Eagle Byzantium

In the end, there were only five or six hundred despondent soldiers who ran back to the city of Antioch with Sansadonias, and most of them were wounded. Eight hundred people died in front of the two pilgrims' fortifications and bridgehead. , among which the latter resisted the horse wall, and the Turkic soldiers who lay down died. There were especially many corpses, and nearly 3,000 people were killed by reinforcements from Lord Godfrey and others. The bones were all concentrated along the Falfa River, mixed with the corpses of thousands of pilgrims themselves. It turned the city walls of Antioch into a stinky cemetery.

This time, all the princes gathered about a thousand war horses from all the camps and came for reinforcements. It can be said that they spent a lot of money, and the massacre and trampling of the Turks was also fatal.

In general, Achish failed. He asked his son to command 4,000 elite soldiers to break out. As a result, most of them died in the battle. Although the pilgrims' defenses were captured, a very limited number of siege equipment was burned. But over at Iron Bridge Fortress, the fate of his tens of thousands of elite infantry and cavalry has not yet been determined.

In an instant, Yaji seemed to have aged and turned into a withered corpse. He sat slowly on the wall and looked at the bloody sunset. The three signal flags below were still there lonely in the wind, beating back and forth, making a monotonous and distant sound, echoing The mood of the Lord of Antioch, while Patriarch John over there was still eating, licking the plate, looking satisfied.

On the top of the city of Antioch, Plagit stared blankly at the slaughterhouse below, feeling that the earth was spinning beneath his feet. Then in a hoarse voice, he whispered to the other Armenian and Syrian Greek soldiers, "Now , Yaji Xiyang is really in trouble.”

Before the other soldiers could respond, several aggressive slave soldiers came down from the tower, so everyone hurriedly fell silent.

Soon, out of anger and suspicion of the losers, the search and massacre of the alien mercenaries and imprisoned citizens in the city began. Plaget turned around and saw in the market square on the other side of the city wall, a Greek doctor was hanged on the rack for being suspected of inciting the prisoners to rebel. His wife, daughter and son were also hanged. They were brought before him and executed by beheading; then, an Orthodox monk suffered the same fate. His head was cut off and put on a spear to intimidate the public, on the charge that he was still hiding Christian scriptures; even two Futois soldiers who were suspected of deserting during the previous battle were hanged on the left and right sides of the execution rack. , but this is just the beginning. Random and crazy killings soon spread - under the white mosque minaret, people were constantly begging for their lives, and were killed one by one by Yaqi's execution team.

Prajit saw this scene, his breathing became rapid, and he felt a sour-smelling substance constantly pouring out from his throat, and finally he was laughed at. He leaned forward and backward, holding on to the battlements, vomiting all over his body.

And in the valley plains on the other side of the iron bridge, the coalition forces of Gawain, Bohemond, and Titicius. It was approaching the hill that served as Adsonius's "eyes".

As they got closer, all the scouts discovered that behind this hill was almost the same terrain as behind them: an undulating valley, with shrubs and grass all over the ground. However, the true appearance was not clear at all. Only by seizing and occupying this hill. Only in this way can the situation of the enemy on the opposite side be clearly seen.

On the other hand, this is the same for Adsonius.

Three teams. A queue stretching for three miles was formed, and thirty riders and horses were selected according to the promise. But the first thing Gawain did was to ask the brothers to bring Bramson and Diem out and stand them in front of the entire army.

"I am waiting for this moment, this particularly critical and dangerous moment. Behind this hill, there may be an ambush of pagan bandits as many as all of us. We cannot underestimate the enemy, and we must adhere to the military code and Discipline - In the past, these two men disobeyed my order to retreat during the battle at Alamein Fortress and continued to climb up and down. On the ladder that could not reach the city wall, he encouraged other soldiers to climb and attack the city, causing unspeakable losses to the entire army. Now I want to punish you and set an example for you in today's decisive battle!" After that, Gawain! The riding whip was stretched out, and several brotherhood members stood on both sides of the two men holding long whips. "There is no room for maneuver! Each of them will be given twenty lashes."

Dim still had a confused expression on his face, but Bramson had seen it before. He couldn't help being horrified, and hurriedly knelt down. Gawain looked at him with his light blue eyes, and Bramson's back began to grow hairy. He knew that when the Grand Duke said this in front of the entire army, there would never be an example of him not keeping his word.

"Bramson, if you are the flag bearer of the Thirty Cavalry Guards, you will be exempted from punishment!"

"Yes, yes." Bramson hurriedly held the hilt of his two-handed sword, expressing his willingness to die on the hill.

"Dim is the standard-bearer of my guard, and his whipping cannot be avoided." Gawain shook the tip of his riding whip and said without hesitation.

"It hurts me so much! Grand Duke, why didn't you hit me until now!" Dim's upper body was bare like an iron tower, his hands were held by rope rings, and they were clamped on the wooden frame. Three or four brotherhood members behind him were waving. The whip was being whipped, and there was a crisp and terrifying sound, one blow after another. All the soldiers holding spears stared at this scene with their eyes under the helmets, their expressions were dull and frightened.

After the whipping, followed by beatings with wooden sticks, Dim almost fainted, his hair sticking to his thick forehead and neck with sweat. Next to Gawain's mount, Andodat looked at him expressionlessly. Counting, few people can imagine that this seemingly ruthless heraldry officer originally came from a novice monk in a monastery in the mountains of Calabria, and Muzaffy-Addin felt a little apprehensive in his heart and kept stealing glances at the profile of the Grand Duke - Bramson squatting beside the execution platform, and the selected top soldiers who each drew lots and rode out of the procession on horseback. He didn't even dare to make any expression - Finally, Andodat ended the count and stretched out his hand. Several executioners held up buckets and drenched Dim from head to toe.

At this time, looking at Dim who could barely touch the ground with his toes and being helped back to the queue, Gawain's eyes moved slightly, "Go back to the flag car, Goliath." The Grand Duke ordered. .

Dim shook his hair like a wet beast, said "Yes, I'll go", pushed away the support of others, swayed, and walked to Gawain's horse with his upper body naked and full of whip marks. Next to the flag car, "I will continue to serve as the flag bearer of the Imperial Guard in this battle, by my side."

"I know." Dim gritted his teeth and continued to hold the flag high. Under the gaze of all the soldiers, the setting sun shone through the blood-red battle flags, shining on the armor on their backs. The coldness of the river just now, It has been completely replaced by overwhelming warmth.

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"Goliath, remember my other words - hatred, fear, money, honor, and even food are not your masters. There is only one master for you, and that is me." After Gawain finished speaking, he pulled out the The silver horse-head scepter pointed at the hill directly in front, "Bramson, go up." (To be continued~^~)