Eagle Byzantium

"Long live the Emperor!" A few days later, with the blue-bordered white-cross battle flag flying, rows of lightly-armed Byzantine spearmen, after the trebuchets smashed the outer defense rock of the Ferna Hill Fort, were within the weapon's projection distance. They quickly changed from a static dense array to an assault formation. From several directions, with roars that shook the sky and earth, they launched a strong attack on the mountain fort.

Alongside the Ferna Palisades protruding from the surrounding hillsides, the Isaurian bandits who resisted were swarmed like ants. Many of them formed a battle line outside the city, but were soon shot by the emperor's archers. Shot down by arrows, the remaining people screamed and crawled around Go there and be trampled by groups of spearmen. Those who managed to climb under the wall were assassinated one by one by the Byzantine spearmen who arrived quickly before they could climb up. Then several ladders were set up on each side. On the wall, the emperor's pointed The soldiers had covered their bodies with round shields and were filing forward with spears in one hand. "Give me some courage. No one is allowed to retreat. The Isaurians will not submit to anyone!" Kitas himself raised his saber with a bright slant Shawls and crimson belts were strangled together with the swarming emperor's soldiers. Thick smoke and flames were ignited and raised everywhere. Bandits on the city wall holding bows and arrows and throwing stones were constantly stabbed in the abdomen by spearmen who climbed up. Wailing and falling down.

"There has been a gap in the enemy's city wall. Tell my guards to rush forward!" The emperor, who was supervising the battle at the foot of the hillside due north, keenly saw that several of his soldiers had occupied a corner of the mountain fort and were facing down the hillside. The army was waving their team flags, so they made a prompt decision, turned around and raised their arms to the buglers behind them, and then chopped them down.

Arconis Commander of the Varangian Guards, Yagfi, after hearing the sound of a series of bugles, took the lead in raising his fiery red cloak, pulled out his exquisite and terrifying long sword, and pointed it at the man behind him. Rows of guard warriors shouted, "Father is calling us to crush these bandits." Then the group of bandits The palace guard warriors with various terrifying red, flaxen, and yellow beards, in the firelight, one after another pulled out the sharp long axes that were originally inserted in the soil under their feet, then flattened the ends, and let out pirate-like cries. , "Long live the Emperor!" He walked up the hillside and launched a decisive attack on the northeast corner of the mountain fort.

Seeing the Varangian guards rushing towards them, the remaining bandits still holding on to the city wall could no longer bear it any longer. They jumped off the wall one after another and ran around like headless flies. Amid the shadows and crackling sounds of axes, a group of guard warriors had already demolished a section of the wooden fence: this was originally a stone wall that had been knocked down by the emperor's trebuchet beforehand, and the bandits temporarily filled it up with wooden fences and baskets. Then the warriors who poured in raised large round shields or kite shields with various monster emblems painted on them, forming a three-layer shield wall. The bandits who counterattacked under the leadership of Nikitas were resisted. Outside this indestructible shield wall, no matter what They wielded various long and short weapons, chiseling, pushing or chopping. In the gap between the violently shaking shields, the faces of this group of rough and terrifying janitors were full of indifference. Not only did they not retreat, they also Mixed with contemptuous laughter.

On the city walls on both sides, the emperor's spearmen stabbed to death the scattered bandits who were still resisting. Then the archers climbed up, and the arrows shot from all directions intertwined like the wind, and the mountains in the city were like a rat in a bag. The bandits shot and killed them indiscriminately, and their women and children ran around in disarray, but the emperor's soldiers did not Not prepared to let them go - they jumped down one after another, "Those who resist the emperor must die!", hunting this group of Isaurians everywhere like chasing rabbits. Many strong women who were not willing to be humiliated were at the cistern in the city. He pulled out the dagger and killed the child first and then himself. The piles of corpses filled the entire large pool.

Nikitas also completely lost the will to resist. The emperor's guards were everywhere around him, swinging axes and killing anyone. Staggering, with his body hit by several arrows shaking, he turned to the front of the grass-built palace in the mountain fortress (Sultan Konya had given him some money before, so Nikitas forced the captive pilgrims to built this wonderful (Laughing bandits' den), he saw with his own eyes that his son was forced to jump into a dry well after the loyal soldiers were shot and fell to the ground one by one. Then several of the emperor's spearmen rushed over and formed a circle. circle lift sharp Spears rushed to poke at the mouth of the dry well. Blood spurted out from the mouth of the well. Nikitas felt that his eyes were stained with bright red eyes. He broke into the chaotic main hall and saw several prisoners who had been captured before. The Danish pilgrims, who were originally detained as slaves in the kitchen, now took advantage of the chaos to break the chains and shackles, carrying bloody butcher knives or hatchets in their hands, and hacked and killed Nikitas's relatives and family members everywhere.

Nikitas saw his wife and several young children, all chopped to pieces and lying in a pool of blood. His wife refused to stare at him, her eyes seemed to be wide open to him, "You all run away, I Stand in the way, and everyone who survives must not forget to avenge Ferna!" Finally, when Nikitas rushed in and killed the few pilgrims who escaped, he blocked it with his sword! At the entrance of the grass palace, he shouted to the surviving tribesmen.

At the first hour of the afternoon, Alexios rode a white horse. Amid the cheers of the soldiers, he walked from the city gate into the city where corpses were piled up. At the entrance of the eye-catching grass palace, the emperor pulled the bridle rope, and blood The dripping Nikitas was still standing there, and several archers and Varangian warriors stood at the foot of the steps, surrounding him with axes and bows.

"Why don't you kill him? Are you preparing to show victory to me?" The emperor pointed contemptuously at Nikitas and said to the generals around him.

Yagfi nodded, and then raised a small flag to the guard warriors. Amidst the clatter, all the warriors raised their axes and swords, "Repent to the Holy Apostle Emperor!" Such a voice shook the above. roof tiles.

"Bah!" Nikitas's shawl was wrapped around the wound, his belt had been cut off, and his coat was spread out. He was covered in blood and stared at the emperor on the horse outside the crowd, yelling. In an instant, seven battle axes and three long swords struck him from different parts, and his broken limbs and head were scattered on the steps. "Disgusting building, throw all the corpses here and burn them." "The emperor waved his hand and ordered.

Then, all the armies of the empire were divided into two military camps according to the established plan under the ruins of Felna City. Then the emperor chopped off 500 heads of bandits, built a Jingguan, and fled back to Keke. Giliki of Niya City wrote a handwritten letter, "If you can give up all your territory, I will ensure your safe retreat to the eastern plateau, and you can do whatever you want there." This means to persuade him to surrender.

But immediately, Giliki asked the emperor's envoy to bring back the answer, "I want to go to your imperial capital to herd sheep, and then shit the sheep on the altar of your palace monastery." (To be continued ~^~)