Eagle Byzantium

Soon, the "Captain" made the first attack: with a sweep of its wings, it pounced on the ferocious viper from about a foot high on the ground.

In an instant, the snake's head flicked back like the reed of a matchlock gun, making the "captain's" offensive ineffective. Before Gawain and Muzafi'adin could see clearly, the snake gave the triangular venomous head to the enemy again. It bounced back and pecked the captain's chest hard. Because the speed was so fast, the two of them could only see a faint, velvety afterimage, and Muzaffy-Adin could only let out a brief exclamation.

The eagle feathers were flying, and the "Captain" tried his best to flap the big quills on his wings and quickly half-twirled, barely avoiding the snake's counterattack. He was almost bitten and died. Then the eagle flew up with all its strength and retracted its sharp claws. , dodged three or four consecutive attacks from the snake, and then re-established a position seven or eight feet away from the scaly beast.

"Hoo ho!" Muzafi'adin saw that the "captain" was at a disadvantage, so he rode up on horseback with a long lasso to kill the snake. But Gawain stopped him - when the captain landed, his wings drooped, his back turned to the viper, and the triumphant viper took advantage of the situation and swam quickly to give the loser a fatal blow.

With a whistle, the "captain" suddenly got up and flew upside down over the viper's head. Then he pressed the snake tightly with his two claws, and then pecked the snake's vital part with his sharp beak several times. The snake struggled continuously. He died quickly without even a few struggles.

It turns out that the flat-haired guy was just pretending to fail, but now he was finally able to kill the enemy with a backhand. He is worthy of being a "captain" who is used to seeing rough seas. While it trampled on the enemy's dead body with great ambition and looked at its master with fondness with its brown eyes, its master Gawain was lost in thought.

Several messenger cavalrymen came galloping from the procession that was winding slowly forward in the canyon, carrying bridles and saying, "Your Highness the Patron, this is a letter from Caesar of Smyrna."

"Well..." Gawain recovered from his slight confusion and pulled out the secret message from the leather wallet.

Inside, Anna sincerely admitted her mistake. She said that the building in the royal box was now used directly as a law school, and she stopped the construction of the Coliseum and transferred all the craftsmen and craftsmen to Prusa. He went to the front line of the siege to help build forts and roads, and at the expense of half of the taxes in the Lydian Grand Fortress, the local Plonian landowners were asked to hand over 6,000 people in corvee service.

"But I still can't return to the city of Tarsus, even if the people there miss me, because, husband, we have not yet entered the white gate tower of Prusa!" The following line of Anna's text suddenly made Gao Gao Cold sweat ran down Wen's forehead, and he began to talk to himself, "An Na is right, the goal of our expedition is to capture Prusa City. This is a complete plan! Now that Bramson is supporting the northern front, there is no need to be afraid of Theodoro's invasion. Rather than me, The withdrawal behavior is more cautious than confused and timid..."

Next, Anna continued to encourage, "My stupid brother has all his talents concentrated in the city of Prusa. As you said before, victory in Prusa is equal to victory on the entire Western Front, which is also equal to victory on the entire Western Front. Opened the door to the imperial capital, so "You must never retreat." Then Anna quoted words from the Bible to tell Gawain what consequences they would face once the city of Prusa was captured, "When your savior comes, all peoples should build roads. Set up a big flag and greet them at the city gate."

"Concentrate all your efforts to capture Prusa..." Gawain, who was holding Anna's letter, muttered this sentence repeatedly.

Soon another messenger arrived on horseback. They were from another group, coming from Fort Aleman. The letter was written by the mentor Maglendius. At the beginning of the letter, the respected elder happily announced that his grandson and The heir to the famous Purani family, "Kai Cong" "The wise and strong Turianus" has been born, and then they talk about how this child has inherited the excellent genes of the famous families of Antioch and Lesbos, as if the whole thing is that Gawain donated his own chromosomes. So-so (there is nothing wrong with the fact).

After getting back to business, the mentor also strongly advised Gawain not to give up the current situation: "Now Caesar sends troops to accept and capture the islands in the Holy Sea, and there are many excellent sailors living on them. As long as they are provided with salaries and wood, they will You can build a large number of ships to help you attack the imperial capital in the future; and artillery and muskets are being used in Seleucid The various workshops in West Asia, Alamein, Sith and Tarsus are forging day and night. If you don't go back, the process will not be delayed or slowed down, and if you go back, the process will not be made faster, so you should stay here now. On the siege front of Prusa, hold on to the end with your sword and witness its fall, to win your great victory, O true king! Once you get Prusa, how can cities like Nicaea, Abydos, and Nicomedia dare to offer the slightest resistance to you? You will get half of the entire Marimara Sea, Tarsus? The country's horseshoes will soon be loaded under the deck of the warship and set foot on the land of Gallipoli. Then you can gather five or six main brigades with just a little arrangement. Go back and defeat Theodorus and David without any worries - in the future, in the cathedral of the imperial capital, you and Caesar will receive a dazzling crown, control the power of land and sea, and my little Turia Nus will also become Prince Lesbos, who has the strong blood in your body (at this time the old man finally thanked Gawain)."

After reading his mentor's letter, Gawain felt that his previous plan had really been wrong, and should he now follow the advice of Anna and Maglendius and seize Prusa in one go?

Soon, a third team of messenger cavalry arrived, and what they delivered turned out to be a personal letter from the prison officer Diogenes. The content was very brief:

"We must give priority to capturing the white city of Prusa, and be sure to allow me to come here after recovering from my injuries to join the battle, because I want to shoot the regicide traitor Taticius with my own hands and avenge His Majesty! If I can still get lucky after the war If you survive, I will follow you all the way to the city of Kutaisi, and let that King David put on women’s clothes to serve you, pour wine and dance for you!”

At this time, the captain rose up and landed back on Gawain's shoulders.

At the same time, another group of messenger cavalry arrived, "Your Highness, the great patron, Caesar has left Smyrna. It is said that he is going to the Prusa siege position to reward the soldiers and personally supervise the battle."

"Drink." Gawain waved the reins, turned around Sabina, who was screaming, and shouted to the Turkic servants, "Give the order, all the sergeants in the vanguard will become rearguards - we will do what the captain did, and fight back to the Turks." Rusa City, I want to see the Marimara Sea before the Holy Festival (late September)!”