Eagle Byzantium

"What? You mean, there is an outpost of Danishmund on the flank leading to the Gangara Fort where the believers are holding it, adjacent to the middle reaches of the Harris River?"

The Golden-Hand Praetor was unyielding, "Yes, Your Highness, this fortress is called Karabi. It is located in a deep valley and a fast-flowing river. There is an ancient suspension bridge at the back end, spanning the Harris River, allowing Danish to Mondstadt's army passes quickly, here It has always been the key point for the Danish Emir to connect to Paphlagonia. As long as there is this fortress, the other party can freely run against our army, so on our way to Gangara Fort. , will be full of dangers of being flanked.”

"You want our army to capture this fortress? But although Danish Mond has sent light cavalry to track us, it has not declared war on our army. Is this inappropriate?" Anna hesitated.

"Your Highness Princess, you are indeed an extremely kind and noble person. You are worthy of being the chosen apostle of God in purple robes. However, on this strange and cruel plateau, there has never been a dignified formation. In order to eliminate all possible dangers, no matter what No matter what, strike first!" The words of the Golden-Hand Archon were unquestionable, and Anna thought about it for a moment, and decided to deal with it: she agreed with Cabea Amiya and Gawain's plan and sent a detachment to attack Kara. Than the castle.

The selected detachment consisted of two Greek infantry companies, the "Nemesis" and the "Hell's Bleeding Mouth", and was equipped with a company of craftsmen and a company of "Holy Sea" archers, as well as 500 Pauline believers and armed regiment personnel. Under the command of Giovanni and Gottschalk, without any negotiation or warning, they followed the bifurcated path and quickly approached the mountain fortress.

The Turk commander in the fortress was panic-stricken and hurriedly sent cavalry across the drawbridge and galloped to Amasya. "The armed forces of Constantinople began to enter Paphlagonia and violently attacked our castle. They also fired Carrying the purple triple cross flag given by the emperor."

As for the red hand flag, Gawain specifically instructed before the battle that it was not allowed to be carried, let alone played.

Karabi is a hill fort built on a hill, made entirely of wood and fences. It was an ordinary little outpost, guarded by only a hundred Danishmend soldiers. The craftsmen shouted, pushing the two "Porcupine" archery machines into the shooting range, and then lit the large arrows wrapped in asphalt and tinder into the rising smoke. The flaming arrows rushed towards the wooden door of the mountain castle and wedged in one after another. This was because Gawain had "requested" Agnes to modify the arrow heads from the original triangular shape to one suitable for destruction. The square tufts of armor and fortifications, and soon the door of the hillfort was engulfed in flames. then. The "Holy Sea" company fired fiercely, covering the two infantry companies, formed a column from the main entrance and the flank of the hillside, shouted and pounced on them after they arrived. He directly used the hook and sickle to knock down the wooden fence of the mountain fort, and put a simple ladder on the top of the wall, avoiding the thorns and iron thorns inserted in the wall, and climbed up densely.

About an hour later, Karabi was captured, and the garrison inside resisted fiercely but briefly. Due to the huge disparity in numbers, the castle soon announced that it had changed hands, and four captured soldiers (all under the age of sixteen) took Gawain's letter with them. Under the gaze of bows and arrows, I walked across the suspension bridge. Then the craftsmen of the Dalian team used instruments to destroy the bridge.

Then, all the remaining captured soldiers were executed beside the wooden fence of the mountain fort.

The letter Gawain brought to Danishmund was impressively stamped with the seal of the Roman Empire's Asia March Commander and the Archduke of the Armenian Military Region, "I, by decree of the Emperor of Constantinople, execute all Seljuk and Turkmen peoples." On the holy mission to expel Anatolia, the Sultan of Konya had arrived in Nicaea The defeated rats fled, killed tens of thousands, and were unable to recover. If the other side is like this, the same is true for you. Calabi has already started. In the future, he will definitely plow through the trenches with various Roman legions to capture Amasia, Conama, and Malatya. , Sivas, to regain the territory of Rome, you should learn to obey and surrender early, and surrender in the face of the wind is the best. "

In the Amasya Palace, the powerful Emir Merik Gaz learned that his fortress had been captured by the Byzantine Romans who suddenly arrived, and almost all the defenders were brutally killed. He was trembling with anger. It happened that at this moment the emperor The emissary came via Trabzon and passed through the narrow river valley. When he went to his own court to demand "peaceful negotiations and exchange of interests," Merik Emir just couldn't vent his anger, so he directly asked the slave soldiers to kidnap Alexios's emissary, and in front of all the courtiers and Ghazi warriors, he The secret agent was beaten with a whip until he lost his human shape and rolled on the floor, wailing miserably.

"It's all a trick of you Roman bastards. You pretended to be humble and carried out despicable sneak attacks secretly. You told your emperor that the walls of Amasya Castle were made of the swords and shields of Turkic warriors. He dared to step forward. If you come here to cause trouble, I'll tell him to taste it!"

"The emperor indeed asked me to bring peaceful negotiations... He hopes to form a triangular alliance with General Theodoro and the Emir to jointly deal with the rebel army and the Sultan of Konya." The emissary was His hair was bruised from the riding whip, but he still held up the blood-stained diplomatic letter and tried his best to defend himself.

Merrick Emil also felt tired, so he gasped, holding the cracked riding crop, and sat back on the seat, "Your dirty dog ​​tongue can't tell the truth at all. I will put your head down." Buried in the belly of a dromedary!"

"The Emperor captured the wife and children of the Giliki Sultan in the great victory of Nicaea. He is willing to send them to you as a guarantee of peace between the two sides. This is absolutely true." The emissary crawled to the Emir's knees and presented the letter. The Greek slave next to him read the text. Merik became furious, "Are you trying to sow discord between Danishmond and Konya? Your emperor is the best at this."

Soon, the Emir of Danishmond lost his patience. He ordered the slave soldiers to drive the emperor's emissary out, tied him to a camel, put an insulting flag on it, and drove him out of the palace, leaving him to fend for himself in the wilderness outside. Then the emir ordered: mobilize all the soldiers in Malatya, Sivas, Amasya, and Caesiri, a total of 15,000 troops, to cross the Halys River in a mighty force to "annihilate the pagan Roman dogs who dared to touch Paphlagonia."

At this time, Gawain's army, which had captured the Karabi Fort, did not stay at all. After destroying the bridge on the river, it retreated to join Gawain's main force heading to the Gangara Fort.

But soon a Cuman light cavalry messenger came and said to Gawain, "Melo and Sir Birelle's rear guard troops were caught up by Theodore's vanguard cavalry regiment, and the two sides are fighting fiercely in the valley seven miles away!"

"What? Theodore came so fast. Cavalry company, gather all the war horses. I will gather all the fighting power, the soldiers who can ride horses, and the horses that can be ridden by soldiers, to reinforce Melelo and Birelle. We can't lose them." Gawain shouted to the flag bearer beside him. At this time, Andreev came and volunteered to lead the infantry and sailor company to fight together with the priest.

The danger and battle have not dissipated in this mountain area. (To be continued ~^~)