Eagle Byzantium

In front of the fence of the other camp, several confidential officers in the military camp used a long list to call names: with a response, the Crescent believers, who were weak after two days of hunger, had their hands held by ropes. Walking out one by one, many of them were still questioning the guarding soldiers, "We heard the sound of the trumpet attacking outside the camp and the footsteps of many soldiers. So how can the Grand Duke ensure our safety and let us move forward?" Go to your own camp?”

A flag officer looked at the group of people and said, "There is no need to hide the matter now. The Grand Duke's army mainly attacks the pagan camps on the west side. You can go to the east side, but be careful not to be caught by the iron bridge. Another group of Pilgrims (referring to Raymond and Robert) attacked."

"Then let's go in the middle, okay?" Several older Crescent believers begged.

The flag officer agreed. After leading the 1,500 released people through the front camp, he waved his arms twice at the tall city gate tower. was opened.

Many of the Crescent believers walking past had their eyes twinkling. Although they were very hungry, they still thought of their God, Allah, in their hearts. They wanted to give all praise to the other party and were always ready to perform meritorious deeds for Him! Therefore, he snooped around, hoping to learn the secrets of this city gate, and immediately reported it to the general in Mosul:

This mother-in-law gate actually has three layers of guards.

The first layer of defense is the iron gate in the gate tower, which can be raised and lowered. In front of it is the chest strap wall. The enemy cannot see the position of the iron gate from the outside, and it naturally blocks the enemy's attack. On the road to the city wall, your elite ambush troops can also hide behind the iron gates and breastband walls;

The second layer of defense consists of two stone gates hanging on the corridor of the city gate. As long as the guard soldiers in the gate tower above use sharp axes to cut the ropes, the heavy stone gates will fall, crowding the attackers here. smashed into meat paste;

The last floor is a double door made of rough wood and iron hoops. The front is covered with fireproof leather. There are actually many small holes cut out on the door. This way, even if the enemy attacks here, the garrison soldiers who close the door will not be able to escape. You can stay behind and follow the small holes to kill the attackers with spears or crossbow arrows.

The soldiers escorting them on both sides carried long-handled axes and kept shouting, but many believers in the middle used their sleeves to block their sly eyes. Many people had sly smiles on their lips, "Allah gives the believers the greatest blessing." Wisdom, sinless wisdom, the ridiculous Christians gained wisdom after tasting the fruit. They were indeed a group of fools. As soon as they arrived at our besieged camp, they reported all the secrets inside and outside the camp. ”

When the last Crescent Cultist was released, he walked out in front of the chest strap wall, and after the soldiers scolded the team that was moving forward. Gawain, who was overlooking the city gate tower, waved his fingers at the flag bearer beside him, very decisively.

Then the flag bearer turned towards the barracks area on the left side of the camp and waved the flag several times.

Soon, from various barracks, stoves, and tents, several flag officers holding flags came out following Gregor, followed by many soldiers from the Jimmagis Brigade, exactly 1,500 people. , each formed a column, followed their respective flag officers, quickly gathered together, and remained silent without saying a word.

Even so, most of the soldiers still didn't know what kind of mission they were going to perform. The instructions from their Temach general Gregor were very brief, "According to the order of the Grand Duke, we are on the east wing of the battlefield, serving as the main force. The attack of men and horses assists, everyone, trot forward.”

The trumpet sounded. All the Gemmagis soldiers, wearing light armor and holding light weapons, such as Saracen swords, Turkic scimitars, small shields, etc., first lined up in a long queue and passed under the city gate tower, and then soon They quickly divided into two teams, went around the chest belt wall, and then merged into one. Soon the front row of soldiers stood about twenty-five feet behind the Crescent Cultists.

The panicked believers, the ropes that tied them to each other had not been untied, were swaying around, looking blankly and fearfully at the Gemmagis soldiers and their sharp blades who were close at hand behind them.

"Don't panic, just keep moving forward." Gregor held the handle of the knife, rode on his horse, and said this to the bustling crowd of released believers.

Therefore, the group of believers could only bite the bullet, stumbled and supported each other, and looked in the direction of the iconic towering wooden sill tower - there, there was the central camp of Amasa, and several camps on the east side. The camp stretched behind it.

When he saw Gawain's four thousand soldiers approaching the camps on the west side in formation, he climbed up to Amasa and looked at the opponent's intensive and large-scale mobilization. "The enemy is going to take advantage of this opportunity." His Majesty’s main force cannot join our army and attack us?”

As a result, as soon as Amasa finished speaking, the flag officers and imams accompanying him all laughed, because in their eyes, even if they were unable to attack the enemy's fortress on the opposite side, the enemy actually gave up their defense and came out to attack with a backhand. They, this is simply a suicidal act.

"Maybe there is no food, right? Hunger is the best way to make the beasts take the initiative." A flag officer dismissed it.

Another imam also laughed, "Maybe they think hunger will make their swords sharper."

But Amasa did not take it too lightly, but was very excited: hunger finally forced the enemy to come out of the strange fortress, and was forced to switch from defense to offense. His chance to win came.

He carefully observed the line and direction of the 4,000 soldiers led by Melo. It seemed that they were heading for several camps on the west side. "Send a fast horse to inform the camps over there, telling all the officers stationed there to stay calm, not to attack, and to hold on to the wooden fence. The enemy has no equipment, but a group of pitiful infantry. File their sharpness, and then listen to my instructions and turn to counterattack."

"General, the enemy's cavalry." A general narrowed his eyes and pointed at the "mobile reserve cavalry" of Antioch who were riding horses with flags and advancing in a broad front behind the large group of infantry on the opposite side. This group of cavalry had dusty armor and messy flags. It was obvious that they were not from the same team, but their formation and horsemanship were acceptable. They trotted slowly and stopped about three or four hundred feet behind the front infantry formation. They began to turn into silence.

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"It's the enemy's reserve, ready to support their infantry and intercept reinforcements from other camps. Tell my cavalry to set up a battle formation, wait in front of the gate, and cover the battle on horseback..." Amasa muttered, holding the edge of the wooden fence, his eyes moved over there again, "What's the situation over there?"

But in the sunshine in the wilderness area on the east side, not far from the Orontes River, many people wearing turbans and robes, tied with ropes, were stepping on a lot of dust and heading towards the direction of their camp line. There were no flags and it seemed that there were no weapons...

"The believers in Antioch?" Amasa looked for a while and suddenly remembered, "The ones who were released before once said that the Grand Duke of the Greek Empire would release more people today. I thought that was completely impossible in the current situation, but I didn't expect it to be true. All the archers were ready to go. It seems that the enemy is going to drive the believers in the city to seize our camp!" (To be continued ~^~)