Eagle Byzantium

But then, under the curtain wall lined with timber, boards were suddenly opened, and then bronze cannons poked out under the push of the gunners. The muzzles of the cannons were aimed like the eyes of poisonous snakes, staring coldly at the other side. .

Israel, who was on the other side of the bank, suddenly felt the river in front of him shake. Then there was a roar, and a cannonball hit the water on the bank, stirring up dark black soil and various kinds of algae, and lifting up a tower of more than ten feet high. The water column then splashed and exploded like a gorgeous flower.

In the curtain wall gun room of the Emperor's field fortress, light and heavy artillery were fired one after another. Fireworks shot out from the curtain wall, forming an array of fire lines: soon the artillery fire extended to the shore, several trees were broken down, and branches and leaves floated and fell everywhere. , and then the soil was smashed up. Amidst the deafening sound of artillery, the provocative infantry group in Israel's front line was already shaken. Flags of various colors began to move. Some soldiers began to walk around randomly, or put down their weapons and lowered their bodies. The noise was suppressed.

Israel was also frightened, but after all, he was a person who had passed through the battlefield. He had also seen Indian or Persian armies using arson weapons, so he shouted, "Don't panic, prepare your formation."

When the Khan's order was given, the sound of artillery in the emperor's fortress became sparse, the strong Ghaznavid soldiers quickly gathered, and the entire formation began to return to its original state.

However, this was just a heavy artillery in the fortress. After correcting the firing range, the amount of Khitan snow powder packets was re-selected. The gunners unanimously decided to "increase the number of shooting powder packets to five!" Then some of them in the gun room sat down Resting temporarily by the pit, some kept lifting buckets of fruit vinegar on the hot cannon, stirring up a squeaking white mist, and some used sponges and wooden poles to wash away the debris from the last launch.

On a platform protruding forward, Gawain had just left the telescope tube. At this time, two messengers quickly climbed up the ladder and reported to His Majesty, "The police post upstream fired five muskets into the sky, and there was an enemy sneak attack." ”

"The five hundred Gur cavalry closest to us have already rushed over!"

Gawain waved his hand and said to Mero beside him, "Let's go with me to supervise the battle."

Mero held the hilt of his sword and pointed at the densely packed Ghaznavid battle formations on the other side through the dog-footed hole in the curtain wall. "Leave this place to General Branas?"

"Yes, there is no need to worry at all here. Even if Israel has a camp behind him, we will catch them all in one fell swoop." After Gawain observed the other party, he did not take the Ghaznavid army seriously at all.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty has gone to war!" The heavy door on the east side of the fortress opened with a bang. Amidst the cheers of surprise, the emperor wearing red hand feathers flew out on horseback like a meteor, and several servants carrying boxes flew forward. The line followed, and among the cavalry camps outside the barrier, the red-handed cavalry and the Komaroi cavalry were like black rain clouds, quickly gathering from all directions under the emperor's banner.

The emperor's field fortress was boiling again. Seeing a large group of cavalry miraculously rushing out from inside, Israel, who was sitting on the elephant sedan, knew something was wrong. It seemed that the enemy had figured out the direction of the forced crossing of Yelu Dashi, and was about to give an order. While withdrawing the troops on their side - the heavy artillery fire from the opposite wall was fired.

The ground was shaking like chaff. The moment Israel was in the elephant sedan, he saw three huge stone bullets dragging fireworks, rolling, starting from a black spot on the sky, getting bigger and bigger in a few seconds. , and then one hit the head of the war elephant two hundred feet away from him. The war elephant was hit in the head, rolling around, its bones were broken, and it collapsed like a boulder. , crushing dozens of elephant slaves and Iqta cavalry around them into powder; another one hit an array of Gurkha infantry, piercing through five lines of flesh and blood, and the remains of soldiers and weapons collapsed like fountains They were generally carried by the heavy shells and flew back twenty or thirty feet. Some of the blade tips stabbed and injured the soldiers in the rear row, and some of their intestines were hung on the spear shafts.

Another one was less lucky. It hit the open space between the two infantry and cavalry phalanxes, but it was very close to Israel's mount War Elephant. It also shattered a rock, causing the gravel to fly around at a terrifying speed. , one of which almost grazed Yisrael's back, cut off the left rear pillar of the elephant sedan, and tore off the skull of the spear thrower behind him. His brains and blood spattered Ghazni Khan. One body, like a sedan Half of it was crooked and collapsed. Lord Khan himself roared in a low voice, holding the sword in his hand, and then just like sitting on a small boat bumping in the strong wind and waves - the gravel caused his mount War Elephant to be covered in blood. The huge beast began to walk wildly due to the severe pain. The formations of the surrounding soldiers were completely broken up by it. The horses of the Ghazni Ikta cavalry were also frightened and fled backwards.

After the entire Ghaznavid battle formation was bombarded, it began to retreat toward the camp at the rear like a tide.

Israel's war elephant circled in circles for several times. In anger, it tried to throw off the owner on its back and trample it to death. Finally, the driver raised the sharp spike in his hand and stabbed it hard. The elephant screamed sadly. , blood flew into the pillar, he knelt down and died - Israel rolled down and injured his left foot. He changed horses in embarrassment and walked back and forth for three miles before reorganizing his formation.

At the ferry over there, by the time Gawain rushed to the battlefield, nearly a thousand of his own cavalry had gathered behind the hills in the entire crossing area. Once they heard the warning, they rushed over from various camps and routes.

Then, the Red Hand Cavalry and the Komaloy Cavalry also poured into the battlefield.

The Red Hand Cavalry used maces and swords, while the Komaloy Cavalry carried long and short muskets, bows and arrows, with forks on their saddles, and small round shields covered with animal skins. After they arrived at the river bank, the Komaloy Cavalry immediately dismounted and set up their muskets, while the Red Hand Cavalry held the battle on both wings - the rest of the servants, the Sistan and Gur Cavalry, took turns to attack the Eastern Barbarians who had already landed.

Gawain saw that the entire river was full of people and horses floating on the surface, and the tactics of the Barbarians crossing the river were very eye-catching: they carried cowhide leather and tied it to tree branches, then installed the saddle, and when crossing the river, they continued to sit on the saddle, with weapons and light armor also covering it, and then held the tail of the mount, letting the mount drag themselves like a boat, and sometimes they used their lances to paddle left and right - in this way, without a ferry, thousands of Barbarians could swim across the shallow river in two or three days.

But now, when they were halfway across the river, they were intercepted by the other side. Gao Wen saw that the barbarians on the river were hit by flying arrows and bullets one after another. Many horses lost their masters and struggled to swim back to the other side. Some of them threw themselves into the river, floating up and down, and their lives were uncertain.

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In addition, Gao Wen met Yelu Dashi.