Eagle Byzantium

On the other side of the river meander, the red hand brigade's defense camp obviously noticed this small cavalry team. The flags were raised, the trumpets were blown, and the attached cavalry hundred began to gather in front of the antlers fence to intercept and kill them. .

So under the city gate, the reinforcements from Afyon raised their hands and shouted again. The leading officer rode a horse, with a semicircular bowl-shaped iron helmet on his head, and his chin was covered by a chainmail scarf. He asked the gate tower to be general. Put your own team in as soon as possible.

"Tell me your name!" On the gate tower, Diogenes was surrounded by archers who were preparing to fire, and asked below.

"I am a Plonian knight from the Pamphylian Military District, my name is Bleptus!" the leading officer shouted as loud as he could.

As a result, the entire city of Angrasburg suddenly became silent. The guard looked at the cavalry attached to the Red Hand Brigade rolling in over there, then at the reinforcements below who were anxiously waiting to come in, and finally at himself. A slightly embarrassed Roman knight next to him said, "Your Excellency Bleptus, what do you think of this man named Bleptus below?"

True Bleptus could only shrug his shoulders, and then lowered his hands, "They are the enemy who deceived us into trying to sneak into the city!" The shouts immediately rang through the gate tower, and the guards shouted and rained down arrows and stones. Down, the fake Braptos suddenly covered his arms and swished his ribs, and was hit by more than ten long arrows. From a distance, it looked like a bird full of feathers flying. Fortunately, Both his horse and his horse were covered in Plonian-style armor, and they were not seriously injured. He put the kite shield behind his back to block it, and ran back to escape. But the dozen or so light cavalry beside him were not so lucky. ——Half of them were shot to death by arrows from the gate tower, and the rest were pulled off their horses by Diogenes' life-catching soldiers who had ambushed near the city gate in advance with hooks, beams and lassoes.

During the interrogation, the captured Gawain soldiers confessed that they were all cavalry from the Guardian Brigade, pretending to be reinforcements and deceiving the city gates.

"Then, Andronicus Branas's brigade must be ambushing not far outside the city..." the guard thought to himself.

Before Diognis could think about the interrogation, another group of cavalrymen with the battle flag of Blois fleur-de-lis rushed over from the hills northeast of the city the next day. Their armors were shining brightly and they raised large clouds of dust. , sweating like rain, he rushed to the north wall of Anglasburg Next, the leading old man raised his visor, revealing a majestic and resolute face, and shouted to the guards in simple Greek, "I, Count Stephen of Blois and Germanico, vassal of the emperor, let me go." I went in and got your letter."

Indeed, Diognis had previously sent a letter to Earl Stephen asking for help, and now Stephen indeed came with fifty knights for help.

On the other side of the river meander, the siege camp of the Red Hand Brigade apparently noticed this small cavalry team again. The hanging battle flags were raised again, the trumpets were blown again, and the attached cavalry centurion began to assemble in front of the antlers fence, and they were about to start again. Come to intercept and kill.

The capture officer stepped on the crenel with his putteed feet and looked at Earl Stephen holding the horse below with a look of doubt on his face.

Various thoughts arose in his mind: After all, Earl Stephen was a Latin foreigner. Although he was canonized by His Majesty, he had been on good terms with Gawain before, and now he came with the knights so straightforwardly. It was really abnormal. , could it be that he had been secretly instigated by Gawain to rebel, and was also the one who came to deceive him?

If he loses the Angrasburg entrusted to him by his majesty due to a moment of negligence by his close associates, then he will be the biggest sinner of the empire.

At this time, Earl Stephen, who was under the north wall, tightened the reins. He was in a very anxious and irritable mood. He looked at the guard at the top of the city and roared, "Quick, what's wrong? Let us in!"

"Your Excellency, where are the lancers assigned to you by Prince John?"

"Stay in Germanico."

"Didn't you encounter any interceptions from Gao Wen's brigade along the way?"

"No, hurry up! Are your thoughts rigid?" Count Blois looked back at the enemy cavalry rolling towards him and urged impatiently. The horses of the knights beside him also shook their heads and neighed. Holding up the shield, sword, and mace, he moved back and forth in a tight circle.

Diogenes hesitated, turned around and waved to the group of soldiers beside the gate tower. Amidst the creaking and shouting, the soldiers pulled the windlass with all their strength - the door on the north wall, and began to slowly guard the door. The moat fell down little by little.

Suddenly, Diognis saw that in the valley northwest of the castle, many weapons flashed and golden orange flags were raised. It was Branas who led the cavalry to attack from the ambush and faced the enemy. Rushing here.

"It's a scam, take back the city gate!" the guard shouted again in a hurry, changing his original order.

Under the north wall, the furious Stephen and his knights pointed at the battlements and cursed like a flood.

"After the war begins, all those approaching Angrasburg will be treated as enemies unless they see His Majesty's royal flag." Following this order, the guards on the north wall stepped forward one by one, drew their bows and shot arrows below.

Stephen ran back in embarrassment with the knights, but just after running less than two miles, the return route was cut off by a full 600 attached cavalry from Gawain's two brigades. In the dust that rose to the sky, the attached cavalry held up spears and single-edged sabers, turning their horses' hooves in a large circle like a hurricane, making nomadic shouts, surrounding Stephen's masters and subordinates in the core, and from time to time, firecrackers fired intimidatingly. ...

Finally, at the foot of a hillside somewhere, Stephen and all the knights and sergeants sat together dejectedly wrapped in cloaks. They all surrendered in despair. The cavalry attached to the brigade formed a hollow circle to supervise Stephen.

Soon, Temach general Branas arrived on horseback. After dismounting, he stepped forward to pay tribute to Count Stephen, and then handed over two letters.

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The count opened it, and one letter was written jointly by his wife Adela and the local bishop of Blois; the other letter was jointly written by Godfrey, the consul of Jerusalem, and Gawain, the great patron.

The former's voice was stern. Adela asked her husband, "Do you still want to go back to your hometown? Why did you commit yourself to the cunning and changeable Kingdom of Greece? If you persist in your stubbornness - I will ask the Bishop of Blois to excommunicate you and lift yourself up." Family flag, heading to Jerusalem.”

As for the latter, both Godfrey and Gawain promised, "If you surrender the castle, Jerusalem will definitely arrange for you a glorious fief and title."

"I understand, I am willing to dedicate Germanico..." Finally, the count made this final decision painfully, "But I want to see your great patron and get his personal promise. In addition, my adopted brother Robert Curtis is in Fort Peveral on the coast. I also hope that you can ensure his safety."

At this time, Branas was holding the golden-handled sword that represented the general's identity. "Of course, but the great patron is on his way, and my brigade will rush to Germanico to take over... ...In order to prevent the Emperor and Theodore from learning the news, it will be detrimental to you and Sir Robert..." (To be continued~^~)