Eagle Byzantium

At the moment when the military meeting was in full swing, the somewhat tired Gawain returned to his palace. The Holy Sister told him with a sad look on her face, "The most famous Persian physician around Melitene, Nath bin Malik, came for diagnosis and treatment, and Had surgery..."

When Gawain heard this, he immediately understood and his face darkened, "Were you still unable to save the girl's right wrist?"

Saint Sister nodded, "But my life was finally saved."

"Give this great doctor a generous reward and ask him to serve with the army in the future. Holy sister, you and the female officials will stay in Melitene to take care of the sleeping officer, and assist Dorus Lambert who is left behind to deal with the new acquisition. The government affairs in the Marash area mainly include the establishment of Paulist and Reformed synagogues and towns, the construction of sacred farms, the liberation of local serfs, and the addition of Armenia's newly attached noble cavalry and infantry archers. The salary was changed from the original fief system to the holy salary system." After Gawain finished speaking, he called the confidential officer Philactus and said, "Release the news of my assassination, but don't say that I am dead. Saying that I am unscathed, I will use this to confuse the five nations and the mountain sects on the Greater Armenian Plateau - and Philactus, immediately draft a provocative letter of war and send it to Erezburg for Merrick to read. ”

Afterwards, the palace of the patron saint of Melitene immediately strengthened the guard force. This group of elite warriors armed with halberds and swords surrounded the palace and the forest garden, strictly prohibiting any stray people from entering, and it looked like a trembling wind.

At the same time, many doctors in and around the city were summoned one after another to enter, but were never released. As a result, news such as "The great patron has been assassinated, the situation looks dangerous, life or death is uncertain" is circulated in various markets and city gates.

The news spread quickly and soon became known to all the forces on the Greater Armenian Plateau. Finally, it flowed to the west, causing Anna in the court of Tarsus to be greatly frightened and worried. It wasn't until a very confidential letter came, reporting Gawain's safety and the sleeper's injury, that Anna felt a little relieved.

Not long after, in the mountain fortress of Erez, Merrick, the great emir of the Kingdom of Danishmund, passed through the battlements, looked at the mountains and slopes of goats below, and unfolded Gawain's letter of challenge with doubts:

"I have crushed the Marash robbers, and the prince of Aleppo has surrendered before the hoofs of my horses. Therefore, you must know this verse at this moment, 'After the sun sets, the moon begins to have light.' Since we raised our army, we have dared to obstruct anyone , If your body dies and your country is destroyed, I tell you, based on my previous experience, not to look at the sun like a candle, otherwise you will regret it. You should go to the trench in the city and accept the surrender personally. Otherwise, even if you hide in the sky and the earth, you will not be able to escape... ..”

Merrick tore up the challenging letter before he finished reading it, "No matter whether Gawain is dead or alive now, if he is still alive, he will definitely come north from Melitene to seek my bad luck! Send a fast horse, We went to ask the Emir of Sajitus (Saltuk Ali) to lead an army to come to our aid. We set up forts in the mountains and deep valleys and resisted at every level. Even though Gawain is strong, he cannot be complacent here."

Soon the information that "the Tarsus Guards Army will soon go north to attack and sweep the Erez and Erzurum areas" spread throughout Greater Armenia.

Just when Merrick was seriously preparing for war in the mountains south of Erez. By the beginning of October, the Red Hand Brigade had arrived in the city of Melitene. All the Guards soldiers here were arrayed on the plains of the Kormax River in the city with great momentum. They would go out after the review was completed.

Here are almost all the powerful troops of the Kingdom of Tarsus: except for the Vanka Border Army who stayed in Marash, the "Three Aces" of the Red Hand Brigade, the Guardian Brigade, and the Jimmagis Brigade "Every layer of formation has been deployed, and their double-paid spearmen and sergeants in the front row have painted their large infantry spears vermilion and put on new sophisticated armor: it is a combination of three styles. Fitted together, the soldiers' chests and backs are covered with Persian-style "mirror armor". The two pieces, either round or square, are dazzling and dazzling. They are fastened to each other with belts; and on the shoulders and shins of these soldiers, It is made of cast Roman ring armor, layered on top of each other, which can effectively prevent sword slashes; it is also wrapped in traditional Frank-style chain mail armor to resist arrows. When these heavily armored spearmen soldiers and miscellaneous skirmishers line up in front of the battle, from a distance, they look as majestic and majestic as silver silk waves, and the enemies are all frightened when they see them!

On the right side of the three-winged brigade is the newly established Yevanduni Brigade holding the lion flag. They still retain the appearance of the Armenian army for the time being. The heavily armored infantry stands at the forefront, holding a six-leaf hammer. , saddle-shaped heavy ax serves as the front line, and the rear On the front are light infantry and mountain archers wrapped in robes and cloaks carrying halberds. At the back is the elite of the army - two hundred armored cavalry, led by the commander-in-chief of the royal cavalry and the general of the brigade. Racles took charge of the battle himself.

You want to ask where the bald Parker Ade went? The answer is that he was "squeezed out" by his son Heracles. Hercules gave his father the fifteen hundred gold coins that Gao Wenfang had given him when he bribed Tubosaina, and asked him to buy a house directly in Marash. The manor was gone for retirement... In the war to regain Greater Armenia, this eager young man didn't even want to share the glory of his war exploits with his biological father.

On the left, there are the fierce red-handed cavalry, selected border cavalry and Oghuz volunteer cavalry. Especially the latter has served more than 700 cavalry. They are all Oghuz people who shoulder the orthodox Sunni faith. Now The only thing he thought about was to hold a sharp saber and ruthlessly slaughter those "heretics in the Ismaili Mountains who only know how to do despicable assassinations."

At the back was the camp of the artillery corps and baggage vehicles, with densely packed siege weapons and chariots lined up there, like a neat chessboard.

The trumpet sounded, and the gate of Melitene by the river opened wide, and thousands of soldiers immediately focused their attention here.

When the bell of the black warhorse rang, all speculations and rumors disappeared. Gawain rode on Sabina's back intact, surrounded by the guards, out of the city gate, across the bridge, and then ran back and forth in front of all the army formations.

"Long live, long live!" Countless soldiers roared fanatically, shaking their spears.

"I was indeed assassinated before, but the almighty Lord protected me!" Gawain raised his arms, "These pagan scum and rats can't do anything to me, but my loyal sleeping officer lost a wrist. Soldiers, how do you think we should deal with it?"

"Kill all these rats and avenge the sleeping officer!" Centurions, sergeants and ordinary brigade soldiers all shouted in a hurry.

"I have made it clear that the assassins are hiding in the Diyarbakir Castle."

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With the words of the great patron, the soldiers fell silent for a moment, because the original order they received was to attack Erezburg in the north and fight against the alliance of Danishmund Sagitus.