Eagle Byzantium

Then, under the half-finished chest-strap wall, blood flowed on the ground, and the screams of the prisoners were horrific. The severed hands were piled up near the base of the wall and used as sacrifices.

"I am Stephen Gawain Russell, the Grand Duke of the Romanian Empire, who is in charge of all naval and military affairs in Anatolia, the Sea of ​​Cyprus and Antioch. I hereby warn Aleppo, Mosul, The pagan princes of Antioch, Damascus, and Baghdad—and now the Emperor Tens of thousands of mighty soldiers and horses are rushing here along the coast of Cilicia from the gates of Syria, which means that you are about to be attacked from both sides, and we will destroy your soldiers, arrays and herds like a summer hurricane. , like the lightning and fire God threw down on the people of Nineveh. The hooves will trample over the corpses of your women and children without mercy. Now I ask your group of people with mutilated bodies to bring you such news, not to persuade you, but to persuade you. Let me tell you, mercy on the edge of the sword does not exist at all, and your courage and The fighting spirit is no match for the Christian warriors. Today's disastrous defeat has shown everything. Therefore, repent before the Lord, before your head is with Achish and his son, while it is still on your shoulders. The premise of being able to rotate is to weigh the interests carefully.”

Amasa was furious and threw the letter that Gawain had sent to the amputated prisoners on the ground. "It's nonsense. Giliki from Asia Minor has sent news quickly. The Greek king has fled and took him with him." His army abandoned the Anatolian plateau and retreated to his capital city protected by the sea and high walls. As a relative of Malik Shah Khan, I sincerely invite you to take your troops and go back to the left bank of the river in the forest (Daphne Forest) in the upper reaches of the Orontes River to seize the river mouth fortress of Iron Bridge; we will From the front, use infantry and bows to approach the Greek Duke’s camp and provide a foothold for our Persian stone-shooting machines!”

Ridwan readily agreed. After the two parties hugged each other and made an oath, the prince of Aleppo walked out of the tent with his Grand Vizier Daura.

"Who does His Highness the Prince hope to win in this battle?" Daola looked around warily, and then he and his master stood beside the wooden fence that was burned last night and asked.

Ridwan touched his beard and rolled his eyes twice, "That guy Agi's head has been exposed to the sun on the Antioch Acropolis. The situation is really miserable. The flies have sucked out the brains from his head, and they are still in the huge skull." I gave birth to white Flower maggot eggs. But his youngest son Budakis was determined to take revenge and was favored by Kobuha. If Kobuha wins, the city of Antioch and the Azaze region may belong to Achish. All of the younger son.”

"Yes, Aleppo will be surrounded by these two areas." Daura narrowed his eyes.

"It's really troublesome..." Ridwan continued to twist his beard and drawled his voice, "To be honest, I am the younger brother of the real Seljuk Sultan, but first, Suleiman's son Giliki They are overrunning the land of Rom, and at the same time, the family of Yaqi, who was born as a slave, is still domineering. As for Kobuha, he just started his career as a soldier of Khorasan, so why..."

At this moment, Daura signaled him to be silent and put forward a plan to solve the problem knowingly, "Now the pilgrims' combat effectiveness is indeed strong, and they also have the support of the Greek Kingdom's army. In my opinion, our army will follow the deployment and march to Orontes Go to the other side of the river, so as to avoid losses caused by head-on combat - if Kobuha wins, we will have enough arms to protect ourselves; if Kobuha loses miserably, we will form an alliance with the princes of the pilgrims, which is not a big deal. Suffer."

"What if Kobuha is defeated and the group of pilgrim princes comes to attack my territory?"

"In that case, we can completely retreat to the desert area from Aleppo to Harran, and no matter how many pilgrims come, nothing will happen." Daura smiled slyly.

The next day, Ridwan began to cross the river "as promised". As for the upright Amasa, he led tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry, backed by the city of Atta, facing Gawain's camp. All the infantry carried shields and held bows, forming a dense square formation in the center, with the cavalry sandwiched between the wings. , formed a majestic formation, beating drums and rolling forward.

This is also a good idea: Gawain tentatively sent out some cavalry to attack, but they were forced back by the arrows of Amasa's Turkic infantry.

"If you don't go out to fight, let half of the soldiers lie behind the Ziqiang and Juma, and half of the soldiers stick to the fortress wall, forcing the laborers of the Crescent Sect to build a 'breastband wall', while our civilian pilgrims build the Zimu City Gate." Gawain, who was commanding on the city gate tower, gave this order, took off his helmet, stroked his messy brown hair, and sat down under the crenellation to rest.

In the evening, the Turks' light arrows were able to penetrate behind the walls of the fortress. Several of them landed at Gawain's feet. Gawain pulled them out, "Gedier, Gedier! What he boasted about I wonder if the girdle wall is in good condition, or else what will hit my feet will not be light arrows, but huge stone bullets. Half a month later, Anna will be able to welcome my triumph in the Seleucia Palace."

"Triumph?" Giovanni, who has always been very serious, didn't understand the meaning of this sentence. He was originally lying on the crenel observing the Turkish army formation surrounding the city like black clouds. When he heard Gawain say this word, he couldn't help but turn around and expressed confusion. .

"Half of my body triumphs... I don't know if the little girl likes my upper body or my lower body." Gawain finished speaking and laughed to himself. Giovanni obviously thought the Grand Duke's joke was very vulgar and boring, so he shook his head and turned his head back.

Gawain was also bored and continued to laugh dryly to ease the embarrassment of the scene.

"They started to set up the catapults." With the words of the military judge, Gawain stood up holding the battlement.

Looking around, behind the dense array of infantry of Amasa, the Persians began to assemble various equipment quickly and skillfully. They obviously built them according to the drawings before, so the speed is very fast now.

"It's going to be a big battle. Tomorrow in my camp, the main force of the Gimages Brigade will be transferred from the city to gather 6,000 people to defend first and then counterattack." Gawain said, touching his chin.

"There will be a problem with the supply of food." Giovanni said that with so many people, the food on the front line will inevitably be consumed quickly.

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"That's why we have to defend this place. The enemy's food also comes from afar, and it is not as abundant as ours. They are also eager to attack the city." Gawain said, putting the helmet back on his head and tying it up, "I will hand over this camp to you for supervision immediately. Regarding your question just now, I will go to St. Peter's Church in the city immediately to discuss with the priest and the lords!" (To be continued ~^~)