Roger felt that Leovis should be glad that he had an old horse who knew the way.

Roger continued to ask, "Think carefully, how many enemies are there? What were they doing when you first saw them?"

Leovis paused for a moment, as if trying to recall.

Then he said: "They have about 60 people, a team of full Turkmenist archers.

“When we met them, they were resting in the woods.

"They probably didn't expect to meet us, so they gave us the opportunity to rush forward.

"If they pulled the bow, it would be impossible for us four to escape their bows and arrows."

Roger asked about some details, but this Greek guide could no longer provide more information.

So Roger instructed the doctor to take good care of Leovis.

He turned around and asked Muttier: "Are there any records in the information we collected about the Turkmen archers?"

Mutelyi thought for a while and said, "Some of the Turkmen archers are all warriors from the Turkic tribes.

"They are strong and marching fast, and know how to form a circular cavalry formation to increase the range of bows and arrows.

“They use powerful composite bows made of mixed wood and bones, and they are good at long-range killing.

"But there are also intelligence records that when the enemy is weak, they will also rush into the enemy and use swords to kill the enemy."

Roger thought of his Turkmen BMW "Golden Retriever".

He said: "I remember Turkmen should be further east, why are these people coming here?"

Muthier replied: "According to the city lord Melik Shah, it should be the Danishmand dynasty in the Turkmen region, which assisted Rom Sultan Masood."

"You call Masud the Sultan of Rom?"

"From their inheritance, Masoud is more orthodox."

"Melic Shah will cry, he has invited you so many meals in vain."

"One code is the same."

While fighting with Muthier, Roger secretly compared William's personal guards, the heavy armored cavalry, with the combat power of Turkmen archers.

He felt that William still had a greater chance of winning.

Roger thought to himself that since the Turkmen archers marched quickly, they would not fight against William's personal guards, and would probably use the advantage of familiar terrain to escape.

He thought that in this case, sending more people to the mountains to help William was actually useless.

So Roger ordered the entire army to camp and wait for William to come back.

In the evening, William and his guards, with the dead head, Arnold's body, came back.

As Roger expected, they did not find the team and took away the Turkmen archers with Anolf's head.

Even though William, who was furious, found the traces left by his opponent with his personal guards and tracked them for a long distance, he still didn't even see a corner of the other party's clothes.

Roger thought, it seemed that this accident had to end here.

But the facts tell Roger that he was too naive.

On the third day of the trip, shortly after the troops set off on the road, the leading scout came back to report to Roger and found Arnold's head.

Roger led his personal guards and followed the scout to the front of the team.

On a bare rock, he saw Arnold's head being placed right there.

There was also a letter tied to Arnold's hair.

Muttier picked it up and translated it and said, "This man's day is your tomorrow."

Roger was furious.

He thought that these Turks were really arrogant. They were just 60 archers and cavalry teams who dared to threaten their 100,000 troops.

He pulled out his kettle and drank a few sips of water "ton ton" with him.

So Roger's heart, the anger caused by the hot weather was suppressed.

Roger ordered his guard to give the head to William.

At the same time, he told William that he would send more scouts to patrol around the large army.

Roger thought, come here, whoever is afraid of whom, I don’t believe that 60 of you can threaten my army.

At noon, the scout who was opening the road in front came back and reported a bad news.

The scout said with his cracked lips, "There is no more water."

Roger ordered his personal guards to hand him water.

The scout did not drink, and he said, "The Turks destroyed the water."

Roger realized the importance of the problem.

He led his personal guards and once again rushed to the front of the army with the scout.

It was an abandoned ancient city, which was used as a temporary camp for troops to spend the night in Roger's plan.

Under the guidance of the scout, Roger saw that the wells in the ancient city had been completely filled.

He estimated that if he wanted to dig it out again, it would probably not be possible every day and night.

The reservoir next to it was also opened.

The water originally stored in the pool flows all over the ground and is being quickly absorbed by the dried soil.

And at the bottom of the reservoir, there were several seriously rotten corpses floating in the water remaining.

The corpse was so decayed that it was impossible to tell whether it was a Turkic or a former Eastern Expeditioner.

But these corpses still carried mud on them, which were obviously dug out of the tombs by the Turks and threw them into the water.

Roger knew that the water was contaminated and could not be drunk.

He did not dare to take the risk of letting his soldiers drink such water. If it caused a plague, it would be a disaster for the entire army.

Roger glanced at the landfill well again.

He thought that it is very likely that the well was also thrown into the rotten corpse, and even if the water was dug out again, it would not be able to drink it.

Roger immediately ordered the personal guard to recruit all the guides he hired.

When the guides arrived, Roger asked them: "Where is there any water nearby?"

A guide said, "When you arrive in Konia, there will be water."

Another guide echoed: "There is plenty of water near Konia, with rivers and a huge lake.

“The lake is called Beysehill Lake.

"The lake is beyond the sight, and the Turks cannot fill the entire lake, which is polluted."

But Roger felt that they were talking too far, and far water could not relieve intimidation.

He asked: "What I said is, is there any water source nearby?"

Several young guides looked at each other without saying a word.

Finally, an elderly guide said:

"There should be springs in the mountain, and I can take your people to find them.

“But I can’t guarantee that I will find it.

“The springs here change with the seasons.

“It’s the hottest August now, and many springs are dry.”

So Roger asked Odin to lead a whole squadron and 180 cavalry to follow the guide to search for springs in the mountains.
Chapter completed!