Eagle Byzantium

Due to the escape of Ghazni Khan Yisrael, the morale of the defenders of Multan City, the capital of the Land of Five Rivers, was low, and they were soon besieged by the incoming Roman and Rajput coalition forces.

After careful reconnaissance, Emperor Gawain determined that most of the drinking water in the city came from the Bisca River to the east of the city, so he sent five hundred elite cavalry and a detachment of red-handed soldiers to capture the camp there and repel it. Guarded by Sertiz Counterattack - Subsequently, 15,000 Tianzhu coolies from the two camps of Chauhan and Ghadawala rushed here quickly, dug three horizontal canals, and drained the water of the Biskar River without a trace. , Multan city’s external water source was cut off.

But Sertiz was not desperate. He also mobilized soldiers and people in the city to dig deep wells everywhere to draw groundwater for drinking.

And the autumn in India is not dry. The real drought usually waits until after the New Year to late spring. Therefore, Gawain in the imperial camp saw that there would be considerable torrential rain every three or five days: Sertiz built water chutes on the eaves of various buildings in the city to store the rainwater. There is no shortage of drinking water.

In addition, the city of Multan is a very strong city. It is located on a delta sandwiched by two rivers. Each city area is cleverly protected by the river. Even Gawain's siege guns can hardly shoot there, and the delta the tip of the siege, that is, facing the siege On the other side, the acropolis fortress of Multan is built on a hill 70 anna feet high. The battlements alone are 6,500 anna feet in length and protected by forty-two towers. The broad river in front of us can be said to be impregnable.

There are 50,000 residents in the city, most of whom are Tianzhu people who have converted to the Crescent Cult. They were also mobilized by Seltiz, who demolished internal and external bridges, took turns to guard the city wall and sentry towers, and manufactured various defensive equipment. I would like to continue to encourage everyone: "With Multan For the city defense, we don’t have to go out to fight with the enemy in the field. We can hold on for three months to half a year just by relying on the food stored in the city. During this period, our Khan will immediately receive help from 100,000 reinforcements from the Great Fair King in the north. This is the decisive battle with the Roman dog."

So Gawain decided to leave two 30,000 servant armies from the Rajput Kingdom to defend the siege and secure the supply line. He led more than 20,000 troops directly under him to cross the Biskar River and wander away. In the area between it and the Hillspis River, he sent out cavalry to establish outposts to closely capture the news of the reinforcements of the Great Fair King and Israel.

Soon, information from Nishapur and other battlefields was transmitted to Fort Stephen along the Sindh sea route, and then delivered to the emperor's hands by the fast horses sent by Kossos:

"The main force of the King of Justice has covered the sky and sun. It has crossed the Oxus River and arrived at the city of Mofu. It met up with its original leading team and divided into two groups. They stormed the city of Tus all the way and advanced on Nishapur. In Tus The city is defended by two generals, Josselan and Diem, with the following five thousand A soldier from Jerusalem was fiercely besieged by 20,000 of the elite of the King of Justice. It was said that more enemy reinforcements would soon arrive. By the time the letter was sent, the passages inside and outside Tusi City had been cut off by the enemy, and the Isfahan Palace Five thousand cavalry are being sent to open the road for rescue. "

"On the plains between Nishapur and Mofu, the army of King Da Ping and the rest of our brigades built forts to confront each other. We sent cavalry to cut off the other side's supply line. The other side also followed the same tactics, and there was victory or defeat for each other."

"General Atami (actually instructed by the Holy Sister) and General Gregor sent by Paul sent a letter, are they going to return to support the Nishapur battlefield?"

"General Diogenes has raised and manufactured a large number of light ships in Baku and other places, assembled the servant cavalry of Shirvan, Georgia, and Hadiya, as well as his own brigade, and resolutely set sail towards Khorasan and Khwarezm. Away across the sea."

"Finally moved, finally lost his composure, Prince of Justice." The emperor who received the urgent reports from Yu Xi did not panic. Instead, he smiled happily like a hunter who saw his prey. He hurriedly walked in the imperial camp. In response to changes in the battle situation, a series of instructions are issued:

"Immediately send an order to Leite and Philactus, strictly prohibiting them from transporting grain from Antioch and Tripoli. Taking a long land route like that will only consume a lot of space and cause a transportation burden to the people - let them and the big army guarding the imperial capital The offices of Duke Caesarebrenus were united into one, in Thrace, Macedonia, Lydia, Mysia, and Bithynia. Grain is collected from the land, and then transported by ship from the ports on the Ukxing Sea and the Bosporus Sea, assembled at the Port of Fasis, and then transported by land to Tbilisi to the ports on the west side of the Khazar Sea, and then transported by sea to Nishapur, this will save a lot of military rations. Military rations are the greatest combat foundation of our army. The most important link in the immediate victory or defeat is to see who has more abundant food reserves.

As for me, in the Sindhu and Ghaznavid battlefields, the local products are rich and supplied by allies, so I don’t have to worry about my operational needs.

Gregor and Atami must not return to Nishapur for support. That would only play into the hands of the Great Fair King and waste precious forces on a useless front. Instead, you must continue to turn back and advance to the vicinity of Iskandar City to threaten the enemy's supply line between Balakt-Ghazni-Peshawar. You must be decisive and dare to rely on the field camp to fight the barbarian cavalry heading south. If you win, you don't need to pursue them too much. If you lose, you can retreat to the camp. Just keep fighting and no matter what, you can support my Multan battlefield. The enemy came to reinforce Multan, claiming to have 100,000 troops, but according to the reports from the spies I sent to Balakot and other places, the number may be only one-third. Saint sister, don't be afraid at all (when the letter was written to this point, the emperor still revealed that what he was most concerned about was that Kabe Amiya would be suspicious and afraid of fighting), let alone the "Six Dings and Six Jias" of the Great Fair King - when I received Han Tong, I openly talked to him and demonstrated my military power to him to distract his attention, and secretly asked my financial officials to check the tax collection account books seized from Han Tong in Tus City, and also questioned the merchants and people in Tus City - I learned that Han Tong not only collected local grains and vegetables, but also set up a bureau to collect various local materials, sold charters, and even directly collected one-fifth of the property of all Tus people and transported it to Bukhara and other cities as military expenses. In fact, the people of Tus City rose up in resistance because they could not tolerate his harsh rule.

Some of the guards brought by Han Tongpan fled, and some fell off their horses. They were no match for the rioting people. Their armor, weapons and combat skills were not commendable.

Finally, according to eyewitnesses, the means of transportation that Han Tongpan used to deliver taxes to Bukhara were not so magical at all. They were just mules, horses, cattle, Daxia camels and carts.

Where did the six Dings and six Jias come from? It was just his boast!

Of course, we don’t know how the Great Gongping King’s army is, and we need to be cautious in tactics.

But on the battlefield of Ghazni, you drag the cow’s tail and I grab the cow’s head. Israel and the reinforcements of the Great Gongping King will inevitably suffer a miserable defeat, and victory will definitely belong to us! ”