Eagle Byzantium

After the prince crossed the river, he had just run three-quarters of a mile when he was in danger.

After the Red Hand Brigade broke into St. Michael's Monastery, it was equivalent to abandoning the rear. This riverside forest was a complete dog-tooth zone of melee between the enemy and ourselves. In front of a hazel tree, the prince's horse suddenly opened its mouth and raised its front legs, showing its teeth and roaring: several cannonballs passed in front of Markianias' eyes, hitting the woods over there, and the floating soil was chaotic. Flying, Markianias felt the ground shaking and almost fell off the saddle.

When he reacted, he realized that he was sandwiched on the grass between two forests and villages, and at this moment, groups of soldiers came out of the forest on the right, holding the battle flag of the Red Hand Brigade, while the forest on the left was crossed by a road. The high embankment was temporarily excavated, followed by There is a circular village - this kind of village is very common here, mostly settled by Slavic tribes, with self-defense trenches and wooden fences - behind the high embankment, many reflective iron helmets appeared from unknown time, and there were also Raise a red and white tooth flag.

"It's the Magyars (Hungarians)!" The cavalrymen of the Gemmagis Brigade who arrived behind said to the prince.

"They still dare to resist?" the prince said loudly, then adjusted the lens armor on his chest and held the horsetail flag tightly, because the flag itself was also a sharp spear.

Coming out of the forest on the right was the third detachment of the Red Hand Brigade. Their flags were easily identifiable. They seemed to have received orders from General Mero to attack the village behind the high embankment to protect the rear of the entire brigade.

"Bang, bang, bang", each of the three teams of shooters, each of more than ten people, stepped on the grass under the high embankment and fired skillfully. The white gunpowder smoke quickly rolled up and filled half of the grass. and forest.

"It's Kukui." Macianias shouted boldly. He saw the shooting army formed in a horizontal line three hundred feet away and shooting out the rain of bullets. Behind them was a reserve echelon, all of which were also carrying long muskets. Soldiers, to guard against enemy counterattacks. Everyone in this echelon has bulging cheeks because they have two spare lead pellets in their mouths. They have four fixed tubes of Khitan propellant paper tubes tied to their shoulder straps. They have swords and sticks tied to their belts. Soldiers have helmets. The umbrella-shaped horsehair on their heads has been lost in color by the smoke coming from the front, but they still maintain their formation posture.

But Macianias could easily see that the centurion of this echelon standing on foot on the far left was none other than the trainee Cukui.

For a time, the high embankment was hit with mud flying and smoke rising. The Hungarian soldiers on it were suppressed and hid behind them. So the reed behind the musket fired by the first shooter snapped back, and he stood on the spot and reloaded. Upon seeing this, Kukui waved the short halberd in his hand and directed the subsequent echelons to continue to move forward alternately, preparing to approach the high embankment and occupy it. Among the white smoke, the spearmen of the three red-handed detachments surged out with their long black shadows (large infantry spears), skillfully forming two columns and weaving from both sides of the high embankment.

"This high embankment will be captured soon," thought Macianias, who was holding the reins and watching the battle in the corner.

A sharp trumpet suddenly sounded, and many Hungarian soldiers jumped out from behind the high embankment, holding bows and arrows and long and short fire guns. After several shouts, they also shot out bursts of fire and smoke. Many soldiers in Kukui's echelon fell down at once, "Kukui !" cried Macianias worriedly. , but soon he saw that Kukui bravely did not move, but quickly chopped down the short halberd in his hand. The echelon shooting army he commanded ignored the casualties and stretched out its weapons only fifty feet away from the high embankment. With a long muzzle, he fired "bang bang bang", and the fire light moved randomly. The two sides exchanged rounds of fire at such a short distance, and then, without waiting for the subsequent teams, they swung the short knives stuck on the wooden holders of their long guns, or pulled out their swords, and began to fight and fight along the slope of the high embankment.

"Stand up, Kukui. Charge forward bravely." Macianias gritted his teeth and looked at this attitude.

Then he saw a wave of bullets sweeping across diagonally. The spearmen of the three teams who were running were suddenly knocked over. Many people fell down screaming and holding their chests and legs. Macianias was shocked. , he turned around and looked: just in front of him were seven In a bush eighty feet away, several Hungarian soldiers, under the command of a general wearing fine armor, were using three Venetian imitation shrimp whisker cannons to fire sideways in turns. The muzzles were still smoking - just now They were responsible for that shelling.

"Ambush the artillery in advance, and then disrupt our offensive formation on the flanks?"

While Macianias was stunned, the three cannons fired twice more. Where the shotguns hit, Macianias saw with his own eyes that the spear shafts of a row of spearmen were bent and broken. The ring armor made fierce and short bursts, and was covered with scars. Many people were shaking their bodies. Even though they were protected by armor, some people still staggered and fell.

"Your Majesty." Several brigade cavalrymen were just about to tell the prince to take a detour when they heard a boyish voice shouting, "For Princess Helena!"

Prince Markianias was like an arrow, and somehow he called out the name of his sweetheart. Anyway, Kukui and Zangi were not around. He clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and held the spear with the horse's tail fluttering under his arm. The iron hoofs hit the grass and soil, making a dull and fast-paced sound, and rushed towards the Hungarian's small artillery position.

"Your Highness!" The five cavalrymen from the brigade who followed him could only move two in front and three in back. They followed him more than twenty feet behind to prevent him from making a mistake.

There was a whirring sound in both sides of Markianius' ears. In front of the horse's head and mane shaking violently, he saw the Hungarian gunners turned around in fear and saw him. They were shouting to drop the light artillery, waving the ignition rod, or pulling out the machete. The general-like officer stood in front of everyone with a sword across his shoulders, encouraging everyone to intercept him, stab him or pull him off the horse, and then capture him or kill him!

Close your eyes, Helena's brown braids and charming smile passed by.

Open your eyes, Markianius saw that the enemy was suddenly in front of him, "Helena, Helena, Helena, Helen! The spear blade is level with your sight, the spear blade is level with your sight, stab the enemy's chest..." The prince trembled and shivered, mumbling the training rules, but his hands were almost numb and holding the horsetail flag tighter.

"Helena!" He continued to shout out the name in the second before rushing to the enemy's body: the appearance of the Hungarian noble officer was imprinted in his eyes and heart at the moment of life and death. He was tall, with thin cheeks, a bluish-white beard on his chin, and was about fifty years old.

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With a flutter, his arm was almost dislocated. The spearhead of the horsetail flag pierced the chest of the Hungarian noble without deviation. The opponent's knife seemed to have just chopped on the gear plate of the prince's warhorse, and was stabbed by the spearhead and flew upside down, and then disappeared from Markianius' eyes like lightning - the body lay under the horse's hooves, rolled a few times, and was then trampled over.