Eagle Byzantium

After the army's meal in the wild, more than a thousand Armenian "logistics", including those brought by Gawain's troops, were asked to line up. Gawain stood in front of them and took the opportunity to speak to them loudly, " Recently, someone has spread shameful lies in my territory. It is this Grand Duke who treats you prisoners of war as slaves. Wait. Tell me frankly, have I done this? "Gawain seemed to be in a more excited mood. Several logistics soldiers in the queue raised their eyes slightly and saw the sturdy hand-held combatants beside the Grand Duke. The warrior guards with axes and iron spears lowered their heads again, and the entire line of more than a thousand people was silent when faced with the Grand Duke's inquiry.

"Then tell me, except for the difference in positions, does this Grand Duke treat you as his own children?" Gawain continued to ask. At this moment, Mero, the camp manager next to him, raised his arms and was the first to answer, "They treat us as children!"

"Treat us as children!" Seeing their previous top commander shouting this, the entire logistics force also responded in Greek or Armenian.

Then Gawain nodded to Mero and said, "I already know the briefing on the battle of Ashron. My task force all fought very bravely, but you must have been affected by Hector's defection, so it is inevitable that you will show off." Not as good as the dedicated soldiers of the Guardian Brigade. I know very well how Milutin, an excellent flag officer, died for his country. , he is a true warrior of the Lord, a holy apostle who came to this world, and a true Roman. Now I want to award his family with a gold medal, as well as a pension and a shadow... .." Just when the logistics soldiers in the queue were thinking about what this has to do with us, Gao Wen choked twice and continued to speak, These are related to this group of logistics soldiers, "You must all look up to Milutin, no, there is someone among you who is equal to his glory. Sir Melo, please put your book in my hands." Then Gawain will follow the book and list the logistics troops who performed outstandingly or bravely in the previous battle of Ashrun and the subsequent retreat. The thirty wounded soldiers were counted out and a series of gold and silver medals were obtained. Amidst the sound of the military band's trumpets, they personally pinned them one by one on the leather armor or iron-inlaid armor of the logistics soldiers. The Grand Duke did not go there. The Guardian Brigade and the Red Hand Cavalry were awarded the medal, but they came here to be awarded the medal in person - this made many logistics soldiers really excited and moved.

Nowadays, Seleucia's medals are relatively simple and have no system. They cannot distinguish between personal medals and group medals, let alone military attache medals and civilian medals (Gawain's country has not even formed a civil service system yet), but it is full of sincerity. : The gold medal is a small disc, while the silver medal is a large disc (can be used as a dinner plate), with the name and location of the battle engraved on it, as well as the inscription "Bravery, Obedience, Honor".

After the medals were awarded, Gawain pulled out the sword of phosphorous fire, patted the shoulders of the thirty decorated logistics soldiers one by one, and announced, "At this moment, these thirty people are incorporated into my imperial guard, and they will surround me with food and accommodation. Established as the 'Milutin Detachment', enjoy high military pay and sacred real estate." Later, Gawain personally handed over a flame-tongued flag trimmed with gold to the hands of this group of soldiers, officially upgrading them to the "Milutin detachment of the Grand Duke's tooth army" and the "Militin detachment" composed of Saxon and Varangian soldiers. "Farov's detachment" fought side by side to protect the Grand Duke's safety.

On the way back to Fanka City, there was no more incident of the logistics soldiers escaping. Through the awarding and promotion, Gawain completely controlled the minds of these prisoners of war. In the prince's castle palace, Gawain, who had returned from fatigue, urgently summoned the generals of the three brigades regardless of his fatigue. He first frankly admitted to them, "The original plan of the task force to capture Melitene failed. Now the entire plateau has failed." Until the political situation in the plains of Edessa changed drastically. The turmoil is the root cause of the unfavorable launch, and it has nothing to do with any commander or soldier. Now the Danish Mond emirate is colluding with the newly established rebel country, and our army is working side by side with Bohemond and Godfrey. The battle will be long and arduous, so please understand it as soon as possible."

Then, Gawain weighed the horse-headed scepter in his hand and announced the battle plan for this year, "Spring and summer are coming soon, and the voice of most pilgrims to go to conquer Jerusalem will inevitably rise. We cannot ignore it. When the time comes, we must Fulfilling the promise will be Jimeijis Therefore, we must speed up the implementation of the herald officer's "Political and Order Operation Plan for Eastern Little Armenia". We used cavalry detachments to monitor patrols and infantry detachments to gather around them to first remove the 40,000 Ani people from there. Migrate out of the mountains!”

Gawain did what he said and acted resolutely. After just three days, he only left Branas's guardian brigade, which was stationed in various fortresses in the Taurus Mountains and his own military town in South Cappadocia. They are horns to each other, forming a defense line against the fortress of Kesia. The remaining two elite brigades had no worries and were divided into seventeen infantry detachments (including eight in the Red Hand Brigade and nine in the Gemmagis Brigade). They carried flags and swept away the enemy with destruction. The flames entered the area east of Fanka City and wiped out the restless Armenian villages and towns everywhere.

Gawain's cavalry ran further, and he sent back all the Genate cavalry of Monomachus because their service time had expired, but he rotated the cavalry of Orson and Polybi to cooperate with the red hand. The cavalry, together with the Armenian logistics cavalry, were also divided into thirteen detachments, cutting off all the passages from the eastern mountainous area to Marash and Tubersena, and "executing it behind closed doors" - this was Gawain's cold and decisive order. .

The scene below was extremely cruel. All the villages were forced to hand over most of their livestock and farm tools, and the main culprits who had previously led the collusion with Saliki were found out by soldiers and hunting dogs, even if they hid in cellars or even deep in the mountains. They were dragged to the entrance of their respective villages and beheaded immediately.

Then, except for the "armed regiment villages" stipulated in advance, all other villages were set on fire by armed soldiers. The people were chained together like the Seleucia Gennat nobles had encountered before. The Germans and Slavs were escorting them on both sides with various terrifying weapons. The expressionless mushroom-headed herald held various files and lists in his hands, standing in the crowd of soldiers, and counting and checking the number of people passing by him meticulously. After finishing, some cavalry would be dispatched and these people would be "escorted" in batches to the river plains under Fort Tranzak to perform new reclamation tasks. "The previous Ani nobles and people were too lazy. They were content to stay in the mountain fortresses, some doing business, and some being mercenaries. Now you should work with the Romans to use plows and sickles to contribute to the agricultural prosperity of the Grand Duke and the Purple Princess!" (To be continued ~^~)