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The scene that followed can be described as falling apart. Countless women in headscarves stood up in the ruins of the fortress. Some of them pulled their children, and they rushed down the mountain with huge clouds of dust. Some stubborn men and imams tried to stop them. They even pulled out their daggers and angrily cursed these women for tarnishing the reputation of the Crescent Cultists. Some of the weak women were stabbed to death immediately.

But even so, it could not stop the surging pace of women and children. Soon, in front of Branasma, who was supervising the battle in the array, there were kneeling Crescent women and children begging for life, and German Land Guards carrying long swords. Soldiers were on guard all around, and soon several women grabbed one of the fighters and pushed him down in front of Branas. Although the man was covered in a women's robe, he let out a rough howl. It turned out to be a A Crescent man in disguise. Then the guard soldiers found a short sword from his arms, and it seemed that they were going to take advantage of the chaos to assassinate General Branas.

Several German soldiers pulled back the hair of the man dressed in women's clothing who kept cursing, and then used his own dagger to slowly cut his throat open in front of everyone. The flesh and bones made a creaking sound as they rubbed against each other. Slaughter the first sheep.

Branas on horseback waved his hands and shouted loudly in front of everyone, "It seems that I have avoided a tragic massacre in every sense. Soldiers, I want to tell you, be kind to these women, they are also daughters and mothers, heterosexuals Teaching women is not so hateful and terrible.”

In the midst of the noise, all the skirmishers of the Guardian Brigade formed a team and rushed into the ruins of the fortress where only men and imams were left, and started killing...

Harlan and six jihadi men were finally forced to the ruins of an abandoned tower that was still standing. There was a water channel leading to the foot of the hill. Two Centurions of the Guardian Brigade stood outside, carrying a string of head, in front of all the soldiers He shouted to Harun in the crooked tower, "I am here to tell you on the order of the brigade general Branas (only the ghost), which one of you can give up your faith and stab all your other companions to death?" , you can spare this person’s life.”

When the centurion finished speaking, the tower in front of everyone fell into silence.

Soon after, the brigade soldiers apparently heard the sound of a fierce fight inside, mixed with curses and screams.

After everything was silent, the soldiers stepped in holding shields and axes. Five bloody corpses lay inside the dilapidated and dark place. They all died from beating each other, but there were no Harlan or others.

But soon, they discovered that at the bottom of the protruding ditch, they saw Harlan and the corpse hugging each other tightly, with hands and feet twisted and a stiff and ferocious expression on the face - the centurion officer who had inspected all the corpses for injuries later said Briefing (Gawain required the centurions to write a report in Greek after each battle) According to the report), among the seven, only Harun had a dagger. After he stabbed five companions to death, the last person took advantage of his fatigue to lift a stone and inflicted fatal injuries on Harun's head, but Harun In the end, he pounced on him and stabbed him. The two of them struggled and fell into the ditch and died at the same time.

At this point, the "Five-limbed Army of Hemis" of the jihadists has been reduced to four out of five: 5,000 people have been beheaded, nearly 20,000 people have been captured, and countless vehicles, weapons, tools, and beasts of burden have been captured, leaving only The next lonely "Camel City Army".

After the Guardian Brigade reorganized their lines and withdrew the main detachment, Tuocheng was surrounded from all sides. Gawain ordered that after another night, all the brigades and border residents would launch a decisive general attack on him...

A week later, in the palace of Tarsus, Hertomia, the ink officer, with a rare smile, conveyed the important news of the front line to Caesar, who was teasing Helena on the couch:

"His Royal Highness the Patroarch achieved a shocking victory over the pagan army on the Sivas Plateau."

Anna jumped up excitedly, took the letter, and unfolded it in her palm:

"Dear wife Anna

I had completely destroyed the camel-sieged castle, and a detachment of the Guardian Brigade first seized the earthen embankment behind it, so that everything was under the control of brave soldiers: ten gun carriages, plus many more Fire muskets and arrows were carried onto the earth embankment, and they fired fiercely at the enemy who were as dense as a swarm from a high position... The Ogus Cavalry and Archery Regiment, the Red Hand Cavalry and the Armored Cavalry immediately stood sideways. A surprise attack was launched on the Camel City. Many frightened camels tore off the trip ropes and then ran around like crazy, so our cavalry rushed in and cut the enemy's formation in half... .Then they ate it piece by piece and annihilated it... All the muezzins in the enemy team were found and beheaded, including the enemy chief Qasim Jordin, and then the people who survived, The herds and the baggage are ours... Nine thousand women and children I captured during this great battle, all of whom were newly baptized in the Comaches River and will soon be distributed to soldiers or citizens Serve as family members, which will strengthen the manpower of the entire country; there are also 25,000 male prisoners of war, the rest are either deported or killed, sorry I should not use the word 'prisoners of war' here Vocabulary, because they will all be invested in canal digging and iron ore production immediately, which will save our finances a lot of money. I will use Adigais and Black Moors with salaries and contracts to supervise this group of free Labor, and it’s easy to explain from the Holy See. The Pope will definitely not be angry because we use pagan slaves. On the contrary, he will hold a celebration in Rome for me.

I miss your husband all the time.”

After Anna finished reading, she waved to the two maids to continue taking care of her daughter. Then she quickly walked to the Bible reading table and sat down. Still in a joyful mood, she picked up a reed pen and wrote a few new words on the paper. Order, ask the imperial ink official to pass it on immediately.

"The day one week later, that is, June 14, is designated as 'Sivas Day' to commemorate this majestic victory. This day is a festival. The whole country of Tarsus will hold a celebration. All craftsmen and Slave laborers were given paid holidays;

I need Gawain to send some prisoners of war and loot from the front, and build a temporary triumphal arch made of wood in the square in front of St. Paul's Cathedral to add color to the first Sivas Day ceremony;

Then some of the prisoners of war were shackled and sent by ship to the city of Rome to please Eugene Owenseth, the Western Patriarch;

Some more prisoners of war were also sent by sea via Amasya and Sinope to the city of New Rome to be presented to His Majesty the Emperor;

Organize 15,000 Roman residents as soon as possible and move to the city of Melitene, where they will join the nearly 30,000 Paulists and surrendered Armenian soldiers and civilians to strengthen the border defense;

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Finally, my husband, you should take advantage of your victory and continue heading north, and seize this equally great city of Sivas in one go, because the enemy can no longer stop your troops. "

However, just when Anna had just sealed the letter with wax, stamped a small seal and was about to send it out, the ink officer Hertomia sent a second letter from the plateau front line like a whirlwind. It should have been sent a few days after the first one. It came with a few words in it, "The Guards Army has captured Sivas, and I have changed the city back to its original name, Fort Sebastian."

"Long live the barbarian, long live Sebastian!" Anna laughed, holding the letter and falling on the couch, her pink-white feet hanging over the edge, and her black hair spreading like petals. (To be continued ~^~)