Eagle Byzantium

More importantly, who can defeat the bear-like emperor in front of him!

You must know that he had previously killed Assassin who dared to assassinate him, and also massacred the entire assassin's stronghold of Eagle Castle.

Is your scalp numb just thinking about it?

After a moment of silence, Giovanni stepped out, lowered his body and picked up the sword of phosphorus thrown by Gawain, then half-knelt on the floor and respectfully handed it back to His Majesty the Emperor, "This is the real sword of St. George." The sword can only be wielded by Basileus."

The emperor fixed his murderous eyes, took back the sword, and hung it on the ring studded with diamond belts.

"Whether it is the Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church, as long as we are enemies of the Empire, we will fight against all kinds of enemies to the end!" Following Giovanni's behavior, all the generals made impassioned speeches to express their determination.

Anyway, as long as the military class can seek glory and wealth from war, they won't care who the enemy is or what drastic means they use to deal with it.

In fact, even the clergy had this attitude. Gawain had summoned many priests in Adrianople before. Among them were members of the Orthodox Church who had taken refuge, some of the Catholic priests brought by Anselm in the past, and a considerable number of them. Renewal will be an officer. The emperor also asked them clearly, "The deposed pope in Tuscany has turned against me, and the patriarch is against me everywhere. Now you are free to decide whether to stay or go, and continue to stay side by side with me. Those who want to fight to the death with me." I will not force you to leave. I will also give you three measures of grain and fifty tasso of silver coins."

The emperor's words were resounding, but the priests looked at each other, you look at my feet, I look at your feet, but no one left for a long time.

Because no one is a fool. Now, as long as the priests serving in synagogues in various places are loyal to Basileus and Basilisa, they will have a fixed salary every year. When the governor leads the peasants with the sacred salary to open up wasteland, cultivate land and build workshops, they can also get more new ones. Increased land property benefits, and the fixed portion of litigation fees can be extracted as additional allowances when reviewing civil cases. In addition, it is said that the chief minister, His Excellency Balolan Bandinelli, is formulating a new church hierarchy to allow all priests in the empire to continue to rise.

"For three measures of coarse wheat and fifty silver coins, you have to give up everything and turn to being loyal to your faith? It's too naive. It's better to keep silent and make a fortune!" This is what most priests think.

This situation was reached in silence, or in a tacit understanding, and it was a matter of course - all the members of the Orthodox or Catholic churches present were transferred to the New Church system, and swore allegiance to the Lord and the Emperor, recognizing that "the church has The sword of the spirit, while His Majesty possesses the sword of the world.” Many people were even organized by the "Imperial Patriarch" Gottschalk to prepare for the future believers' conference in Adrianople.

Now we are ready for the spiritual battle, just waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to win a huge victory on the real battlefield to complement each other!

"Giovanni still commanded the previous border troops (except for Artami's Pauline Legion and the replenished Alemanni Brigade), sweeping and attacking the coastal areas of Deltuvis, Sozopolis, and Meisembu and the fertile cities and ports of Leia and Antoba, directing the defensive line to the seashore of Euxium and expanding it. Territory and taxes. Send rewards to the Birel Guards in Adrianople, requiring Melo's troops to continue to hold Fort Philippe and form a chain defense line along the Evros River, echoing the Trajan Gate camp. , and defend the imperial capital. I will lead the main force to attack Virginia."

If Trajan's Gate is the gateway connecting Thrace to North Macedonia and Greater Serbia, then Versigonia is the key to its gateway to Bulgaria (i.e. Mosia). At that time, the ancient Kingdom of Bulgaria invaded many times, and fierce offensive and defensive battles inevitably broke out here. The most famous of them is that three hundred years ago, after the Bulgarian Khan Korum made the poor Emperor Nikephorus (802-811) into a skull, he took advantage of the victory to invade here on a large scale, and met Miha who succeeded him. Emperor Il carried out a decisive battle.

The final result of the battle was: General Leo, the "Iconoclast" from Asia Minor, once again used the fine traditions of the Byzantine state, rebelled in front of the battle and deposed Emperor Mikhail, retreated without a fight... and then Successed as Leo V.

Then Colum Khan almost captured Constantinople, if he, like Atiyah the Hun, had not suddenly died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

However, before going into battle, Gawain carried out a severe purge of the troops. The Royal Tomb Forbidden Army, Alemannic Brigade and Doli Laem Border Army were all punished, and all the soldiers were dispatched by Gawain. Supervision and training of veterans They led the troops and swore an oath in front of the station to loyally obey the orders of His Majesty the Supreme Emperor. If they were asked to stand in front of the enemy's formation, they would fight to the death; if they were asked to advance in a roundabout way, they would not hesitate even if arrows were flying like rain in front of them.

After Gawain's army marched from the direction of Wicklund Castle, its speed could be described as "lightning". The emperor gave up the tactic of advancing through the car base, and instead requested that "the vehicles of the Second Field Brigade, all cavalry teams, and the Imperial Guards team be used." Come to carry weapons, grain, blunderbuss and cannons, The convoy and artillery team accompanied the field troops three miles away. All infantry and cavalry carried three days' rations with them, half for marching and half for eating before going to the enemy. The gunners of the shooting army also carried one day's ammunition and lead pellets. This means that the winner must be determined within one day of the battle!”

With such momentum, the 20,000-strong army arrived fifteen kilometers away from Versigonia one day later and formed an array with the Gugbal Mountain Peak at their back.

Kadam was unable to react in time. His scout had just gone a few miles out of the camp, and his back was full of arrows shot by the enemy. He ran back to the Virsigenia camp in a panic. Before he took his last breath, he told the commander: "Many, many enemies are coming to attack us..."

General Kadam was shocked. He didn't expect that Gawain would recover so quickly after the bloody battle on the battlefield of Vikron!

This man's supply replenishment can be described as inexhaustible. Kadam didn't know the real answer. But what he knew was that his supplies had been exhausted in the previous series of battles. Many cavalry went to Vibo, more northeast of the Gebar Peak, to collect food and grain, and had not returned yet. Some cavalry went to Tervono in the northwest to recruit supplies.

This is the "weakness" of Kadam and all the Mossia army. After all, they are just a medieval army and have not formed a systematic logistics system.

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As a result, Kadam now only had 6,000 cavalry and 4,000 infantry available, and the only thing that could provide him with a defensive advantage was the "cart camp" in Versigenia.

Gawain would not give the enemy a chance - he rode up the slope of Mount Gebar facing the enemy camp and hurriedly ordered all his soldiers to launch a fierce attack on them!