Eagle Byzantium

This battery fired stone cannons, and It took Theodore hundreds of soldiers to build it.

The next day it crouched like a monster on the convex rock that could be seen on the battlements of the inner city, staring at the city gates and towers. About tomorrow it would be able to shoot deadly stone pellets.

The eight hundred defenders were in despair. Their officers surrounded Diogenes and Preptus, and asked fiercely why reinforcements from the patron saint had not arrived yet.

"If we place all our hopes on reinforcements, we will definitely lose. Look at the current stone cannon. What if Gawain's reinforcements arrive tomorrow afternoon and the enemy breaks through this place in the morning? Should we? Is it worthwhile to die?" Di In simple language, Ognis pointed to the direction of the city gate and said to everyone, "Remember that we are standing here not to obtain rewards from Gawain, but also to regain Roman rule for His Majesty the Emperor who died inexplicably. The justice they deserve!”

"But how on earth are we going to defend this place? After all, flesh and blood cannot resist the flying stone bullets." The officers discussed one after another and were very hesitant.

"Are there any war horses in the city?" the guard asked.

"There are three horses left in the stable."

"Give it to me. I'll find a way to destroy Theodoro's stone cannon." The officer said firmly.

"Let me go," Deputy Bleptus said hurriedly.

The capture officer dissuaded him and everyone else, "I'll go ahead. If unfortunately I die in battle, I will give the decision to surrender Angrasburg to Bleptus. As for the body... It doesn’t matter, if my wife is not executed by the new emperor, I will ask for your help in the future.”

In the lower camp of Fort Anglas, the old general Theodoro looked proudly at the rock cannon on the rock. He raised his whip and once again introduced his proud deployment to his subordinates and Titicius who came to watch the battle, "Persia The combination of human technology and Trabzon craftsmen will be invincible. We can break through this place tomorrow as long as we occupy An. As for Glass, what if Gawain comes to attack? His territory is surrounded by enemies again. We alone have more than 30,000 people. As long as the command continues to be entrusted to me, with the help of the Sakarya River and this fortress Being able to completely resist Gawain is a real step forward in His Majesty’s counterattack, and this is the real gospel for the Roman Empire.”

"What I saw near the city of Caesarea was undoubtedly Gawain's number one ace brigade." Titicius was still a little worried.

"My Tuma division is not inferior to his brigade, and will even surpass it. This has been proven in the previous battle of Paphlagonia." The old general is still intoxicated by the battle a few years ago. , "What's more, I have the help of Georgia, Alan and Ross soldiers in this battle. These people are the best warriors in the world. If Gawain comes, I will have to compete with him again!"

As soon as the words were spoken, several messengers rushed down from the siege position on the rocks, came to the old general and Titicius and reported, "The enemy requests surrender."

Theodoro laughed, with a matter-of-fact look, "Ask Diognis to send an envoy to see me, the time is very limited."

At the inner city wall, the city gate slowly opened. Diogenes, who was wearing a helmet to cover his eyes, was riding on a horse that slowly walked out. Behind him were vigilant guards. On the passage between the two siege towers on the outside, It was also lined with Trabzon peasant soldiers armed with weapons.

As soon as the horse's hooves walked ten feet outside the city gate, the heavy iron door at the rear was quickly pushed shut.

"I am the military envoy, please guide my horses to the camp of the great leader of the empire." Diognis changed his voice, holding a spear in his hand, with a letter tied to the spear blade. The eyes of the Labzonian peasants and soldiers were shaking.

"Get off the horse and walk to the chief's camp." Several Trabzon peasant soldiers stepped forward to pull the horse.

"That won't work. I have to ride on horseback and deliver the letter to the chief personally." Diognis refused to give up.

"Quickly dismount!" The peasants and soldiers were about to force themselves.

In an instant, Diognis saw the stone cannon on the rock. A group of craftsmen were surrounding it, polishing piles of stone bullets.

At this time, the Trabzon peasants and soldiers also noticed the envoy's gaze, which seemed to be directed at the stone cannon at the back. It was about four hundred feet away from here, and the front was lined with large wooden shields to prevent arrows.

"What are you going to do!" a peasant soldier shouted sternly.

As a result, Diogenes' spear blade thrust forward, and the peasant soldier's domed helmet was immediately broken into two pieces, and his head was penetrated.

Then Diognis quickly withdrew his spear, waved his hand back, and used the spear shaft to sweep away another approaching peasant soldier. He then lowered himself on the saddle, holding the spear tightly with both hands and forming a straight line. Line, overturned the other two or three peasants and soldiers blocking the front, and ran straight towards the stone cannon.

Behind the inner city wall, many guards stood up with shouts and fired a torrent of flaming arrows at the lower rows. For a while, many rockets flew behind the guard, who continued to charge forward with spears. In the midst of the chaos, he continued to shout, "I am the military envoy. Get out of the way quickly. I want to deliver the letter to the chief's camp."

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More and more enemy peasants rushed over along the way. They shot arrows at Diogenes' mount, trying to shoot the warhorse that the guard was riding. However, this time Diogenes' horse was covered with a face curtain armor, a chicken neck armor and a front saddle. Many arrows were bent and brushed against the sturdy armor. Diogenes shouted and thrust with his spear left and right, knocking down several people. At this time, he was less than fifty feet away from the stone cannon. The Cappadocian horse under his crotch had been fed with food before, and it was full of energy. It jumped over several wooden fences in succession, but more and more enemies surrounded him.

Diogenes stood up from the saddle and threw the lance in his hand. With a cry of surprise, it was like a flash of lightning and pierced into the wooden frame of the stone cannon. Then the officer freed his hands and lifted his robe on the shaking horse's back. There were three pottery jars tied with ropes, and the tinder wrapped around them was burning rapidly. Diogenes grabbed the ropes, stretched the pottery jars under his arms and swung them, and then smashed them out when there was still a little bit of tinder left.

A huge flower of flame bloomed on the wooden frame of the catapult, followed by the second and third flowers. Many ropes hanging under the huge catapult were burned one by one, and quickly burned towards the main body. The craftsmen and soldiers screamed and ran around. Diogenes was hit by two arrows in a row, and he fell back on the saddle in pain, turned his horse and fled towards his own city gate.

"What the hell is going on!" Under the rock, watching the catapult he had painstakingly built turn into a ball of increasingly fierce fireworks, Theodore angrily threw the whip in his hand under the crimson boots and cursed.

Diogenes's pottery jar was filled with light oil produced from the "oil well" on the border of Greater Armenia. It burned very quickly and violently and could not be extinguished at all.