Eagle Byzantium

"Company of the Baptized, Company of St. Cyril, all mount up!" Gawain stretched out his arms, and two buglers rode on the horse, blowing a rapid whistle, running back and forth from the horizontal line, all the cavalry Trotting, according to the position of their respective flag bearers, they quickly stood up and formed two large wings on the left and right, and a large three-line horizontal formation.

This is the formation method learned during the battle with the Theodoron Cavalry Regiment in Paphlagonia, and then after reading the classical training methods collected by Anna, after the two were combined, Gawain Regulation and improvement of weapons and tactics carried out by both cavalry groups.

The newly baptized company, holding the fish-dragon flag as a signal, was facing the Isaurian bandits who had sensed an enemy attack from behind and began to turn their spears. The entire cavalry company had a total of 600 people, divided into eight "Squadrons", each squadron has seventy cavalry, and the remaining forty experienced cavalry serve as "flag guards". The third line is The "Charge Line", "Charge Line" and "Reserve Line" follow the Byzantine classical cavalry combat method and are arranged into four squadrons in the "Charge Line" and two squadrons in the "Charge Line", one on the left and right and one at the extreme edge of the charge line. The sides were flush with each other, while the "reserve line" was two squadrons, together with the regiment, flush with the center of the charging line at the end.

The cavalry company, signaled by the battle flag of Saint Cyril's portrait, was arranged on the protruding hillside diagonally, facing the bandits in a diagonal manner. It also had 600 people and eight squadrons, but it was abandoned. The final reserve line was a three-line formation. After arriving at the battle line, it was changed to a two-line arrangement with the sound of trumpets. Among them, the color guard's forty cavalry were divided into four rows, at the front, and eight squadrons behind, each line All four.

There are eight squadrons in each cavalry company, and four squadrons of "honorary cavalry", wearing light leather armor, chainmail, and nose helmets with colorful horse hair. Charge into the battle with Contus or Norman spears; followed by three squadrons of "universal cavalry", like the Byzantine Genat cavalry, equipped with arrows, recurve bows, cavalry axes, sabers and Turkic scimitars. Serving as outposts and pursuit missions; and finally there is a squadron of "heavy cavalry", the Stratiotai in the classics, equipped with the best and most sophisticated chain armor purchased from Italy. The legs are protected by strong greaves instead of ordinary leggings, as well as a shiny and heavy helmet and horse riding vest. He holds a heavy spear and is also equipped with a cutting-edge sleeve, which can be used for good and long-lasting fierce battles. It is hung on the saddle. Wearing an axe, mace or Byzantine single-edged saber. The most eye-catching mark of the Stratiotai is the white pheasant feathers standing on top of the helmets of these warriors.

"The Seleucids are here, show them how powerful they are." The Isaurian bandits were still very arrogant. They turned their original rear group to wield spears, forming a "sandwich formation" that could fight the enemy from both sides. "Nikitas personally held the sword to hold down the battle, and both sides of his cheeks were cut horizontally by the blade. Once he was chopped by a dying victim during a robbery, and once he was stabbed by an accomplice while drunk. This made his head look particularly vicious and ugly. This short guy wanted to jump on the horse. . Give encouragement to the bandits.

On the opposite side of the wilderness, the newly baptized company took the lead in trotting. The horses and soldiers' armor vibrated and made a rhythmic rustling sound. After the order was given, the honorary cavalry of the four first-line teams stood up first. Riding a spear. He began to let the horses under his crotch loosen up their speed. All the horses' heads swung and neighed, and the spear tips and the horses' hooves joined together. It started to shake, which shocked the bandits stationed in front of the array. brought great shock.

"It's the Red Hand flag! Gawain's Seleucia army." At this moment, Giliki, who was supervising the battle command on the other side, also saw the cavalry of the Red Hand Brigade sweeping across the ground for the first time. When I took off the reins, my heart was shaking violently: once we come, will we I can resist Gawain, after all, the shadow of the two previous defeats continues to hang over the Sultan's heart; secondly, I had a previous oath, which I made when Gawain released my wife Shah Namei, saying that I was stipulating Within this time, you cannot actively attack Gawain.

"Hajib, retreat. The enemy has cavalry to meet you!" Finally, after Giliki shouted these words, he asked the slave soldiers around him to wave the battle flag, signaling everyone to abandon the encirclement and annihilation of the Danes who were still resisting in the end. Let’s go back to Felna Castle!

At the sound of the horn, the Roma soldiers who advanced and retreated in an extremely orderly manner obeyed the orders, leaving behind those who were shooting arrows. They carried quivers and scimitars on their backs one after another, and quickly and swiftly headed towards the mountain road behind the dense reeds. Get out of the battlefield. Sven, who was leaning against the stream and resisting, was surrounded by corpses and wounded. The remaining soldiers who were still holding shields also had their shields scarred, their swords were curled, and they were so exhausted that he They couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the Turks giving up the siege and retreating.

Giliki walked very quickly, but the Isaurian bandits were miserable: the charge line of the New Baptized Company, a total of 280 honorary cavalry, leveled their spears with lightning speed, and countless white reed flowers were scattered in the air. It spun under the galloping iron hooves, and then followed the strong wind of the cavalry's sudden attack, "Hallelujah!", turned into a manic "blizzard", and together with the iron spear tip, a group of people A violent blow hit their array, and bursts of collisions and screams rose into the sky. The first few honorary cavalry, including men and horses, were each pierced by more than a dozen bandits' spears, but their cavalry The tip of the spear also pierced the bodies of several bandits flatly. As a result, the bandits who stood on the front line to block the attack were all stabbed to death in half a second. The scattered reed flowers were all stained with blood and smelly.

After throwing all the lances in their hands, the honorary cavalry raised their kite shields and escaped from both sides. The cavalry on the battle line behind gathered and shot waves of arrows, washing down the bandits in the depths. But this was not the end - from the side, the flag guard of the Saint Cyril Cavalry Company also rushed over. This group of soldiers and horses were all in armor, surrounded by the waving battle flags, sitting on the saddle, slightly to the left, with both hands stretched to one side, holding the most terrifying weapon: "stupid, big, black, thick, and thorny" - a long-handled caltrop hammer. It approached quickly, and before the exclamation was heard, the caltrop long-handled hammer began to swing up and down, and with the momentum of the horse's sprint, it hit and smashed the densely populated head.

"Woo woo!" As the rhythmic fishy wind rolled up, the skulls of the bandits on the side were blown up one after another, and the fragments wrapped in helmets splashed on the faces of the bandits behind them. They covered their faces with their hands, lost their fighting spirit in fear, and collapsed across the board. The entire Isaurian bandit group of more than a thousand people was "taken away" in a wave of cavalry assaults for several minutes. Half of them were taken to hell, and the other half ran away in the reeds with their feet scattered, weapons thrown everywhere. Among them, the bandit chief Niketas fled the fastest. He covered his whole body with a cloak, revealing only one eye, rode a swift Cappadocian horse, stepped on the stream to escape from the pursuit, and then cunningly dropped his mount and ran, disappearing in the reeds. (To be continued ~^~)