Eagle Byzantium

But Kobuha soon changed his expression and said, "Beat me."

As soon as the master finished speaking, everyone in the entire camp rushed forward, and their fists fell on Peter. The hermit's robe was torn immediately, his crutches were taken away, and he was hit in the face one after another. All his teeth were knocked out, and he could only moan, holding his head and rolling sideways in front of the prince of Mosul.

In front of all Bey and Ghazi, Kobuha's next words were stern, "Don't think that just because you were lucky enough to defeat Amasa, you can speak such evil words that dishonor the glory of God and this prince. Dirty Pigs - There are still 50,000 elite troops in Mosul, and they will soon The allies of Damascus will also arrive with the same number of soldiers and horses. If you come to die in five days, then I will crush all of you despicable ants, because Kobuha is still in the land of Great Khorasan and Persia. If you have never experienced failure, you will never know what failure feels like.”

"Your Majesty, there will always be a first time." Peter shouted, and then he was kicked hard in the abdomen. He continued to roll and moan on the ground in pain. Now Peter was completely improvising. Gawain had previously suggested to him that he should say more humble and flattering words to an arrogant person like Cobuha to paralyze him. However, Peter analyzed that in the current situation, the pilgrims One-sided confrontation Cobuha's main force is no longer at a disadvantage, and even has the advantage of attacking from the inside. Therefore, instead of angering Cobuha, firmly provoking his fighting spirit, and then completely defeating him, the road from Antioch to the Holy Land will be smooth. will become unimpeded.

Sure enough, Kobuha stood up angrily and ordered everyone to stop, "This is the end of the useless argument, Monk Peter. I am here to tell you the terms of the peace agreement, which is to hand over all the beardless men in your camp. Beautiful boys are coming, as well as all virgins who have not been humanized, and they are given to my warriors. All other people, including soldiers, old and weak, children and ugly people, are to be killed or sold. Khorasan is a slave! It seems that you are also a hermit, but I will give you five days of life. If you still cherish it, you can leave this land forever in a boat..." As soon as he finished speaking, the slaves around Kobuha threw the many iron shackles and other torture instruments brought from Mosul to the ground with a loud bang, "You will be with them forever for the rest of your life." Keep company.”

At this time, everyone dispersed slightly. Peter was beaten until he was piled there like garbage. Then the "garbage" moved a few times and automatically spliced ​​together: this withered and ugly old man miraculously returned to his normal form. The body has also lost its original Arrogantly, with a cry in his voice, he begged Kobuha, "Otherwise, our two armies will each select ten of the most prestigious and proficient warriors in tactics, and have a fair duel in front of the formation, and let the god Let’s put an end to the senseless massacre in the next five days.”

But Kobuha had no intention of continuing to chat with him. Instead, he waved his hands impatiently, and then many people dragged Peter out of the prince's tent, beating and kicking him, and "sent" him onto the little donkey. , then mockingly tied two crosses made of thorns to his back, and told him to get out, and prepare to receive the blade or shackles of the New Moon believer in five days.

After Peter's back disappeared across the wasteland, Kobuha sat back on the throne, looked at the closed hourglass in front of him, and sighed silently.

"Your Highness, there is no need to be angry for such a despicable person." Budakis came over to comfort him.

"No, this envoy should have made such a move intentionally. The decisive battle we will face in five days will be very tragic and dangerous. Since they were able to defeat and kill Amasa before when they were short of food, it is enough to prove that Budakis, your previous evaluation was true." Kobuha frowned and kept touching the glass of the hourglass with his fingers, feeling resentful.

Budakis was also a very shrewd man, and he immediately proposed the key layout for the decisive battle, "Now the pilgrims can attack our camp from two directions, one is the iron bridge, and the other is the city of Antioch. The Gate of the Wise Paul.”

Kebuha couldn't answer, "Not only are we facing the enemy on two fronts, I just told Peter that there will be an army of 50,000, but at least 10,000 will be needed. They have to transport food from Tiemen Mountain Ridge to the camp here, so they can't participate." fighting."

"What about abandoning this place and shrinking back to the Iron Gate Mountains?"

Facing Budakis's question, Kobuha held him in his arms and shook his head, "It's not feasible. This is a plain area, which happens to be a suitable place for a decisive battle. I can resist as many pilgrims as they come. But if we retreat, When we reach the mountains to the east of the city, we are afraid that the pilgrims will backfire and surround us and cut off the food route, which will completely collapse us."

"Then we have to concentrate our efforts and defeat the enemy on one of the two fronts first."

"That's right... Order Boesas in the camp to the north to ambush a thousand elite soldiers in the valley. Then our army provoked the enemies on the other side of the iron bridge, lured them over, and waited for an opportunity to attack them and defeat them. them; as for the gate facing the wise man Paul, I will personally sit in command and guide them Fight back." Kobuha gradually made up his mind, and Budakis reminded him again, "The road leading to the granary on the other side of Tiemen Mountain is very long. We must beware of enemy sneak attacks. Please note that they occupy We have captured the acropolis of Antioch, just charge over..."

At this moment, Kobuha pointed his finger at the opponent's rosy lips without a beard and said, "Of course I have considered it, so I will also ambush five hundred elite shooters in the valleys and grass on the sides of Granary Mountain." "As long as there are these two ambushes, I will definitely win the decisive battle in five days." , Kobuha's worries just now seemed to have dispersed a lot, "We defeated the enemy, even if we did not completely annihilate them, but after the arrival of the army led by Durak Tutusi, victory still belonged to us. There was so much sand, so much !" He said with burning eyes as he kept touching the hourglass in front of him.

Just when Budakis and other prostitutes were praising His Royal Highness for his wisdom, General Kalaghdi, who had never spoken at the side, put forward loyal advice, "The ambush is not omnipotent. My master, once traced, If we are discovered and attacked by the enemy, it will be us who suffer a disastrous defeat. Master, the number of your two ambush troops is too small. Once the large group of pilgrims breaks out, I don't think it will have any effect. "

"We are about to face the battle, and you are not allowed to say such words that shake morale!" Kobuha was furious. "When fighting on the battlefield, in addition to relying on the jihad spirit of each soldier, we must also fully consider the fate of fate. Process, as long as I remove the soft plug from the waist of this hourglass and the sand starts to fall, I will be invincible, and the ambush is just a footnote to my powerful force." (To be continued~^~)