his sword and cut off the man's shoulder blades, causing severe damage to both sides of his neck. The blood flowed out to the ground, and the deacon passed away."

Zarro sighed and said, "So, this city gate must be controlled."

Roger was a little confused. He remembered the oriental tactics he saw on the Internet in his previous life. When siege, he paid attention to the three sieges and one siege, but it seemed wrong to put them here.

He thought, under what circumstances should we surround ourselves with, and under what circumstances should we lay a way of life, and how should we master this scale?

Linardi said: "The Turks frequently set up ambush and attacked from that city gate. The extremely miserable disasters of Christians continued to occur, which troubled the leaders of the army.

"The leaders were irritated with a strong anger and decided to seal the gate that was not blocked due to the steep mountains and the rugged rocks.

“They placed a fortress at the foot of the mountain, on a ridge of some standing rock.

“It has extremely strong defensive walls, made of stone.

“In this fortress, each leader will be on duty at the agreed time, monitoring the Turks who left the city through the mountains and familiar valley trails from the rocks.

"The fortress mentioned above was built, and Earl Raymond, in the order of their rotation, was custody.

"One day, after his soldiers set up a secret ambush, about 200 Turkic cavalry armed in helmets and armor came out of the city gate that they often walked out at dawn.

"The Turks came down from the hillside and launched a raid, trying to destroy the stone wall.

"While the Turks were doing useless work against the newly built fortress, the team of Count Raymond set up an ambush appeared on fast horses.

"They attacked fiercely, defeating the Turks who were afraid of dawn and hurried back to the high city gate.

"Christians caught only one young man born in a noble family, and the rest of the enemies fled."

Henk laughed silly behind Roger's back and said, "I caught one person, what's the point of being put on?"

Roger was also sneering. He thought, indeed, if he did not destroy his opponent completely, he would have to fight the opponent to suffer heavy casualties and would never dare to come out again.

He thought that this count Raymond was not as smart as his own stupid captain Henke.

Linardi continued: "The next day, the Christian princes knew that this man was born into a Turkic nobleman, so the princes showed this young man to his blood relatives.

"His relatives were stationed in a guard tower of Yaji Siyan, the king of Antioch. If possible, they would be shaken by mercy. In order to redeem the young man, they handed over the guard tower and secretly let Christians enter.

"His relatives refused to hand over the harem, but in order to redeem the man and for his life, they were willing to provide a lot of money.

“However, Christians refuse anything except the city and the harbour.

"After all, the hearts of the relatives began to soften, and secret talks began between them and Christians."

Roger couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Wrong!"

Muttier also twisted his beard and said, "It's wrong."

Zha Luo scratched his head and said, "What's wrong?"

Danny thought something.

Odin looked puzzled.

Henk was at ease.

Roger knew that Henke was not understanding, he was used to it, and he never bothered about things he couldn't understand.

Shana's eyes widened at first, looking unaware.

Then she pretended to touch her chin and said in an old-fashioned manner: "Well, I'm really wrong."

Roger saw it fun and called out: "Shana, tell me, where is the mistake?"

Shana fell head-on on the table, hugged her head with her hands and said, "I was wrong."

It was still Linardi who escaped, and he continued:

"Until later this incident was discovered, it reached the ears of Sansadonias, the son of King Yaji Siyan.

"After, after discussing with the leaders, King Yaji Siyan ordered all the relatives of the captured young men, his brothers, and all his family, to be driven out of the towers they controlled.

“In this way, Christians lose hope to gain the tower through the family of this captured young man.

"So, this young Turkic nobleman was dragged to the defensive wall by Christians and was sentenced to beheading in front of all the Turks."

Muttier knocked on the table and explained to Shana: "This young man should not have been shown to his blood relatives before.

"How can he ensure that this matter will not be leaked by his blood relatives?

Roger silently thought in his heart that if the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers; if the ministers are not secret, he will lose his body; if the few things are not secret, he will be in trouble.

He thought, these Westerners were really stupid, and Easterners realized this very early.

It’s a pity that this young man and such a great opportunity.

Rinaldi continued: “However, when all Christians think that there is no longer a chance to gain enemy towers in this way.

“Boximond alone brought Goldfrey, Robert of Flanders, Raymond out of the meeting of his companions.

“He told them all the things hidden in his heart in a secret place.

“Boximond said: ‘I made an agreement with a traitor who had made an oath that as long as I made a notice, the tower where the traitor lived would be handed over to me.’

"'I have put a lot of effort into this matter. I have promised to give this person a lot of money and promised to promote this person and make him rich.'

"'The plan is underway now, and the traitor will never go back on his word.'

“‘I will reveal this to you in secret, because you are the pillars and leaders of the army, do you and others want to hand it over to me if the city is occupied?’

“‘If you agree, I can immediately give what I promised to the traitor from my property.’

"When hearing this, the princes were very happy, and they promised to give the city to Bosimmond.

"It turned out that in the previous battle, a Turkic son was captured and accidentally fell into the hands of Boximond.

"In order to redeem his son, the young man's father became a servant of Bosimund, and he chose his son's life rather than the safety of all the residents.

"Boximond has been doing this plan secretly, and he was so careful that no one on both sides noticed it."

Roger smiled with his hands and thought, he was worthy of being Bosimund, who also fooled his father, a big fox that looked like a lion.
To be continued...