Eagle Byzantium

During the turmoil and quarrel, the emperor tried to calm down. He had seen such battles before. After the defeat of Durazzo twenty years ago, Guiscat returned to Italy due to the rebellion of the Norman nobles in his base. His son, Bohemond, also besieged the city of Larissa, where the ancient hero Argues The hometown of Lios was also the treasury and armory of the imperial army. Didn't the newly defeated Alexios turn the situation around and defeat Bohemond with ambushes, surprise attacks and a large number of mercenary Turkic archers? ?

The emperor, who regained his confidence, pointed to the sand table and said, "Send emissaries to Venice, to the court of Caesar Salian, and let them wait for an opportunity to cut off Bohemond's retreat, consume his supplies and food, and try to make Bohemond trapped as much as possible." At the gates of Thessaloniki" followed him. Pointing at Titicius, "My general, my servant. Don't go back with your 6,000 new troops for the time being. I need your bravery and skill in fighting, and the sincere cooperation of everyone. I peeked at Posta before As you know, many of Gawain’s troops were removed from Gawain’s chariot, including Gawain’s I should go to Seleucia to put out the fire, and I put down the fire - so we no longer extend the car barrier to cut off the road to Iconium, because there is no time, but we will do it first in the afternoon of the next day. At this time, go out and gather all the elite military forces... The emperor pointed his finger at somewhere on the sand table, "To storm the protruding part of Gawain's chariot is equivalent to gouging out his liver and eyes. Then I will personally drive the army to press forward and completely destroy his chariot front." , followed by his camp, completing his mission in one battle."

"As you command." Tatisius hesitated for a moment, then bowed.

General Ceces seemed to say something, but he did not say it. He just muttered silently in his heart, "The emperor has twenty years of military career. I can sum up a rule, that is, every time he takes the initiative to attack, he will fail. Defensive counterattacks always succeed... No matter what, I hope the Lord can bless the future of the empire..."

And Raymond standing over there was also rare and taciturn. He had not said anything about the "three choices" before. He only thought about "What does it have to do with my Laodicea? Gawain is here to beat me." , I just need to hold on to that strong and towering castle."

Only Brenus unexpectedly objected to his father-in-law's instructions, saying it was risky and unwise, "Your Majesty, how is the progress of our battle in Seleucia?"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, "It should go well. Even if Gawain returns to Seleucia for reinforcements, it will delay him for a lot of time. So I must seize this opportunity to attack."

"But now there is no evidence that Gawain really left the opposite car barrier." Brenus said with a somewhat excited attitude and spread his hands.

"The information obtained by my scouts and Lord Raymond's Posta is very clear - the number of enemies has decreased, and Gawain's flag, himself, and retinue guards have no longer appeared in the camp."

"Your Majesty, you should know that Gawain is a very dangerous and cunning enemy. What's more, if we give up cutting off the road from Iconium to the enemy camp, Gawain's other brigade (guardians) may attack at any time They used this road to come and pose a threat to us, and now this brigade has disappeared inexplicably, isn’t it?”

"Then ask Matthew's other camp to continue to monitor the flanks of our chariot." The emperor's tone was also a little impatient. He knew that his son-in-law was weaker than him, so he had always been a bit timid and conservative. "Now I don't have any It’s time, we must show the spirit and determination to compete Come. Yes, yes, I should have taken the steps step by step and controlled the road to Ikonium, but dear son-in-law, I really don’t have time. Gawain and I have already cast the final dice, and now it’s time. It’s time to realize PaxRomana.”

After saying this, the emperor in the imperial tent lowered his head and remained silent for a few seconds. Then he looked around and said the word "Pax Romana" again. Although his voice was not loud, it echoed throughout the place for a long time.

Most of the generals, including Tatisius, Raymond, and Cuman Khan Yasene, could not understand the meaning of this word in the somewhat sad emperor's mouth due to their low cultural level.

But Brenus knew that Pax Romana was the "Peace of the Roman Empire", a "Roman peace" based on strong arms, order and governance. The emperor called it in his heart, hoping that it could fly with the wings of angels. Go to the top of your head, destroy all rebellions and foreign enemies, and recreate the distant scene of Pax Romana, which is golden, the golden color of the sun, the golden color of the palace, the golden color of the ocean, the golden color of coins, the golden color of wheat... .

Brenus, who was in a depressed mood, walked out of the imperial camp decorated with golden eagles and purple mandarins. He looked up at the skyline on the battlefield. The clouds were indeed dyed golden by the setting sun, but they were not pure. There were also red and black ones. , gray.

Titicius also walked out. The Third Glory of the Empire glanced at the noseless man and walked towards his camp without saying anything. Tatisius carried his quiver and bow on his waist and took a few steps towards the outside of the imperial camp. In front of him, behind the entire chariot barrier, almost all the imperial soldiers began to move. Some were standing on the solid antler fence, and some were standing on the fence. Some are testing bows and arrows, some are praying, and everyone is preparing for the decisive battle in the future.

"The warriors glared at each other,

Fighting for revenge. "

After the Oghuz general chanted these two lines of poetry in Turkic, he gently and rhythmically slapped his trousers with the tip of his whip, and walked step by step towards his simple tent.

In the night, on the field beside the ruins of Philomelon Town, several imperial messenger cavalrymen were flashing suspicious and vigilant eyes, and the horses under their crotch exhaled bursts of air from their nostrils. They stepped on the waist-deep spring grass and walked towards the other camp of General Ma Xiu. Apart from the buzzing of insects along the way, under the deep starry sky, the boundless land spread out with the vision, the nameless flowers dotted in the grass and fields entangled the horse's hooves, exuding a strong fragrance, and the vortex-like stars and clouds flowed among the layers of distant mountains. The leader also greedily took two breaths of intoxicating air, and with the sound of horse hooves, he quickly followed the black torch-like cypress and continued to move forward.

The scream of the night owl sounded, and the following messenger cavalry suddenly covered their faces in fear. On the dense cypress trees, several flying birds soared with strange cries, and some of them fell down. The black shadow was a human, holding a dagger, suddenly jumped down from the hidden tree canopy, and directly knocked the leading messenger cavalry off his horse. The two fought fiercely and briefly on the grass. The cold light of the dagger drew a trajectory and stabbed the cavalryman's neck.

The rest of the messenger cavalry hurriedly turned around and prepared to escape, but one by one, the black shadows covered with camouflage and long grass stood up from the wild, forming a semicircle. The crossbows and arrows in their hands were noisy, and the emperor's messenger cavalry trembled one by one, and then almost all of them drooped their bodies and slid off their horses... (To be continued ~^~)