Eagle Byzantium

The guide and scouts trembled and knelt in front of the great patron. Gawain pointed to the river in front of him and said, "Little Antioch Castle has arrived. Please blow the trumpet and enter, and have a good time."

So this group of people were scared to death and just kowtowed and raised their hands to beg.

"After all, it's a matter of the map..." Beside Gawain, Gregor and Plagit both begged for mercy.

"I will go to the cartographer to settle accounts on the map, but will the guide only follow the map? Damn it, this nameless river should be a tributary of the Salarica River or the Great Salt Lake of Cappadocia." Gao Wen said Wan threw the map paper under the horse's hooves, "What's the use of this? It's just a ball of waste paper and dregs."

Several scouts holding horses arrived in front of the river, observed the direction of the water, and shouted, "It's going south, it should be a branch of the Salarica River."

"You are not entirely right, because if it flows to Cappadocia, it may also go in this direction." Gawain, who was covered in black cloak, said disapprovingly, "Maybe we will never reach Little Anjo along this river. Come on, let the whole army cross over, and then send out scouts to search! The fog should clear by noon."

Drums and horns sounded, and in the mist, the entire brigade and the Red Hand Cavalry were divided into several teams and walked across the river from different directions. The soldiers were very fast, which also showed that their training level was very high. About an hour later , and crossed the river.

The same goes for Gawain. He rode the black Sabina and waved his hands when he came to the soldiers who were reorganizing and preparing to move forward - about a dozen general cavalry carrying lances or quivers on their backs, separated from the front and back, showing A wide fan-shaped formation began to run towards the front - they were naturally the leading cavalry responsible for reconnaissance and finding the target. Behind them were the same number of light soldiers. This group of people focused on the point where the horse's tail swayed in front. Each person held a small shield and carried three spears on his back. They also moved forward along the long grass and shrubs with their waists bent. .

After walking for about half a mile, the famous Magyar man in the front, who was wearing a turban, saw a dark and gloomy mountain cliff in front of him. He blew a whistle, stretched out his arms, and several cavalrymen on his left and right also They all broke off their hands, grabbed the bow and rein on horseback and took off the string - there seemed to be firelight on the cliff over there, as well as the sound of dense footsteps and vague bugles.

The walking spearheads behind the cavalry pulled several hounds from their belts and began to bark wildly!

In the thick fog, several riders wearing felt clothes and animal skins galloped face to face. The chosen one among them was carrying a yellow drum, which was very eye-catching. The more than ten cavalrymen on both sides were not prepared, and when the visibility was only about 20 or 30, Encountered within a foot distance.

"Hardy!" The Magyar man led by Gao Wenfang shouted the command and had already fully pulled up the bowstring. When he saw the hesitant expression on the man holding the drum, he let go and shot out the string like a meteor. The heavy horse arrow hit the opponent's shoulder socket, and even the hanging strap of the drum was shot apart, and rolled to the ground on the horse's back.

The shouts of fighting broke out, and Gao Wenfang's scouts turned around and galloped back, constantly drawing their bows and shooting arrows back. More and more cavalry came out of the thick fog, some were dressed previously, and some were wearing Yuan. Shape-shaped helmet and scarlet robe They were all obviously Komnenos' imperial light cavalry. Horse arrows were also shot out in a whistling manner, but most of them fell behind the general cavalry. The two sides advanced and retreated, firing arrows at each other in the fog. Keep fighting fire from a distance.

Soon, the alarm horn sounded along the entire fog-shrouded river plain and valley, first in one or two places, and soon everywhere: Gawain's scouts saw in horror that the black "cliff" they had seen before , now the pine trees are burning one after another, like a huge burning stream , full of black infantry and cavalry, and then fierce arrows flew from far away, with a sharp and terrifying whistle, "It's the Cretan White Mountain Bow!" Two of the scout cavalry were shot through immediately, and the rest People did not dare to fight, so they hurriedly stepped on their horses' hooves and hurried back towards the direction of the formation of their own team.

"Take prisoners." When the leading Magyar passed over the infantry lurking in the long grass, he shouted this. Three or four leading soldiers of the Red Hand Brigade nodded, hugged the hounds, and held the oak seedling javelin. Divided into front and back crouching.

When the unlucky Imperial Tecopo cavalry who was eager for meritorious service rushed after him, the veteran at the front suddenly jumped up, holding an improved hook in his hand - to be precise, it was a large iron fork. After a slight rotation, he crossed the cavalryman's shoulders at an angle, and the cavalryman tilted his head. After being knocked off his horse, the two companions behind him hurriedly mounted their horses to rescue him. As a result, rumbling sparks suddenly flew out from the grass, and two more red-handed soldiers with iron spears stood up: the sparks were scattered from their spearheads. It came out because there was a Khitan fire paper tube that was quickly lit under the spearhead.

"Bang bang!" Two loud noises exploded, with smoke, and two flames shot out from the spearheads of the two spearmen. The two Tecopo cavalrymen who came to save their companions were covered in fire, and their faces were instantly shot red. Black screamed and fell from his horse as well, and was stabbed to death by the spearman who jumped up to grab him.

The rest of the emperor's cavalry were frightened by the opponent's spears that could make loud noises and fireworks, and they hurriedly turned and ran in the direction of their own team.

"Is there a battle ahead? And judging by their skills, it's definitely Gawain's main force." In the emperor's army, which was rapidly forming its formation, Brenus heard the scout's report and said to Alexios beside him. .

"Where are we now?" The emperor took out his map. "According to what the guide said, we should have reached Antiochus Minor, right?" Then he looked around, and then at his subordinates beside him, and cursed twice in embarrassment and anger, and threw the map under the horse's hoof. "It seems that the enemy is also coming for Antiochus Minor, and wants to cut off my subordinates in a backhanded way - hahahaha, it really looks like the behavior of this barbarian." After throwing the map, the emperor suddenly laughed, and then he said, "Fighting with a barbarian like Gawain is not without its fun. All troops, convey my order, line up to resist the battle - one head, one tail, two wings, three claws!"

The emperor arranged a cautious formation in the fog: the so-called head was eight teams of 150 heavily armed shield-spearmen, arranged in a staggered formation, with 300 Cretan arrow teams in the middle, and deployed along the front of the position. The front of the army was open; the rear was the emperor's imperial camp, which was set up in the area 2,000 feet behind it, with the most elite guards and 400 Pronian cavalry as reserve, and the two wings were all light cavalry and lightly armed archers recruited by the emperor from the grasslands and plateaus, with the left wing facing the right and the right wing facing the left; however, in the middle of the front and the rear, slightly close to the sides, the emperor also deployed three teams of ambushes for killing, each team of 300 people, 100 Varangian axe warriors, 100 Anatolian light spearmen, and the same number of Macedonian swordsmen, hiding behind the baggage wagons: if the enemy broke through the front position, they would rise up to intercept and kill. (To be continued ~^~)