Eagle Byzantium

"Soldier, why are you crying? Is it because of the failure of the empire and the emperor?" Seeing Atretis with tears streaming down his face, the brown-bearded general reined in his horse, and the red hand feathers standing on his helmet shook a few times.

Atretis looked at the praetorian guards holding halberds, iron spears and battle axes behind the general, and lowered his head in shock, but in the end he told the truth and pointed to the place where the Guards soldiers were stepping on the ground. "He was one of our generals, so I couldn't help but cry when I saw it," said Seliraruus' corpse under the boots.

The brown-bearded general followed what Atretis was pointing at. When he saw this scene, he immediately waved his hands and sternly asked the soldiers not to allow him to insult the corpse like this again. Then he turned around and looked at Atretis with his light blue eyes. Letis asked his name, and after receiving the answer, he said, "I will give you and the other three hundred prisoners tools to dig holes along the trenches of the chariot base to help bury your dead officers and soldiers. Drop it - as for the wounded soldiers, I will ask the medical personnel accompanying the army to take care of them."

"Thank you for your kindness, General." Atretis and some soldiers hurriedly saluted and bowed.

In the thick smoke, the general nodded and raised his scepter, "Don't be so restrained. I am the greatest traitor in the empire - Stephen Gawain Russell. The people of Tarsus call me the White Death of the Turks. Turks and Saracens call me akin , the believers in the old city of Rome call me a servant of God. Now I need your help. I will set up your holy estates and salaries in Angras, Philomelon, Afillon, Germanico and other places. How about sufficient security and armaments?”

What else... After hearing Gawain's words, Atretis and most of the soldiers rushed to the office of the Envoy Office under the flag. While receiving the digging tools, they were awarded the saints they belonged to. Fengtian property.

The only bond of allegiance for soldiers to the monarch is land or salary. Now as prisoners, they can also be granted holy land and gospel land, and sign a guarantee contract (the output of a certain number of farmers with a holy salary is guaranteed to be a holy salary in proportion). There is no reason to refuse at all.

Then Gawain rode with his guards to the emperor's ruined imperial camp, where many soldiers and vehicles were carrying captured goods: gold, silver and glassware, candlesticks, furniture, books, and the richly decorated royal palace. Most of the chariots, various horse gear and weapons inlaid with gold and silver, and hundreds of horses used by the entire royal camp were also seized by the Guards.

Placed in front of Gawain were the emperor's large imperial flag and small imperial flag, several purple robes and holy armors, and the bright cross. "Is this the real cross?" Gawain on Sabina's back the inquiry said.

The answer was yes, this was what Empress Helena (the mother of Emperor Constantine) dug out from the ruins of the Holy Sepulchre to restore and enhance its beauty.

"Send back to St. Paul's Cathedral in Tarsus."

As the Patron's orders were issued, the surrounding soldiers cheered with the slogan "Saint Paul".

Then Giovanni, Gregor, Parni, Birel, Branas, Monomachus, Walter and other generals gathered around with tired and excited expressions. Among them, Giovanni's arm He was still bandaged. He was fully responsible for supervising the battle on the front line of the car base yesterday and was shot by a stray arrow.

"Tens of thousands of prisoners were captured, as well as an equal number of beasts of burden."

"The attached cavalry of my brigade intercepted the emperor's retreat and captured more than a thousand deserters."

"The enemy camp also has a lot of food and equipment hoarded in the city."

One by one, everyone reported their victory to Gawain.

Gawain asked Philactus, the confidential officer next to him, to take people to register the captured supplies. The promised loot must be distributed among the Ogus volunteers and brigade soldiers, and the remaining portion should be transferred to the treasury for later use. Then Gawain said to them to, "Thank you for your hard work, but We also need to select light cavalry from various brigades and troops to quickly pursue the emperor's retreating troops. If nothing happens, our team will fight once or twice in Afillon. The scale is not large. But the emperor must not be given the chance to come back again.”

"As ordered, Your Highness the Patron." All the generals responded in unison, "Please rest assured and wait here for the next success report of the Guards Army."

"No, after a short rest, I and you will lead the cavalry team to pursue." Gawain said decisively, shaking his scepter.

In the decisive battle of Philomelon on May 18th, the emperor's army and General Matthew's camp killed nearly 5,000 people, most of whom were mercenaries of the emperor's imperial guards; among the 12,000 people who were captured, Seven thousand five hundred strong and intelligent people were selected and handed over to the training team. , went to form a new brigade - a brigade composed mainly of Romans (Greeks), and the rest were all assigned to cultivate the fields in the newly occupied territory; the subsequent teams either rebelled against Alexios, or scattered in all directions in the mountains leading to Afillon and Phrygia.

So Gawain deployed his next plan to conquer the city:

He, Bramson, Hajib, and Monomachus commanded three thousand lightly-armed elite cavalry and the Nikitas Party (who were familiar with the terrain) in the front, while Mero commanded the Red Hand Brigade and Lyoti Us's Pyrothrowers then advanced towards the city of Afyon, "knocking on the gates to Phrygia and Lydia";

Gotti, Sigma and the rest of the armored cavalry and the training corps stayed in Philomelone, while Giovanni stayed in Iconium, and built a temporary barracks to receive the emperor's surrendered soldiers and formed new brigades - the structures of the two brigades were clearly named "Philomelone" and "Hierapolis", and a "ship division" was set up on top to "command" (in order to facilitate the expansion of the field army in the future, Gawain had previously set up a "bow division" for the old three-wing brigade, but there was no actual organization and subordinates), and the name of the second brigade clearly reflected Gawain's Wen's ambition to march into the rich plains of southwest Anatolia (Hierapolis is located near Ephesus, the holy city of ancient Greece);

The Branas Guard Brigade, equipped with Walter Sansavale and 3,000 Caesarean border troops as auxiliary, went north to seize the isolated city of Angrasburg;

Gregor's Gimegis Brigade, equipped with 1,500 border troops of Birrel, assembled in Miliocephalon, ready to take advantage of the situation to attack Atalia, Alanya and the Mendres River farther away;

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The militias and border troops in Cilicia, Seleucia, and Vanka remained motionless, monitoring the surrounding sea and land, and guarding the noble female Caesar Anna Ducas.

After Gawain started the pursuit, when he rushed to about thirty miles outside Afyon with his officers and cavalry, he saw three or four thousand Cuman cavalrymen who had escaped from Philomelon before, as well as the colorful flags and camp cars of their king Khan Yasen.

"Tell Yasen to come to me with a humble attitude!" Gawain, under the red hand flag, pointed to the messenger who delivered the message.

About half an hour later, Yasen Khan rode a horse and came to Gawain with only two Baiyi nobles, then rolled off the saddle, knelt in front of Gawain, and stroked Gawain's boots flatteringly with his head up, "Brother, I think your boots should be purple."