Roger held William's arm and said:

"A person as noble as you cannot measure how much money you use.

“You can only be redeemed with the same priceless friendship.

“I hope to get your friendship.

"For this, I will not only let you go, but I will also let you go the freedom of all your subordinates.

"And I also allow you to take away your weapons, armor and horses."

William's eyes widened in surprise, and it took him a while before he came to his senses.

He confirmed, “Are you true?”

Roger said sincerely: "No false words."

William was excited, he grabbed Roger's hand and said:

"I have never seen someone as generous as you. I have made friends with you!"

So the two of them held each other hand in hand and laughed "haha".

So William left happily.

He assured Roger:

"Welf is handed over to me, don't worry, if he still wants to make things difficult for you, I will chop him!"

Roger watched William leave with his hands behind his back.

At the same time, I also watched those knights and cavalry like claymen.

Some of these people, some riding horses, some holding lame horses, and some holding horse harnesses, all followed William.

Then Roger spread his palms in front of him.

He thought, this guy's hand was so strong that he almost squeezed the blisters.

After returning to Adrian Castle, Earl William left quickly.

The infantry in the city also followed the Earl William.

None of the middle and lower-level officers who commanded the infantry did not violate the orders of Count William.

Roger felt fortunate that if he did not let William go, he would probably have to fight with these infantry guarding the castle.

He thought that he might not be able to win, even if he wins, he would probably suffer heavy casualties.

Now he obtained Adrian Castle without any effort.

He received all the defenses.

The pilgrims in the city also followed William's army.

Roger took the opportunity to send spies to get involved.

They will collect information for him about the Duke of Constantinople and Bavaria.

Just as Roger did not place all hope on Patriarch Cosma, he would not place all hope on Earl William.

Roger also let go of the "Brave King" Minxi Howard Johnson.

He has put so many people away, so he doesn't care about putting one more.

Then Roger sent an envoy, Rinaldi.

He knew that Rinaldi had followed Boximond to experience the process of meeting the Eastern Roman emperor.

He believed that Rinaldi could accomplish this mission.

Roger Perlinardi brought his own handwritten letter, of course, in the name of Boschmond, and went to contact the consul of the Eastern Rome.

In the letter, Roger informed the Emperor Alexus of all his desire for Antioch.

On behalf of Little Bosimund, he proposed that he hoped to rely on His Majesty with his oath of loyalty, and to receive a large amount of supplies from the emperor, as well as a license to purchase essentials.

Then, Roger asked Danny, Muttery, and Odin, the One-Eyed Dragon, to lead the cavalry and the swordsman brigade to disperse to the villages around Adrian Castle to buy the food and grass that the troops were urgently needed.

In Adrian Castle, the prices of food and grass have been hyped up, and the citizens are still unwilling to sell them.

Roger instructed: "Don't let me be a sucker, you must acquire it at a normal market price."

Muttier spread his hands and said, "Then we will definitely not be able to buy anything. Why don't the farmers in those villages sell them to merchants at high prices but to us at a fair price?"

Roger explained: "Because farmers who are enclosed on the land do not necessarily know the price of grain in the city.

"Those unscrupulous merchants who collect grain will not spend a lot of money to collect grain just because they can sell high prices in the city."

Muttier continued to ask: "What if we meet those merchants when we buy food and grass and they raise the price, what should we do? Will we raise the price?"

Roger said coldly: "That's why, I asked you to bring your money and bring your sword!"

One-eyed Dragon Odin asked in confusion: "Since you have brought the sword, why do you have to bring money?"

"Because I don't want to see robbery, my army will not allow robbery," Roger said.

Danny didn't ask anything, he always insisted on Roger's orders.

So, they took the troops to set off.

Roger looked at their backs and thought, I didn't want to learn from the People's Army in later generations, my army couldn't do it.

But the biggest feature of this army that I have spent a lot of energy and money to train is to abide by discipline.

And once they start robbery, military discipline will no longer exist.

Just like a wolfhound loyal to his owner, once he learns to prey on his own, he will degenerate into an unrestrained wolf.

Roger thought, I can’t let my army lose dependence on myself, loyalty, and combat effectiveness for a little supply.

Fifteen days later, Rinaldi brought back a reply from the ruling officials of Eastern Rome.

Roger read the reply that it was not the emperor's seal, but the seal of ordinary bureaucrats.

But he didn't care about this, he got permission anyway.

"The bureaucrats promised that when we arrived, they would send officials to guide us," said Rinaldi.

So Roger announced his departure.

He left this castle, and in a short time, witnessed two large-scale battles, ruled by two dukes and two earls.

But in the end, this castle still belonged to the Eastern Roman emperor, Alexus.

Roger's troops followed the stone brick avenue left by the ancient Romans, passed the Thrace Plain and went east.

After a few days, after passing through a hilly area.

Roger saw a cliff, crossing the corner before them.

When he got closer, Roger discovered that this was not a naturally formed cliff at all.

This is a man-built city wall.

The wall is close to the sea from the south to the bay from the north.

But when Roger got closer, he found that this was not a wall, it was an extremely complex defense system.

From the outside to the inside, Roger saw the outer wall, moat, moat inner wall, steep slope wall, outer city platform, outer city wall, inner city platform, inner city wall.

He saw that the outer wall was about 8 meters high and the inner wall was 12 to 20 meters high.

All the city walls are steep on the outside and are made of granite boulders.

There are scepters covering soldiers on the top of the wall.

Roger saw soldiers patrolling the wall and the small officer led by the team rode on horseback.

Apparently, the sidewalks and combat platforms on the walls are very wide.

This also means that the walls of the city wall are very thick.

He couldn't see anything inside the wall.

But he estimated that basic slopes, tunnel caves and warehouses would definitely not be short of them.

Roger counted, and there were 96 towers, more than 300 corner towers and bunkers standing on the outer and inner walls.

He saw that the tower protrudes from the city wall about 5 meters, with an average spacing of more than 60 meters.

This means that powerful fire support can be formed, and any invaders who climb the middle wall of the tower will be subject to long-range strikes from three sides.

After getting closer, Roger saw that outside the city wall, the moat was about 18 meters wide.

Roger saw the Great Wall in his previous life, and he was always worried at that time, why the Chinese people only emphasized the length of the Great Wall instead of boasting about the defense of the Great Wall?

Now that he saw this defense system, he felt that even if he had black gunpowder technology, he could not threaten it.

Perhaps, before the artillery was released, the only enemy of the city wall was the earthquake.
Chapter completed!