Eagle Byzantium

But Birel was worthy of being a "boar in armor". He defended the walls of Adrianople fiercely, making it difficult for Kadam's siege team to move forward. Because the fortress was originally a material distribution center, it gathered a lot of gunpowder and defensive equipment, especially countless iron fire rods. The border soldiers organized by Birel threw them wildly on the city walls and towers, and the ladders made by the Kadam infantry were thrown And the siege towers were burned to pieces.

So Kadam personally angrily scolded Birel who was supervising the battle on the city battlements, saying that he was originally a Lombard and loyal to the Duchess Matilda, but now he had betrayed his old master and took refuge in the devil Satan Gawain.

"After receiving the military rank and rank granted by His Majesty, I must serve Your Majesty!" Birel's worldview is very simple.

The angry Kadam forced the cannon fodder infantry who was trapped by him, and attacked the city wall again with the ladders cut and organized. The border guards guarding Adrianople continued to throw the improved "iron fire pole". This iron fire pole was more sophisticated, with an independent wooden handle extending from the lower end for easier handling and throwing, and the fuse and match rope were also used. Impregnated with special burning agent, it becomes safer. After that, the defenders behind the wall also used five-gun cannons to throw Armenian light fire oil cans, and raised two rapid-fire perfume bottle cannons to hit and burn a siege tower in Kadam.

Beside the slowly rising black smoke and flames, Kadam built a pontoon bridge on the Denji River in advance to prevent Gao Wen's main force from flanking him.

Sure enough, three days later, three thousand Gavin cavalry from Viklonburg arrived in a whirlwind. Fortunately, a pontoon bridge was set up in front of Kadam. All the Bulgarian rebel cavalry crossed to the west bank of the Denje River through the pontoon bridge and then demolished it. The bridge quickly breaks into the Evros River Valley, seemingly heading towards Philipsburg.

This is the greatest advantage of the cavalry army.

There, all three of Melo's brigades were concentrated at Trajan's Gate. If Kadam arrived at Fort Philip, Melo would be faced with the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

At the critical moment, it was the Macedonian military governor Birel who mobilized the border residents and used small boats to build a simple pontoon bridge on the Denje River. "I have done this kind of thing in Lombardy a lot. Don't underestimate me, I am from my hometown too." An engineer, I am an expert in mills, wooden bridges and ovens."

The pontoon bridge was soon built, and Diognis and Ephraimius immediately led the three thousand cavalry to pursue Kadam's troops.

At the same time, a small fleet of boats on the Evros River heading towards Fort Philippe was shot by the bows and arrows of Kadam's cavalry. The two remaining boats and civilians desperately drove the boats into the water gate of Fort Philippe, and Tell the garrison soldiers, "A large group of enemies is coming!"

The castle immediately lit up a warning beacon, and the troops stationed at Trajan's Gate received the news. Merlot quickly sent three detachments to return to Fort Philippe.

After seeing the beacon lighted, the cunning Kadam felt that if he rashly attacked the castle at this time, he would be attacked from both sides and annihilated, so he and the cavalry team rushed north again, and soon disappeared in Mosia. In the mountains bordering Northern Thrace.

In this series of battles in late winter, although the Kadam rebels no longer took advantage, it also made Gawain's several brigades and elite cavalry exhausted from running and consuming a lot of food.

Therefore, General Kadam, who returned to the Versiginian camp, was very proud. He analyzed the Bishop Akrida who stayed behind, "Just use the infantry to hold on to the supply points, use the cavalry to consume and ravage the enemy's territory, and wait until the second By the end of spring next year, I guarantee that there will still be no harvest in all of Thrace!”

"I have received definite news that armies from Norman, Hungarian, Papal, and Venetian Sicily will soon arrive in Ohrid and be commanded by Bertin. At that time, they will launch a furious attack on Gawain, making his dream of an empire look like sea foam. It disappeared without a trace." Aklida, who received the news from the west, also felt that the future was full of light.

But before the two men finished playing their crowns and celebrating, the messenger hurriedly came to report - Gawain sent out his army, divided into two groups, and the main force came all the way to Versigonia!

"How is it possible? How can he still have enough time to dispatch so many troops?" Kadam had many reasons not to believe such news.

For example, in the previous series of battles, Gawain's army needed a lot of supplies and long-term rest;

Another example is that the entire Thrace was fought back and forth by the army and was "ploughed" several times. How could it possibly support the actions of Gawain's more than 30,000 troops (Gawain brought 15,000 troops from Adrianople, and Giovanni originally Commanding eighteen thousand men);

Another example...

But no matter how Kadam couldn't figure it out, Gawain's army was really coming.

In fact, there is no other reason - the Grand Duke of the Army Academy and the Imperial Caesar Brenus collected a batch of grain from the Trabzon region. They purchased it from the surrounding areas via the Khazar Sea Route and then transported it to Medi by ship. Asia Harbor, and then Barcelona in the capital organized manpower and vehicles to quickly transport them to Wickron Castle.

Enough to support Gawain's three-month general war mobilization.

Although Kadam is a battle-hardened warrior and general, he lacks one of the most fundamental talents, which is "strategic vision."

What he didn't know was that after pacifying Asia Minor and Armenia, building traffic and using water transport on both sides of the ocean, Gawain's supply speed was terrifying. But Brenus had a say. He later declared in his memoirs with some pride, "At that time, I was in Prusa City, using ships on the Euxin Sea. A bag of grain or meat was loaded from the port of Fassis and could reach the Bosphorus in less than three days, and in another three days it would appear in the steaming pot of the Veklon camp." Moreover, in addition to the advantage of "speed", the advantage of "quantity" is also very obvious. The great power that Gawain can mobilize with a working population of five million is by no means comparable to that of a mere Bulgarian rebel.

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In addition, before Veklon set out, Gawain made detailed plans and deployments for the current situation at the map table.

"We are now in the most difficult stage spiritually. The Catholic Church of Rome is at odds with me, and the Orthodox Church has repeatedly hindered me." The emperor's tone was even a little sad. After speaking, he threw the phosphorus sword on the floor in front of him, clanging, and the scabbard and the sword body rotated and slid on it. "If any of you think that I have really lost my mind, harmed the country, faith and people, and am a hypocrite, then pick up this sword and kill me."

The generals were silent. To be honest, now that the new emperor has "broken" the old world so vigorously, they have long been tied to the same chariot and cannot turn back-does anyone not understand the emperor's thoughts? Of course there are; does anyone want to kill Gawain? Maybe there are.

But after killing Gawain, what about his many holy benefices, his dividends in the special district workshop and the Iconium Trade Company?

No one can give a suitable answer and guarantee.