Eagle Byzantium

Muya Castle is just on the north-south passage between Aleppo and Marash. At this moment, Ridwan’s Vizier Prime Minister Daura and the mercenary general Osdu are sitting here, supervising the mule team to transport to Marash Fort. Supplies.

However, shortly after the siege began, Gawain's Red Hand Brigade occupied the tributary of the Philamis River to the north and built a fortification, cutting off Muya's supply channel to Marash. Therefore, Daura and Osdu During this period, there was actually “nothing to do”!

It's no wonder that they didn't have any useful soldiers at hand, and all the Brotherhood infantry and Iqta cavalry who could fight were pulled south to join Tancred's camp.

So frustrated that Osdu openly complained to the Grand Vizier: "If you had listened to my arrangements and gone north to fully reinforce Marash's allies, we would never have ended up in the current passive situation on both fronts. What's more, The newly trained spear phalanx also needs my personal command to display its combat strength."

The speaker was unintentional but the listener was intentional. Daola, who was observing secretly, felt that the mercenary general was a little "unstable" and actually said such rebellious words. After all, the Seljuk Turks themselves started by working as mercenaries and then usurping power. Of course, they must guard against others doing the same thing.

Now that the victorious Gawain was approaching fiercely, Daura put the matter aside for the time being and hurriedly asked for reinforcements from the main army of Sultan Ridwan and General Attaberg, Mabolo.

"If Gawain breaks into Aleppo from the north wantonly, all the elite workshops, irrigation canals and fields in this Sultan's territory will be destroyed. Tell Osdu to defend Muya Castle and the Kurdish Mountains and not let him in. , that would be like letting go of a rhinoceros Trampling indiscriminately in the porcelain shop. I immediately gave up the battle on the Orontes River and returned to reinforce him." Ridvan was worried. At that time, his army was about to cross the Orontes River and prepare to fight Tancred's army. They had fought side by side, but now they had to break their promise.

The consequences of this decision for Tancred in Antioch were devastating - Tancred's army, which lacked a wing of guard, was attacked by Bohemond in the plains southeast of the city and Port Saint-Simon. , Baldwin's coalition's decisive attack with superior forces, Antioch's troops fled back to the city like a group of insects burned by fire.

Then Bohemond directly occupied the Port of San Simon, coupled with the previously captured Port of Latakia, which cut off all sea routes from Antioch to the outside.

Another "ally" that Tancred had high hopes for, namely Sultan Dukak of Damascus, Toutush simply did not show his face and directly sent an envoy to Baldwin to beg for peaceful coexistence.

In this way, as Tancred wished, he really had to rely on the fortified city of Antioch with 400 towers to make his last stand, just like Achish Siyan did back then.

At the same time, on the front of the island of Cyprus, Gawain used clever tactics to prevent Apsomates from getting close to attacking Kyrenia: there were three lords who had previously marched eastward, namely Guillaume, Duke of Aquitaine. , Generalissimo Konrad of the German Palace, and Welf of Bavaria, were originally planning to return home via the sea route via Cyprus. But Conrad was ambitious and secretly obtained Gawain's permission and funding. He coerced two honest men, Guillaume and Welf, and said to his team: "Many lords in the Eastern Expedition have established glorious achievements. , and even more people established a state. We can’t just go back empty-handed and start working on this weakly defended island country!”

So more than 3,000 poor German soldiers who followed Conrad on the Eastern Expedition all started making a fuss, saying, "No matter what, we have to make a fortune in the Levant before we leave!" They actually took advantage of the chaos and captured Salamis. city, and fought against Apsomatus' empty "backland", so poor Apsomates could only withdraw his team back and concentrate on dealing with Conrad. The whole of Cyprus was again Chaos.

In this way, Gawain finally stopped the coveting and siege of enemies on multiple fronts. When he learned that Merrick had also retreated from the Marash front that had fallen, he finally had his hands free, and he could bulge his veins and muscles to fight fiercely. Beat up the prince of Aleppo, His Excellency Kidewan.

Gawain first asked Walter Sansaval's "Caesarean Frontier Army" to stay in the Maras area to guard against Samosata and Edessa; then he took all the troops, including the newly formed "Ye Fan" "Duni Brigade" was included, and the troops were directly deployed under Muya Castle.

Muya Castle is surrounded by flat land, with only a few exquisite water canals crisscrossing it, interspersed with fruit trees on rolling hills. To the north, there are continuous high hills forming a natural gateway, and there are three or four large swamps in the passages between the high hills. In the past, for the sake of safety and openness, Esdu built an outer wall in the swamp, installed ballistas, and added gate towers and post stations to facilitate the safe passage of passing business travelers.

This outer city wall is also Mu Ya's first barrier.

Of course, Gawain activated the artillery regiment to deal with this target. Under the cover of the temporary vehicle barrier, they were deployed at the front line of the attack. Fire bear cannons, perfume bottle cannons, light mortar cannons, and shrimp whisker cannons were all lined up on the slope. , facing the outer wall over there.

Both Daura and Os were shocked and frightened when they saw this formation. However, Daura, who was still holding on to a sense of luck, ordered Esdu to "build more defenses" and "wait for the arrival of the Sultan to repel Gawain."

After Osdu received this order, he was obedient, but privately found his sister Tang Wu, "My favorite sister, prepare your and my horses, and feed them with fodder tonight, because the sun will rise the next day." After we get up, you and I will have to ride them for a hundred to two hundred miles before we can rest."

"What's wrong? Are you going to abandon this beautiful and rich castle and run away?" Tang Wu asked in panic.

"Now I am already in a state of frustration in this country. No one really accepts and trusts me. After all, your Jiang Mo is just a wandering mercenary. What's more, if Gawain's group of flaming guns fire together tomorrow, Muya Castle will not be able to hold out for a day. There is no need for us to stay here and die with him." Osdu said decisively.

"Okay, no matter where we go, I will listen to you." Tang Wu answered meekly.

The two men repeated their old tricks, rolled up some gold and silver, disguised themselves as night patrol scouts, and actually abandoned the entire gate fortress and began to flee towards the mountains of Syria Gate.

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After the night turned to dawn, in the rolling mountains and forests, Tang Wu rode on horseback and asked his brother who didn't even look back, "Who are we going to go to this time?"

"Go to Bohemond, only such a shameless bastard needs me." Osdu grinned. After he finished speaking, before Tang Wu could express his surprise, the terrifying noise and fire went behind them, facing the rising sun in the east.