king of ros

Chapter 537

After reaching a consensus to start, the Crusaders quickly embarked on the way forward, and they formed a council to jointly lead the Crusades.

In order to transport the crusaders across the strait, the Imperial Navy can be said to be busy from day to night, and then from night to day. The only thing that makes them rejoice is that the emperor's army has already crossed the strait.

Including the emperor's army that had been waiting for a long time, the total strength of this Christian army reached 10, and even if the civilians were thrown away, there were 6 combatants. This is a number that has not appeared for many years.

Thanks to the achievements of the civilian crusaders, this army did not encounter any trouble along the way. The biggest trouble was the attrition caused by crossing the inland wilderness of Anatolia, but with Alexius' timely turnover The supplies came down, and this problem was also solved.

However, the emperor's army did not go all the way with the Crusaders. The goal of Constantinople was in the southwest of Anatolia, which was still controlled by the Turks. Alexios planned to control this land first. In the hands, it will be more convenient for the empire to invest resources here.

The crusader lords didn't care about the departure of the Greeks. In their view, the Greeks could only be dragging their feet. If you leave early, then leave early.

And then, they entered the Konya Basin and entered those rich valleys, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and finally they didn't have to suffer in that difficult mountain.

But when they got here, they discovered that the civilian crusaders who had arrived earlier were on the verge of extinction.

At the moment when the noble crusaders arrived, the civilian crusaders had persisted under the city of Konya for a full eight months. After these eight months, they had changed from the besieger to the besieged.

After Roma Sultan learned that his capital had been attacked, he led his army to the rescue immediately after hastily signing a peace treaty with Monomakh, and the blockade of Konya by the civilian crusaders was naturally lifted, and then the Crusaders attacked Konya. The army was besieged.

Fortunately, Vasilko had expected this day long ago, so after easily lifting the siege of Konya, Roma Sultan found that what appeared in front of him was an extremely difficult bone. Vasilko centered on their camp, surrounded by densely packed They built a lot of strongholds, which were small and strong, and they could block the way forward for the Turkic scouts.

There are not many defenders inside, but the fortifications are enough to go on—to be precise, at that time, they will only have to stick to this road.

The shortcomings of the Turkic people's lack of siege technology are undoubtedly exposed. If the Greeks are allowed to come, these simple defenses will not bother them at all, but the Turkic people are another matter.

Moreover, the Turkic people subconsciously did not take these sieges seriously, so the offensive efficiency was not high. Considering the exhaustion caused by the rapid march to his subordinates, Arslan did not immediately urge them. People can't get up the strength to take down these fortifications in one go.

After spending two full months in Arslan, he finally gnawed out these surrounding strongholds, but then he discovered that the camp of the Crusaders was even more outrageous.

Three months have passed since the beginning of the siege. In these three months, Vasilico is like a big supervisor, urging the work below, and his Varangian guards supervise everyone's high-intensity work.

The earth wall of the camp was four meters high, and there were two fucking layers, the innermost layer was still being repaired, and there were two layers of wooden walls outside the two layers of earth walls, and outside the wooden walls was a wide and deep trench.

These earthen walls were made by Vasilko using a method called block building. When he was still in Kyiv, a Bulgar craftsman once mentioned that the oasis cities in Central Asia would build city walls in this way, but it was a pity that The approach is not for Rose, nor is it for Europe - it's wet land.

But now in Anatolia, dry Anatolia, this method can be used, local people also build buildings in this way, and there are ready-made commanders-as long as there are enough people in this manufacturing method Manufacturing productivity can be very fast.

The Varangian Guards have contributed a lot in these soilwork operations. Vasilico originally intended to make the Varangian Guards have strong geotechnical capabilities, so he has been training them deliberately, and now they can come in handy, and they still have [-] A crusader labor can be used.

The Turkic people look stupid when they see this, what are these guys doing here?This is too frenzied, but you still have to attack, and you have to fight if you bite the bullet.

So the Turks then encountered some disgusting tricks that Vasilko learned from Rostislav. For example, after the Turks finally climbed over the wooden wall, they found a deep pit underneath, and then they fell and couldn’t get up. The crusaders on the second wooden wall can easily shoot them.

The next thing the Turks had to do was tear down the wooden walls and fill in the trenches, which disgusted them and took them a lot of time.

It's just that it's only disgusting to the extent of the Turkic people here, and then they became ruthless, and Arslan desperately urged his army to attack, and the real bloody battle followed.

After five bloody months, excluding the Varangians, there are now only 1 Crusaders left, and only 2000 Varangians.

During those five months, there were constant battles with the Turks. After all, Vasilko's defense was just some simple fortifications. In the end, the final outcome of the battle was determined by bloody fights between soldiers.

It was not the Turks who caused the greatest attrition of the Crusaders, but those who fled, those who were frightened by the war.

Such a bloody battle made everyone unable to see the future. Some people even gave up the idea of ​​going to the Holy Land. Hundreds of people, when the most exaggerated, directly turned into thousands of people, people frantically escaped from this place that they thought must die.

The Turks also noticed the escapes in the crusader camp, so they indulged these escapes, then slaughtered or captured these deserters when they were far enough away from Konya, and then escorted them to the camp to deal with these damn crusaders Then sell them together.

But the Crusaders were not fools after all, and some Turkic people couldn't hold back to show off, and no one escaped in the end.

For Vasilico, the only good thing is that the food and water in the camp are enough for them to last for a year-although the main reason is because of the large number of staff reductions-as long as there is food, they can persist.

After learning that the situation of the civilian crusaders was so bad, the crusader lords were furious, and the knights immediately abandoned the infantry and went to the Konya battlefield first.

As the knights were advancing at a high speed, it was too late for the Turkic scouts to tell Arslan the news. Almost when Arslan started to roar to get the army to move and sounded the battle horn, thousands of knights rushed from the hillside. file out.

For the defenders in the camp, it was like the heavenly soldiers of God came to help them. The monk Peter, who had encouraged the morale of the crusaders many times, immediately stood up and declared that they were God's heavenly soldiers. This made the entire barracks boil.

Vasilico took advantage of this frenzy, he opened the gate, and the crusaders crossed the corpses left over from the fierce battle of these months and joined the battle-but they were not needed at this time, because the thousands of The knights have swept across the battlefield.

The Turkic army was defeated, they completely collapsed in front of the western knights, the army completely collapsed, and Arslan could only escape in embarrassment under the escort of the guards.

The Crusaders liberated all the captives, which allowed the Crusaders to gain 1 people again, and they were all young men and women. The Turks had already cleaned up the old people and children here in advance, because they could not be sold for a price.

Although they had the problem of escaping, considering the need for manpower, a special team was finally set up for them under the suggestion of Vasilico - the Sentence Army.

This army is pure cannon fodder positioning. They will use blood to wash away their betrayal. In fact, they have found a reason for these people to move on. Vasilko does not want so much manpower to be wasted.

After the war, on the corpses of the Turks, the long-standing Crusaders and the new Crusaders held a grand celebration. No matter how difficult the future is, let’s immerse ourselves in joy at this moment, for the Holy War And cheers.

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