king of ros

The day the Turks launched their attack was something no one expected.

It was a very fortunate day for the Crusaders, so they found a big lake, a real big lake, not the small puddles they had seen before, the lake was enough to supply the entire army with water, and it could also let them Fill all water bladder buckets.

The lake is surrounded by many green plants that are rarely seen in this desert, which makes the place more alive.

The crusaders who saw the lake couldn't control themselves at all. They rushed directly to the lake. Many people lay down on the lake and began to drink water without any scruples, venting their restricted desire some time ago.

The more extreme people rushed directly into the lake, let their whole bodies fall into the water, immersed in the cool water of the lake, and enjoyed the luxurious treatment in this land.

Seeing this, Vasilko did not do anything. The appearance of this lake made him relax uncontrollably. Recently, the problem of water storage has also troubled him. Now he finally found a container that can hold all the water. The lake was full, and he relaxed.

The soldiers of the Varangian Guard also thought of rushing into the lake to revel. The captain's water restriction strategy also included these soldiers, but Vasilico restricted them. Those Crusaders didn't matter, but his subordinates must maintain order, even if It is a rare carnival to go to the lake, and you have to go in batches.

The news about the discovery of the water source in the front soon spread to the back, so more and more people swarmed in. Many teams that had to be urged by Vasilico to barely arrive on time ran fast after hearing that there was a lake ahead. To the lake to party.

Now that nameless lake has become a place of carnival, people enjoy this rare way, and even people with musical instruments played their musical instruments, making the whole atmosphere even more joyful.

However, as the number of people increased, problems began to emerge. More and more people were attracted by the lake, and the lake soon became overcrowded. There were also some complaints in those joyful voices. And beating and scolding, and because of this, the Varangian guard captain felt something was wrong.

And just when he felt something was wrong, Turkic cavalry emerged from behind the slopes of the lake, at first a single figure, then two, then three—until innumerable, and they emerged from the ridge, dressed in typical nomadic Clothes, bows and arrows in hand.

Not only Vasilico, some people who were in the lake and were flocking to the lake saw the appearance of those cavalry, and the sound of panic began to be staged.

"Blow the horn, the enemy is coming!"

Vasilko immediately realized that this was a trap, and the flustered trumpeter also blew the horn, but it was too late, and the first wave of arrow rain had already fallen from the sky.

The heavy rain of arrows ruthlessly hit the still dazed crowd, and then many people ushered in death in ignorance. They didn't know what was going on when they were killed.

Compared with these deaths, the panic caused by the rain of arrows was even more fatal. Just as the captain of the guard had worried, the army of wild boars immediately became chaotic, and they began to move around, about to rush into chaos.

After the second and third waves of arrow rain fell, the situation became even more uncontrollable. The Turkic cavalry shot arrows along the lake in an orderly manner, and then they pulled out their scimitars and rushed into the place called the Cross River like a wolf. The wolves of the army, the so-called crusaders, fled and fell to the arrows and swords of the Turks.

But this is an army of faith after all, and there are never a few fanatics in the army. Soon some fanatics who chanted "God's will" and "kill the heretics" stood up. Meet the Turkic cavalry and fight them with a lifeless attitude.

The few soldiers in the Crusaders also joined the battle. Vasilko saw Walter leading his knights into the Turkic army bravely, and saw the monk Peter encouraging the believers around him to join the battle. to go.

Although the efforts of these people have eased the trend of the rout, the rout is still going on. If nothing is done, it is only a matter of time before the end of this Crusade.

The only thing that can break this fate at the moment is Vasilico's Varangian guards. From the beginning of the attack, the Varangian guards formed a shield wall, and then attacked them only with a small group of Turkic mounted archers. Ji's shield wall kept firing, but caused few casualties.

The captain of the guard immediately divided the team into two teams. One team was handed over to his brother-in-law Gregory, and the other team was led by himself. Gregory's team went to rescue the crusaders who were being defeated, while Vasilyko faced the Turkic army. Array attack.

The captain of the guard is very clear that the only way to break the current situation is to attack, and sticking to it will only consume him to death. Although it seems silly for infantry to attack cavalry, there is no way right now.

The battle was indeed as Vasilco expected. Facing the impact of the Varangian guards, those Turks who had not yet entered the melee retreated while firing. The ten guys who run relatively slowly will have a lot of equipment loss in this process. Many people's armor is full of arrows.

But they successfully repelled the Turks, and Vasilko's tactical goal was successfully achieved. Without the reinforcements here, the situation of the Turks who were fighting in the lake changed immediately.

The lake has been stained red with blood in a series of battles, but the blood belonged to the Crusaders before, but now it belongs to the Turks. The Turks have no advantage against the Varangian guards. The Varangian guards are skilled in dealing with these The old opponents, the Turkic people faced with them only to be broken, and the light cavalry faced the Varangian guards in the melee and had only to be defeated.

Seeing that the Turks were getting more and more embarrassed, the so-called Crusaders who had been frightened and fled turned around and fought against the infidels. The situation was reversed in an instant, and the prey became hunters. The Turks finally collapsed after paying huge casualties.

The Christians didn't pursue much, because it was too difficult to chase an all-cavalry army, not to mention that they couldn't chase after a fierce battle.

The Crusaders cheered on the corpses of the Turks and the lake that had turned into a lake of blood, celebrating this victory, but their cheers did not last long, because the casualties they paid this time were too great.

Vasilico was busy with post-battle statistics from the very beginning. He must know the casualties caused by this battle as soon as possible so that he can evaluate the next battle.

On this day, the Crusaders camped by the lake after a fierce battle, and the blood dissipated under the flow of the lake, but not many people were willing to go to the lake to die, because there were corpses everywhere under the lake, and those who fetched water only dared to die. Get water in parts not affected by the fighting.

The report of casualties made the captain of the guard look very dignified. In today's battle, the team with a total of nearly 5 people lost 1 people, yes, a full 1 people.

More than half of the [-] losses were wounded, but for the crusaders who lacked medical care and medicine, this was basically equivalent to death, and only a very small number of people could carry it and return to the crusaders.

As for the other half, everything from being killed to being captured and even escaping is impossible to count.

The Turks didn't attack only at the lake, in fact, they attacked everywhere in the team. There were not many reliable fighters there, so it turned into a massacre.

If it weren't for the victory in the battle by the lake, the Turkic people also retreated after seeing the main force being repelled, otherwise the casualties would be even greater.

Vasilico, who got this casualty, was very troubled. Where did he go? He paid such a huge number of deaths. His Varangian guards had no more than a hundred casualties in the entire battle.

However, the morale of the Crusaders was not affected much, and the leaders of the Crusaders were still full of confidence. In their view, paying such casualties was completely acceptable, and the Eastern Expedition would have been a brutal one. Okay, they are all mentally prepared for high casualties and even annihilation of the entire army.

Well, there is nothing wrong with saying this, and there is good news now, that is, in the next few days, they will be able to reach the city of Konya, and they will be able to enter a relatively wealthy area.

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