Eagle Byzantium

"Are you going to attack all the troops, including the Royal Guards?" General Ceces also asked the anxious emperor after the official's order arrived.

At this time, the entire battlefield was dyed blood red by dusk. The emperor saw that in front of the enemy's car base on the opposite side, soldiers from both sides were still shooting at each other with muskets. However, it was obvious that his decisive offensive had completely failed. He lined up There are no soldiers in the large army formation who have the strength and courage to attack. "Your Majesty, there are still 20,000 soldiers ready to go in our car base. Do you want them all to press forward and prepare for a night battle?" Many guards were pulling the emperor. 's reins, asked anxiously.

Just before Alexios gave the order, the trumpet sounded "woo woo woo", "Your Majesty, the right wing of our army!"

In the dusk, the emperor's right-wing army began to move, but not towards Gawain's defense line, but towards Philomelon Lakeside Road on the southwest side, "Tatisius, Yassen, they actually want to break off and escape, shameful, bastards! "The emperor lost his composure. He shouted sadly and desperately in front of all the generals and guards, and his voice changed.

However, this is almost an unchangeable fact. Titicius has always been the emperor's most trusted general. He believed that this Turkic slave-born man would never rebel against him: so even if he threw the captor Diognis away Guarding the border fortress on the plateau, he also safely sent Titicius back to the prince. But now, who would have thought that a normally loyal and rigorous person would stab a dagger into his abdomen, and the wound would be deeper and more fatal. Woolen cloth?

The soldiers on the emperor's right flank and on the "Camp of Brenus" saw with their own eyes that thousands of cavalry under Titicius suddenly fled without fighting, and their mood and fighting spirit were greatly shaken. Soon, more than a thousand Thessaly's new troops who were still in the car camp also climbed out and followed their generals away from the battlefield.

Then, many of the levied military servants in the emperor's carriage began to flee, leading various livestock, beasts of burden, and vehicle baggage. The court officials were unable to stop them...

"Have you seen Muzafi'adin?" Gawain, who was on the wooden tower in Jimegis Camp, slowly stood up when he saw this scene. "The secret that Anna told me before is indeed true." , the emperor was betrayed by the person closest to him, and now this person's confidant fled without a fight. "

The Turkic army servant almost looked at the enemy right-wing soldiers running noisily in groups under the dark sky with almost disbelief, "Master, then we..."

"Don't hesitate, let Dim and Birel be on standby with all the elite soldiers. In addition, let Gregor replace Leotius's command position, accompanied by Nexus and Stalianus. After that, the three fire bear cannons and all the cannons cast in the previous stage were concentrated in one section. "Then in the strong wind, Gawain stretched out his right hand wrapped in iron armor from the black cloak and waved it with all his strength. with pressure Uncontrollably excited and heroic, "fired all the iron pellets, followed by stone pellets, and concentrated on the vacant area on the right side of the emperor's carriage base and the imperial camp. Then our elite soldiers rushed with the bombardment. Bombardment, sudden burst, and then shouted All the detachment soldiers of the Red Hand Brigade and the Gemakis Brigade who still have the strength to fight, as well as all the border soldiers, militiamen, and even the servants and farmers in the logistics, rush over, remember - bombardment, fierce attack! "

Soon, the area connected to the chariot ramparts near the Gemges camp became extremely quiet because no fierce fighting broke out within a day. Now this silence was broken with Gawain's order. Every one hundred feet away, large movable panels were pushed open and supported. Three fire bear cannons were ambushed in shallow pits behind them. The bulging and fat charging chambers, thick muzzles, The solid iron hoops finally revealed their ferocious and fiery faces.

Not only the Fire Bear Cannon, but also about seven or eight light cannons that were temporarily cast in the camp were pushed over by the fire throwers. The fireworks that the emperor saw on Posta were from the casting furnace. These guns are placed on long and narrow gun carriages, with wheels underneath for movement. Half of them are enhanced versions of "perfume bottles" with longer barrels and larger calibers, which naturally increase the range and destructive power; the other four have short and thick barrels, black cast iron bodies, and are mounted on the gun mounts. The wheels were obviously "top-heavy". In order to prevent it from falling forward, several fire throwers followed it, carrying the bracket, and used the bracket to support it once it was fired.

There are also more cannons made entirely of iron hoops, between muskets and long-barreled cannons. There are about twenty or so cannons. They have no brackets or carriages. They have a handle ring cast on them, and something like a shrimp on the bottom. Bearded iron forks, which two or three men could carry and shoot, now also lay in rows.

Nexus and Stalianus, one the newly appointed commander of the Pyrothrowers, and the other a young officer of the Gemmage brigade (who had also safely escaped from Marash before), stood On both sides of the artillery team ready to go, under their supervision Underneath, many fire throwers and craftsmen were busy around various fixed and wheeled, heavy and light artillery. Many people were covered in sweat and simply took off their armor, covering their cloaks and undershirts to start. Fill the barrel with Khitan snow.

Behind the heavy gate of the camp and the sub-walls on both sides of the corset wall, rows of soldiers were already lurking behind them. Along with the fallen horses, there were about 800 people, 400 of whom were from the Red Hand Brigade. Two hundred people were selected from the Gemakis brigade, the preparatory training team and Gawain's soldiers, and two hundred archers selected from the Ogus volunteers.

All the soldiers wore three layers of armor: the innermost layer was a ziplock, the middle layer was a half-body mail, and the outermost layer was a long-lapel linen iron plate armor. They carried shields, battle axes, sickles, and caltrop hammers, and wore anti-arrow visors under their helmets. They were all iron-black, with only a pair of eyes exposed, and were the "infantry" version of armored warriors. The two hundred Oghuz archers were also covered with full-body mail, carrying twenty heavy horse arrows, a recurve bow, a Turkish scimitar, and a Persian small axe.

At dusk on May 18, the soldiers of the "Armored Raid Army" endured the scorching heat in their armor, and allowed the rest of the chariot battle line to fight endlessly. They stayed in the position behind the sub-wall in silence and forbearance, and spent most of the day like this.

They were waiting for the opportunity to fight, and also waiting for the great patron to issue an order for a swift raid.

Now the opportunity has come - Generals Titishius and Yasin Khan, who saw no hope of victory, suddenly abandoned the emperor's camp and led the right-wing army to retreat without a fight, leaving the emperor's chariot fortress in front completely open to the Tarsus Guards.

"After the triumph, we will settle accounts with Titishius. Brennus, you will lead half of the soldiers on the rear guard and rush to the right wing to fill the gap in the front!" In the central camp, although the emperor was furious, he still gave instructions to save the situation in the first time, "The entire front-line army gave up the offensive and retreated to their respective chariot fortresses to defend."

But it was too late after all - in the position under the city of Gawain's left-wing camp, Nexus had already issued an order to bombard, "Saint Barbara bless us to crush the enemy!" All the flamethrowers standing beside the artillery positions shouted in unison.