Eagle Byzantium

"Password!" the leading Armenian officer raised his iron spear and shouted.

"I am here under the orders of the Sultan to convey the latest changed password for the immediate general attack on the enemy camps in Excello and Caochang." The warrior's face could not be seen clearly, and only his light blue eyes were exposed. , said in extremely fluent Turkic language.

"What, where did the herald come from? In the previous meeting, the Sultan never said that he would change the password before the general attack." Pak'ad, who was covered in armor and sitting under the flag with a saber in his hand, was furious, and then he Then I heard a sudden cry of killing from the other side of the wooden fence - the tall masked warrior suddenly pulled out his scimitar and chopped down the officer guarding there in one stroke.

"It's the enemy's spy who came down from the Axero Fortress!" Shouts spread. The Armenians didn't expect that this man would be so bold. He came directly on horseback with a red flag. Could it be that he wanted to assassinate Lord Pakade?

Gawain raised the red flag upside down and pierced the flag's spearhead into the chest of an Armenian soldier. Sabina ran and rolled the man far away. Then enemies came from all directions. Gawain bent his left hand The sword, a sword of phosphorus fire in the right hand, swings and slashes, blocking the spear points thrust from everywhere. Then Sabina let out a loud roar and ran dozens of feet away with her master on her back. As if they were in a deserted land, the men and horses leaped high and climbed over the wooden fence and trench facing the direction of Chivite, "Fire the arrow!" ——Pakade's bald head had veins popping out and his beard trembling. A row of lightly-armed Armenian archers immediately shot at Gawain's back.

Gawain, who possesses the gene of a Turkic slave soldier, smelled the sound of arrows piercing the air behind him. He stepped on his stirrups, pulled the reins, turned his body sideways, and hid on the side of Sabina's saddle - the arrows came from One after another whizzed past his head. Sabina galloped left and right, taking a curved "S"-shaped route, throwing the enemy's arrows behind her and flying towards the canyon and the seaside to raise dust.

"Bastard!" Pak'ad's neck was shaking, and he scraped the tip of the blade back and forth against his bald head, roaring, "From now on, any messenger who comes over, no matter how he is dressed, will be shot to death with my bow and arrow!"

"Sabina, speed up your pace and show off the courage you had in Sarabria." After galloping for about half an hour, Gawain could feel the lovely mare's hooves softening. Among the fluttering manes, sweat was all over her body, which soon turned to frost in the cold air. So she gently hugged her neck with both hands, and kept pleading, "Dear second mistress, dear second mistress . Work harder..."

Finally, the high hills on both sides of the Qiweite camp appeared in front of Gawain's eyes, as well as pilgrims running and screaming in the wild. Just like a group of refugees whose whereabouts are unknown, "I am the Grand Duke of Armenia in the Roman Empire, a priest consecrated by the Holy See. I now take over the jurisdiction of everyone here and prohibit anyone from leaving the camp!" Gawain picked up the reins again and rode The horse crossed the simple wooden fence at the edge of the camp and ran into the crowd of wolf-running people. Drinking loudly.

But no one paid attention to him, and Gawain saw Andodat and Dorus still trying in vain to persuade and stop them on the high slope. But it had no effect, so he drove his horse directly to the beach. The first to approach from the other side of the strait was a row of "Slavic ships" with red hand flags. Because the ships were small and very nimble, they got ahead of the other big ships. Andreev stood on the bow. Yergo and the rest of the sailors saw the Grand Duke on the shore, and they all raised their hands and cheered.

And countless pilgrims, especially monks and wealthy people, struggled into the cold water, barking like wild animals, demanding that these ships take them back to the other side of the strait immediately.

Then Andreev, who was at a loss, saw Gawain holding a sword in the crowd. He suddenly raised the sword silently, moved it to the overwhelming team of pilgrims, and then chopped it down - this was The order for them to attack was absolutely unquestionable. "Let these people come over. Not to mention that the entire fleet cannot complete the transportation task, I'm afraid it will capsize in the rush." ​​Andreev instantly understood what the Grand Duke meant, so he, wearing sailor's iron nail armor, immediately turned around He came forward and said, "Everyone, raise your crossbows and shoot at the people who are rushing to hijack the military ships!"

Once the order of the Grand Duke and the helmsman was given, it could not be questioned or argued. So the soldiers of the sailor company on the Slavic ship stood up one after another, raised their crossbows and bows and arrows, and "fired" with Andreev's order. Rows of arrows shot out from the ship. People carrying luggage and backpacks in the sea could easily lock and aim. The arrows from the same believers shot into their bodies and foreheads mercilessly, rolling around. Many people still had expressions of disbelief. Before they had time to cry out, they fell into the water, and the corpses and miscellaneous things floated instantly. , mixed with the corpses that had drowned due to inability to escape a few days ago, and the blood quickly spread in the sea water.

"Kill those who come near." The second row of arrows, with such shouts, once again cut down a large number of people. Only then did the pilgrims crowded at the beach react. They shouted and turned towards the people far away from the sea. Run to high ground.

Then the sailors on the ship pulled out their hooks and pushed away the scattered dead bodies. Then Andreev and the armed men jumped down from both sides of the deck, pulled out their swords and axes, and stepped on the ferocious sea water to push people inward. Lu rushed.

Gawain rode up to him expressionlessly, "Why are there no cavalry?"

"The leading ship is too small to transport war horses. So I sent a company of Italian veterans first."

After speaking, Andreev, who was standing in the water, pointed with his finger at the fleet of ships approaching from the dark sea, "All the cavalry companies are there, and Godfrey and Baldwin are following them."

"Very good." Gawain turned around and rode the black horse to the top of the high slope. The brotherhood immediately gathered around him. The Italian veterans and sailors who were threatened by drawn swords, and the crying pilgrims who gathered there like chasing ducks were all squatting with their heads in their hands, "I repeat, I am the Grand Duke of Armenia of the Roman Empire, Holy See Who among the ordained ministers questions my standing up!"

At this time, a fat monk shouted angrily that I am Brother XXXXX from Bunedi. He seemed to be asking Gawain to give a clear explanation and walked out of the queue holding a rosary. Then Gawain waved his hands, and the two brothers immediately tied each other's back, and then held each other's heads down. The fat monk howled like a killing pig and knelt on the ground, his face flushed, "Who questions me? Stand up!" Gawain roared, and the whole crowd fell silent. Then he looked at the fat monk coldly and gave his verdict, "Cut off the index fingers of his left and right hands. The fat man is not entirely a good person."

The monk's colorful screams spread throughout the camp and the seaside. All the pilgrims did not dare to be silent. Many people climbed to Gawain's horse's head, trembling.

"Now - pick up your tools, hoes, pestles, and machetes, and follow the first flagpole here, then the second flagpole, the third and the fourth, until you reach Excello High Ditch, and cut away the shrubs and miscellaneous trees. Grass raised up rocks and leveled the passage , all men work hard regardless of their status, women and children are responsible for cooking and drinking in the camp, and they elect people to manage themselves. If someone is reported for slacking off at work or flees at will, the manager will be executed first, and those who offend again will be randomly selected and executed in public! "

With a bang, all the pilgrims separated voluntarily: the men, whether they were in their prime, gray-haired, or monks and squires, picked up their tools, ran to the flag, and began to work in silence, sweating like rain, planing and chopping, weak and weak. The men carried the rocks and soil; while the women and children all ran to the camp tents, set up pots and stoves, and began to pick up the scattered firewood and start a fire. More than 20,000 people came down in such an orderly manner without any traces. noisy.

"The Grand Duke..." Andodat, who was next to Gawain, was very ashamed and felt that he had failed the Grand Duke's trust. However, Dorus Lambert had not yet recovered from this simple, rough and resolute approach. When he came to his senses, he could only be stunned - this clerical superior and leader of the believers actually did not hesitate to order his soldiers to shoot the pilgrims to take control of the situation. The Gawain he originally imagined was a saintly and tall figure, with his whole body and even his character shining with noble brilliance, like a Saint George, but now it is obviously somewhat out of touch with reality.

Gawain turned around, looked at Andodat, and then said in a gentle tone, "Remember, this is also a kind of negotiation. Today will be a long day, go and stick to your posts."

"If you want to atone for your sins, you can only rely on yourself." Throughout the Chiwet camp, the supervisors of the Brotherhood shouted so, the pilgrims were busy tirelessly, and the flat roads between the hills began to extend rapidly. At this moment, Gawain looked towards the seaside. Horses began to be pulled out of the "Hushe Ship" (a ship that could carry horses) that had docked. They were shouting and running around, carrying pilgrims carrying fodder. They came voluntarily and bowed to feed the horses. Lete Bogia walked around and directed them. Giovanni saw the priest standing on the high slope, waded from the sea to the land, and ran up again, with beads of sweat on his forehead. "It is difficult for the cavalry to follow this road and carry out a surprise attack."

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Gawain tilted his head that way, "So we opened up a new road, gathered in Excello, and launched an assault on the Roma Turks."

Giovanni was stunned for a moment. It seemed that he still didn't know where "Exero" was, but now that the priest had decided, he ran down and started to operate the cavalry.

The red sun gradually spread across the high hills from Gawain's head and gaze towards the ocean.

On the grassland wilderness of Nicaea, two slave soldiers prostrated themselves before Giliki Arslan. The sundial and hourglass they held in their hands had accurately pointed the time to the second hour of the afternoon. They looked at the movements of thousands of soldiers and horses. Bowstrings, scimitars, war horses and fire canisters are fully ready , the "Lion Sword" suddenly made a sound while holding the riding whip. He stood under the rolling crimson flag, facing the direction of the sun, and pulled out the sword on his waist. The friction between the blade and the sword box made an endless sound. , "The time has come, by the will of Allah. The whole army will attack and kill all the pagan dogs!" (Not yet To be continued ~^~)