Eagle Byzantium

"It won't be you who holds the flag and rushes to the city wall. You have to know how serious the impact will be on the entire legion and the country if you are injured or die." The emperor's tone became stern, but in the end he still Following his wife's advice, he agreed to let Macianias serve as a guard in the imperial camp. "Take good care of your riding skills and eyesight, and you can also see what the real battlefield is like."

In this way, Markianias is better than nothing. As a young man, he cannot afford to wear armor that is too large and heavy. He can only wear the tighter uniform of the shooting army, covered with light iron spike armor, but his riding skills are still excellent. After all, the blood of Oghuz Turks flows (although I have already been transformed into the so-called Romans subconsciously).

Over there, Kukui and Zangji each saw their father, but without much exchange of greetings, they received armor, flags and horses, and rushed to their respective combat posts - Kukui went to the Red Hand Brigade Shooting Corps, and Zanji then went to the Imperial Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Omiya Forbidden Army.

Soon after, the two fronts planned by Gawain were put into operation at the same time. The camps on the north and northeast sides of Durazo were silent for about half a month, and then blazing fire and smoke erupted again.

The Red Hand Brigade laid siege to St. Michael's Monastery, while the Gemmagis Brigade began to build causeways along the river branches on its flanks to cut off the river. In short, the purpose of both battlefields is to cross the blockage of the Ishmi River, extend the siege artillery forts and camps, and directly reach the wall of Durazzo, launching a face-to-face bombardment and attack.

The banks of the embankment are very steep and the river is fast. This is destined to be a very difficult job. In the jungle swaying in the wind, densely packed soldiers of the Jimmagis Shooting Army are lying and half-kneeling on one side of the river bank, and a group of soldiers are stationed on the other side. Fifteen hundred Sicilian soldiers, one-third of whom were fierce pagan Praetorian Guards, their brown tents and log barracks were very eye-catching.

Macianias received a new order from Basileus and Basilisa today, which was to go to the position of the river branch and tell General Gregor about the change in the plan: Under Agnes' design, there were twenty ships The modified skua longboat entered the Ishmi River, so there was no need to brave the enemy's arrows to build a gabion earth embankment for the time being. Let the skua longboat seize the "river control" first, so that the earth embankment project could be done with half the effort.

The young and handsome messenger knight, holding a small flag tied with a white ponytail, walked nimbly down the road to the imperial camp. Before leaving, the emperor specifically told him, "The protruding camp of the Jimmagis brigade on the river branch is still there." Threatened by the flanks of the enemy's bridgehead camp, fierce fighting may break out at any time. If you go there at the right time, stay By Gregor's side, I can see how we and the enemy fight... Well, I will stay in the camp with Basilisa and the Imperial Ink Officer to study the battle situation. You can tell the door guards after you leave the camp. , change the new entrance and exit order, well, because I don’t want anyone to disturb me for a while, and I have to concentrate on studying the battle formation deployment. "

"Your Majesty!" Prince Markianias agreed readily, without any hint of any hidden secrets.

The original natural hill on the platform where the emperor's imperial camp was located was flattened, and then a tower-like earthen rampart was built in the center with strips of stone and earthwork. By increasing the height, one can well overlook the entire river to the battlefield of Durazo City. A circular passage was naturally formed around the originally flattened passage. The edges of the passage were filled with wooden palisades protruding out from behind. At every section, there were Forbidden Army soldiers holding halberds and flags as sentries, and they kept looking at Markya who was galloping past. Prince Nias salutes.

In the eyes of the prince, the Castle of Durazzo was obscured by heavy smoke, but it still did not collapse. It was indeed the strongest fortress and military port that stood on the Adriatic Sea in the Middle Ages. This is why Gawain must capture it. The most fundamental reason for coming back , it is the gateway of the empire on this ocean. With it, ships can easily invade Italy and Canada. Without it, the enemy can easily step onto the Egnadia Avenue and sweep and destroy the entire Epiru. Sri Lanka, Macedonia and Thessaly region.

The large and small artillery forts along the road were continuously bombarding the other side. There were also artillery on the side front, under the cover of the car barriers, shooting at the enemy's bridgehead camp on the south side. The prince's horse had been trained and was not afraid. The sound of cannons and cannons soon reached the military camp of the Gemakis Brigade by the river.

After General Gregor understood what the emperor meant, he pulled young Markianias out of the tent and pointed in the direction of the smoke-filled St. Michael's Monastery, "where the Red Hand Brigade and the Hungarians were fighting. It was extremely fierce, and the enemy who felt that there was no hope actually burst into animalistic behavior. I am going to reinforce a detachment of spearmen and 300 shooters, and bring two brigade cannons over. Prince, if you don't refuse, If you work hard, you can pass my orders instead, because all my orders are sent to the train barrier on the southern line. In the wilderness over there, the enemy seems to be launching a huge counterattack to seize our platform and break the blockade, because they have noticed that His Majesty the Emperor is increasing his attack on the right wing, but the left wing will inevitably lack strength, and the brigade promised by General Bramson on the northern front has not yet arrived, and the enemy will seize this opportunity first. "

"Of course, no problem!" Macianias bravely agreed.

Gregor then wanted to send twelve cavalry to the prince as a guard, but Markianias only waited until five cavalry gathered, and then he couldn't wait to rush towards the location of St. Michael's Monastery with the order for reinforcements.

When he walked out of the camp of the Gimmages Brigade, the shooting troops on the river bank were firing at the opposite bank. Rows of gunners wearing umbrella-shaped feathered pot helmets crouched behind wool shield grilles and raised the muzzles of their guns to the sky, so that the rain of lead bullets could fall in an arc into the fortifications on the opposite bank, causing casualties to the enemy.

On the other side, many enemy soldiers were running around in the white smoke, and many of them lined up to fire back with muskets (Venice and Sicily were equipped with firearms). The water splashed by the bullets was like rain falling into the river. The city defense obviously understood the intention of the Gimges soldiers to build an earthen embankment and a bridge. They began to erect sharpened wooden stakes at the joint point and sink iron ingots to block the way...

When they reached the bend where the Ishmi River turned from south to east, Markianius saw that many armored cavalrymen did not ride horses, but stepped on the mud on the river bank with their private soldiers, building a small floating bridge, "to facilitate reinforcement of St. Michael's Monastery at any time."

Seeing that the battle over there had reached a critical stage of white-hot.

Among the people building the bridge, Markianius saw Zengi.

"Hey, Masoud!" Zengi, who was carrying wood with others, shouted.

"It's Macianius, Macianius!" The prince pulled the reins and said to him with a bit of complaint, then he leaned on the saddle carefully and swam to the other side.

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"Masood, you have too few followers, it's very dangerous on the other side." But Zengi saw that the prince did not look back, but was wet all over, but still held the horsetail flag straight, and rode his horse directly to the destination.