Eagle Byzantium

"Gawain, you will continue to win." At this moment, Ajiehe in black clothes appeared behind him holding the hilt of the sword, prophesying in a very pure tone, "When you see your eagle flying, you will There is no doubt that we will win.”

"Can't the devil lie?" Gawain turned back to her, carrying the "captain" on his shoulder who was glaring at the succubus.

"No, no, no, the devil only makes contract transactions, there is no need to deceive people." A smile appeared on the corner of Ajiehe's mouth, walking, looking at him sideways with her beautiful face, "After you win, you will enter Georgia, where the sea is flourishing. , then go out from Alanya on the Khazar Sea, and then..."

"I will shake the Eagle Castle and even Isfahan, and then I will make great glory on the Great Ark Mountain. This glory will accompany my footsteps and sooner or later it will be sown on the crocus-covered road of Brachna Palace."

"That's it, great, Gawain just keep doing this...remember, when you see your eagle flying, you will be unstoppable." After Ajiehe said this, he passed Gawain. shoulders.

When Gawain turned around, a ray of warm sunlight shone in his eyes, and there was nothing in front of him. There was only the boundless wilderness and the sound of the breeze. Theodoro would probably appear there soon. .

"What is unstoppable? That's what I deserve." Gawain said secretly, and then he asked the "captain" to fly up, and then flew back to land on his shoulders, "When I see my eagle flying towards ...when I see my eagle flying..."

After the captain flew up for the third time, the feathers on his forehead and between his eyes were fluffed by the wind, and he hovered at the end of Chuckmack Creek, ready to wait for his master's whistle before flying back.

As a result, the captain was floating in the air at the end of the stream and saw a colorful embroidered battle flag raised between the Erzurum peaks at the end of the stream. The pattern on it was a black veiled Virgin. In the silence, a huge army suddenly Appeared in the winding valley between the peaks.

With the setting sun on his back, Theodoro Gabuas, wearing black holy armor and a chest full of icon ornaments, swayed on his horse. Next to him were Trabzon youths holding bronze bugles and flutes. The peasant cavalry were covered with leather armor and both men and horses. The old general's hair was as white as frost, stained with wisps of golden sunshine. His keen eyes had seen the enemy's white camps and field fortifications on the Sanukh Highlands several miles away, as white as ant nests and honeycombs.

"The wind is cool and gentle. There is no more beautiful place to be buried than this." Theodoro half-joked, then he twisted his body slightly on the saddle and pointed the tip of his whip at Shanu opposite him. He was separated from the Chakmak Mountain by a stream and a sandbar, "Go, raise the Black Madonna battle flag here, and I will let David, the builder, know that tomorrow we will launch the battle of destiny."

On the mountain rock, the Black Madonna flag was soon hung on a high flagpole, fluttering in the evening wind. A row of Trabzon peasants and soldiers stood under it and puffed up their cheeks, filling the air with the vast sounds of rhinoceros horns and yellow sheep horns. The whole valley wilderness.

Soon, the Georgia Eagle flag on Chakmak Mountain was also erected. In front of the ambitious builder David Ma, a row of Kutaisi royal soldiers also held up their beards and responded with continuous voices.

As for the Sanuh Highlands and the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles, rows of Tarsus soldiers and miners who were busy building fortifications and trenches were just listening with their ears open. They knew that their position was sandwiched between two groups of enemies. And the centurions and sergeants also told him clearly, "In the coming days, five detachments (one from the Red Hand Brigade, one from the Guardian Brigade, and one from the Baidu Brigade) on the heights of Sanuch and the Cathedral will One Lerophon brigade, plus two Banda detachments belonging to the Evanduni brigade sent by Hercules in advance) must hold on to the end to block David, the builder of Georgia, from him and Theo Doro joins; and the Patron is to lead the rest (the four detachments of the Red Hand Brigade, the entire Gemges Brigade, plus four cavalry regiments) to the west to fight Theodoro decisively. "

At this time, a cavalry sent by Theodoro passed through the layers of camps and came to the protruding hilltop where Gawain was standing. He was surrounded by the halberds of the palace guards and forced to stop. , and then the cavalry handed the seal document to the military servant Muzhafi Adin, saluted, and stood waiting there with his men and horses.

As the sun was setting, Gawain lowered his eyebrows and took out the document sent by the old general. It was made of calfskin, with a scroll inside and a luxurious gold border on the outside. It looked like the golden edict of the emperor in the past. level, Gawain used his big hands to pull open the ribbon tied to the document. The golden circular seal with images of Christ and the Virgin hanging at the end of the ribbon swayed with his movements.

Unfolding, it reveals the threat of Theodorus, who warns Gawain that although Tarsus appears to have a sizable army, this army has been defeated by his brave peasants in previous battles. The cavalry has been defeated and has long been proven to be unbearable - in fact, this is not so much It was Theodoro's provocation. Rather, it was him who comforted and encouraged him before the decisive battle. This idea was fully revealed at the end of the letter: Theodoro asked Gawain to swear that no matter who wins or loses in the immediate battle, there will be no difference. They will kill captives and wounded soldiers, and they will also treat each other's family members and descendants kindly.

After reading it, Gawain sighed, picked up his pen and wrote a line on the letter:

"The purpose of my coming to Kars is definitely not to engage in a ceremonial battle. My goal is very simple. To completely kill and destroy all the teams of you and the builder David, and to destroy the cities of Trabzon and Kutaisi. Let owls and spiders fill the ruins of your palace, and then build a new Rome on top of it."

After writing, Gawain tied it up and sealed it again, and threw it back to the Trebizond cavalryman, who saluted again, turned around and rode away.

At dawn the next day, on the ridgeline of the main castle of Kars, General Branas commanded the Fire Bear Cannon to bombard the main castle wall again, and ordered the entire army to prepare to approach the wall to launch an assault, because a heavy mortar was also dragged up.

Amid the roar of the shells and the sound of the fire, the main castle of Kars, standing in the northwest corner of the mountaintop, was as blurred as a lying beast. Diogenes, with thirty selected warriors, waded silently under the cliff and advanced towards the high and rugged sluice gate.

In the morning light, Diogenes could see that on the other side of the river, the conical spire of the Holy Apostles Cathedral was slightly glowing, and in the long rectangular car fortress built around it, all the shooting troops had already guarded their posts, holding their long guns in their hands and ready to attack Mount Chakmaq.

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On the mountain, the somewhat excited builder David also overlooked the Tarsus Guards camps around the cathedral. Countless Georgian infantry and cavalry were swarming along the pre-arranged mountain roads. "Gawain, I want to see what you will do when there are enemies in front and behind?"