Eagle Byzantium

At the same time, in the Seleucia Palace, a temporary military meeting was also being held nervously. The host was the Princess in Purple. "The chiefs and deputies of the six divisions do not need to panic. The four markets in the territory are still open on time. All administrative matters are open on time." And life is as usual. In addition, the garrison of Alamein Fort must do their duty and monitor the movements of the west coast. Those who neglect their duties will be executed immediately. Temporarily handed over to the commander of the civilian army Birel, the female consul of the believers served as the auxiliary inspector. In addition, Feishu went to the Cappadocia area and asked Reinstein there to serve as full-time guard, while Walter Sansaval's subordinates were appointed. The mounted cavalry regiment passed through the Little Antioch Fort and marched day and night from the east to support the camping. Giliki has agreed to give us the right to pass. Anyway, he is now guarding the isolated city of Konya. Whether or not he lets it go is just a symbol. "

"That's it. What about the great patron, His Highness Gawain?" Little Sunfish was more impatient and stood behind the curtain to ask this question.

The directors of the other departments also looked at the figure of the princess behind the curtain very nervously, "What are you afraid of!" the princess replied sternly, "Now I personally guard Seleucia, is it possible that the great patron will watch me ignore it? From now on, the militia riders will be left to search everywhere, and the Chamber of Commerce will also invest in hiring a horse-riding catcher for every five households to catch all kinds of spies. "

After saying that, the princess was about to retch again because of her harsh tone, but she tried her best to hold it back. Both Little Sunfish and Hertomia saw her hands, and they trembled and grabbed the armrest of the chair. , blood oozed from the seams of her fingernails, and she covered her mouth with her sleeves and endured it. She could not lose her composure in front of all the officers and brothers.

"Yes." Everyone immediately replied with lowered hands.

Indeed, in the distant city of Tarsus, Gawain was also sitting on a rattan chair, waiting for news from the Eastern Front, holding in his hand the letter Anna had written to him earlier, "My little deer and little pony, really. She is pregnant... But now, I can only place my hope on that guy Bohemond, give me some energy, Redbeard!"

Gawain was right, now it was time for Bohemond to send out his army for a decisive battle: after the beginning of spring, Lord Raymond in the Iron Bridge Fortress suddenly cut himself off, holding up the holy spear and flag, in front of Patriarch Sal Faubert towards Lata after the consecration of arms Kiya and Jubail marched, and about 80,000 pilgrims followed him with cheers. Even Godfrey, Baldwin, and Robert had to lead the main force and follow Raymond like servants, "toward the glorious March on the Lord’s Tomb.”

With Raymond's interference, the nobles on the front line of Samosata also started to make a fuss. They were unwilling to fight against the Armenians and Turks here and wanted to go to the Holy City. Bohemond and Tancred first spent money to bribe them, but could not restrain the enthusiasm of this group of people, and later persuaded this group of people not to buy it either.

"Give me another half month to fully coordinate my battle and defeat Chief Merrick, the evil enemy of Christ. Once I regain Samosata, I will lead everyone to follow Lord Raymond." In the end, Bohemond's pleading finally made all the soldiers calm down.

After that, everything depends on Bohemond's own ability.

Because at the same time he made the promise, Gawain had dispatched all the Red Hand Cavalry, and took out two elite detachments from the Gemakis Brigade and the Red Hand Brigade to let Bramson and Desiu Led by Si and Dorus Lambert, a new task force was formed, which set off directly from Sith City across the eastern plains, and then advanced towards the Armenian Pass and Marash, in order to detour from the flanks and cooperate with Bohemond.

In short, Gawain did everything he could.

On the third day of the service after the Annunciation, a cavalryman raised his leather tube furiously and shouted, "Count Bohemond achieved great victory in the Samosata Valley, Count Bohemond achieved victory in Samosa A great victory was achieved in the Tower Valley. More than half of Chief Merrick's army was wiped out. The remaining army and chief Escape from Melitene!" The guard guarding the gate hurriedly opened the city gate, and the news of the cavalry's success spread throughout the city. Many residents and soldiers in the barracks shouted with joy and even shed tears after hearing it. With his face full, he knelt on the ground and loudly praised the Blessed Mother for her protection and blessings.

After hearing the news, Gawain had been sitting on the wicker chair for two days and two nights without moving. All the camp affairs were handed over to Mero. He had been waiting for news from Bohemond - or... Disastrous, or triumphant.

At this moment, the great victory in the Eastern Valley came unmistakably. Gawain jumped up from the chair with his legs that were a little sore. Then Muzafi'adin hurriedly raised the armor, dong and cloak, and Gawain quickly lifted them. Dressed neatly, he tore open the brown paper reporting success in the leather tube:

Bohemond proudly declared his victory, and also attached the seal testimonies of Bramson, Decius and Lambert - it turned out that Bramson's task force rushed to Maratha unimpeded. At the foot of Shibao Castle, Saliki was frightened and did not dare to leave the castle to resist the battle - and then laid out Lambson simply continued deeper, crossing the middle area between Marash, Tubersena and La Vodela, and defeated several groups of Danish Mondrian Turkish guards, and finally appeared behind Merrick's camp. On the peak of the mountain, and far away in the direction of Samosata, a reporting flame was lit.

The morale of Bohemond's entire army was immediately boosted. The shrewd red-bearded Lord ordered a decisive battle. He deliberately raised his gold-rimmed white flag, gathered an countless queue, and rushed to the opposite side of Bramson's task force. direction, when the light refracted from the Flemish halberd shone into Merrick's eyes. After getting there, the plateau chief looked back and heard the shouting of Bramson's task force on the mountain behind him. The whole camp around him was in a state of panic, and he keenly realized, "This is the Norman bandit from Antioch trying to attack." Attack me here and form a pincer attack with the enemy on the mountain over there.”

So Merrick quickly divided the entire army into several groups and guarded them in the direction of the camp. He personally led the strongest group, and cooperated with the Armenian cavalry of Fell, Parkad and his son, and faced Bohemond in preparation for the confrontation.

But Merrick obviously miscalculated. At this moment, the real killer of the Normans, Tancred, was leading four hundred of the most elite Norman cavalry. He took advantage of the opportunity and quietly detoured back to the opposite side of the valley at the source of the Euphrates River. In another direction, he invaded with a roar. Merrick's camp, Norman cavalry with spears under their arm, It swept through unstoppably and destroyed most of the camp. The slaves and boys who escaped from the Turks were like ants on a hot pot. Subsequently, Bohemond and Bramson also launched fierce attacks from two directions, reaching The Nishmund Turk army collapsed in less than an hour.

On the road leading to Melitene Castle, which was also the only way out, Merrick, Packard, his son, and Fell ran like deer trapped in a hunter's snare, escaping from the slaughterhouse. However, about two thousand Turks and Kurds ran to the edge of a cliff in a panic. As a result, they were all massacred by the pilgrim team, and the enemy camp also fell into Bohemond's hands. (To be continued ~^~)